[poorkat]

Originally Posted by poorkat

Hello everyone,

New to this and the whole saltwater aquarium. I had a freshwater tank for the last 8 years and have recently switched it over to saltwater. Having a few problems some minor some not so minor. Here's to hoping someone can help
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I think that the zenia that I just bought is dying. Have had 3 days and it is not looking to well. First 2 days it was up right and moving with the current of the tank. Today it is droopy and only a few of the "stems" are up right. I read that they can release toxins when the dye. Is this true. If so How can I tell if it is dead or dying. If dying should I just get rid of it? I know lots and lots of questions

[Reefland]

Hi poorkat, Welcome to Reefland!

It would be best to post your question about your Xenia sp. in a new thread for a better response.

[poorkat]

Will give it another try, I think that I did find the answer to my question on line

Originally Posted by Reefland

Hi poorkat, Welcome to Reefland!

It would be best to post your question about your Xenia sp. in a new thread for a better response.

[watercreature]

Hey everyone! New to your group. My 75 gallon reef went through an ordeal about 2 months ago when an ice storm past through and I lost electricity for 3 days. To keep the tank warm I kept many candles lite, which kept the room temperature at a constant 72 degrees. However, I could not keep the tank water circulated and I lost half the corals.

Before the ice storm knocked out the electricity, my large green star polyps were a brilliant green. It took two weeks after the storm before the green star polyps reappeared. I didn't lose a single polyp but instead of the beautiful green color the entire colony is brown ! What caused the radical color change? Will the green color return? Does this color change from green to brown relate directly to the algae living within the polyps?

There was a minimum nitrate spike after the ice storm from the dead corals but it only registered at 12 for only one day. My tank has been completely stable since then within these parameters:

75 gallon tank, calcium 425, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia at zero, phosphates at zero, temp 73 degrees, use Kent Calcium buffer part A and part B, refugium, corals are star polyps, frogspawn, green toadstool, wood polyps, clove polyps, 7 inch derasa clam, 4 inch crocea clam, devils finger, candy cane, rose brain, ricordia, meat polyp, button, sps jewel rock......lights are 5 watts per gallon by Current.

Thanks for your help !!!

[Reefland]

Hi watercreature, Welcome to Reefland.com!

I would like to comment on your temperature of 73 degrees. This is very, very low for a tropical reef tank. Reef tanks are normally maintained ~80 degrees F; you might want to do some research on tank temperatures and consider slowly adjusting.

[watercreature]

Thanks for the welcome.......much appreciated. Thanks for your suggestion of researching tank temperature. I lived in Florida for 3 years and did a lot of scuba diving. The water temperature fluctuated throughout the year from the low 70's to the mid 80's. So I was never concerned about my reef tank being at 73 degrees. I will definately learn more about temperature. By the way, I enjoyed your photos of your 75 aquarium reef....very cool !

Originally Posted by Reefland

Hi watercreature, Welcome to Reefland.com!

I would like to comment on your temperature of 73 degrees. This is very, very low for a tropical reef tank. Reef tanks are normally maintained ~80 degrees F; you might want to do some research on tank temperatures and consider slowly adjusting.

[CAMZ28]

name :Ralph
Occupation: spending my wifes pay check
status: still married so far ,maybe i can manage a bigger tank,3 kids
2 boys 1 girl
been in the hobby for about 1 yr and 9 months, thanks for wellcome me
to your site .

Happy Reefing

[zhenya]

Hey Ralph,

Welcome to Reefland! Glad you found us.

If you have a pic of yourself please add it to this thread so all can put a face to the name.

[watercreature]

Hey fellow reefers! I pretty much have only LPS in my 75 gallon tank. I have only one SPS which is a Jewel Rock. It is growing and doing great! I have been told that my lighting is not intense enough for other SPS corals. I have eight 96 watts power compact over my tank.....is there any possibly way I could add SPS to my current set up? Water parameters are great and very stable.....Thanks for your help !

[zhenya]

Originally Posted by watercreature

Hey fellow reefers! I pretty much have only LPS in my 75 gallon tank. I have only one SPS which is a Jewel Rock. It is growing and doing great! I have been told that my lighting is not intense enough for other SPS corals. I have eight 96 watts power compact over my tank.....is there any possibly way I could add SPS to my current set up? Water parameters are great and very stable.....Thanks for your help !

Hi watercreature, Welcome to Reefland!

I think you have enough light to sustain quite a few species of so called "sps" corals. You can easily keep Montipora digitata and even some Acroporids if you can keep them on the top of rock structure. There is a lot more to keeping those corals than just lighting, though. Tank's stability and maturity plays an equal part as well as strong lighting when you talk "sps". And lets not forget that most of those corals need pretty strong water flow in the tank too...
I'd recommend starting with a Montipora digitata, they are quite hardy and grow pretty rapidly as well.

[Peterock]

Hello everyone well to start off my name is pete and I am new at this hobby of saltwater tanks I have been dealing with reptiles for the past 8 years.

My tank is a 45gal solid oak with canopy using a bak/pak 2 wet dry with skimmer and 2-96 watts retro fit lights 25lbs of live sand and 38lbs of live rock 20lbs of Fiji, 10lbs of Florida and 8 lbs of fake bleached rock for the color transition.

I am currently a Navy recruiter and part time zoologist breading my own bearded dragons....

[yankit3@hotmail.com]

[quote=Elmo18]To complement the "Who are you" post and also from out of curiosity I am starting this post to SEE the actual reefers behind these Reefland handles

So I'll start off:

Real name: Jimmy
Nickname: Big Mouth
HKSAR Civil Servant
Age: 52 (oooo almost 53)
Tank: 30 gallon fish only
Hobbies: Not much. Keeping freshwater fish for two yeas. Switch to saltwater for two months.

[RFL]

I am new to reefland and to forums in general. I had a 55g fish only tank for several years, moved and would like to start again with a larger (100+) reef tank. Any advice on lighting, filters etc. would be great.

[Reefland]

Hi RFL, Welcome to Reefland!

We've got tons of advice here. I would suggest posting a new thread with your specific questions or plans and we'll be glad to help out.

[fromtheocean]

Hello everyone I am 7 months into the hobby. We have a 16g reef set up. WE are planning (my son and I) a larger tank. This is a great hobby I wish I started alot sooner. I will try to post some pic's. Great to be here - mike.

[Samper]

Welcome Mike

Hurry up with those pics already!!!!!

[Reefland]

Hi fromtheocean, Welcome to Reefland!

[jkeithh1969]

Ok. Here I am.

[Reefland]

Is that a Wally World in the background? Michelle just looooves Wally World.

[jkeithh1969]

Originally Posted by Reefland

Is that a Wally World in the background? Michelle just looooves Wally World.

Damn. I'm busted. Yes, unfortunately that is a Wal-Mart. You can't go anywhere in Louisiana, Mississippi, etc without seeing one. I had to go and pick up some snakcs, soft drinks, etc. before the Mardi Gras parades.