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Bernardhny
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Battle is not over
The battle is not over. I ordered a bunch of new dry rock yesterday and I am going to actually do the smart thing and plan the rock formation. My biggest hurdle is going to be removing the encrusted corals that I have from rocks I am not going to use. My plan is simple:
1) Design the rock layout carefully and putty the final design together outside of the water. Making sure that the design is what I want, and that it fits the tank.
2) Put everything back into the buckets, corals by themselves in buckets and then rock with encrusted corals in another.
3) Clean my sand bed, and I was thinking of adding another inch or two. Problem is I don't do a great job of cleaning my sand (I let the snails and Gobies do that work for me.
4) Take the new rock layout and put it in the tank
5) Transfer all of the corals and other creatures to the new design in a way that is functional and pleasing to the eye.
One thing I have learned from this forum is that I have completely fallen in love with Zoas. I can easily imagine a carpet of color in the tank. I have also taken a liking to Acropora. The conversations and pictures have completely reinvigorated my desire to make an amazing tank, and if I am lucky do a second tank that is much bigger than my 55G. I thank everyone for putting up with my dumb questions and my lack of knowledge. It is funny, I always thought I was doing things correctly and had a great deal of experience, but I realize that I have a ton of learning to do and each day I find myself saying, "I didn't know that". Very humbling. Thanks to all!:xd:
Bernard
The battle is not over. I ordered a bunch of new dry rock yesterday and I am going to actually do the smart thing and plan the rock formation. My biggest hurdle is going to be removing the encrusted corals that I have from rocks I am not going to use. My plan is simple:
1) Design the rock layout carefully and putty the final design together outside of the water. Making sure that the design is what I want, and that it fits the tank.
2) Put everything back into the buckets, corals by themselves in buckets and then rock with encrusted corals in another.
3) Clean my sand bed, and I was thinking of adding another inch or two. Problem is I don't do a great job of cleaning my sand (I let the snails and Gobies do that work for me.
4) Take the new rock layout and put it in the tank
5) Transfer all of the corals and other creatures to the new design in a way that is functional and pleasing to the eye.
One thing I have learned from this forum is that I have completely fallen in love with Zoas. I can easily imagine a carpet of color in the tank. I have also taken a liking to Acropora. The conversations and pictures have completely reinvigorated my desire to make an amazing tank, and if I am lucky do a second tank that is much bigger than my 55G. I thank everyone for putting up with my dumb questions and my lack of knowledge. It is funny, I always thought I was doing things correctly and had a great deal of experience, but I realize that I have a ton of learning to do and each day I find myself saying, "I didn't know that". Very humbling. Thanks to all!:xd:
Bernard
