got2envy Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yay! my brother stole my pistol haha he took a large rock outta my 75 and when he put in his AP24 the pistol plopped in with a bunch of empty hermit shells I guess he had plenty to eat, it never paired up up with my YWG which is why I got him...oh well lol Pix prz Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yay! my brother stole my pistol haha he took a large rock outta my 75 and when he put in his AP24 the pistol plopped in with a bunch of empty hermit shells I guess he had plenty to eat, it never paired up up with my YWG which is why I got him...oh well lol Pix prz I have never had luck getting the smaller red striped pistols to pair with YWG. I think they pair with the larger (more vicious) pistols. Will try to get some pictures tonight. My tank lights don't come on till 10am, and I leave for work at 7am. Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 Traded two of my baby toadstool leathers in this weekend and came home with this beautiful blasto: This little guy is a pig also. Fed some mysis and it swallowed a bunch up. Looking forward to seeing it grow. Took a few more pictures while I was at it. The LPS grotto: Some blue zoas: Mr. Scopas: Love my flame angel: Finally got a shot of my red thorny starfish: Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 that is a sick star fish Thanks! I really like him. He does not move around to much when you are watching him, but if you look away for a bit he seems to zoom across the tank. Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Came home tonight to find my nass. snail laying eggs on the front glass: Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 7, 2009 Author Share Posted May 7, 2009 Very cool to catch it in the act! Yep. I didn't have time this morning to grab a picture, but the egg laying was completed, and there are 2 or 3 "waves" of eggs on the front glass. Spring must really be in the air water, as this is the 3rd snail egg patch I have found, and my talbot damsel is still guarding it's clutch of eggs in the cave. Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Well, I thought my orange banded shrimp goby was a goner, but he made an appearance yesterday with the pistol shrimp yesterday while feeding the tank. My GBTA has decided to make an appearance on the front of exile island. Maybe the clown will see it now And the Talbot Damsels are at it again. I saw the male wooing the females back to his cave (where the first cluth of eggs are still growing). Everything else is just growing. Will have to get some pictures when I get a bit more time. Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 20, 2009 Author Share Posted May 20, 2009 Cerith snails turn. They have been laying eggs all over the back wall and in the upper corners of the tank. Link to comment
got2envy Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It's Partay time in your tank lol Link to comment
basser1 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Very nice tank and I really like the open space concept! Plenty of room for the fish to swim in. It looks like your tank is doing very well! The damsels spawning, snails laying eggs and the pistol shrimp pairing up with the goby! Maybe you should call this the.... LOVE TANK!!!! Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted May 21, 2009 Author Share Posted May 21, 2009 It's Partay time in your tank lol I would say so! thats sweet!!! nice star!!! Thanks! Very nice tank and I really like the open space concept! Plenty of room for the fish to swim in. It looks like your tank is doing very well! The damsels spawning, snails laying eggs and the pistol shrimp pairing up with the goby! Maybe you should call this the.... LOVE TANK!!!! Heh.. the Love Tank.... well, there will be no rock lobster going in there We wanted some larger fish in the tank, so thus the reason for going with a more open concept. Plus I was moving the GSP invaded rock from my 24g over, and didn't want it taking over this entire tank, thus the creation of exile island. The GSP and anemone can battle it out there and not harm the other corals. Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Prepare for a flood of pictures.... Purchased some pink zoa's today. Unfortunately when I was taking pictures they still looked like this: Though by the end of the night, part of them started to open. Will try to grab some pictures tomorrow. In the mean time, took some various pictures of the rest of the corals. Blasto: Sun Coral: Some of my blues: Some of my reds: Peek-a-boo with the jawfish: The anemone moved to the front: Closeup of my big toadstool: Some different reds: Some more blues, never notices the flecks of green in the tentacles. More in next post. Continued new pictures.... Shot of the greens. They are spreading fast, but they are hard to get a picture of. Lighter blues: Lots-o-blues: The candy canes: More candy canes: Orange brain: Cynaria (getting more green in it): Another shot of the blasto: Frogspawn: Tongue: And the final shots. Part of the zoa collection: Left side: Right side: Full: Link to comment
irogers Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Your tank is looking nice. I like the cove looking island on the left side. I believe I have that same type of toadstool, it was a hitchhiker on a piece of live rock, and is about an inch and a half right now (started as this weird brown dot about the size of a dime). it is cool to see its progress over the weeks and grow more polyps and thicken out. Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 While not the best picture, I grabbed one this morning before my lights came on. My new pink zoas were starting to open: Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Your tank is looking nice. I like the cove looking island on the left side. I believe I have that same type of toadstool, it was a hitchhiker on a piece of live rock, and is about an inch and a half right now (started as this weird brown dot about the size of a dime). it is cool to see its progress over the weeks and grow more polyps and thicken out. Thanks! I have had that toadstool since 2006, when it was just the size of a quarter. I think it would take a nuclear bomb to kill that thing. I have traded in 4 or 5 frags of it to a LFS, and it keeps dropping more. Yeah, I am finally starting to see the zoa growth I have been wanting. Soon those bright greens ones will make it to the front of the tank Link to comment
irogers Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 They are very cool to watch, especially when you are able to visibly see the growth it has made everyday. do you does your tank? Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 They are very cool to watch, especially when you are able to visibly see the growth it has made everyday. do you does your tank? I am dosing Calcium, Magnesium, and Stronium. On the feeding side, I was using reef roids for a while. Right now I am trying out some of the Brightwell Aquatics Zooplanktos products. I feed with these a few times a week along with frozen food for the fish and larger corals. Link to comment
Chrissy Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Great pictures! I love your sun coral and your new pink zoas! Link to comment
irogers Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 interesting. I currently am not dosing anything but have been researching it and am still undecided. i feed my brain frozen food when i feed my fish, but haven't been feeding the mushies or zoas anything. have you noticed a substantial difference? Link to comment
seahorsejl Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Great pictures! I love your sun coral and your new pink zoas! Thanks! I really like that coral also, mostly due to the bright coloring. I must not feed it enough, as it doesn't seem to have grown a lot in the years I have had it. I really hope the pink zoas take off like the greens. I am looking for a few more color variants (like yellow and orange). interesting. I currently am not dosing anything but have been researching it and am still undecided. i feed my brain frozen food when i feed my fish, but haven't been feeding the mushies or zoas anything. have you noticed a substantial difference? I just recently really started dosing. It is more for the LPS in the tank than anything. I think the biggest thing that got my zoas growing was lighting. When some of them (like those bright green ones) were under power compacts, they grew real slowly. Now that they are under metal halides, they are growing like wildfire. Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 looks great!! i like the jawfish!! Link to comment
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