I got some store credit when I bought my lights and pump etc.. It was store credit on livestock only. Since I live almost three hours away I decided to use it then. I picked up a Hammer Coral with 2 heads, an Acan with 4 polyps, a zoanthid frag with 18 or so polyps, a favia with 4 mouths, and a birdsnest. After a 3 hour drip acclimation I put them in the tank. Within minutes all had polyp extension with the exception of the zoas.

View June 21, 2014 18:10

I bought this tank as a complete set-up. It was setup as a bare bottom tank. The tank was setup for about 6 years. So the LR was well cured. I added 20 pounds black and white LS from Aragonite. The transport took around 3 hours but was transported in water so there was very little to no die-off. I felt extremely comfortable with the mini-cycle only taking a week. The previous owner had lost interest and there was some bubble algae and hair algae.

View June 8, 2014 09:43