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2008-10-13 Soft and Stony Coral Saltwater Aquarium

Inside tank video of my 55 gallon marine reef aquarium, inside are: Star and Button Polyps, Crocea Clam, Branching Green Tip Pink Hammer/Anchor Coral (euphyllia ancora), White Tip Tan Torch Coral (euphyllia glabrescens), Pink Tip Tan and Green Frogspawn (euphyllia paradivisa), Toad Stool Leather Coral (sarcophyton), Alveopora Corals, and a pulsing Xenia Elongate. Also a False Percula Clown (ocelaris fish), Banded Coral Shrimp, Red legged hermits, Leaf Fish, Purple star sea urchin, and some barnicales in the middle of the Torch Coral. Water is kept at a cool and comfortable 77 degrees Fahrenheit, lighting is still a low 160 total watts of t8 bulbs. Protein Skimmer is the primary filtration method, i keep my sump filter bag full and overflowing with a rufugium like setup growing a branching algae in the sump tank. Thank you for viewing, subscribe to see when I post my next video!

Duration : 0:9:45


My 46 gallon bow front fish only salt water aquarium

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October 1st, 2009 at 9:45 pm


7 Responses to “2008-10-13 Soft and Stony Coral Saltwater Aquarium”

  1. TheFishMan101 Says:

    And hammer coral …
    And hammer coral are those hard or easy and whats the price?

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
  2. dawurzel Says:

    Great Vid mate, …
    Great Vid mate, especially the button polyps, they look really happy.

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
  3. besos4her Says:

    Yes, thats right… …
    Yes, thats right…. it is also important that you use the correct wavelength also. It doesn’t do a whole lot of good to give a ton of watts if its not being used by the symbiotic algae in the corals. Wavelengths 420 nm and 460 are the most important, which will grow corals very well even using very low wattage led lights. Just do your research on lighting products and you should do just fine… i think the best bet would be a nice power compact 420/460 mixed with 10k daylight from current :)

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
  4. samuelwaynefoleyjr Says:

    i have a question, …
    i have a question, how many watts do you need to grow coral and annenomies and alll. i heard it was 3-5 watts per gallon i have a 29 gallon tank so i would need around 87- to 145 watts?

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
  5. iJonel Says:

    wonderful.
    wonderful.

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
  6. bulldog111111 Says:

    well done…looks …
    well done…looks great

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
  7. Robbybox333 Says:

    Beautiful!!
    Beautiful!!

    November 8th, 2009 at 1:14 pm

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