Anthonys 5 Gallon Tanks

[Builder Anthony]

well that orders coming in thursday.i found useing plastic cooking sppons work well for tank transfer of mushrooms.the measureing spoons that are deep like teaspoon.

Edited February 14, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Weetabix7]

This is a really neat set-up, I love what you're doing here.

This is the first time I've seen something that impressed me on here in a while.

The time and love and thought you put into this are obvious, and I love your documentation of what you learn from all of the things you are trying.

I also love your innovative use of simple tools, it's something I have great appreciation for myself since I have always worked with a strict budget and I know what it's like to not be able to rely on the newest fancy gizmo.

I really hope you keep this up, there is much to be learned here.

[Builder Anthony]

Thanks that probaly my favorite comment.I realize all i realy post is my problems and i like to keep track of how i handle them.Especialy mushrooms.I think alot of people think there easy but some are real picky so i try to get what works well for each species.

 

The sheild i made for the mushrooms seems to be doing well but way to early to tell whats going to go on with the color.

 

3 drops of mag wait ten min 3 drops calcium.

 

Removed some bubble algae from a feather duster colony.

 

Mini pods still munching on zoas buy yellow clown is eating them i think or maybe its the bigger pod species doing that.I know once the display tank had bigger pods the little ones disappeared so when i change floss from display i see if theres some in there and add them to frag tank

 

Fed some of the palys and yellow stinging polyps....blastos still eating.

 

Might go to library friday to post some pictures of some new corals being shiped in.

Edited February 15, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

16 inch fireworm seems to have divided.big one is roughly 9 inches

[Builder Anthony]

 

Random frag tank shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 16, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Palys

Patback heres the frag im sending

Blue Xeina a little bleached but growing

Think these are bam bams

Aptasia growing ini corner

Not sure what the little brown things are growing on the mushroom rock.Whatever skeleton it was on is coming back.

 

Kenya tree one of my first corals is growing

Edited February 16, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[siwelk]

Bump

[Builder Anthony]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current front tank shot

All these are blue cloves that grew onto rock

 

 

 

Edited February 16, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

New Additions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 16, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Cerith snail laying eggs right now.

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Lobophilia diped in freshwater for five seconds then saltwatwater for ten seconds repeated five times then added to display.Extreme tighting of flesh to skeleton,some clear mucus produced.....the kind corals produce to shed

 

Frag rack created for lower tank.Frags rearranged.

 

Went to aquatic imports and traded off some of my quality frags.Quality store with tons of nice corals in stable conditions exelent service.

 

New Additions

 

Cespitularia

 

Polyp of Darth maul

 

Polyp with green mouth,peach dot circle,purple outer rim,purple and peach tenecals

 

Lime green polyped leather,branching,possibly yellow,lighting should color it up.

 

14 Mini australian zoanthnids orange tenecales with yellow centers and mouth.

 

Hicthhiker nem on australian frag,brown tentacles,swirling dark green mixed with lime green face

 

5 bright purple palys with lime green tentacles

 

All frags kept in tupperware and placed on top of tank in high lighting,mini terrorist pods placed in display for neon goby.

will edit next 5 species when open

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Well the dust from cutting the rock with a bandsaw seems to have stuck to the slime when the zoas were pulled out of the water and its not sheding it well so i threw it on the frag rack and put the bubbler underneath them for higher flow.

 

New Addtions Continued

 

Polyp flouresent lime green face,purple tentacles

 

2 Polyps grass green face,rusty orange tentacles

 

Polyp dark blue ring by mouth,light blue ring,dark blue tentacles.

 

14 mixed australian mini zoas closed seperate colony no nem on rock.

Edited February 19, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[iball1804]

That's a crazy collection of corals you get there. Ever thought of upgrading tanks?

[Builder Anthony]

Im not soupposed to have fishtanks in this place so thats how i got mixed up in picos.Notice my fishtanks in closet.If they stop by i get a 3 day notice of the date and i just take down the light,airpump,and unplug everything and cover it with big boxes.Then lean some big pictures against it.I finally have a very good selection of good corals another month or so i should be able to do a big trade with someone for stuff i dont have.As long as i dont have it ill most likely trade for it,but i rather do trades of 20 species at a time,then grow that out and repeat.Save money that way.

[iball1804]

True. So if you had the space and authority, would you have a bigger tank?

[Builder Anthony]

my 75s at a freinds but it has a chip where glass meets,had a tall 55 before,but i think i want alot more 5 gallons

 

im haveing to pick off some of the dust with tweesers because a few polyps are still giving off mucus and closed.refragged the ones that are doing well because i need space,and want to grow them a different way.

Edited February 19, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[iball1804]

Interesting! I hope you can upgrade sooner or later.

[Builder Anthony]

led droped to bottom tank closed polyps,leathers and cespitularia will stay in clean water tupperware dish with 10000k 14 watt flouresent placed right on top of the tupperware.

