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MacJoe

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I currently have a 75 gallon, with one tunze nanostream 6045 and a maxi jet, i just picked up a nanostream 6025 to replace the maxi. Is that enough flow? second question, i have a power strip that cycles outlets should i run them both at same time, or continue for the cheap wave action?

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what type of coral do you have?

If you have SPS more flow would not hurt. Anything else and you are fine on flow.

I would not run either on your wavemaker. It will shorten their lifespan and depending upon the on/off cycle times void your warranty.
 
Matt is right Tunze makes controllers specific to there pumps, the single controller and the multicontrollers do much more than just turn the pump on and off. However, the 6055 is the only nanostream compatible with the Tunze controllers. I think you have enough flow as well as long as your not planning an SPS system.
 
hey guys thanks for info. i currently have hammer, frogspawn, brain, maze, star, zoos, mushroom, xenia. However i am at the point where i only see green and brown and would like more color. if i want more color it seems that i need to go sps ? do soft corals do well in same tank with higher flow? ron the new display tank looks great. what type of sea fan is that? i have never seen one before.
 
A mix tank is a hard thing to pull off, believe me I have tried an gotten close. My 120 at home is the closest I have gotten to a stable mix tank. Mix tanks have problems because not every coral requires the same care requirements. SPS need lots of flow, LPS don't need that much flow, even the type of flow patterns can matter. If you like color, try some blastomusa, mycediums, zoanthinds or mushrooms. Be prepared however as the general rule of thumb is that the more colorful a coral, the more it usually costs.

As for gorgs. Gorgonians are not all created equal some are aposymbiotic, they have to be provided food and can not photosynthesize. The one in the display is a rare gorgonia from Bali, I had one a few years back that survived for over a year but I did not have what it needed to survive. Aposymbyotic coral require wave actions, true back and forth sequential water movement from one side to the other this is what stimulates them keep there polyps open and feed from the water column also keeps algaes from gathering on them. Before I had the food but not the flow, now I'm going to try once more with the flow and food. I cut several small frags to study how fast each encrusts, so far I have seen the frags ingesting the cyclopeeze based mix I made for them. If all goes well they will grow up in the tank and one day there daughter colonies will be ready for aquarium life.
I seriously suggest that before anyone try an aposymbyotic gorg that they try a photosynthetic one to get the hang of what it takes. My display tank is not a random mix of corals thrown in for quick eye candy, it's the result of several years of studying the animals and seeking a balance that will let me keep some of each type. To answer the original question, It's not easy or cheap but you can have success with a mixed reef if you are willing to take up the challenge. :thumbsup:
 
I think the hardest part about keeping gorgonians is feeding them and keeping the "wax" off of them. I had kept non-photosynthetic gorgonians in the past for about a year, I had also fragged them a couple times but I never really could sustain them for longer than a year. I feel I had found a suitable food source but it was very difficult to keep the "wax" off of them. This stuff will end up starving them out in the long run. But with better powerheads and the equipment I believe gorgonians may be able to be successfully kept. I would not recommend them for a beginning hobbyist.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10530082#post10530082 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MacJoe
hey guys thanks for info. i currently have hammer, frogspawn, brain, maze, star, zoos, mushroom, xenia. However i am at the point where i only see green and brown and would like more color. if i want more color it seems that i need to go sps ? do soft corals do well in same tank with higher flow? ron the new display tank looks great. what type of sea fan is that? i have never seen one before.
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IMO, there is just as much color in LPS and soft coral as there is in SPS.

http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h250/phljess/?action=view&current=57c54f2d.pbw
 
Here's a sweet blueberry from one of my friends tanks, its a non photo, and does great on target feeds of DT's and its a mixed reef too that is FULL of color.
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I am planning on attending the swap at the end of the month, it will be the first one that I have had a chance attending. I hope to find some LPS/soft with color for my tank. I put he new tunze in and have them both running now at same time. wow what a difference that made in the appearance of the coral/tank. Even the fish seem to like the sronger current to swim in/ride. Does it matter if they are both high or should i lower one mid way or further? nice picture jim of the blueberry.
 
Higher up in the tank is fine causes more waves. As for the "wax" on gorgonians Phil mentioned that would be why strong wave currents are important to gorgs they tend to shed much like a leather, as far as I can tell it serves the same function as with leathers, to remove waste that collects on them. I would love to try a blueberry, maybe one day if I have any success with this yellow polyp one.
 
I had a sweet "orange berry" too, it was pretty sweet. That tank has a wave box, it's on a 120 AGA so it has a very nice wave going on.
 
Blastos are around, every now and again they show up, colorful ones are hard to find but I believe Phil has some nice green Blastos.
 
thanks for info on blastos, i now have a question on anemones, i have had a bubble tip in the same place for the last six months, healthy, eating, looked great. The day after new powerhead it has gone to the bottom back of the tank, big rock, i would have to re aqua scape tank to move rock. do you think there is any chance that it will move back up?
 
It was the additional flow that made it move. With them it's hard to tell what it will do. Some like being in some flow some don't. Mine has moved all over one end of my tank.
 
Yeh I find that it's best to leave them alone, eventually they usually come around again. Mine in the 150 loved the flow but we had a low sump problem that introduced a ton of micro bubbles into the system that agravated it and it moved. I hope it moves.
 
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