My Atlantis - Wild & Woolly May 2015 Pictures!

[pschom]

Did you follow the golden rule of new corals?

[jedimasterben]

Did you follow the golden rule of new corals?

Never stop adding?

 

 

Always, always dip!

[eitallent]

Did you follow the golden rule of new corals?

 

Well, I will give you three guesses. I bet you will only need one guess though.

 

Never stop adding?

 

 

Always, always dip!

 

I started looking for Lugol's iodine yesterday. Nobody has it around here because it is used in making Meth. I guess it is a big problem around here because you have to have a Dr.'s Rx to buy it. LOL Where's the reef Dr.?

 

I will probably have to order it from Amazon.

 

And yes, never stop adding. I like that rule.

[Deleted User 3]

Holy crap I was still on page 4 last time I was here... lol my bad! Quick recap? lol

[Weetabix7]

Well, I will give you three guesses. I bet you will only need one guess though.

 

 

 

I started looking for Lugol's iodine yesterday. Nobody has it around here because it is used in making Meth. I guess it is a big problem around here because you have to have a Dr.'s Rx to buy it. LOL Where's the reef Dr.?

 

I will probably have to order it from Amazon.

 

And yes, never stop adding. I like that rule.

 

Ok, you know lugol's won't address a pest situation, right? Lugol's is wonderful at treating infections and just unhappy corals, but won't kill Nudi's.

For Nudi's you need a combination of a FW dip for 2-3 mins followed by a close examination for Nudi eggs and obviously removing them if you find them. All the necessary info can be found in the thread I mentioned earlier.

[pschom]

Always dip....ALWAYS DIP! And it's a good idea to always inspect the piece for eggs and such before adding it. Once I bought a Monti frag that I knew had nudi's. Dipped, inspected and added. Frag grew into a huge colony. Sadly overdosing kalk killed it...but moral of story is ALWAYS DIP!

[eitallent]

Ok, you know lugol's won't address a pest situation, right? Lugol's is wonderful at treating infections and just unhappy corals, but won't kill Nudi's.

For Nudi's you need a combination of a FW dip for 2-3 mins followed by a close examination for Nudi eggs and obviously removing them if you find them. All the necessary info can be found in the thread I mentioned earlier.

Thanks, Weetabix7. I reread the thread, my reading comprehension needs improvement. I removed all nudis and saw no eggs. All zoas are still alive! Yay

 

Always dip....ALWAYS DIP! And it's a good idea to always inspect the piece for eggs and such before adding it. Once I bought a Monti frag that I knew had nudi's. Dipped, inspected and added. Frag grew into a huge colony. Sadly overdosing kalk killed it...but moral of story is ALWAYS DIP!

 

Ha ha. Lesson learned. I am ready to dip!

[eitallent]

Holy crap I was still on page 4 last time I was here... lol my bad! Quick recap? lol

 

Hi, TuLIPgirl. To recap I have added very pretty small frags of new Zoas, which are growing like gang busters. I am battling nudibranchs, bubble algae and probably have other things lurking that I do not even know to recognize!

 

I got a new green Goniopora. It seems to be doing well and has little baby polyps growing at the perimeter of the colony.

 

Skipper is still skipping along from rock to rock looking for tasty morsels that sling by on the currents. His subservient tank mate the Peppermint shrimp, Karloff, is forever vigilant for aiptasia. Skipper keeps him in his place below his rocks.

 

Last week a friend gave me a beautiful frogspawn which is so big I had to place it all the way to the back of my 12 gallon tank so it would keep its 'hands' to itself. So far so good. She also gave me a piece of montipora. I am uncertain about the species it is but it looks like a brown/red Capricornus. The lighting may not be good enough for it but we will see.

 

Pictures to follow soon

[eitallent]

Very cool video with Sir David Attenborough introducing lophelia.org informational website regarding deep water corals.

 

[eitallent]

Photo bomb!

 

Euphylia

 

 

 

Monti

 

 

Baby poplyp has grown tentacles and is eating too.

 

Zoas

 

 

Skipper taking care of his garden.

 

Karloff hanging under the arch.

 

Mushrooms

 

click to see a fifteen second video of Frogspawn waving in the current. Happy coral.

[eitallent]

Here is a new hitch hiker. It is an anemone ( I think) on a frag that I recently purchased. Only a few zoas are opening on the frag.

 

[albertthiel]

Very cool video with Sir David Attenborough introducing lophelia.org informational website regarding deep water corals.

