propagation of NPS

[A.T.T.R]

ok well i want to give it a shot
i have a 140 tub that i plan to stock with all sorts of NPS ( mostly gorgonians)

the tank will be set up like a raceway system with a pump makig hte water go around and around at a decent rate
tank will have phyto and rotifer reactors set up to drip into the tnak as well as a skimmer

this tnak will obviusly have a very poor waterquality ( compared to sps tank next to it. )
and i am considering importing DOM and bactiria by using tiny portions of the sps tanks skimmate into this tnak


any opinions or suggestions

i took up this intrest after i found that my blue berry gorgonian frag had grown almost an inch ( was a 1 inch frag)
this frag fell out of the eggcrate and and settled into the sludge on the bottom of the tank ( frag tank. low flow atm and lots of stuff settling.. this is a zoo tank that is bein replaced by a larger zoo tank thus freeing the tub)

i was sure it was dead but i found it today

 

[photokid]

it sounds like it might work.

 

[Whalehead9]

let us know about your progress

 

[tunicata]

that actually sounds like just the conditions they thrive in!
If you're ever doing sponges or NPS that grow similiarly, I was thinking about putting dark cloth over eggcrate in the sump and letting larvae settle out down there and they could be used as biological filters as well!

 

[A.T.T.R]

no updates yet as current corals arnt moved out yet.

 

[dendro982]

Please post as much details as possible about what you are doing in your tank, so we could try to do the same for our tanks.

 

[A.T.T.R]

on hold for a lil. still moving stock out of the one tank an into another. also probobly going to use a 75 g instead of the 140 since ht 140 is already set for softies