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05-11-2004, 07:22 PM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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New Mantis Tank
After some thought and deliberation, I moved my mantis into my old 5.5 gallon. The tank has two 15 watt ten gallon striplights on top, and an aquaclear 200 for circulation/filtering with carbon if i need it. Anyway...what would be the most light demanding species of corals I could put in there...I want to have a tank full of softies, but would I be able to put an LPS or two? ANyway...just thought I'd ask. Thanks, have a good one guys!
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05-11-2004, 07:45 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Macon GA
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You might be able to get by with a few of the easier LPS corals.
Candy Coral
Frogspawn
Things like that. If you have a bigger tank setup you can always move them if they start loosing all their color.
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05-11-2004, 08:04 PM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
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doh! ! ! good idea...just put them into my larger tank if I can't keep them in the small one! ! !  |
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05-11-2004, 10:08 PM
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Shark
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Or just use reverse logic on this problem.
Take a coral out of the bigger tank and give it a try in the smaller one. Figure out what works then go buy small specimens for the small tank.
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05-11-2004, 10:24 PM
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lazy reefer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MI, clarkston
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be careful do you knwo if the mantis shrimp will prey on corals? i have been wondering this myself i want to add soem shrooms but i dont knowo if hell eat em like a shroom
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05-11-2004, 10:44 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Vancouver
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the mantis shouldnt bother corals.
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05-11-2004, 11:08 PM
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lazy reefer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MI, clarkston
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why must people always use shouldent im my tanks that means they will indefinatly eat them lol
so ill add some macro alga and some shrooms just to see wat happens
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05-12-2004, 10:47 AM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
Join Date: Dec 2003
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I had a hairy mushroom in my tank, and Teensy never bothered it. Hopefully he won't bother any corals. I just want some zoo's, shrooms, and xenia for a nice little easy to take care of reef! THe mantis would be the showcase specimen, of course! |
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05-12-2004, 11:16 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: St. Louis
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I've never had problems with mantis bugging corals. However, I don't know how good your LPS will look under NO lighting.
They usually flouresce (sp?) better with a little actinic.
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05-12-2004, 11:24 AM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
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I have normal bulbs right now, but I was planning on getting one 50/50 10k/actinic NO 15watt and one pure actinic 03 15watt. That would be the light combo...but I don't know if that would be enough white light to keep the corals healthy. I probably won't try any LPS for a while in there, or until I have some nice ones in my big tank I could just frag and try. |
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05-12-2004, 11:27 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: St. Louis
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Nothing ventured.....nothing gained.
Especially since you have a big tank to move them to if necessary.
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05-13-2004, 04:14 PM
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Nano reefer and Jeeper
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anyone here ever used guppies in saltwater before? I would like to feed my mantis some every so often, but I don't want to use a fish that will die right away in saltwater.
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05-13-2004, 07:38 PM
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Future reefer (my boy)
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wray, Colorado
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Guppies are pretty hardy and so are mollies or feeder goldfish
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