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February 16th, 2009
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| When do you know when tank is ready for corals?
When do you know when your tank is ready for corals? | 
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February 16th, 2009
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| According to your aquarium info, your tank is six months old with T5 lighting. What is the wattage of your bulbs ? Other than stable water parameters and good lighting, I say your ready ! You can start with LPS's. | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| Yep.......................... I of course made the mistake of putting some corals in to soon. Now that my 29 gal is about 8 months old, everything is doing great. 6 months sounds just about right. | |
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February 16th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agsansoo  According to your aquarium info, your tank is six months old with T5 lighting. What is the wattage of your bulbs ? Other than stable water parameters and good lighting, I say your ready ! You can start with LPS's. | It's now seven about to be eight. 2 460nm Actinic and 2 10000°K T-5 HO. I was thinking of getting xenia as my first coral. I found some in Pet CO at $20 for a pretty good size one. What reef supplements should I use? I don't know what to look for or what it should include. | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| As long as you are performing regular water changes, you really don't need to add supplements at this point, even with the Xenia. If you start adding hard, calerous corals, calcium is probably the first thing that will become important, but you will need to get a test kit to know where you are and whether a supplement is needed. | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| Xenia would be a great first coral. Grows like a weed and needs some nitrates to survive. Good luck and be sure to post some photos of your first coral !  | |
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February 16th, 2009
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Originally Posted by sgould As long as you are performing regular water changes, you really don't need to add supplements at this point, even with the Xenia. If you start adding hard, calerous corals, calcium is probably the first thing that will become important, but you will need to get a test kit to know where you are and whether a supplement is needed. | By regular do you mean weekly? | |
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February 16th, 2009
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| If you can find a local club, you can probably find someone who will give you all the xenia you want for free. I know in another club I'm in, people will pull out handfulls every week and throw it away, so you may check that route first, to save some money. | |
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February 16th, 2009
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By regular do you mean weekly?
| I personally prefer weekly, yes. Although others go bi-weekly. Salt water mixes contain the trace elements necessary for your tank. Those elements are depleted over time, but by doing regular water changes you are constantly replenishing them. Because of this, IMO, most casual hobbyists do not need to constantly add supplements (though there are no shortage of products available) to their tanks. | |
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February 16th, 2009
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Originally Posted by au01st If you can find a local club, you can probably find someone who will give you all the xenia you want for free. I know in another club I'm in, people will pull out handfulls every week and throw it away, so you may check that route first, to save some money. |
In texas theres not many fish clubs. | |
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February 17th, 2009
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| If you're close to the Dallas - Fort Worth area there's a good one called the DFW Marine Aquarium Society (The North Texas Marine Hobbyist Community) !
Last edited by agsansoo; February 17th, 2009 at 01:36 AM.
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February 17th, 2009
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Originally Posted by agsansoo If you're close to the Dallas - Fort Worth area there's a good one called the DFW Marine Aquarium Society (The North Texas Marine Hobbyist Community) ! | I live to far. About two hours. | |
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