Coral propagation?
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Well for now since you don't have livestock, maybe you could wait a little bit for your cycle to finish, then add corals into your main tank. If you start another tank, you'll have to cycle it too. Or, to speed up your cycle on your secondary tank, you could add substrate and pieces of live rock from your main tank into the nursery, and water from the first tank. It will cycle faster..but don't add stuff right away, you'll have nitrates from the 1st tank's water.
My friend started an independant nursery system..with 2 x 10 gallons rubbermaid + sump + caulpera in sump + giesemann 150 w HQI 20000k.
It works, and he did what i just suggested you. BUT..his main tank is nitrites/ammonia/nitrates free, AND 2 years old.
My friend started an independant nursery system..with 2 x 10 gallons rubbermaid + sump + caulpera in sump + giesemann 150 w HQI 20000k.
It works, and he did what i just suggested you. BUT..his main tank is nitrites/ammonia/nitrates free, AND 2 years old.
many lfs will trade corals for store credit, doesn't do you a lot of good in terms of making $$ but it will fund the hobby. as far as setting up a prop tank i would wait until you are having success with your first SW setup and make sure it is something you really want to try before you dive into it (so to speak)
Yes. I do have a frag tank. I used it for softies mostly, it is a half filled 30 long with T5 lighting, and a powerhead working a spraybar at about 20 times water flow. I have worked it barebottom and with a really dirty sandbed , both worked depending on what you grew.
As it is shallow water you can grow most anything under T5, I've grown frags of Monti and Turbinaria in it.
I never made any money but it was quite interesting. I have also used it as a semi QT for a very small Ctenochaetus tang, and it worked for that too.
As it is shallow water you can grow most anything under T5, I've grown frags of Monti and Turbinaria in it.
I never made any money but it was quite interesting. I have also used it as a semi QT for a very small Ctenochaetus tang, and it worked for that too.