New frag tank setup

BubbaBoBobBrain

BubbaBoBobBrain

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So I finally have my temp frag tank that was on my coffee table broken down (my wife was ecstatic) and the new smaller frag tank is all up and running. Its a deep blue 20 long with a aquatop hob filter with uv sterilizer built in, hob red sea prism skimmer (thanks Beth and Kris for letting me use this for now), 2 koralia nano 240s, and until my new t5 fixture (ebay special, fingers are crossed) my reefbreeders led fixture is lighting the tank. For corals in it there is only zoa/paly tiles in it as this is more of a grow out tank than frag tank but who's labeling things here, lol. For livestock there is my pair of phantom clowns (thanks DMarina) with rbta, a blue devil damsel, and my mantis shrimp. I will add some turbo snails to the mix soon but right now there isnt anything for them to really eat so until there is they will be in my 75 and obviously, if you saw my mantis shrimp video, you know that shrimp are out of the question, lol. Now for some pics.

Fts
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here are the phantom clowns
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and the mantis playing hide and seek. I made an awesome tube home for him better than the one he had in my fuge and he refuses to go in it. The damsel hides in there making a pic impossible, lol
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And of course after posting the thread my mantis decided to come out to say hello so I snapped a few better pics of him. He's not a peacock or anything super colorful but I love him anyways, lol. I will try to get some better pics of everything once my new lights come in because these leds really mess up the camera and I cant seem to get the pics to come out right. Another reason I love my t5's, lol


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Thanks Paul they are definitely in my favorites category. They had a pair at pc when we were the the other weekend. I wish I pointed them out to you, lol
 
Yes she is, lol. But she won't be fully happy until I get my 75 out of the living room and into my fish room. That one is gonna take a little while though so I guess I will just have to deal with the nagging until then. I wonder what she will find to ***** about once all the tanks are out of here way, lol
 
gar732 said:
Looks good Bob, that mantis won't bother the fish?
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Nah. I tried feeding him live fish when I first got him and he wanted nothing to do with them. He actually seemed kinda freaked out and scared when I put a baby green chromis (at best 1") in with him, BUT, toss a crayfish or crab/shrimp of some sort and all bets are off. I should have cleaned the glass in the fuge before shooting this but here is a slaughter of a crayfish video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cC3N61lL9o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Pdm2476 said:
This made me think of your frag tank Bob!

this is one of my favorite series of videos on you tube... just make sure you watch the video to the very end lol

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FEj9U-CJM&feature=share&list=SPOHbM4GGWADc5bZgvbivvttAuWGow6h05
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Cool! I'll check this video out when I get home from work tonight

jcbert said:
As a newb, what's the purpose of a dedicated frag tank? Just to grow and mature corals?
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Yeah, frag tanks are q great place to grow out coral clippings to keep frag racks and other unnatural looking items out of the display and a great place to grow corals to sell to help finance the hobby a bit
 
Pdm2476 said:
This made me think of your frag tank Bob!

this is one of my favorite series of videos on you tube... just make sure you watch the video to the very end lol

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5FEj9U-CJM&feature=share&list=SPOHbM4GGWADc5bZgvbivvttAuWGow6h05
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I just took a 5 minute break to watch that video and it is hilarious, lmfao.
 
How about letting your new best friend snag some of those frags when his tank is set up. :thumbsup::lmao:
 
Mantis shrimp are so cool. I'd just be afraid that they would kill something that I spent a lot of money on. Maybe a mantis in the sump?
 
Thanks Collin. I had to put the mantis in the frag tank because I was a P.I.A. to watch him in my sump. And he also hasn't eaten any fish that were alive since I've had him so I'm gonna trust him for now, lol. He did eat a few dead fish I tossed I n there with him but he seems to have no interest in moving fish and hopefully it stays that way, lol
 
BubbaBoBobBrain said:
Thanks Collin. I had to put the mantis in the frag tank because I was a P.I.A. to watch him in my sump. And he also hasn't eaten any fish that were alive since I've had him so I'm gonna trust him for now, lol. He did eat a few dead fish I tossed I n there with him but he seems to have no interest in moving fish and hopefully it stays that way, lol
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Fingers crossed for you! Rolling some expensive dice with the phantoms haha.

Side note, I like the looks of the new "fish room" shaping up nicely
 
RNich34 said:
Mantis shrimp are so cool. I'd just be afraid that they would kill something that I spent a lot of money on. Maybe a mantis in the sump?
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I'm not worried about him damaging any corals and the damsel was put in with him a few months ago because it wouldn't leave my phantoms alone. The phantoms were my only worry but so far the mantis has lived with 2 different fish and has never tried to eat them so I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed and keep him fed, lol
 
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