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barebottomcouple · Feb 7, 2015

and here is my new little guy captive bred hippo tang love him feed same day we got him home also looking for 2 captive bread bangii, maybe theyangman will have survivors to sell lol

barebottomcouple · Feb 7, 2015

scubasteve said:
very nice indeed.... so simple yet so effective.

your's is coming along good is that the one off the 125? or new fuge setup

scubasteve · Feb 7, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
your's is coming along good is that the one off the 125? or new fuge setup

no the one under the 90 is a old 30 gal i had kicking around from years ago when i had a 60 gal tank... deaperately needs to be re-arranged so i can makeshift an algae scrubber again... the one for the 125 i custom built out of acrylic if you go back in my 125-90 thread their should be some pics of the 125 and fuge unfortunately had to remove the pics from my phone so i had room for work pics lol

barebottomcouple · Feb 7, 2015

scubasteve said:
no the one under the 90 is a old 30 gal i had kicking around from years ago when i had a 60 gal tank... deaperately needs to be re-arranged so i can makeshift an algae scrubber again... the one for the 125 i custom built out of acrylic if you go back in my 125-90 thread their should be some pics of the 125 and fuge unfortunately had to remove the pics from my phone so i had room for work pics lol

I would like to do a algae scrubber on the new setup not sure if seahorse with yveterinarians advice or go 100 gallon tall with jellyfish or a clam breader system, either way going to do a algae scrubber . are you growing caulerpa or cheato in yours cant tell by pics

scubasteve · Feb 7, 2015

i have spaghetti chaeto, grape chaeto and caulerpa.... seems my pods or something keep eating my spaghetti tho..... i got all 3 of my seahorses from yvette 2 boys and 1 girl they are one thing you will never be board of i think i honestly watch them more than my tv lol even when not doing anything they are neat

barebottomcouple · Feb 7, 2015

scubasteve said:
i have spaghetti chaeto, grape chaeto and caulerpa.... seems my pods or something keep eating my spaghetti tho..... i got all 3 of my seahorses from yvette 2 boys and 1 girl they are one thing you will never be board of i think i honestly watch them more than my tv lol even when not doing anything they are neat

wife is leaning towards sea horses also... what kind of system do you have going for them

scubasteve · Feb 7, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
wife is leaning towards sea horses also... what kind of system do you have going for them

i custom built a 45 gal low flow but added a powerhead they seem to like the flow.... have a thread with a bunch of pics in members tanks. i really figured they would be more work but really hardest part is the 5 min every morning and night it takes to feed them

yveterinarian · Feb 8, 2015

Just got through reading the whole thread. Your tank is stunning! It is something I have always wished I could accomplish with mine but I just haven't been able to with all the time I have put into the seahorses. If you ever do decide to go with seahorses maybe we could trade ideas. You could let me know what I'm doing wrong with my reef and how to fix it. (I'm not sure "doing wrong" is the right wording since LPS seems to do well but I can't get my zoas to grow well and would love to have more of them) I'd love your input sometime.

barebottomcouple · Feb 8, 2015

yveterinarian said:
Just got through reading the whole thread. Your tank is stunning! It is something I have always wished I could accomplish with mine but I just haven't been able to with all the time I have put into the seahorses. If you ever do decide to go with seahorses maybe we could trade ideas. You could let me know what I'm doing wrong with my reef and how to fix it. (I'm not sure "doing wrong" is the right wording since LPS seems to do well but I can't get my zoas to grow well and would love to have more of them) I'd love your input sometime.

i had no luck with zoa's, Frank Hoff of Florida aqua farms told me to use 1 cup of quality activated carbon per/100 gallons half that changed every 2 weeks. It removes a lot of the mucus's that other corals slough off and it worked I actually have sps's right beside leathers beside zoa's and they all grow nice. Also they don't like my halides so they off to the side a bit bright but not killer bright. just seemed to work for me.
by the way still going to do the horses just have to wait till spring a bit now .

scubasteve · Feb 8, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
i had no luck with zoa's, Frank Hoff of Florida aqua farms told me to use 1 cup of quality activated carbon per/100 gallons half that changed every 2 weeks. It removes a lot of the mucus's that other corals slough off and it worked I actually have sps's right beside leathers beside zoa's and they all grow nice. Also they don't like my halides so they off to the side a bit bright but not killer bright. just seemed to work for me.
by the way still going to do the horses just have to wait till spring a bit now .

