Joe Dirt Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Nice. Nothing like cold shots of Jager! Link to comment
Builder Anthony Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Just wondering if your tank is covered in algae?I started a frag tank and algae is a major issue.Iknow i need live rock and sand in there for the ph i have to scrub the thing soon. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Just wondering if your tank is covered in algae?I started a frag tank and algae is a major issue.Iknow i need live rock and sand in there for the ph i have to scrub the thing soon. The frag tank was pretty nasty. After I put the clowns in the DP, I cleaned out the tank (glass only). I then put everything back in. Since the corals are all by themselves now, I don't have as much of an issue. Link to comment
Criley7 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Your tank looks good. Keep the picutures coming as you add more! Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Will do. I need to update a pic of the clowns. They are getting bigger and their colors are starting to darken up a bit. They are a pain to take a shot in macro though. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Nice. Nothing like cold shots of Jager! +1,000! love that stuff. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 ROX 0.8 + GFO = done! BTW, the skimmer broke in and is working awesome. Two things I noticed is that it is very sensitive to how high the cup is (took a few days to get the skimmate where I wanted it) and it is causes way more evaporation than before. I see an ATO in my near future. Link to comment
dan06277 Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Coming along really nicely. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Thanks Dan. LEDs are next on the to-do list. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 I finally got an updated pics of the snowflakes today. They are a pain to get photos of. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 PO4 is finally at 0!!! Going to get a few more corals today. One of which is Utter Chaos. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Got a Captain America, King Midas, AOG, Darth Maul, and Utter Chaos. I also grabbed an orange ricordea too. The Utter Chaos is awesome! Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Looking forward to some pictures! Where did you pick them up from? Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 The Darth Maul and the Ric were from Vivid Aquariums and the other zoas, including the utter chaos, I got from Tenor here on N-R. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 I called my oldest son over to the frag tank this morning and asked him which one was his favorite. He picked Utter Chaos. That's awesome! Can't wait for it to grow out for the DT. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Not the best photos of them but here they are. The Utter Chaos frag was closed up and not feeling it I guess. I installed the new ATI bulbs (Blue + x2, Aquablue Special, and a Purple +) and I can honestly notice the difference in the color of the corals. The new ones 'pop' unlike when I first put them in there. I realized, now, why my CAR were looking so orange lately. I wonder how long it will take for them to color up again? I can't wait to see the difference in the growth. Some stuff has done well, others have not. I have a Nuclear Green that is still a solitary polyp. Time will tell. Definitely better eye candy now for sure. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Great looking pieces! Not sure about coloring up time since I've not changed my lighting. I'm sure it won't be too long since it's not like you are changing PC to 400w MH Link to comment
dan06277 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm going to have to show you how to frag zoas. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Great looking pieces! Not sure about coloring up time since I've not changed my lighting. I'm sure it won't be too long since it's not like you are changing PC to 400w MH You're probably right. But with these new lights I feel totally comfortable leaving them in there until I can upgrade the CF lights in the DT to LED. Plus its a lot more controlled in the frag tank while they growout. Just so long as I dont have candy apple oranges when I bought the red ones! LOL. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 I'm going to have to show you how to frag zoas. Where in the hell did that quote come from? LOL. I already fragged the CAR as a test since it had 13 heads. It helps to have friends with disposable scalpels. Link to comment
dan06277 Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 Where in the hell did that quote come from? LOL. I already fragged the CAR as a test since it had 13 heads. It helps to have friends with disposable scalpels. I has disposable scalpels. Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 21, 2011 Author Share Posted September 21, 2011 Have scalpels, will travel. Link to comment
evo_2679 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Joe, Wow - nice coral / frag tank. Can't wait to seem them grow out and moved into your display tank!! Nice job Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted September 26, 2011 Author Share Posted September 26, 2011 Joe, Wow - nice coral / frag tank. Can't wait to seem them grow out and moved into your display tank!! Nice job Thanks! I bought my final fish, a Blue Spotted Jawfish, on Thursday and he was doing pretty good. I woke up the next morning and he had the ick. What a bummer; he is such a beautiful fish. I brought him back to the LFS that I bought him from and they are going to try and nurse him back to health. They were being awesome about it and said that they would replace him if he didn't make it. I also dosed my frags with H2O2 to get rid of the hair algae that was starting to form on the frag plugs. Well this big dummy dosed five parts total instead of 5:1. I was freaking out because the mouths of the acans were foamy and the zoas looked deflated. Next morning, they looked brand new again. A little scary, but the hair algae is gone. What a crazy week in the land of Deertay! Link to comment
Joe Dirt Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Well, the BSJ passed away at the LFS. But, the LFS got new ones in and they are going to make sure the new ones are acclimated and well before I go to pick up a new one. I feel really fortunate to have a LFS that is this accommodating. On a "lighter" note, I got my aquastyle LED kit in the mail today!!!! I'm very excited to get my cube converted. BTW, I have a ton of the little astrea sea stars in my tank. With the livestock and coral I have selected, does anyone see a problem with me having a Harlequin Shrimp? Link to comment
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