Mr. Microscope's JBJ Picotope

[BigRok]

Sorry about the fish.

If it makes you feel any better, you banners always crack me up!

[Solarflare8806]

Love the new banner, and the Yumas. You've got a great tank!

[Mr. Microscope]

Sorry about the fish.

If it makes you feel any better, you banners always crack me up!

Thanks! That does make me feel a bit better.

 

Love the new banner, and the Yumas. You've got a great tank!

Thanks Solarflare! I'm working on it. More improvements to come.

[PirateJing]

mm, you should try a red scoot blenny =D

[Mr. Microscope]

mm, you should try a red scoot blenny =D

Nice idea. I like those guys, but I don't think I have adaquet room for a scooter. Also, I think they need a pod population that can only be sustained in a larger system.

My favorite fish, hands-down are dragonets. I can't decide if I like the greens or the spotted manderins better (leaning towards spotted). Could never do one in a pico though. When I get a larger system going in a few years, it's my goal to make a suitable habitat for one. They also need a large pod population unless you can get one of those ORA ones that are raised on frozen food.

[Carloslekak]

Beautiful Pico!!!

 

I love the shaded areas!!

[yoshii]

Haha nice banner!

Sorry about the damsel

[PirateJing]

yup your banners are funny =D

[Mr. Microscope]

Beautiful Pico!!!

 

I love the shaded areas!!

Thanks! Your 24 gallon is awesome. Speaking of Manderins, how is your's doing in there? Any problems with it?

 

Haha nice banner!

Sorry about the damsel

yup your banners are funny =D

Thanks guys.

[JBM]

Dont worry buddy. I found that my pico was better without fish.

 

But of course my daughter (who is only 2 mind you) thinks that "nemo" is awesome. SO i had to get one. but i got a baby (it's only 6 weeks old)

[Mr. Microscope]

Haha! Yes, love the "nemos".

Funny, I've been getting the same pressure from my coworkers and boss, but they're way older than 2.

[.Newman.]

 

sorry bout the damsel... may she R.I.P.

[animalmaster6]

Hey Mr.M,

 

Wanted to say I love your tank and sig! I always enjoy the new sigs. You make them through PS right?

 

Very sorry to hear about your damsel, clown goby, and Porcelain. We all have losses and it stinks but eventually they stop

[racechase]

ohhhh man much love to ya.

 

also, im on the lovin the new banner bandwagon

[Mr. Microscope]

Hey Mr.M,

 

Wanted to say I love your tank and sig! I always enjoy the new sigs. You make them through PS right?

 

Very sorry to hear about your damsel, clown goby, and Porcelain. We all have losses and it stinks but eventually they stop

Thanks am! I appreciate the support. Yep, I make them in ps. I pour myself a shochu and make an evening out of it.

 

 

sorry bout the damsel... may she R.I.P.

Thanks Newman. I have to admit this loss hit me much harder than my clown goby. I was half expecting the YCG to jump out as I read that about 50% of them do, bit the loss of the damsel was kind of a shock.

 

ohhhh man much love to ya.

 

also, im on the lovin the new banner bandwagon

:)

[friar1]

Update 2010.07.23

 

Well, I'm sad and embarrassed to inform you all that I lost Blue Lightning today.

 

:(

[JBM]

Haha! Yes, love the "nemos".

Funny, I've been getting the same pressure from my coworkers and boss, but they're way older than 2.

 

 

thats a little strange if you ask me.

[Mr. Microscope]

They just want to see some movement in there. They think the corals are boring. I should have just stuck to my guns and only kept corals like I wanted to. It did, however, get me into feeding the tank. Something I wasn't doing before. Now, I might get some LPS cause I've got food laying around.

[animalmaster6]

I wish I had ps. I hear gimp is good though

[Mr. Microscope]

I wish I had ps. I hear gimp is good though

If it's anything like ps, it probably is. Looks like it's free too. Though PS can be free as well.

Image J is another free image processing program. Though it's more for science and less for photograph manipulation.

[yoshii]

I wish I had ps. I hear gimp is good though

GIMP is awesome

[animalmaster6]

Though PS can be free as well.

How?

[yoshii]

How?

Note the "" face

[animalmaster6]

[Mr. Microscope]

Big Update:

 

So, about a week ago, I mentioned that I wanted to come up with a strategy to improve the lighting situation. I ended up moving the the lamp completely vertical. The light no longer hangs centered above the tank, but rather higher, and at an angle down towards the tank. This the highest I can get it without putting books or something underneath.

In ONLY a weeks time, I have noticed a HUGE difference in all the corals. The zoas are getting bigger and coloring up better, the mushrooms are opening up, and the toadstool is putting out it's polyps much more often. I'm really amazed at the changes I've seen in such a small amount of time.

Here's a new shot of the zoa garden. I moved the toadstool and Zombie Eyes over to the garden, nestled in the concave rock. The AOGs, Neon Greens, and WWs are doing much better. Also, the mystery zoas are starting to color up. I'm still not sure what they are. You can see one of the baby Yumas that I mounted in the upper left.

Here is a shot of my little talked about King Midas zoas along side a mystery zoa on the right. It looks like it's getting green/yellow skirt, sky blue middle, and neon orange mouth. I haven't mentioned the King Midas in a while because they were melting. I started with seven. I'm now down to three (looking at this image, I now see that I might have four soon), but they are doing much better. I think the frag is going to recover.

Also on frag rack are the Horizons, however, I'm reconsidering their identification. After taking this image, I noticed that they are getting yellow-orange mouths. Nice! These have also gotten much bigger and better colors since the moving of the light.

I also noticed that my blue mushroom is looking better than I've ever seen it. It really is starting to look neon and is opening up better than ever.

Finally, I purchased some aquarium putty yesterday and mounted some of my new Yumas! Here's a close-up of a couple, but you'll see the rest in the FTS's.

 

And now, drum-roll please..

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New FTS 2010.07.27

And the top down view

 

I've posted a lot of FTS's this month, but there's been lots of changes. Following my post to the General Discussion Forum about photo-period, I've shortened my photo-period to eight hours; this works well since my tank is at work. Hopefully all the corals will grow faster and I'll be able to post even more changes.

 

Microscope out!