 

cespitularia showed small brownish mucus within first 3 hours of cut but that area has closed considerably and it now a purpleish color.very small movement in polyps.

 

hopefully no terrorist activity tonight very few are visable on the glass and yellow clown is really ticked i cut his feedings to one a day which is late at night

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

another bacth of eggs were laid near the other ones this morning in upper frag tank

lower frag tank parameters unbeleiveable

ph 8

amonia .75

nitrate 18

nitrite weird color

im realy hopeing this is from sediment that was added from bags.25 percent water supplied from display and other frag tank,leathers droopy.yellow cloves open,mushrooms tight,favia seems fine,acan enchita semi tight,duncans somewhat inflated,blue cloves closed,kenya tree semi open.Should have taken a picture but was alarmed.blue cloves opening.

nightmare moving corals back to other frag tank.Crushed a stomelia tryen to put a suction cup on the wall for the hammer...hopefuly something surrivied from the sediment which seems to have caused this mess.barebottom is seeming to be very diffcult because the ph was low from no sand and low liverock but i figured the new coral rocks would fix that and it did bring the ph up some but there some dieoff of coraline and sponges.it doesnt stink but it cetainly needs time to cure,seems like a 2nd cycle

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

well decided to add the new lobo to the display tank,had to custom cut it at the base.it tightened up during all that and i damaged it by touching the fleshy areas.skeleton was exposed thew the cuts.now the odd thing is once it puffed up you could no longer see the damage and it took some rough handleing because it wouldnt sit right.i think it puffed up to covet its injurys but you cant see damage.it ate a few hours later.so the scape is a little different now.i did find a nice red feather duster with a bell shaped tube blocker on the other lobo.

 

another 25 percent water change on the lower tank,and i droped

some small dried up liverock in there.

 

mini terrorist pods continue to agrivate certain corals and me.

Edited February 21, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

In the morning i turned the lights on to see the lobo attacking the baby plate that was growing out of the rock branch and hasnt yet detached itself from below.A single head of the lobo was produceing white sweepers not from the top of the lobophylia but rather from the underside of the head.They were sticking securely to 40 percent of the plate which was also produceing sweepers realized after the entanglement was seperated the plates top skin was damaged.Seperation caused lobophylia to retract from me dividing the mess with tweesers.Plate was picked clean of severed sweepers from lobo and produced a slime which in 5 min showed signs of browning.This was quickly suctioned off and both corals responded to shrimp feedings while still having sweepers out.Plates mouth was damaged but still ate.12 hours later the lobo shows no signs of sweepers seems fine.Plate has sections of flesh missing and food in damaged mouth.No signs of brown slime but missing flesh areas have retracted white sweepers tight to skeleton.

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Last 3 remaing zoas finaly seemed healthy enough to plug.

 

1 species lost to mini terriorist pods from them biting the zoa which produced brown slime in the hole they made

 

1 poylp left out of 2 of the yellows that seemed picky and closed after a correct water change,they closed up and the terriorists bit them,they are in the tupper ware with the new frags from aquatic imports.one polyp removed showing browning and the other one hasnt opened since the bite about three days ago.

 

One previous healthy polyp seems to be sending out sweepers with brown inside the sweepers but this may be one of the polyps i fed.

 

Flouresent atinics 14 watt to be ran at nite over the plate and lobo.

 

Lower frag tank after 2 water changes from display tank.....display got new water to refill it.

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Plate eating no signs of brown slime.Extremely lucky on this one.Lobos all seem fine.

 

Tupperware dish cleaned think diatoms were forming but

all the plugs are doing well.Decided to blast them with 14 watt atinic.

 

 

Oh the sheild i made for the mushrooms is causeing that orange acan to turn white,though i have been keeing the led mostly over the plate

 

ill run the atinic over the plate again tonight.

Edited February 24, 2012 by Builder Anthony

[Builder Anthony]

Cespitularia became unglued from plug showed signs very similar to the origional fraging.this may have been caused by tryen to wipe the bottom of the Cespitularia off from slime so it would stick well not realizing i may have damaged the newly formed tissue,or it was alergic to the glue.10 hours before the brown slime receeded and now turning purple,cutting has lost some mass presumeably from createing mucus but signs indicate healing.next plug attemt will be to rubberband it to a plug

 

all tanks 25 pecent water change

 

cerith eggs have turned playtonic with half of the second eggmass as well.eggs were not exposed to air during these changes.

[Weetabix7]

Your ideas for feeding the LPS to help them heal from damage were good, but I would also suggest doing a simple lugol's iodine dip after that sort of mishap, I've found it really helpful in the past.

1 cup tankwater, 2 drops lugol's, 3 mins or so in dip then return to tank.

This will actually work on any type of coral, not just LPS.