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Unread 11/23/2011, 11:23 AM   #576
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update me- what's your water change schedule? Ever run carbon?


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Unread 11/23/2011, 04:09 PM   #577
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I change about 100 gallons every two weeks. It's about a 300 gallon system. 200 display, and a 120 gallon sump, filled to about five inches from the top. I buy carbon by the 30Lb bag. (I have a friend in the filter business) I run a DI cartridge full of carbon, with a 600gph pump. Carbon is changed when I do water changes.


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Unread 11/23/2011, 04:11 PM   #578
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Unread 11/23/2011, 04:23 PM   #579
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oh we have to say what color too ? mine is bleached I guess :P


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Unread 11/23/2011, 05:45 PM   #580
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Unread 12/04/2011, 10:15 PM   #581
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Anyone know what type of carpet is this one? picture was taken without the lights on so it shows its true color...




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Unread 12/04/2011, 10:32 PM   #582
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S. haddoni.

Have a feeling it will get a bit darker in time -- very slightly bleached, nothing I would worry about (( unless it starts to get lighter )).


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Unread 12/04/2011, 11:58 PM   #583
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S. haddoni.

Have a feeling it will get a bit darker in time -- very slightly bleached, nothing I would worry about (( unless it starts to get lighter )).
I'd be worried some. The 3 corals in the picture all aren't doing well and if they aren't, I'd doubt the nem is going to do well.


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Unread 12/06/2011, 06:03 PM   #584
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What are you guys feeding your carpets?


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Unread 12/06/2011, 06:13 PM   #585
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What are you guys feeding your carpets?
Mine aren't picky. They grab food every day when I feed the fish. I typically feed them shrimp or SW fish meat. I have fed them all kinds of stuff from, whole crayfish, crab legs, clam, squid, even fresh water fish.


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Unread 12/06/2011, 06:18 PM   #586
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Mine aren't picky. They grab food every day when I feed the fish. I typically feed them shrimp or SW fish meat. I have fed them all kinds of stuff from, whole crayfish, crab legs, clam, squid, even fresh water fish.
would it be ok to spray them krill or brine shrimp with a turkey baster?


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Unread 12/06/2011, 06:25 PM   #587
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would it be ok to spray them krill or brine shrimp with a turkey baster?
There's nothing really wrong with that, if the anemone is healthy enough to take such small particles. With "carpet" anemones, I like to use something a little more substantial. These are large animals, capable of eating a lot of groceries.


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Unread 12/06/2011, 10:55 PM   #588
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Smile

Got some anemones here as well.

For your critical appreciation.

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Unread 12/07/2011, 07:11 AM   #589
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Here's a current picture of my tank, showing my two giganteas.

The green/yellow I’ve had for about 14 months, and it was in another reefers tank for a year or so before that.

The turquoise one I got from Liveaquaria has been in the tank for about 10 months.

Interestingly, the juvenile of the spawning trio of ocellaris clowns in the green/yellow gigantea has never shown any inclination to move to the other gigantea and set up its own home there. Maybe it likes it current role.



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Unread 12/07/2011, 07:57 AM   #590
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Randy, has the copper band ever nipped at your anemones?


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Unread 12/07/2011, 11:06 AM   #591
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I've never noticed my Chelmon marginalis nip at the giganteas. It did apparently eat lots of aiptasia, which along with a ton of peppermints solved a huge infestation and now none are visible anywhere.

I have noticed it nip at some LPS, but usually only when a bit of food landed on them. They never seemed to be bothered much by these rare events.


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Unread 12/07/2011, 11:42 AM   #592
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Those Nems are beautiful. was the teal one from the divers den?


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Unread 12/07/2011, 11:59 AM   #593
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If you are asking me, thanks, and yes the teal gigantea was from the Divers Den part of Live Aquaria.


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Unread 12/07/2011, 03:44 PM   #594
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nice, Randy!

Happy Holidays to you and yours. That teal is a beauty! My Copperband (C. rostratus... similar to C. marginalis) never bothers carpet anemones but my Klein's Butterflyfish pesters ALL anemones.




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Unread 12/08/2011, 07:49 AM   #595
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Thanks, Gary. Happy Holidays to you as well!


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Unread 12/08/2011, 11:09 AM   #596
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My carpet that I have had over a year now and has gotten deeper color than ever with my newer lights




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Here is a 2 month update on my blue/green carpet





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Unread 02/09/2012, 06:22 PM   #598
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mine under leds 1.3 years old

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Unread 02/10/2012, 10:22 AM   #599
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EC... thank you so much for the video.... I am in awe!!! I wish I had the tank space and dedication to run carbon, and do huge water changes, so, just please keep posting pictures and videos so I can enjoy yours! Your porcelain crab doing the wave was hilarious!

I have some questions for you if you don't mind....
Currently (180 gallon):

I have an LTA hosting a spawning pair of picassos (about 2.5 years together now...)



A year a go, I added a blue haddoni



Observations.

Clowns weren't spawning when the haddoni was added. They stayed in their LTA and paid absolutely NO attention to it. Then, two things happened, they started going in the haddoni for bits of time, but clearly being hosted by the LTA (they are close together- their choice, not mine. The haddoni moved within about 10 inches of the LTA) And, I noticed spawning. Not sure which came first, but, both activities happened last summer.

My percs choose to stay with their LTA when they are within a day or so of spawning, and through to hatch. Then, when they are on vacation, they go back to playing periodically in the haddoni, but still being hosted by the LTA.

Anyway, I also added two porcelain crabs, on in each anemone (as you see in the pics.) Within a week, both crabs ended up in the haddoni. And stay there. The clowns and crabs pay no mind to one another now. These pics were initial curiousity.

So, just like all reefers do, I'm shaking things up. I'm downsizing to a 60 gallon cube, and have obtained a 2 year captive blue gigantea. I'm moving my clowns to the cube with the gigantea next week. I don't care about hosting at this point, I'm sure they'll work it out eventually. LOL I'm interested in whether anyone has had porcelain crabs in a gigantea? All these pictures, and I haven't seen one with a porcelain crab in a gig...

In keeping with the thread, here are some pictures of my carpet anemones Sorry, I haven't gotten the hang of pictures with the lighting over the gig, so, those pictures will be next week.












Interestingly, when the haddoni travelled, toward the LTA, I was panicking. I actually put that little plastic divider there, knowing either of them could mow it down in a heart beat, but at least the tentacles couldn't touch incidentally. Oddly enough, the haddoni retreated about 8-10 inches and that's how they've been for nearly a year.






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Unread 02/10/2012, 01:52 PM   #600
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Can anyone tell me why I would want a carpet that would eat all my fish?


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