Eric's 65-Gallon Project!

[Eric Noa]

Hey guys...

I just wanted to show you the Frag I got today at my LFS.

 

[daugherty]

that is nice two different colors i like the green one it is almost like my green apple monti

 

[dcantucson]

Looks like a bonus Two frag plug to me!!!

 

[Eric Noa]

Thank you guys... Can't wait till the grow

 

[Smitty]

It looks good...nice addition!

 

[tankedchemist]

lol, I have a piece of rock that looks just like that frag, only a bit bigger. My LFS guy will be sad that someone else thought of the same idea!! haha

 

[Eric Noa]

Here are some pics of a GBTA I got from my LFS.

 

[Bifferwine]

You can get different colored montis to grow together as one:

Two different color monti caps growing together how common? Pics - Page 4 - Reef Central Online Community

Also, your tank is too young for an anemone. They rarely survive in tanks that have been set up for less than a year. Watch it carefully -- if it dies or gets sick, it can kill everything else in the tank with it.

 

[Eric Noa]

Thanks Biff,

I know the tank is too young for an Anemone, but let see what happens

 

[dcantucson]

Biff those are some crazy corals on RC. Thanks.

 

[Eric Noa]

Hey guys,

Well let me give you an update on the tank. I took the GBTA out because it was bleached. I didn't know at the time when I bought it because if I would had known about it I wouldn't had bought it in the first place.

I also tested the water today and here are the result...

Ammonia - .25ppm ( I'm a little bit freaked out about this ) It should be at 0 right?
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 0ppm
PH - 8.2

Calcium - 460ppm
KH - 11dKH
Phosphate - 4ppm ( I think it's a little bit low. )

Another update ( I just needed to have an anemone in the tank ) I went to my LFS and saw a really nice RBTA and decided to buy it.

Here are a couple of pictures after one hour of being in the tank. ( I bought it 12/30/2009 )

This pictures are from yesterday afternoon.

 

[Smitty]

Very nice anemone, but you should hold off getting anything new until your ammonia is at zero.

 

[Bifferwine]

Ammonia should be at zero. Even if a small amount is present in your water, it can be fatal -- especially to an animal as sensitive as an anemone.

 

[Eric Noa]

What can I do to bring the ammonia down? Water change??? Also what about the other test, are they ok??

 

[Bifferwine]

Yeah do a water change. Everything else looks fine, but phosphate should also be at zero. High phosphate levels lead to algae problems.

 

[Smitty]

Yep...water change, and maybe some "prime" or something like that. The other levels are ok. But if you have ammonia, it will probably turn into nitrite, just like a regular cycle. So yeag, a nice water change should help.

 

[Eric Noa]

Yeah do a water change. Everything else looks fine, but phosphate should also be at zero. High phosphate levels lead to algae problems.

Well the phosphates had gone down cause at the beginning they were at 6ppm..

I will get water ready to do a water change.

 

[Leslee]

Your tank looks really nice!

 

[Eric Noa]

Small update.... I trade my Orange/White Ocellaris for this Black/White Percula pair

 

[yote]

Those right there are my favorite clowns.:D