TheClark
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I use the Red Sea Nitrate kit as well as the Mag and Cal kits. I believe these are all part of the Foundations kit. I go until the color is a constant deep blue. If I remember right with the Mag test the color will change but if you wait a few seconds it will start to fade. Add a drop at a time till the color stays consistent.
Good tip rworegon!
They also have some great videos online for the red sea kit. Here is the mag video. Something about watching someone do it makes it allot easier:
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Good question, I often wonder the same as a 2 part dosing reefer.
Allot of guys user BRS and B-Ionic and even the DIY 2 part.
Seachem was recommended to me by a friend.
He had a beautiful tank, the biggest tyree blue flower petal monti I have ever seen. So I gave it a try.
Seachem reef fusion is the most concentrated I have found. Using the reef chemistry calculator you can verify that. More than BRS, B-Ionic or DIY 2 part. Being more concentrated is nice but by no means a must.
Like brightwell it does calcium and alk, but also adds trace elements. Here is a copy paste from the site.
Calcium (min)
95 mg
Calcium (max)
105 mg
Magnesium
5 mg
Strontium
0.1 mg
Boron
0.020 mg
Iron
0.0005 mg
Manganese
0.0001 mg
Molybdenum
0.0005 mg
Rubidium
0.014 mg
Seems like a good option.
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Happened to run across this thread. This guy put a coast to coast into an existing aquarium, kind of interesting:
http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/member-tanks/95851-island-reef.html
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Not sure if this got lost but,,,,
http://coral.aims.gov.au/info/factsheets.jsp
EDIT: Thanks for the site Roy, thats a nice one (highfive)
Awesome, these sites will come in handy.
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Yes, Stylaster posted this a while back but that post is gone. There is allot of excitement about it, but I have no idea if it has come to fruition yet. Tagging along!
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Well I wanted to do one of these but the wife said no
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That would totally do the job! One for each container on a timer (nutty)
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Now where's the Zoa one? Or am I going to have to make my ID Thread bigger and call most by silly names
CoralPedia is ok, but I have not had the best success on there
http://www.coralpedia.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=15
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Thanks Roy. I love that the site targets the scientific genus and species, not trade names and morphs. Also, wow, there are many acropora species.
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Hooray! (party) Glad to hear it, safe travels home.
Travelling can be stressful with a reef tank for sure!
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Air pump on a timer. Cheap and easy
Genius, I am going to do that!
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Ya that is annoying and a good question. Every once in a while I give it a shake (Seachem Reef Fusion 2 part) but alkalinity is rock steady so I think it is working. Maybe that is the key, if you don't shake it and it stays steady?
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Great group of people here. Good luck hope it goes well Jayce and Steve.
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I've got three refractometers...two give the same readings' date=' so i go with those. Every hydrometer I have ever owned has been considerably off.[/quote']
Same here, wildly off! For the cost today compared to the average frag it seems pretty smart to pick one up.
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This is pretty bad, but I've been using the same Instant Ocean Hydrometer that I've had since I got into the hobby 8 years ago. (laugh)
I've tested it against multiple refractometers and it has always been correct, so I've never had a need to buy anything else.
I'm a bad example though.
Refractometers are definitely the way to go.
That's amazing and a good example of good hydrometer behavior. Well maybe like many things, they just don't make em like they used to DOH!
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You should man, cheaper than many frags for an ATC one on amazon
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Blast from the past 07-10-2013, 08:45 PM.. Repost since it might help someone...
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Wow, I have to share. If you ever think your specific gravity is off, get a second opinion.
Just a routine check, tested SG in son's frag tank after hooking up his ATO.
- 1.030... Seriously!
- Tap tap tap, tap tap tap. Any bubbles left in there?
- No? Could it really be that high?
- Still reads high.
- Let's test the DT.
- DT reads the same.
- Tap, tap tap.
- DT reads at 1.026 after allot of tapping.
- Back to frag tank, more tapping.
- No matter how much I tap, frag tank reads high.
- Test saltwater in mixing garbage can, off the charts high. Over 1.032. That's odd.
- Bust out the old, old hydrometer and retest frag tank.
- It still reads high at 1.028.
Oh yeah, I have a refractometer!!! I have not been able to find for a month, the time is right.
Tear apart all the fish supplies looking for it. FOUND IT!
Grab the calibration fluid, test the refractometer. Reads exactly right per the calibration fluid.
Test the frag tank - 1.0255.
Test the DT - 1.025
Test the Saltwater mixing bucket - 1.025
Toss hydrometers in trash.
