thesmallerthebetter Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Do you have any pics of the cuda? I really want to see it! sorry dude, see my earlier post: the barracuda was a casualty of the earlier crash in the original tank. Quote Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 sorry dude, see my earlier post: I meant a past one, I knew your cuda sadly died. Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/Fluval%20Edge%20NPS%20Tank/BabyCudaAug24.jpg.html'> http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/Fluval%20Edge%20NPS%20Tank/GreatBarra7-31-10.jpg.html'> 3 Quote Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Small update: Did some rearranging of the corals in anticipation of new additions in the coming weeks. Also added a new rock formation that is mounted through the back wall with epoxy coated magnets. should allow for a couple extra spaces for the growing dendrophyllid collection. FTS: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/photo-3.jpg.html'> Frags of D. coccinea: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/photo-5-1.jpg.html'> Green Turbinaria and T. micranthus: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/photo-3-1.jpg.html'> Left side of the tank getting a little crowded: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/photo-4-1.jpg.html'> 3 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 That really is a smart idea, facing down looking at the others!! That's creative and practical. Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Got a new Tubastrea this week, a bright pink colored one with yellow polyps, it looks alot like the tiny-polyped Cladopsammia gracilis colony i have but the polyps are even bigger than my Dendrophyllia fistula and the growth form is more like the branching yellow Tubastrea ive had for so many years..... Pink/Yellow Tubastrea sp "Branching": http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/photo-2-1.jpg.html'> bonus shot of D. fistula and baby being piglets.... http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/photo-1-1.jpg.html'> 2 Quote Link to comment
Kiwi Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 how do you feed you tubastreas, and how do you keep your water parameters ok? you have the half of my drem tank, very cool (tubastrea+algae is my dream ) Quote Link to comment
kevinicus Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Such a unique tank with its coral selection. I'm loving this tank, keep the pictures and updates rolling. I've since gotten my own little drendro since looking at this! Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 how do you feed you tubastreas, and how do you keep your water parameters ok? you have the half of my drem tank, very cool (tubastrea+algae is my dream ) As far as feeding goes i feed very heavily three days a week, mostly mysis or shredded fish meat target fed with the pumps off and and then i siphon any leftover food out with 1/8" airline. Afterwards i do a 50 percent water change. Sick. thank you kindly Such a unique tank with its coral selection. I'm loving this tank, keep the pictures and updates rolling. I've since gotten my own little drendro since looking at this! thank you, i have since added two more varieties of Turbinaria as well as a white gorgonian and blue sponge frag. i will try and post photos this week, weve been very busy at work with trade shows and open houses that ive had little time to take pics. Quote Link to comment
Kiwi Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 very cool…. so your tank keeps almost ''only'' with waterchanges? have your sun corals and other nps started to show any signs of growth yet, or are they even multiplying? I'll try to rescue a littl suncoral if I see one at my lfs….hope, It'll grow^^ Quote Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Cool tank! Looking forward to seeing more. Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Nice tank! So I've read that the green T. micranthus is supposedly impossible to keep (which I doubt). How is it doing for you; any growth? Any idea why people would have a tougher time with it than the yellow tubastrea? Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Nice tank! So I've read that the green T. micranthus is supposedly impossible to keep (which I doubt). How is it doing for you; any growth? Any idea why people would have a tougher time with it than the yellow tubastrea? T. micranthus has been no more difficult for than any other tubastrea aside from being more sensitive to water quality and algae. I have fragged my colony multiple times and had great success. it is one of my favorite dendrophyllids and it has been a joy to keep this colony with its tabling growth. T. Diaphana however (the other black tubastrea) can be even more finicky. i usually lose most of the coenosarc on newly acquired specimens but eventually it regrows with time and heavy feeding. T. diaphana also seems to be much more varied color wise and even seems to change colors over time....perhaps due to diet? idk exactly. my olive green and grey specimen is now entirely black while an all black colony i fragged to save from algea early on in its time with me is now largely black with green ish tentacles and grey mouths.... 