HM3105 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Took some new pictures as the blues were coming on....sorry they are a little over saturated I can't get my point and shoot camera to take pictures very well and capture the colors. Its either blah or over saturated, so you get over saturated. So for the record clownfish are f'ing hard to get a good picture. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9916_zps3a1ba87f.jpg.html'> This is the main "coral alley" in my tank... http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9913_zps7c1c3208.jpg.html'> Rainbow stylo (I think?). This thing has tripled in size since I got it.. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9911_zpsbc4b3743.jpg.html'> Pink boobies chalice http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9909_zpsbad4793c.jpg.html'> This is that Echinata I picked up a while back. Its coloring up nicely and readily eats now. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9908_zps4bf19c91.jpg.html'> I got this Chalice from Coral Gardens Aquaculture, it started out mostly green but has colored up and now has a significant amount of pink. Pretty much all those raised bumps and the feeding tentacles are pink. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9905_zpsf9c31990.jpg.html'> and finally, the rainbow bubble tip which has colored up amazingly, this is probably my second favorite animal in the whole thank. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9907_zps05876b68.jpg.html'> Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Any new pictures of that nem Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Any new pictures of that nem I have a few... http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0008_zps558d65f1.jpg.html'> http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0006_zpsb0d65f9f.jpg.html'> Picked up these this weekend, a gift from my wife for our anniversary. The store said they were Space Monsters not sure if that's true but they were nice. They are slightly more pink and purple then this picture shows. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0005_zps62b134ca.jpg.html'> Picked up this chalice, unfortunately I think I already had this one. Still its nice and I can't get a good picture of it. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0007_zps0091a6a3.jpg.html'> Just update on this chalice, I picked up on Black Friday. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_9909_zpsbad4793c.jpg.html'> and today, seems to be growing well. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0013_zpsda516d90.jpg.html'> Finally have a decent pic of my clowns.. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0016_zpsc1c3a2fb.jpg.html'> and this is the forced education, I am hoping they will learn how to host the BTA they insist on sleeping directly above like jerks.... http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMG_0018_zps6e189a57.jpg.html'> ....except I may have bricked my Kindle trying to loop the YouTube video. That's all for now, next Saturday (1/10/15) is Coral Fest and I am hoping to get some new pieces assuming I don't have to work. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 So i got some new test kits for Christmas and decided to run a battery of tests since I noticed some of my chalices and a rainbow monti were browning on me. Results pH - 8.0 (lights had only been on for like 2 hours so makes sense) Nitrates - <10 Ca - 480 Alk - 9.3 Mg - 1500 Po4 - 0 (I've got some GHA so I know this is a lie) Other than the nitrates nothing seems terribly off. Since I use SeaChem Reef salt (switching to RS Coral Pro) my Alk reading is probably wrong because of the Borate in the salt. I may dose some baking soda but I'm going to wait and see how the new salt impacts things, it is suppose to mix at 12 Alk and I change out 10% a week. Switching back to my coral browning, I had turned my LEDs up and my whites (BXRA NW) may have been close to 50% while my RB may have been only 65%. I keep a list tracking my channels and I swtiched up the white and RB which I think resulted in my whites being higher then my blues which caused my corals to brown. I've turned the whites down and adjusted the RB some so we shall see what happens. Its odd though because the color didn't look bad to my eyes so I'm not actually sure if I had the channels goofed on my spread sheet but had the controller right or not. My stupid clownfish still aren't hosting the BTA and I am annoyed. I've been trying to educate them using you tube but some far no luck. Anyone have some ideas? I'm not sticking them in a bucket and draining the water... Anyway, next week is Coral Fest here in Dallas so I'm hoping to get some nice new corals. If I end up working I think I will order a CB Chalice Pack and something nice from CGA. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Awesome tank! Those space monsters look more like pink zippers. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 Awesome tank! Those space monsters look more like pink zippers. Thank you! I'm not sure on either to be honest. Mine don't have the green skirts like Space Monsters nor do they have the blue skirts like Pink Zippers. Both are great so I'll wait and see I guess.. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thank you! I'm not sure on either to be honest. Mine don't have the green skirts like Space Monsters nor do they have the blue skirts like Pink Zippers. Both are great so I'll wait and see I guess.. Here are pink zippers. Mine had more pink skirts in some polyps as well. They can also have long or short skirts. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Today was Coral Fest here in Dallas. Lucky for me, my wife and family gave me coral money for Christmas. So here we go, I apologize in advance I am having a small algae issue. Unnamed chalice...with all the right colors in all the right places...out of everything I got today I think this was my favorite. Fierce Melon Unnamed chalice...or maybe an echinata? they said it attacked a Duncan pretty bad...sorry everything is so blue the AWB didn't work. Whiplash Chalice From left to right...Captain America, Rasta, Sunny D.. Goddess of War zoas Fireworks zoas Oh and in true Lawnman fashion we went to Outback to cap off the coral buying spree. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Man, your starboard is freakin covered in coralline! And mine just has spots of green film algae lol Link to comment