 

 

Nice short video indeed eitallent

[eitallent]

Here is a new hitch hiker. It is an anemone ( I think) on a frag that I recently purchased. Only a few zoas are opening on the frag.

 

 

Could this be a strawberry anemone? This little 3/4 inch HH is red in the center with transparent tentacles and white tips.

 

Here is a pic from wikipedia that looks very much like what I see.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_anem..._tide_pools.jpg

[Weetabix7]

Yes, strawberry anemone. I used to have some on my LR in a previous tank and loved them.

[albertthiel]

Could this be a strawberry anemone? This little 3/4 inch HH is red in the center with transparent tentacles and white tips.

 

Here is a pic from wikipedia that looks very much like what I see.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_anem..._tide_pools.jpg

 

You may want to get it off that rock and put it somewhere else but to get it off you will need to take the rock out of the water and then wait till the anemone detaches itself so you do not damage it. FWIW

[eitallent]

Yes, strawberry anemone. I used to have some on my LR in a previous tank and loved them.

 

I love finding these kind of HHs. It is like Christmas. Did you find that they stung other corals around them? I wonder if they are irritating the Zoas on that frag.

 

I am still looking for cool macro around these parts and so far NADA. I enjoy looking at your tank pictures and admire your macros. Eventually I will just have order some online.

 

You may want to get it off that rock and put it somewhere else but to get it off you will need to take the rock out of the water and then wait till the anemone detaches itself so you do not damage it. FWIW

 

Hi Albert. Thanks for your suggestion. Why do you recommend moving them from this rock? Is it because of the proximity to the Zoas? Should they be on sand?

[eitallent]

I have a bright green Flower Pot coral. Being a newbie I found the article on the care and propagation of Goniopora species by Justin Credabel (great last name) in reefkeeping.com issue 2005 very helpful.

 

This YouTube

[eitallent]

Picture, picture ( ah, I miss Mr. Rogers ).

 

Goniopora (sp. polyformis or stokesi ??)

 

Strawberry anemone ( lovely HH)

 

Sunny, Yellow polyp has completed budding its companion. There are two more buds forming. Wow.

 

Green fuzzy mushroom on the porite rock. These mushrooms are slowly getting greener. Anyone have these?

 

Green fuzzy shrooms from above.

 

I never feel blue when I look at this mushroom. Hee hee.

 

Porite coral up close with a HH feather duster worm.

 

Ricordias: One seems to have two mouths. Do they usually split like this?

 

Mystery anemones: poss. aggregating anemones or ?? There is a fourth little nem poking out of the hole.

 

The biggest coral in my tank, the beautiful frogspawn.

 

Green star polyp has curly ends on its tentacles. I love it!

 

This Xenia has grown stalks which negates my theory that it was really and Anthelia. It has recovered its color from my newbie mistake of putting it too close to the lights too fast. It looks purple/violet now.

 

Karloff is peeking to see if I will drop some more food in for him. Greedy little BUG.

 

So grateful for my friend who shared some of her Montipora!

 

I hope the Monti does well under my CF lights.

 

Fat little Duncans have little buds too ... sigh this makes me happy.

 

Skipper, I will never forget to include you in a photo update!

 

I am feeling a little 'hammered' with all these pictures. (Groan! Yeah, I know, but I couldn't help it.)

 

Zoas! How can anyone have a SW tank and not have ZOAS?

 

 

 

Blues sympodium is so small and cute.

 

And last but not least, the feather duster ...

[Weetabix7]

I love finding these kind of HHs. It is like Christmas. Did you find that they stung other corals around them? I wonder if they are irritating the Zoas on that frag.

 

I am still looking for cool macro around these parts and so far NADA. I enjoy looking at your tank pictures and admire your macros. Eventually I will just have order some online.

 

 

 

Hi Albert. Thanks for your suggestion. Why do you recommend moving them from this rock? Is it because of the proximity to the Zoas? Should they be on sand?

 

Thanks! I am hoping to be able to get a large variety and grow them out quite a bit to be able to sell or trade. They're settling in well, but I'm still a ways off from that.

 

When I had my strawberry anemones, they weren't really close to any other corals on my rock, so it wasn't really an issue for me. I always enjoyed watching them though, and I still remember how excited I was when I first found them on my rock!

 

Also, Photo Bomb!!!

I like the Sympodium.

Glad you seem to have gotten rid of the Nudis, just keep an eye out for a little while to make sure babies don't pop up.

 

@ the Mr. Rogers reference.

[albertthiel]

I love finding these kind of HHs. It is like Christmas. Did you find that they stung other corals around them? I wonder if they are irritating the Zoas on that frag.

