my ricordia dominated tank
- Thread starter moonraker
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cowboyswife
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Oh wow, thats beautiful!
SenatorCHo
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Very nice variety, I love it when I get a break from seeing huge tanks with SPS corals and get something beautiful such as your tank. Inspirational as well since I am just starting my 55 gallon with just corallimorpharians and zoanthids. 
thanks for the compliments!
by the way, the tank is a 75g softies-only tank. lighting is provided for by 3x40w NO lights which i plan to replace with t5's within the next few weeks. i don't target feed them because most of the fishes will try to snatch the food away from the rics and other shrooms. this greatly stresses them because they readily deflate when bothered.
i'm keeping an eye on the sergeant major, it's starting to become a real bully. i might give him away when he starts "re-decorating" my tank.
more pics to come in a moment...
by the way, the tank is a 75g softies-only tank. lighting is provided for by 3x40w NO lights which i plan to replace with t5's within the next few weeks. i don't target feed them because most of the fishes will try to snatch the food away from the rics and other shrooms. this greatly stresses them because they readily deflate when bothered.
i'm keeping an eye on the sergeant major, it's starting to become a real bully. i might give him away when he starts "re-decorating" my tank.
more pics to come in a moment...
jnb
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very very nice - take a look under various t-5 threads as many experience shrooms to not take to the intensity of t-5 - I had t-5 and experienced this with some purple, green shrooms while my orange rocordia , big hairy mushrooms liked it fine - my open brain bleached under it, my hammers liked it
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9077849#post9077849 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by moonraker
thanks for the compliments!
by the way, the tank is a 75g softies-only tank. lighting is provided for by 3x40w NO lights which i plan to replace with t5's within the next few weeks. i don't target feed them because most of the fishes will try to snatch the food away from the rics and other shrooms. this greatly stresses them because they readily deflate when bothered.
i'm keeping an eye on the sergeant major, it's starting to become a real bully. i might give him away when he starts "re-decorating" my tank.
more pics to come in a moment...
TonyOrlando
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I love the tank!! Is your blue lankia posed any problems since you got him and how long was your tank up before you added him. I would like to get one, but i keep hearing negatives on it. My tank has been up for a lil over 4 months now.
FLricordia
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Re: my ricordia dominated tank
I take my hat off. Beautiful collection.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9070570#post9070570 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by moonraker
i've been a lurker for quite some time now, here in the forum. i thought that what better way to re-introduce myself by showing you my tank
so here it goes...
thanks again! i do appreciate your compliments.
i will gradually switch the lamps with t5's to prevent photoshock. i've heard horror stories of some softies reacting negatively to the new light, which i hope won't happen in my tank.
tonyorlando, it's hard to say if the blue linckia would survive in your tank. as for mine, he has lived for a year now without any special care or diet. he just goes about grazing all over my tank, feeding on who knows what. my tank has been set up as a reef for only 2 years, but was a fowlr for 3 years.
i will gradually switch the lamps with t5's to prevent photoshock. i've heard horror stories of some softies reacting negatively to the new light, which i hope won't happen in my tank.
tonyorlando, it's hard to say if the blue linckia would survive in your tank. as for mine, he has lived for a year now without any special care or diet. he just goes about grazing all over my tank, feeding on who knows what. my tank has been set up as a reef for only 2 years, but was a fowlr for 3 years.
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I hardly ever post ( too busy reading and learning) but I was inspired by your tank. Very nice focus. I am just starting in salt water, and I am beginning to realize how difficult it is to not throw everything one sees at the fish store in ones tank. Very well done.
Joe
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I hardly ever post ( too busy reading and learning) but I was inspired by your tank. Very nice focus. I am just starting in salt water, and I am beginning to realize how difficult it is to not throw everything one sees at the fish store in ones tank. Very well done.
Joe
