Reef cleaners order arrived :) have some questions

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  1. seabass1

    seabass1 Montipora Digitata

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    Wesho, I thought you were in pain & in bed? Whats up with that? (I'm jealous) :-/
     
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  2. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    the pain is on my right arm not my whole body;D lol... i think addiction vs. pain.. addiction always wins:p
     
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  3. Matt Rogers

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    I could be wrong.. but I don't think mangroves are supposed to be fully submerged..at least I have never seen them that way. If you are going to put them in your display tank this suggests that you put them on some rocks near the top.
     
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  4. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    ups.. well lol i dont think i have a place were they wont be fully submerged.. (thats a bummer.) think ill have to nuke them then :-/
    ill wait for more responses though.
     
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  5. Matt Rogers

    Matt Rogers Kingfish

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    No need to nuke. I've put one in a pint glass with sand and water and put it in the window. It grew this way for years with only a top off now and then and some fish food.
     
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  6. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    well yea but then they wont really serve their purpose that way. ugh.. i should have installed a fuge.
     
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  7. Gexx

    Gexx Giant Squid

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    why would u nuke them? rubber band them around your heater. thats what i did and they rooted in 2-3 weeks.
     
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  8. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    um dont have the heater in DT. have it in sump. ( cant put mangroves there since the sump is closed. and cant put light in there)

    what i could do is sort of get them on the plastic things on my tank but that would make my tank look ugly.
     
    elweshomayor, Dec 30, 2009
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  9. bioreefdude

    bioreefdude Fu Manchu Lion Fish

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    i have seen them fully submerged but have never tried it so no clue
     
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  10. DaDaAtlanta

    DaDaAtlanta Feather Star

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    Stick em in some styrofoam and float them in the sump or in the corner of the DT or use eggcrate to attach em somehow. I have just a bit more than the brown part of the bottom in the water, I use syrofoam, its been one month and all except one that was no good have sprouted roots.
     
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