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I agree with the ID on Candy cane coral......

*cough* [link=http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/coral/candycane.asp]http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/coral/candycane.asp" style="COLOR: #FF0000[/link]

I have some neon green ones that grow like a weed....just need to figure out how to get them too you!

From my experience the ones you have dont seem to grow as fast or be as "meaty" as the green ones.....

Thankyou guys

ps. jacquie, i hope your daughter gets well real soon.

-DL

Cake > Pie

Your tank looks really nice. Will try and post some of mine later on, daughter not well and poss wake up the moment I go to do it. LOL keep up the good work!

WOW
I love your tank... GREAT job

I just brought my wife in to take a look at it and she did the same thing as me..... WOW

Last edited by razz at 04-Dec-2004 13:04

The 500W of MH lighting ran about $AU 700 complete and the T5 Kits are $AU260 or there abouts.

-DL

Cake > Pie

How much did all you lighting cost?

Its a 4x2x2, light info is below (pasted from above)

At moment i have 2 Single Ended 250W 14K MH but a 10K 4' twin tube T5 kit is on its way and depending on the colour result i may add another one of those. Failing that the next kit may be actinic if i decide to replace the 14K halides with 10K halides when the time comes so im not sure yet, ill just wait and see how things look when the kit arrives.

I forgot to put the tank info on the post, i will add this information later today.

-DL

Cake > Pie

Hey, what size tank is that and what is the light that you have? WATTs?

i hope my tank looks that good..that is very nice.great job

Thankyou,

My only advice there is to start planning and reading now and dont be afraid to buy the odd thing as you can to build it slowly. This helps you do a bit larger tank and its not one big hit on the wallet, you will also be very prepared for the setup processes and good maintenance routines by the time you fill the tank

-DL

Last edited by Dark Lotus at 28-Nov-2004 13:57

Cake > Pie

Lotus!!! What a beautiful tank!!! I love saltwater, but am still kind of scared to even venture into it, though I did have one guy I know tell me I could start a very basic one in a ten gallon??? But, I honestly must say if I'm gonna do it, I'll have to do it right, and by that I mean a decent size... Thanks so much for sharing...Heidi


Last edited by hmlaird at 27-Nov-2004 23:42

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Oh my.... Nate, um... err well, you see the page didnt load properly when i looked there -honest

-DL

Cake > Pie

Glass 48x24x24, 3-5" Crushed Marble DSB
48x14x20 Refugium/sump 6-8" Crushed Marble DSB
Return pump -PondMaster 3600
Skimmer -Custom Aquatica Australia BS-800
Skimmer Pump -Laguna 5000
Tank Lights -2 x 250W Coral Lights 14K Single Ended
Water Movement -Tunze Turbelle Stream Kit + Multicontroller
Top Off -Tunze Osmolator
Cleaning -Tunze Magnet cleaner 10-18mm
Heating -3 x 200w Thermal Tronic
test Kits -All Salifert except pH (ph pen) and S.G (Refractometer)

I have nearly all of these items below on hand but waiting on a few components (marked with *) so i can put the following on the tank on tuesday. Should make a good improvement and hopefuly get me one step closer to being "finished" haha yeh right

4' twin tube T5 lighting kit *
"VT" size co2 cylinder
Tunze CO2 Regulator 7077/2
Aquatica Australia Calcium Reactor *
130W Power Compact 6400k E40 base Sump light
Eheim 1046 Reactor Pump
Tunze Calcium media
Beckett Skimmer Collection chamber *

-DL

Last edited by Dark Lotus at 01-Dec-2004 21:41[/font]

Cake > Pie

I had passed over that name as a possibility before because what i saw was totally different but re-searching and seeing the liveaquaria link it has one exactly like it.

Thankyou for that, much appreciated.

-DL

Cake > Pie

edit: Can anyone give me anything positive for an ID on the coral on top of the centre clumn? It has a stalk which branches into about 5 or 6 seperate stalks and the ends are a light orange/pink with a bright green centre, i have seen small feeders come out of this and it seems to grow similar to a duncanopsammia type (branching). I havent been able to pin it down and would love it if someone knew what it was.

My guess is it's a Caulastrea furcata(candy cane coral)

Last edited by stuff_gnome at 27-Nov-2004 19:37

Last edited by stuff_gnome at 27-Nov-2004 19:41

Thanks all

Yes the one between the brain and clam is an elegance coral, i love them and the different forms you can find them in. Theres another behind the tang and i hope to find more different types.

At moment i have 2 Single Ended 250W 14K MH but a 10K 4' twin tube T5 kit is on its way and depending on the colour result i may add another one of those. Failing that the next kit may be actinic if i decide to replace the 14K halides with 10K halides when the time comes so im not sure yet, ill just wait and see how things look when the kit arrives.

edit: Can anyone give me anything positive for an ID on the coral on top of the centre clumn? It has a stalk which branches into about 5 or 6 seperate stalks and the ends are a light orange/pink with a bright green centre, i have seen small feeders come out of this and it seems to grow similar to a duncanopsammia type (branching). I havent been able to pin it down and would love it if someone knew what it was.

I also edited the annoying title

-DL

Last edited by Dark Lotus at 27-Nov-2004 18:35

Cake > Pie

That was one of my guesses, but I had a few more ideas.

And yes, it is an awsome tank Matt. What kind of lighting are you using on it?

Last edited by ACIDRAIN at 26-Nov-2004 22:18

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There is always a bigger fish...

That my friend would be an elegance coral.

BTW, great looking tank Matt.....

Last edited by DarkRealm Overlord at 26-Nov-2004 22:02

I love the green carpet. But what is that in front of it, near the glass, the one that appears to have two different kinds of tenticles?

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There is always a bigger fish...

Very nice, lots of nice color. Nice green carpet anemone.



Dan