Aquacultured Coral
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Cainschams
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Sweet looking coral, Tom!! I would love to have a salt water tank one day.
tkilgour
Member
Thanks Jared! I would love to have some more K. tavs or similar.
If you ever want to get into the reef hobby. Search the internet for local reef clubs in your area. You can get all the coral, supplies, tanks, etc. for below wholesale.
tkilgour
Member
Thanks Ataraxia! The candycane is one awesome piece. It is enormous and has over 50 heads. However, the kryptonite is one of my favorites too. It really looks like krytonite under the blue LEDs. Then again, I really do not have a favorite. I have a very rare trachyphyllia that is basically priceless. Then the Australlian acans are super sweet too!
Ashleigh
New Member
Awesome! We have a 120 gallon saltwater with two clowns, a blue tang, yellow tang, ignitus anthia, purple dottyback, coral beauty, royal gamma, midas blennie and a fire cleaner shrimp. We've been fish only until recently and are now starting the conversion to reef tank! Been looking at some anenomies and corals to figure the best ones for us. I can't wait until our tank is covered with corals!
tkilgour
Member
Just do not buy a purple condylactus. They are not native hosts to any clownfish. However, there are few occasions when a clown my take up on one as a host. Most clowns like sebaes, carpets, rose bubble tip anemones, and long tentacles. It will really depend on if your clowns are tank raised or wild caught. Most tank raised clowns will not use host anemones. I have a 125 gallon coral reef tank, a 225 gallon reef, a 65 gallon reef, and a 34 gallon reef. The only tanks w/ only fish are quarantine tanks. The tanks would be so boring w/o coral.
DavidBuchan
New Member
Your coral is great, I never had any desire to do the fish tank thing myself but it always amazes me that less than 1% of the ocean floor is coral reef yet it is the habitat for 25% of the marine life.
absolutbill
Chameleon Enthusiast
Your corals are fantastic - great job with them! I know the effort that needs to go into to raising them and keeping them healthy, so a big kudos to you!
VeiledChams
Avid Member
Awesome Corals Tom! I have a 16 gallon Innovative Marine tank with some corals. I find it extremely interesting! My favorite coral is the brain coral, I enjoy seeing how it eats when I target feed it.
VeiledChams
Avid Member
Where do you get your corals from?
tkilgour
Member
I get them all over. I am a moderator for a local reef club and I get many species of coral there. I have also bought coral from frag swaps, vivid aquariums in LA, and had some shipped from Australia.
VeiledChams
Avid Member
I get them all over. I am a moderator for a local reef club and I get many species of coral there. I have also bought coral from frag swaps, vivid aquariums in LA, and had some shipped from Australia.
Aaah Im so jealous. I just started a 3 gallon JBJ picotope.. I want to make it a LPS tank, but its hard to find pretty LPS corals that are also small enough for it. We'll see how it turns out.
I made a DIY refugium with the filter that came with the tank, and bough a bigger one to use as the actual filter. All I need is some good lights and it'll be time to add corals!
Have you used or know about the PAR38 bulbs from rapidled or ecoxotic? For the size of the aquarium, I think just one of those would be awesome.
tkilgour
Member
I have never used them. However, they make excellent LED lights these days. There is no longer a need for energy wasting Metal Halides. Boost LEDs are great lights as are these:
http://www.marinesolutionsinc.com/catalog?page=shop.browse&category_id=10
They are comparable to a 250 watt MH light.
