Your thread is much more exciting than mine.

Thanks! And nice tank.





2-part dosing has begun.

Dang Lani! You got a freakin sweet tank!

Dear Kim,

Hi.

With love,
Professor Science, MD.

Well hello there, Professor Science.

i just put 4 masked gobies in a 9g tank

Good luck!

They all lived through the night which is a good sign. The tiger goby is one unhappy dude though.

Pics of my nem babby plz?

Heh, mine didn't start disappearing until a few days later...


What nem babby?

dangit. yuma babby!

I'll take pics of them later.

Canon 350D w/Canon 100mm and Tamron 1.4x teleconverter.



There are 5 baby yumas in this pic:
































Water params are improving with the dosing.. Calcium is now almost 400 and dkh is 7.0 and rising. The SPS pieces are showing more growth.. I'll post some comparison pics of them in a bit.

nice shots!

I'm never posting photos in my threads again.

Those are some beautiful photos. They are very inspirational. I really like your style. Now I'm gonna have to take some time to go thru all 96 pages of your thread.

lanlan id do anything to have you come up to NY and photograph my tanks. your tank(s) are amazing

bebeh yumas

The Destructobots would like you to come take pics of my tank as well, pls.
In payment they will teach you some special trampoline stunts.

lol, don't be like that.


You've got some extra time on your hands.


Oh. my. gosh.
YAY!

Just got caught up on your thread Lani. Looks fantastic as usual. wished my 40br looked as good as yours!!!

-Prof

The tank and those pichurs are freeking amazing!!!!

And mah lil' Pink Yuma there looks just lovely



Beautiful Kim!

You guys are too nice.


Ohey, Richie, be sure to shoot me a PM when you're ready for your yuma.

This tank is stunning! And your photographs are beautiful! Can't wait to see more!

Whoa this tank has progressed quite a lot since I checked in last. Looking awesome!

You're so sweet!


Thanks, Jason.

good stuff in here!

So... dosing is going well! Calcium is at 400 and dkh is right around 9.8. Everything looks pretty happy, especially the SPS pieces. The monti cap is growing a lot because I actually noticed the difference between yesterday and today!

that sounds great! now if we could just have 1 fts please?

That's great news Lani! I've been dosing now for about 2 months and the difference is amazing! I always thought water changes would be enough, guess not. The hassle of dosing 2-part everyday is so worth it!

Sure thing, Duncan! I'll take one this evening.


Ha, yeah, I was the same way. And it's really not much of a hassle.. should have done this sooner!

Like you, I had always thought of dosing as being a pain before, but have been recently finding that it's not really that big of a deal.
At least not with B-Ionic, which is what I've been using.

im thinkin that jer might be right.
thats probably one of the best sexy shrimp shots ever posted on nr.
wow lani, just wow.

I just wish I hadn't been so stubborn about it.


Aww, thanks, bitts.

where's the fts?

BEautiful!

I didn't go through all 97 pages and I'm sure my answer is somewhere in there but, is there any reason you are running the 110 and the 70?

Im guessing the 70 is just pure filtration and the 110 is for the fuge?

DO you have any issues with fine particles? I have a modded AC70 on my 30G and I have it stuffed with filter floss, chaeto and chemipure. I still have tons of tiny particles in the water. It definetly is not sand blowing around. I change the floss every other day.

I run the 110 as a fuge and the 70 is strictly used for the surface skimmer, no mechanical or chemical filtration whatsoever and I don't have any trouble with fine particles.
Are the particles micro air bubbles?

Definetly not air bubbles or micro air bubbles. I had a surface film as well but that surface has cleared up a ton since I started using the AC Surface skimmer.

I figured the particles might take a while to go away but its been almost a month since I started using the filter floss.

Hmmm, I've never used chemipure but I'm assuming it must be rinsed before using. Did you rinse it thoroughly before using it? I'm really not sure what it could be. I've been lucky in that I've never had trouble with particulates in the water column!

Yep always rinse my chemipure.

A thought comes to my mind... I'm running a AC50 impeller in my AC70. I had done this because I wanted reduced flow when I used to have it on my 10 gallon. Do you think the reduced flow is maybe causing stuff to not get picked up fast enough or something?

Maybe I should put back on the original impeller to see if that helps. But now you have me thinking I could use the 70 stock and mod a 110 to be my fuge. Nothing wrong with more water since I have no sump.

Its not a bad situation or anything, my water isn't cloudy or anything but it annoys me at times to see tiny little things floating around.. lol

FTS!

(larger image)

I like it IMO it has a reefy lagoon style going on

What is the blue thing in the top pic bottom left?
Almost looks like a blue bubble tip

Discosoma sanctithomae aka St. Thomas Mushroom.

Looks very nice. I really like the look

Do you do a lot of pruning to keep all the algae looking like it does?

I pretty much let it grow as it pleases until there's too much.. then I rip a lot out. Might have to remove it once every 2 or 3 months.