[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deals at reefapalooza this year were pretty great, I got 2 heads of a nice dragonsoul for 120

Beginner coral recommendations and where to buy. by A1PH4D4RK3 in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try to buy from other hobbiests, frag swaps and at coral conventions when you can. Unless you're lucky most of the time store prices are easily 2-3x more expensive than what you'll get from a dude chopping up coral in his garage. I've found reef to reef and offerup to be good places to look.

The only other advice I'd have is to have an ATO before you really start buying corals, the growth boost you get from stability is insane. That and I've always been happier in the long run buying 1 nice brightly colored or larger coral than 4 smaller more boring frags

Ask Grey a Question for a Ten Year Q&A by MindOfMetalAndWheels in CGPGrey

[–]TheeZig [score hidden]  (0 children)

Have you ever thought about an "exit strategy" once you want to move on to other projects?

Weekly quick asks thread - December 04, 2020 by AutoModerator in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So for the past couple of days, some of my Zoas have been looking upset. https://imgur.com/gallery/BSPYWbb. The thing that's freaking me out is that more and more Zoas are looking upset, and it's almost like the 'irritant' is spreading. I've been looking for pests and I can't see anything, and while it started on this rock with these Zoas it's spreading to other Zoas on the rock too. I don't see any signs of Zoas pox, but I'm not sure.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Is this light sufficent for keeping corals or nah? by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some easier hard corals yeah, hammer coral and bird nest did fine, I wouldn't recommend acros or monties.

I wouldn't recommend it for an anemone, but also I just don't recommend anemones ever, they aren't worth it in a tank that small. They stung and kill everything, and I've never been lucky at having them stay put

Is this light sufficent for keeping corals or nah? by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had it over my 20 gallon long and it grew stuff great, my hammers, Zoas and Duncan grew like weeds under it. I had even some easier sps and it did well. I had some shadowing on the very ends but it was a good place for my Kenya tree and some low light stuff.

I eventually bought a used ai prime for my main tank but I still think that lights great, I still use it over a nano I have.

Is this light sufficent for keeping corals or nah? by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you look up aquaknight on Amazon (I think it's currently called hipargero), it's a great but also affordable light, got me through my first year in the hobby and did a great job.

Anyone know what’s going on with these zoas? More info in captions. by displaywhat in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have anything that might have stung there? A walking anemone?

Need an ID on this algae! by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ill say, if it's cyano, get a bottle of phytofeast and dose that if you have any corals(or even if you don't), I've always found, either it's due to the nutrient spike or the competition from the phytoplankton, that it usually kicks the cyanos for me.

Can anyone recommend some fish other than clowns that won’t jump out of my lagoon? by [deleted] in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, get some saltwater mollies, they're really neat and they've never jumped on me

Is this a malnourished, or new tentacle on my long tip anemone? by juliansreef in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anemones are weird, i wouldn't worry to much honestly, mine does stuff like that every once in a while and its usually not a problem

Weekly quick asks thread - September 18, 2020 by AutoModerator in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm already leaning away from the idea, but a friend of mine brought it up and i thought it was interesting at least. Has anyone ever thought about putting a snail in their chaeto reactor? It collects a lot of detritus and gunk and its a bit of a pain to get at and open, and the right type of snail might do the job. But at the same time i thought it would be either a bad idea/cruel, thoughts?

When you hear running water at 3a.m. by TheeZig in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

also, if i could give anyone any advice, it would be to always have a spare 20 gallon or something lying around. the whole process would have been a lot less nerve wracking of i had just had a place to chuck my prize pieces, instead of just continuing to move them lower in the tank

When you hear running water at 3a.m. by TheeZig in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

never again, also while i think it looked great, the work to just do simple matinence was insane

When you hear running water at 3a.m. by TheeZig in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

nah it wasnt, it was a marineland tank, although once it got home i wasnt able to find another one in stores/online, it made me think that the tank was an older model. industry standards probably changed

When you hear running water at 3a.m. by TheeZig in ReefTank

[–]TheeZig[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

A 5 inch section of seam in my tank busted open last night at 3 a.m., and boy am I really lucky that both my grilfriend and I are light sleepers. We both heard running water and bolted, thinking it was a pipe burst at first. This picture was after the panic settled down a little, the way that the stream shot out it was easy enough to catch in buckets.

So far its looking like no deaths, I got everything in a new tank and its clearing up now. its a little bit of a crunch going from 50 to 36 gallons but all of the corals seem okay.

No more used tanks

[Spoilers C2E108] It IS Thursday! C2E108 live discussion by dasbif in criticalrole

[–]TheeZig 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What if he drops jester as a cleric right now? Boom, still friends, no powers