Wow, lesson learned.
Glad I did not pour a bunch of fresh water in to appease the hydrometer. That would have rough on the frags.
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Here is the thread, good read. Thanks Blackice!
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Thanks very interesting, going to read up on that.
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I want it, but the floor would collapse in my office. Already 500 gallons up here! Bump GLWS!
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There are so many pretty echinatas, but they often nuke what they are next to. it is a shame but just give it some room. I can vouch personally for what junkie told you they have a hell-acious sting... That said I am not 100% sure it is an echinata how big is the big polyp diameter?
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Sasquatch's Clarkatoa 45% blue 5% white added extra UV bulbs
June 2014
August 2014
Your's are just beautiful Sasquatch! Thanks for doing such a nice job with them.
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repost from the original as best as I could come up with from caches and notes...
Background
I was fortunate enough to acquire a special piece of coral from Golden Basket that morphed before my eyes into an amazing and beautiful specimen. This thread's purpose is to document and explain the history and my thoughts on what happened.
History
7/6/2013 Purchased '2 Heads Exotic Darth Maul Zoanthid Polyp' From Golden Basket
After much 'encouragement' from my son, I added these on to an already large golden basket purchase.
Here are the original parents:
Live Coral - 2 Heads Exotic Darth Maul Zoanthid Polyp(390620797663)
At this point, I put them on the frag rack and kind of forgot about them. Over the next month I started noticing a transformation occurring.
First off, the orange was super bright, like the brightest of any zoa/paly I have seen. Very nice looking.
Secondly, the previously brown ring started turning green. Here is a pic on 8/11/2013
8/11/2013 - Interesting Colors, So I Posted a Thread '
Dearth maul starting to get a hint of green reminds me of Krakatoa'
8/16/2013 - The Maul Gets A New Name
Sasquatch on another forum dubs the newly discovered variety 'The Clarkatoa'. The name sticks as it is quite hilarious and appropriate as a play on Kratatoa and my handle TheClark.
8/21/2013 First Frag
Finally I was brave enough to take a frag. What beauties! It was easy on the original plug because the two heads were pretty far apart. Future fragging was trickier as they seem to be growing together in tight clumps.
11/15/2013 Orange Begins To Dominate
While they are a far cry from the original GB purchase:
1/7/2014 Breakthrough on Affecting Coloration
After racking my brain about what was different an idea comes from someone else.
My 13 year old son solved our mystery of why the green is more accentuated at times than others.
I had been thinking that after fragging, or when alkalinity dropped was affecting it. Truth is, it was a much simpler explanation.
He noticed that the heads facing straight up take on the brilliant cheeto orange color to such an extent that the green is masked out.
The heads facing sideways get less light, and the green comes out much more.
So as an experiment, we moved some to a medium light location, and the green band is much more prominent.
So the conclusion is, much like acans, zoas perform differently under different lighting conditions. Like acans, you can control it by moving them around in the tank.
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**** If you want more green, move it to a medium light location. If you prefer more bright orange, keep them in higher light.***
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Other Clarkatoa Owner Pictures
Mike Nickerson - 1/22/2014
Jadams7 - 12/7/2013
Bombertech 1/14/2014
Stylaster 12/5/2013
Updated Pics From My Tank
Grown in medium light
Parent Under High Light, Oranged Out But Still Beautiful
My Theory
My theory is that this GB purchase was just a very luck find. The mauls were still acclimating to LED lights when purchased. Perhaps they were maricultured and still adjusting to captivity, hard to say.
Just like acans and acropora though, sometimes you get a piece of coral and really luck out as it acclimates to your lights.
As presented in this thread, they are definitely affected by different light intensities, perhaps by spectrum. Hard to say but time will tell as more people are growing them out.
They reproduce true, and the babies are little clones of the parents, equally happy under LEDs.
Clarkatoa Lights
Nothing fancy, just a blue and white TaoTronics LED off of ebay. Blues rab about 80% at the time, whites perhaps 50%. Just enough white to take the edge off of the blue.
Since then they have grown under T5s, full spectrum LEDs, GU10s in my sump frag rack, custom full spectrum leds. You name it. They still retain the glowing orange coloration. As my son discovered, the theory is that too much light causes the orange to take over.
Like many other corals, lights can affect your results with this particular Maul Morph.
Well, that is the story, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. No doubt some will find this controversial. I find it a great opportunity to share information about the joy of having a pretty dull piece of coral turn into something quite special.
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Awesome, bump! I hope to make it there...
Some soft corals for sale.
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Nice healthy looking colonies, GLWS