i kinda like how the females of NR are starting to take over with amazing tanks...

From working at a LFS, on average most women have nicer tanks than men, atleast out of our customers. They usually care more about them. Just sayin!

the first LFS i went into around here.. asked me if i wanted the standard finding nemo theme when i walked in...

Tanks is coming along great! I actually had too much light on the 46 with the NEP...I took out 2 bulbs for now till I can get my Geisman and ATI's things look happier already in the tank..some things even bleached a little but are looking alot better

about the splitting of that pink yuma...

your clown goby looks like he's blushing! so cute!

Your tank is BEAUTIFUL and I am still amazed at your pictures.

Haha, thanks chikas!


Yeah, I think I might just upgrade to better (Geissman) actinic bulbs to help with the color. Also, I think things may still be lacking color from the electrocution.

Hehe, we'll see how quickly the yuma splits.


I love YCGs
And thanks! Wish I had corals like yours to photograph though.

where are we going to find corals like hers?

some local reefer has to have them...

hi lani

Hi, jimbo.
Thanks for stopping by.

i like ur tank.

Thanks, robot.

Maybe it has something to do with the natural urge for a woman to nurture. IDK

Your tank looks GREAT. Even with the algae! It gives it an organic look Awesome new additions! I must get a pink yuma

Haha, thanks! Hopefully the algae will be completely gone in the next couple of weeks. I only have.... maybe three astrea snails in there, so they are a little slow at cleaning up the back wall. I could scrape it, but I don't want to lose the coralline that is popping up. I'm going to see how the tank looks with a solid coralline covered back wall.

Take a toofbrush to it!

Clears most of it, its easy on the coralline, and da astreas will clean the rest.


...pink yuma is MINE!! back off errybody!




Quite a beautiful mushie Kim, has lots of fans already!

BTW....


Lani, all the ladies used to be in my thread. Now they are all here. ssssupwitdat?

Looks amazing as usual! You have got some serious talent with your tanks Lani!

What's wrong Richie, you jealous?
The yuma is a beauty, for sure! Can't wait for her to settle in and start making babies.


Thanks!

Uhm ....Ja.

Hope she settles in quickly.
How sweet would a little pink Yuma garden look in there?

Your tank needs at least 100% more Manta Rays imo.


ps. hai Kim

Ohmigosh, that's EXACTLY what I was gonna say!!!

Hi Pretty Pirate Queenie!

Hi sexpants, and Sweetie.

We are now -1 SPS.... The digata lost all of it's tissue overnight a couple of nights ago.
The others are looking great though.
I just need to rescape the left side of the tank, so I can put he LPS at a lower level and the SPS up high.

did you see the rics on larc for sale?

The 10 for $100? Yeah, pretty good deal. Are you getting some?

i think we will thats cheap compared to what i always see in the LFS. Ric garden in one buy... i like it. haha

Coolies, be sure to post pics.

Lani, how are you dealing with the algae? My tank is going through the same thing bleh!
I had to move it and now it's all fuzzy like a new tank. Did you just bump up the crew? or any special regiment?

Are you dosing anything....Like 2 part?

I.. umm... I'm not doing anything, lol.
The tank is only a few weeks old, so it's at the end of it's 'new tank' phase. The algae is dying off by itself. I haven't added any new CUC, and there are only around 3 astreas, 4 or 5 hermits, and two nassarius snails. Haven't done anything special... I've only done one water change so far. I dunno..


Nope, no dosing.

Do you know what you alk is? I will almost bet that may be to blame for the digi. Alk is uber important for SPS.

I like B-ionic, it is a great suppliment. My tank uses 40ml a day! I bet your tank need about 5-10ml a day.

Do some more water changes you!

Well, awesome minds think alike. Actually, I think I need more emphasis on the "awesome" of that previous sentence, like in the form of flashing lights and sirens and buzzers and bold and funny colours and a whole line of cabaret dancers... but eh, it'd still only be a shadow of our collective mind's awesomeness.



Sucks about the digi though Laniface, that was a pretty sweet frag how did it go, did it lose all of its tissue like it was sloughing or brown out first?