1 Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Small photo update, just Full tank shots....will update with close ups soon i hope: got some new specimens over the last couple months, very pleased with them. the stocklist in the first post will reflect the changes everything seems to be growing well (with the exception of D. gracilis continuing to give me grief) my D. fistula spawn frags are doing tremendous with new polyps showing up seemingly daily on the old skeleton and the ones i cut growing very quickly. The turbinaria i aquired from a recent tradeshow and turning out to be quite different growth wise and may be different species but idk yet. Also included is a pic of a very rare white tubastrea which i was very lucky to aquire from another collector. only two specimens were brought in and one was very generously sold to me from this system. i will be fragging it shortly to spread the wealth to other collectors so keep your eyes peeled Please ignore the lithophyllon in the photos, its being held here temporarily while i determine if it differs at all from my other colonies.... http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_4998.jpg.html'> http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5002.jpg.html'> http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5001.jpg.html'> http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_4995.jpg.html'> 2 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Cool! It's nice to finally see the white tubastrea! Do you have any idea what species it is? And sorry, I couldn't resist -- I tried to fix the color in PS, but I don't really know what I'm doing haha. It this more what it looks like to the human eye? Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Cool! It's nice to finally see the white tubastrea! Do you have any idea what species it is? And sorry, I couldn't resist -- I tried to fix the color in PS, but I don't really know what I'm doing haha. It this more what it looks like to the human eye? yea thats the beast haha. stupid cellphone white balance makes everything soooo blue. no idea at all on species, most tubastrea descriptions dont include color, its very similar to the yellow "long polyped" variations out ther but entirely white with peachy mouths. 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 yeah, it's hard even with a regular camera with the blue on lol. So if its an undescribed species would you get to name it? ALSO how can you tell between tubas/dendro/clado? Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 haha, if its undescribed that would be decided by the coral biologist that made the id, and it would take years to go through the works anyway. skeletal differences are the only way to determine between members of dendrophyllia. Cladopsammia have "knuckles" around the mouth of the polyp and the coralites themselves branch, not just the long part of the skeleton. Balanophyllia have elliptical coralites, usually little to no encrusting of the tissues to the mounting site. Dendrophyllia and Tubastrea are more varied, dendros tending to grow closer together, with new polyps forming on top of old ones and tubastreas spreading out more growth wise with skeletal space between the coralites. theres more microscopic differences but thats how i find out where to start looking on an un-ided specimen...not foolproof however as i still cannot identify my "Rainbow" thing.... 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 It's beautiful! I would love to buy a frag when you start selling them My collection is slowly growing.. NPS Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Finally cleaned the glass enough to take pics of this tank as a whole haha. Everything is trucking along nicely, some new heads forming on some pieces and encrusting growth on most others...still cant get my pesky dendrophyllia gracilis to do much at all....im convinced its a coldwater coral and just cant handle our warm systems well at all. pics: FTS: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5653.jpg.html'> D. Arbuscula frag finally opening up reguarly for feedings...took a long time to find this to replace my old one that died in the Edge crash! http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5657.jpg.html'> D. fistula "Rescue" seen earlier in the thread making a nice sized baby http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5659.jpg.html'> Newish "Real" Pink Tubastrea with nickle sized heads and bright yellow tentacles, i think this is a sponge associated species like my cladopsammia as well... http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5662.jpg.html'> Colony of my tiny Cladopsammia: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5661.jpg.html'> Branching yellow Tubastrea sp. showing its many babies: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/NPS%20Nano%20Cube/IMG_5660.jpg.html'> and a bonus shot of something very special that is just visiting this tank for a little while: http://s635.photobucket.com/user/thesmallerthebetter/media/For%20Sale/IMG_5697.jpg.html'> 2 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Newish "Real" Pink Tubastrea with nickle sized heads and bright yellow tentacles, i think this is a sponge associated species like my cladopsammia as well... Very nice. What are you using to take your pictures? Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Tank is looking great! Any idea what sort of light shows off NPS colors best? Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Very nice. What are you using to take your pictures? just an iphone...makes everything look blue even with the blues dialed way way down.... Tank is looking great! Any idea what sort of light shows off NPS colors best? unlike photosynthetic corals the colors of NPS are the same in daylight or reef lighting, in or out of the water. i find that a nice crisp blue looks best to me (no where near as blue as the photos stupid phone pics), dimmed to just enough to be brighter than the room for those pesky ones that hate daytime 1 Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.