coral

what are easy pieces to start out with?

Mushrooms , Leathers, Kenya Trees, Xenia, Frogspawn, pipe organs, hammers,
Polyps and Zoos.
They all grow good under any lighting(PC, T5's or MH) and so so water current.
Plus they're all easy to find and cheap.

What kind of light do you plan on using?

Plus, I see your favorite fish is a Powder Blue Tang. Almost all Tangs are compatible with corals(soft and hard).

i have a all T5 fixture

still looking for reasonable skimmer i have a 150gallon tank and 55gallon sump. i need something rated at 200gallon and above??

HOB or in sump skimmer?

in sump skimmer. i dont have much room to work with under stand. about 21 inches

Seaclone 150 Skimmer with Pump does 150 per hour and will fit in the sump.
I got mine from petsolutions.com for $99 w/ free shipping.

If you have a 100gallon or smaller, it's the way to go.

I have a seaclone 100 on my 75 right now and it's great.
I feed the slush from the skimmer to my wife's rubber and
fern plants(it's amazing).

i have a 150gallon

Look up the Coralife Needle Wheel Skimmers on petsolutions.com
I think they're right at $200 or so. But they got (3), one rated at like
225gph.

nitty wrote:

Look up the Coralife Needle Wheel Skimmers on petsolutions.com
I think they're right at $200 or so. But they got (3), one rated at like
225gph.

one is rated for 65 galoons one is rated for 125 gallons and one is rated for 220 gallons. the coralife units can be used either in sump or hang on. i have a ss (super skimmer) 125 (125 gallons) and a ss (super skimmer) 220 (rated for 220 gallons).

i also have an oceanic plus series model 4 that is rated for 100 gallons with the pump that is on it but could work with a larger tank by chaning the pump to a little larger one. the issue he is going to have nitty is his space requirements, the 125 and 220 will both be to tall for his app (ss125 is 24" tall and the ss220 is 25 1/8" tall)

They have one rated at 220 now, but you right, it's too tall for the space he has.
Here's a few pics of my 40 gallon frag tank under T5 65watt 10k actinics, and corals in my 75 gallon under T5 65watt 10k.

T5 10K actinics



T5 10K day

nitty wrote:

They have one rated at 220 now

nitty coralife has only ever had 3 and they were teh ss 65, ss125, and ss220 (SS denotes super skimmer and the number denotes model and in the case of the ss the gallons the skimmers are rated for)

Nitty do you sell your frags?

nice i like it. cannot wait until i get mine up

Right, but 220 is 25" tall. I think he said he's working with 21" or so.
So the GPH on the 220 is or isn't 220gph.

nitty wrote:

Right, but 220 is 25" tall. I think he said he's working with 21" or so.
So the GPH on the 220 is or isn't 220gph.

yes the ss220 is 220 rated for 220 gallons not 225 as was posted previously, coralife never had a skimmer rated for 225 gallons LOL. also i would like to know if you ever get rid of corals or frags LOL.

PM sent to lordraptor1

Raptor are you driving down to Tomball? Pick me up on the way.

Terry wrote:

Raptor are you driving down to Tomball? Pick me up on the way.

sorry bud i plan on going to ilis pad as soon as i can get gas money and scheduale a time to reseal his tanks LOL but not going down that far anytime soon, if i had ton of funds i would though. hell if i had the funds i would go collect some stuff from the wild LOL.

If I had the funds I would buy all those zoas and that nice sps pictured.

If any of you guys come near Houston, let me know in advance.
I'll fix you up with a few nice frags. I got an Eagle Eye that I never
fragged. and a Chili coral that's so pretty under 14k T5's

hey nitty what is that coral peice in the last picture?

Green button polyps (w/ brown skirt)
It may have 3or4 different names.
They're real common. I bought a 10
head frag for like $25 at a LFS (City Pets).
I think the 10k lighting makes them look
good. They didn't look as nice at the store
under those PC 50/50 lights.

nitty wrote:

If any of you guys come near Houston, let me know in advance.
I'll fix you up with a few nice frags. I got an Eagle Eye that I never
fragged. and a Chili coral that's so pretty under 14k T5's

well nitty if i ever get some cash so i could actually buy something i would come for a visit LOL