Chris! Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Looks really good man, definitely some nice scores today! Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Man, your starboard is freakin covered in coralline! And mine just has spots of green film algae lol Yeah mine did that in the beginning too but that's the beauty right just take the magic eraser to it and its all pretty again! Looks really good man, definitely some nice scores today! Thanks man, it was pretty exciting to see some of these pieces at prices I was comfortable with. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Yeah mine did that in the beginning too but that's the beauty right just take the magic eraser to it and its all pretty again. Eh, not really, took a shitload of scraping to get what I could off and it still looks pretty bad lol Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Eh, not really, took a shitload of scraping to get what I could off and it still looks pretty bad lol Huh thats odd... I swear you raise super algae. Must be the LEDs, you know they only grow algae Link to comment
Lawnman Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 You have some nice shit man . Think my over hyped tank took a backseat to this beauty. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 You have some nice shit man . Think my over hyped tank took a backseat to this beauty. Nah, your meat locker is still awesome you just need to post some more pics! Link to comment
Lawnman Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 So i got some new test kits for Christmas and decided to run a battery of tests since I noticed some of my chalices and a rainbow monti were browning on me. ResultspH - 8.0 (lights had only been on for like 2 hours so makes sense)Nitrates - <10Ca - 480Alk - 9.3Mg - 1500Po4 - 0 (I've got some GHA so I know this is a lie) Other than the nitrates nothing seems terribly off. Since I use SeaChem Reef salt (switching to RS Coral Pro) my Alk reading is probably wrong because of the Borate in the salt. I may dose some baking soda but I'm going to wait and see how the new salt impacts things, it is suppose to mix at 12 Alk and I change out 10% a week. Switching back to my coral browning, I had turned my LEDs up and my whites (BXRA NW) may have been close to 50% while my RB may have been only 65%. I keep a list tracking my channels and I swtiched up the white and RB which I think resulted in my whites being higher then my blues which caused my corals to brown. I've turned the whites down and adjusted the RB some so we shall see what happens. Its odd though because the color didn't look bad to my eyes so I'm not actually sure if I had the channels goofed on my spread sheet but had the controller right or not. My stupid clownfish still aren't hosting the BTA and I am annoyed. I've been trying to educate them using you tube but some far no luck. Anyone have some ideas? I'm not sticking them in a bucket and draining the water... Anyway, next week is Coral Fest here in Dallas so I'm hoping to get some nice new corals. If I end up working I think I will order a CB Chalice Pack and something nice from CGA.Just relax on the clowns hosting the BTA. You will just come home one day and 1 of them will be in it. Then the one in the nem won't share it with the other clown. Then you will be buying more . Nah, your meat locker is still awesome you just need to post some more pics!Thanks I cleaned the tank for the first time in 2 weeks today sucked out a ton of detrius and changed 10 gallons of water. Got the tank all clean and kicked it back on amd here came more detrius I will get some pictures up this weekend. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Let the mollie CUC acclimation begin! Link to comment
Lawnman Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Let the mollie CUC acclimation begin! http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/IMAG0657_zpsl0r2jtj9.jpg.html'> mollies eat algae? Link to comment
Chris! Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 mollies eat algae? Yup, damn good at it too IME. Link to comment
1.0reef Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 mollies eat algae? Big time. Link to comment
Lawnman Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Yup, damn good at it too IME. Big time.Tells you what I know about freshwater fish not a damn thing. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 and 4 hours later they are swimming...I don't know what I was thinking buying 4 of them......yes there are only 3 of them in the pic the other one is hiding. http://s1292.photobucket.com/user/HM3105/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMAG0660_zps83dpkcbk.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Lawnman Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 So they are freshwater fish but can live in salt and eat algae? Link to comment
1.0reef Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 So they are freshwater fish but can live in salt and eat algae? Yep. Link to comment
HM3105 Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 So they are freshwater fish but can live in salt and eat algae? Technically they are now saltwater fish... They have the ability to go between fresh and salt they just aren't "in the ocean" where normal marine fish come from. Ben was saying he'd see them in the Gulf (or maybe the Atlantic) before. There are actually a surprising number of threads going back a few years where people added Mollies as a CUC or just for kicks and giggles. I am hoping they take out the small GHA and byropsis I have. If not I'll just return them or regift them to someone. I didn't want to get a tang or rabbit fish because catching them is a PITB. I've been told Lawnmowers get terratorial as they age. So I figured I would start with these. Oh also with tomorrow's water change I am going to start running GFO. I've never used it for fear of stunting my coral's growth by stripping the water of all the nutrients. Link to comment
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