And if you can keep them alive fine but want them to grow more i got rapid growth after started dosing iodide ( rapid as far as corals go lol)

barebottomcouple · Feb 8, 2015

scubasteve said:
And if you can keep them alive fine but want them to grow more i got rapid growth after started dosing iodide ( rapid as far as corals go lol)

ya I started doing iodide for my shrimp and crabs they say they need it for their shedding. i had no idea zoa's need iodide. i learned yaaayyy

scubasteve · Feb 8, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
ya I started doing iodide for my shrimp and crabs they say they need it for their shedding. i had no idea zoa's need iodide. i learned yaaayyy

thats why i started to do it as well for my shrimps but my lfs and a few places ive read on the net say they help zoanthids growth.... mine before just lived now i gotta keep cutting them or id become only zoos

barebottomcouple · Feb 8, 2015

scubasteve said:
thats why i started to do it as well for my shrimps but my lfs and a few places ive read on the net say they help zoanthids growth.... mine before just lived now i gotta keep cutting them or id become only zoos

awesome benefit i did also notice that when i started with iodide the pulsating xenia pulsated a lot more.

scubasteve · Feb 8, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
awesome benefit i did also notice that when i started with iodide the pulsating xenia pulsated a lot more.

ya mine too i had some people freaked out they had never seen xenia pulse fast before just slow lol call the exorcist over lmao

yveterinarian · Feb 8, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
i had no luck with zoa's, Frank Hoff of Florida aqua farms told me to use 1 cup of quality activated carbon per/100 gallons half that changed every 2 weeks. It removes a lot of the mucus's that other corals slough off and it worked I actually have sps's right beside leathers beside zoa's and they all grow nice. Also they don't like my halides so they off to the side a bit bright but not killer bright. just seemed to work for me.

At the moment I am doing vodka dosing to get the phosphates and nitrates down. If I add carbon into the mix that will be too much carbon, am I right?

barebottomcouple said:
by the way still going to do the horses just have to wait till spring a bit now .

Spring works, I will still have some I imagine.

scubasteve said:
And if you can keep them alive fine but want them to grow more i got rapid growth after started dosing iodide ( rapid as far as corals go lol)

Sorry if I'm hijacking your thread barebottomcouple but I have to know... for both of you, what version of iodide are you using? I Googled it and found potassium iodide, copper iodide, zinc iodide, sodium iodide, silver iodide... you get the picture. As a nurse I have access to lots of liquid iodine but from what I read iodide is when iodine bonds with another element so I don't imagine I can use my liquid iodine for dosing. After this question I will start my own thread

barebottomcouple · Feb 8, 2015

yveterinarian said:
At the moment I am doing vodka dosing to get the phosphates and nitrates down. If I add carbon into the mix that will be too much carbon, am I right?

i love the vodka dosing method I have used it a lot in the past and really works. I just moved my big system in oct and after moving always get the nasty spikes with stirring sand and rock. so my nitrates went to 20 ppm and dosed for 2 weeks and got it to under 1 and a week after that 0.I still ran my carbon not sure if that right or not with vodka. never really thought about that. from what I know I think that activated carbon absorbs certain organics like yellowing of water and coral mucus. and the carbon in vodka is more of a bacteria stimulant. but I not sure that is just my thoughts.
I use Kent iodide and its potassium iodide.. to be honest I have no idea which one is better for what or even the difference it makes in the tank the kent was on sale.lol

scubasteve · Feb 8, 2015

yveterinarian said:
Sorry if I'm hijacking your thread barebottomcouple but I have to know... for both of you, what version of iodide are you using? I Googled it and found potassium iodide, copper iodide, zinc iodide, sodium iodide, silver iodide... you get the picture. As a nurse I have access to lots of liquid iodine but from what I read iodide is when iodine bonds with another element so I don't imagine I can use my liquid iodine for dosing. After this question I will start my own thread

Almost everything i use is all aqua vitro by seachem their "vibrance" is potassium iodide as well

barebottomcouple · Feb 8, 2015

scubasteve said:
Almost everything i use is all aqua vitro by seachem their "vibrance" is potassium iodide as well

I like the aqua vitro line I use eight.four and fuel for when needed. kent was on sale for 2.99 a bottle so I bout 8 bottles.

scubasteve · Feb 8, 2015

barebottomcouple said:
I like the aqua vitro line I use eight.four and fuel for when needed. kent was on sale for 2.99 a bottle so I bout 8 bottles.

ya i started with kent but i could never keep things stable so i switched to the whole aqua vitro lineup and has been going great. Im sure it was something i was doing wrong but i like aqua vitro for the fact you can dose everything within minutes of each other and no adverse affects plus the capful or two beats a 1/4 cup anyday lol never seen an additive bottle last so long. I can only use a half dose of the fuel because i add polyp booster with it and both can cause a massive algae bloom if overdone.... made that mistake once lmao

yveterinarian · Feb 8, 2015

Thanks for the replies. I ordered some Kent and an Iodide test kit from MOPS. Dave will pick it all up for me tomorrow so I'll see how that goes.

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