I guess I should test the alk..........


Yeah, does suck.. I noticed some of the tissue on the tip was damage and peeling away, but I figured it was just where I put my finger when I was gluing it to the plug. Well, the next morning, all of the tissue was gone. I suppose it just sloughed off.

Yep, RTN. Basically only alk could cause it. Everything else in you tank is to healthy for it to be liek NO3 or NH3/4.

I would guess your alk is like 2.5 or less. It is tough to get it up, but your gonna have to.

OMG get your alk up, ..........................

According to my older test kit.... 3.5... but I don't really trust it. I'll need to buy a new test...

What brand is it? So far I've found Salifert to be pretty damn accurate with their readings, if you can find them...

Seachem. I also have an API kit, but it doesn't include an alk test.
The other SPS pieces still look great, though.

Lol, your other test may be accurate then and the digi was just being a little #####... Always good to have a reliable test on hand though.

Digi's are the pickiest montis IME.

3.5 is good if thats the fact, but it doesnt seem to fit.

If your gonna throw cash down, make it a salifert, its all I use.

Watch the others closely.....Acros are more hardy than montis, and less quick to show stress. But they still need high alk and ca to thrive. Your lights are fine, just get the ca/alk in blace and your golden.

See, this is why I've stayed away from SPS... picky stuff.
I'll have to order from some place to get salifert. Guess I'll need tests for alk, calcium, and magnesium?

If it was the alk then the monti would not have been the first to go, the acros would be. That monti is a lot more hardy than any of that other SPS is I sent her. Stuff just happens sometimes.

No offense SDT, but I dont think your right on this one.



You really think that a acro is more hardy than montis? IME thats just not true.



Its 4 little frags. Keep up your water changes and you should be ok for a while. They wont use that much. Its not like you have huge colonies.


Dont dose anything yet, its a new tank. Just keep up your water changes.

K.. I should probably get new test kits anyway and actually put a little effort into this reefing gig.

Oh.. and the YCG has suddenly become interested in those frags....... If I catch him nipping, he's gonna be in big trouble.

He wont. He might just be checking things out.

And no offense to you paul , but I have to disagree with all you said. Acros are hardier than most montis, especially digitatas, specifically when it comes to RTN from low alk. Stuff does happen, but I have seen consitently that Acros are less likely to RTN than digitatas from low alk. Knowing lani and her tank, I have to suspect thats what it is. Now if we were talking caps I would have to agree, but digitatas are another story IME.

Also, if her alk is low, water changes will help right now, no doubt first and foremost, but she needs to get on a doising schedule ASAP, if she is keeping SPS.

The 4 little frags are not consuming much yet, but who is to say it wasnt already low? The SPS is just reacting to it, where as the softies have no issue with low no3, in addition to low alk, and possibly low ca.

YCG are not as likely to nip as GCG, but watch him. Dont be afraid to scare him away from them. Gobies are sketchy little fish, and easily influenced.

We always disagree and I am ok with that Just different experiences. But I still think I am right.

I lost a sunset monti-cap frag a couple weeks ago due to low alk. Even when I brought my alk up, it didn't get better and just receded away.

My montis have always been bulletproof. Thats just weird to me. But once again different experiences.

And thus we find the most beautiful aspect of reefkeeping... conventional wisdom can only solve so many problems and match so many experiences...

Well, my orange monti-cap continues to grow and encrust it's bit of rubble and a larger encrusting monti I got from Urchinhead bleached in shipping but is coming back. Perhaps the sunset was just a lightweight.

Sorry about the sunset monti.

Yeah, it was a bummer but everything else (including a big digi) is doing great so I'm not dwelling on it. I will eventually get another frag of it and give it another go.

In the meantime, I am trying to manage the frag-fest that my display has become... Hence my desire for a DIY mag-rack as I mentioned in Weet's thread.

I'll tell you that one coral I really love is the huge micromussa I got from Urchinhead. That thing has a great look even though it isn't as flashy as some others. Plus, it is always ready to eat so it's a good demonstration for people who don't realize that they are animals.