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[salazar]

Hello everybody i've been visiting this forum for about 2 weeks and finally decided to say hello, im new to propogating and did my first tonight on some mushrooms hope eveything turns out ok.:cool: .My equipment is a 46 gallon bowfront 65-75 lbs of live rock, yellow fiji leather, bubble coral, frogspawn, kenya tree coral, plate coral, 3 different varieties of zoo's, tubestrea, what looks like a lobophylia:confused: and my favorite a crocea clam. Hopefully i can figure how to post a pic. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!

[FragOutpost]

Hello Salazar and Welcome to Frag Outpost! :)
To post a photo in a thread click in the "Manage Attachments" button and you will be prompted with a pop up window where you can upload up to 5 images at one time.
We can't wait to see some pics. Let me know if I can help in any way.
Thanks!

[FragOutpost]

What method did you use to propagate your mushrooms?
Did you use a method similar to this - http://www.fragoutpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=229

[salazar]

Cant wait to post pics after i get out of work and yes i tried that method, which i actually got from this very good forum. :)

[FragOutpost]

I'm glad to see that this forum has been helpful.
Send me an email if you have any problems posting your pics later.
Thanks!

[salazar]

Here are those pics of my setup

[FragOutpost]

Hello salazar. I'm not seeing any pics. Did you upload them via the "Manage Attachments" button?

[salazar]

I browsed my pics, uploaded and submitted and still no pictures any idea?

[salazar]

yes! but im not sure if i finished ok

[FragOutpost]

First click "Manage Attachments".

First image -
In the popup window browse to your file and then click upload.

[FragOutpost]

Wait while the file uploads and it should appear under "Current Attachments".
Then close the window and the image should be attached.

[salazar]

I got an upload error file to large max is 312KB my files were 1.5Mbytes

[salazar]

can i compress my files

[FragOutpost]

1.5 MB is a pretty big image. If you don't have any image editing software then you can resize and compress your images here - http://www.fragoutpost.com/jpeg-compression.php
Images that large will take a minute to process.
Save the new compressed image onto your computer under a different name than the original.
I hope I am explaining this clearly. Let me know what I can do to help.
Thanks!

[salazar]

I have never been part of any forum but now im glad i decided to join after 3 weeks on the sidelines you have been very helpful. THANKS

[FragOutpost]

Thanks. I'm glad you picked us as your first forum to join. :)

[salazar]

Let me try agian

[FragOutpost]

Great photo! :)
How long have you had the blue cheek goby?
What other fish do you have in your tank?

[salazar]

About 6 months. I also got 1 Damsel black one with white bar and blue stripes 4 seahorses, mandarin goby. Im trying to figure out correct compression rate, i seem to be compessing to much.

[FragOutpost]

65 is a good rule of thumb for compressing photos. The higher the number is then the higher the photo's quality will be and the larger the filesize will be.

[salazar]

will try that do you know if what red coral is

[salazar]

will try that, do you know what red coral is?

[FragOutpost]

I'm not very good at identifying LPS corals but it looks like a Lobophyllia.
Click on the thumbnail at the bottom of this page and see if it is similar to your coral. - http://www.tidalgardens.com/pages/coral/lobophyllia.html

[salazar]

Here is a better compressed pic

[salazar]

Kind of looks like that but mine is one coral (7-8 in. across) with about 10 mouths , tentacles are about 1/4 in. long and clear coloration.and it opens at night along the ridge.

[salazar]

any pics of your rig

[salazar]

Heres my clam only had it for 2 weeks, doing fine

[FragOutpost]

Kind of looks like that but mine is one coral (7-8 in. across) with about 10 mouths , tentacles are about 1/4 in. long and clear coloration.and it opens at night along the ridge.It is some sort of open brain. Possibly a trachyphyllia.

[salazar]

I was kind of leaning towards open brain also.

[Peterock]

Welcome to the outpost. very nice tank, Do you have any fish in there if so what.

[FragOutpost]

any pics of your rigHere's a recent one.

[FragOutpost]

Heres my clam only had it for 2 weeks, doing fineNice clam. Great color.

[salazar]

Hello peterrock yes 4 seahorses, sleeper goby, damsel and a mandarin, im trying to take pics of zoos to try and trade

[salazar]

looks like fragoutpost u have sps coral nice!! I have been wanting some but wife and babies say no for now, to expensive.

[FragOutpost]

looks like fragoutpost u have sps coral nice!! I have been wanting some but wife and babies say no for now, to expensive.SPS can be expensive. Are there any aquarium societies locally where you are where you can trade frags?

Some montiporas -

[salazar]

Im in Tucson AZ, frags go for about 30$ an in. here do you sell? or trade

[salazar]

i have tried to locate societies here but seems to be none

[FragOutpost]

Im in Tucson AZ, frags go for about 30$ an in. here do you sell? or tradeI don't really sell frags I just trade with other reefers. Right now most of my corals large enough to be propagated are in a growout phase from being fragged too much. That's why I don't have very much listed on the site.

[FragOutpost]

i have tried to locate societies here but seems to be noneI have found a few in AZ. Not sure how active they are or if they have websites.

Arizona - Fish & Reef Aquarium Group (FRAG)
Arizona - Propagators Reef Organization Project (PROP)
Arizona - Sierra Vista Area Reef keepers
Desert Marine Society, Phoenix, AZ
Sierra Vista Area Reefkeepers

[FragOutpost]

Here is a thread about a Frag Auction in March being held by some Tucson reefers - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=759480

[salazar]

Well they look very nice, i am running 6 watts per gallon (power compacts 1 atinic, 1 daylight and 1 50/50) hang on prizm skimmer and a fluval 404 canister filter do you think this will support sps coral. My Lps seem to be doing very good.