 

I am still looking for cool macro around these parts and so far NADA. I enjoy looking at your tank pictures and admire your macros. Eventually I will just have order some online.

 

 

 

Hi Albert. Thanks for your suggestion. Why do you recommend moving them from this rock? Is it because of the proximity to the Zoas? Should they be on sand?

 

Yes so it does not damage your Zoas which seem to be closed up in that pic and when that anemone gets larger the Zoas are IMO not going to be happy :-)

 

Picture, picture ( ah, I miss Mr. Rogers

 

Skipper, I will never forget to include you in a photo update!

 

Nice and Skipper is doing "his thing"

[eitallent]

Thanks! I am hoping to be able to get a large variety and grow them out quite a bit to be able to sell or trade. They're settling in well, but I'm still a ways off from that.

 

When I had my strawberry anemones, they weren't really close to any other corals on my rock, so it wasn't really an issue for me. I always enjoyed watching them though, and I still remember how excited I was when I first found them on my rock!

 

Also, Photo Bomb!!!

I like the Sympodium.

Glad you seem to have gotten rid of the Nudis, just keep an eye out for a little while to make sure babies don't pop up.

 

@ the Mr. Rogers reference.

 

Hi, Weetie.

I hope I can purchase some macros from you. Let me know when you are read to send some my way. Yay!

 

Those strawberry anemones are very cute. Do they multiply? I hope so. I would love to have a few more.

 

The sympodium is one of my faves. However, almost everything in my tank is a favorite!

 

I scour the tank for nudis every day. Those little things sure can do some damage.

 

Mr. Rogers is a great huminatarian. I say 'is' because his TV shows make him immortal and continue to educate and inspire the young and old alike. I watched him with my kids ( I only let them watch PBS kids shows like The Magic School Bus, Sesame Street, Read Between the Lions, etc.) and I think I learned more from Mr. Rogers than the kids did! LOL

[eitallent]

Yes so it does not damage your Zoas which seem to be closed up in that pic and when that anemone gets larger the Zoas are IMO not going to be happy :-)

 

 

 

Nice and Skipper is doing "his thing"

 

I will do as you recommend, Albert, and move those Strawberry anemones. They are so small, 1/4 ~ 1/2 of an inch, that I will have to be extremely careful.

 

His colors came out really well in that picture. Skipper will be getting a new tank mate soon. I will be gettin a Neon Blue Striped Goby.

[Weetabix7]

My oldest learned the alphabet from Sesame Street long before he made it to preschool. True story.

 

My Strawberry Anemones never multiplied, but that doesn't mean they don't. I never tried target feeding them either.

 

It may take me some time on the Macros, but I'll let you know. Keydiver always has great Macros available for sale, he's actually the one I got my first installment of Macros from for my tank. Just ask if he can insulate the shipping box if you get anything from him during the winter. Or wait til Spring.

 

Nudi's are da debil. I've encountered worse things though.

[eitallent]

I am doing research on deep sand beds (DSB).

 

Here is some of the literature I am using.

 

Dr. Ron Simek's article Dearest Mudder... The Importance of Deep Sand at ronshimek.com.

 

Wet Web Media's Intorduction into Deep Sand Beds with discussion of sand grain sizes and the use of a plenum. - by Anthony Calfo

 

The Newbie Corner with Tom Murphy: Reefkeeping 101 -Natural Filtration - Part 3 The Final Chapter at Reef Keeping Magazine website.

 

Reef Aquaria as Ecosystems by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. at Reef Keeping Magazine website.

 

How Sand Beds Really Work by Ronald l. Shimek, Ph.D. at Reef Keeping Magazine website.

 

If anyone knows of any more info on DSB or you are using/used DSB share your knowledge please.Thanks!

[albertthiel]

I will do as you recommend, Albert, and move those Strawberry anemones. They are so small, 1/4 ~ 1/2 of an inch, that I will have to be extremely careful.

 

His colors came out really well in that picture. Skipper will be getting a new tank mate soon. I will be gettin a Neon Blue Striped Goby.

Yes indeed ... make sure you do not damage the foot which may be stuck inside a crevice in the rock. If you take the rock out though you should be able to get the anemone to come loose. You can spray a little carbonated water on it if you want as that may speed up the process.

 

The Zoas will be ok as they can take being out of the water for a while.

 

An on the new acquisition: there are a lot of Gobies with blue stripe or blue something in their name, which one exactly are you getting ? Gobiosoma oceanops? Or is it a different one ?