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I can answer your questions you might have. I've breed banggai cardinals in the past. My set-up was very low-tech.

Fry Tank:
4 gallon cube with sponge filter, heater and small air pump.

I used to go there to study up on common questions I had, instead of making new post, but the traffic is so awful there that I prefer to not even visit the site anymore.

I commend you on your efforts and I look forward to your updates. I can't contribute any advice since I'm new to the hobby, and I also planning on the cultured corals and tank-bred fish.

Lol. Not sure yet on car pool. But my inlaws live in cumberland. I am in n prov. Pretty close. Look forward to meeting you.

That doesn't work. Those images are still on your computer. You need to upload them to the web somewhere, like Photobucket.com

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hey Tbeau i am in cumberland. if you wanna car pool up to the meeting i think i have three people going already. we can all swoon over melev together lol!!!!!

Lilrodyreefer!!!! Where in RI are you located? I will be at the brs meeting with my camera in hand. I am lockated in N Providence. I will see you there.

You can do a blog about it here. If it is a good one, we'll upgrade it to a permanent article.

Shallower tanks are better as it makes lighting cheaper and maintenance easier. Flow is also easier in a shallow tank.

Thanks melev. I am going to document the whole thing so I will try to post everything in the diy section.

Running a propagation tank is similar to running a reef tank:

Good flow
Good light
Good filtration
Daily dose of additives to maintain water parameters
Daily top off
Water changes
Fish to poop on corals as this feeds them

Pictures are always best. If you have before and after, even better.

I will have to get some pictures up that show the coloration differences. The zoas that were orange are still bright orange. It looks like all the new growth are taking on colors of other zoas in the tank.

Looking at them under blue lighting isn't a good indicator of coloration. If they aren't staying the same vivid color you saw before, it could be water quality or a lack of food available. Zoas come from dirtier waters, while we tend to try to keep clean low-nutrient systems.

We are happy to help, and if we don't respond quickly, you can throw us under the bus to get our attention. That works too.