Acielot Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 ~Box O' Rocks~ Check the most current post for what going on. Big updates happen here.Current FTS: Livestock:Fish:1 bluehead wrasseOccy clown pair1 coral beauty Non-snail Clean Up Crew:1 brown serpent starfishflorida cucumber (unknown species but it eats detritus) 2 pencil urchins 4 longspine urchins(?) they were hitchhikers on my gulfliverock Coral:Bubble Hidden Cup Montipora Acropora Palythoa Lobophyllia GSP Inverts: Rock Boring orange sponge Yellow Ball Sponge Rock anemones 3 maxi mini anemones Macro: Gracilaria hayi Gracliaria (?) Shaving brush Caluerpa Sea fan Caluerpa Pinecone Caluerpa Caluerpa prolifera Peyssonnelia capensisEquipment:40 gallon BreederMp40Reefbreeders Photon 24 TLF phosban reactor Seaclone skimmer Current as of 4/15/15 Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think that I have finalized my order with KP Aquatics for 50lbs of live rock, but I am still debating it since it would be shipped. For an extra $20 I could pick up rock from GulfLiveRock and have virtually no die off. :/ I'm torn. As for stocking I am thinking about adding White Banded Possum Wrasse Pipefish Lyretail Anthias and maybe a mandarin goby (depending on how my pod population looks) Skunk Cleaner Shrimp Red Tile Starfish Standard CUC Any suggestions or experiences welcome. Link to comment
Steveo 12 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 McCoskers flasher wrasse Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 McCoskers flasher wrasse Oh forgot about a wrasse. That's a nice one Link to comment
GTi Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 My McCoskers is my favourite fish. Lots of character. Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 My McCoskers is my favourite fish. Lots of character. Depending on how everything looks when it gets going I may get 2 and drop another fish of the list. Link to comment
kismetsh Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It is not uncommon for CBS to kill fish. They are beautiful but I won't have one for that reason. On the flip side, hawkfish are not shrimp safe. Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 It is not uncommon for CBS to kill fish. They are beautiful but I won't have one for that reason. On the flip side, hawkfish are not shrimp safe. Oh I figured it was the smaller shrimp like sexies and hermit crabs. Good to know. Looks like they both might have to go. Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Whoo! I just snagged a deal of a mini carpet from Petco. Their customer service is great!!! Apparently they have had the nem for quite some time so when I said I wanted it they gave me a $10 discount on the nem and the large piece of live rock it was on for free. Pics to follow once it opens up. Link to comment
Blubbernaut Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Nice! I wish I had a nem, but then my fish other than Nemo wouldn't have much swimming space...... Link to comment
Veng Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Current FTS: Need a new FTS! Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 Need a new FTS! Nothing has changed yet. I have only plumbed it all up. I'll get one of the temporary tank though...after I clean it up a bit. Next week I am going to sand the stand and repaint it as well as pain the back panel of the glass. So maybe sometime in March I will have everything setup and cycling. Uh-oh I may be running a bit behind schedule. On a good note the obviously bleached nem in the pic is getting it's color back again. Just slightly but progress is progress. And I also picked up 2 more zoa frags. Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 23, 2013 Author Share Posted February 23, 2013 AND a montipora frag!!! First SPS, looks happy so far. Link to comment
Acielot Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Got a Pink Spotted Watchman Goby today!!! Now i have to find a pistol that will live with it. Link to comment
Acielot Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Getting the tank sanded and painted this evening. I went to Home Depot and Lowes but I couldn't find eggcrate to save my life. I saw some acrylic sheets but I don't know if the acrylic will work as well as eggcrate to make a jump-proof lid. In other news the goby has become more social already and tend to hang out near the clownfish. It did however tear one of my mushrooms off a rock and drag it into it's overhang area. And the montipora already shows some growth or I am being overly optimistic either way its polyps are out and it's doing good. I also just made a reefcleaners order so hopefully my CUC will be complete this Wednesday. Link to comment
Acielot Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 Stand has been sand smooth. If the weather is good tomorrow might go out and paint it. It has been really cold lately and I don't want the paint to be all funky when it dries. Back of the tank has been sprayed black but I plan to paint it also since the spraypaint doesn't cover all that well. Haircut also tomorrow and then visiting Key Largo this saturday. Might snag up a mantis if i come across one. Link to comment
Acielot Posted March 28, 2013 Author Share Posted March 28, 2013 I had a moment of weakness and I almost purchased a small acro colony, but my tank isn't ready for those SPS yet so I wasn't ready for that kind of maintenance regime so I just got a small plate coral. Link to comment
Acielot Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Not going to spam anyone else's thread with these but I am on a Youtube binge trying to find as many outlandish videos as I can. Sophia Bush is pretty adorable in this next one if you haven't checked out my sig yet. <3 Link to comment
~LadyBug~ Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hey! How's the frogspawn doing? I like your nems Link to comment
Acielot Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hey! How's the frogspawn doing? I like your nems It was doing good when it first went it but the hermits irritate it every so often. It has been getting stuffed with food though Haha don't judge the LTA. It wasn't happy when it first went in but it has been slowly getting its color back. It is a pinkish brown right now and the green is starting to come in again. And so much for not getting another stinging creature, my friend gave me a GBTA clone from his tank. Now I have to find a spot for it hopefully the clowns will at least host that one. Pictures please! Tomorrow. I promise things have changed quite a bit since the current pic of the 20gallon. Nothing is in the 50 at the moment. My torch coral is looking more and more pathetic as the days go by. It hasn't grown at all and the polyps are never as extended as they used to be. Tempted to get rid of the sucker to make room for my BTA. Link to comment
metrokat Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 What happened to the thread name? Link to comment
~LadyBug~ Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Congrats on the GBTA! Stupid hermits; mine mess with the the nems sometimes, but leave the LPS alone Link to comment
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