[FragOutpost]

Well they look very nice, i am running 6 watts per gallon (power compacts 1 atinic, 1 daylight and 1 50/50) hang on prizm skimmer and a fluval 404 canister filter do you think this will support sps coral. My Lps seem to be doing very good.Generally speaking, power compacts are not very good for growing SPS corals. Not to say that it can't be done, just that you would have much better success with metal halides, vho's, or T5HO's. You could probably keep some low light SPS at the very top of your tank directly underneath your bulbs in an area of high flow, but your results would be arguably better under more powerful lighting.

[salazar]

I used to run vho's but switched to 96 watt power compacts because i was under the impression that they were alot brighter

[FragOutpost]

VHO's put out more lumens than power compacts of a comparable wattage.

[FragOutpost]

Do you still have the VHO's?
You could run both the VHO's and the power compacts and probably be reasonably successful at growing SPS corals.

[salazar]

no i wish i did but tank seems brighter now than before. Does anybody here know about location of auction in Tucson AZ.

[D12monkey]

First off welcome. I hope that you can get a great experience from this forum. Second nice photos. Third... :D Find those VHOs for the SPS. J/K I know of a fellow reefer that only uses PC bulbs and grows PC, but his success I haven't been able to reproduce at my home. On my reef tank I'm currently using MH and T5 bulb combinations.

[FragOutpost]

Does anybody here know about location of auction in Tucson AZ.I had to read through all four pages of the thread but I finally found the location of the auction. Below is a quote from the fourth page of the thread posted by owsi -

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It will be at Ramada31 at Reid Park, between Broadway and 22nd streets, east of Country Club. Just follow Hi Corbitt Baseball Field signs off I-10. It reserved from 2:00 on, on the 19th of March, plenty of tables and benches under the roof and on both sides of the slab, 2 BBQ grills there and more tables and grills with in a 100'. Its on the west end of Hi Corbett Field Parking Lot with plenty of parking within a few feet. If you want beer (no glass bottles) one person from the group will need to go to the Zoo snack bar and get a Beer Permit, it will cover all in the group. I plan to have a Fragging Demo of several ways to frag SPS, Ricrodias, Mushrooms and leather's and the tools needed, glues/attachment methods used.
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http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=759480&perpage=25&pagenumber=4

[FragOutpost]

any pics of your rigRose Millie

[salazar]

Look like you have very nice coral, if you decide to frag i would love to get some!! In one pic i see a blue piece what is it and is it expensive.

[FragOutpost]

Look like you have very nice coral, if you decide to frag i would love to get some!! In one pic i see a blue piece what is it and is it expensive.I'm currently growing out most of my corals so it will be a little while before I have some ready to post on the site.

The blue coral is an ORA blue tortuosa.
Here is a thread (http://www.fragoutpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178) with some growth photos of this coral.
I got a good deal on mine but generally it is more expensive than other corals because it is highly sought after.

Here is a pic I took yesterday.

[pogo]

nice coral
how long have you had it

[FragOutpost]

nice coral
how long have you had itThanks. Almost a year and a half.

[salazar]

Blue coral looks amazing, nice color to add to any tank. What kind of conditions does it need.Maybe if i behave i will get some frags (after i setup my tank of course).

[FragOutpost]

Thanks!
The conditions that the blue tortuosa requires are basically the same as most other sps corals - high flow, low nitrates/phosphates, bright light, stable water parameters, elevated and consistent calcium/alkalinity/ph levels, etc.

[salazar]

Did water check tonight all Ok, 6 watts per gallon, stillfeel like i should get a sump and better skimmer.

[FragOutpost]

Definitely want to upgrade your skimmer if you are going to start keeping sps corals. You may want to look into a refugium as well.

It is possible to go sumpless and run a closed loop and an external skimmer but if you have the space then I would recommend a sump. Having a sump will increase your water volume and increase your water surface area which will increase your evaporation rate to help cool the tank. Not to mention give you a good place to house extra equipment.

How big of a sump are you thinking about getting?

[salazar]

Dont really know im gonna do some reading.Ithought a sump and refugium were kind of the same.

[FragOutpost]

If you add some macro algae and create an area for pods to reproduce then you basically have a refugium. A sump can be as simple as a container of water that the overflow from the tank is connected to and a return pump that pumps water back into the tank.

A popular design is to have something like an acrylic sump or glass aquarium that is sectioned off with baffles where the refugium can be contained within a compartment within the sump.

[D12monkey]

It is possible to go sumpless and run a closed loop and an external skimmer but if you have the space then I would recommend a sump. Having a sump will increase your water volume and increase your water surface area which will increase your evaporation rate to help cool the tank.

Or you could always buy a big oversized chiller to cool the water down and prevent too much evaporation. :D

[FragOutpost]

Or you could always buy a big oversized chiller to cool the water down and prevent too much evaporation. :DSure, electricity is cheap :D so is a chiller :D :p J/K

[D12monkey]

Sure, electricity is cheap :D so is a chillerJ/K

That's why you get it included in the rent. LOL :D :bootyshak :evil4:

[FragOutpost]

That's why you get it included in the rent. LOL :D :bootyshak :evil4:Well if that was the case then why not just set up row after row of prop tanks each lit with multiple 400 watt MH's! That will show the landlord!:D

[D12monkey]

I would.... BUT I don't have the funds to do that at the moment. Not to mention the time for maintenence