Sword Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Plemon went carpet surfing Found him under my bed this morning. I am depression. Link to comment
dirtwheelsfl Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 ya, i found my red scooter blenny on the floor today, case of beer down the toilet i guess, he was cool too.... Link to comment
doolspin Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 Sword; I don't know if you're still interested but you can get a picotope light from JBJ for about $20. Ldogg just bought some (310) 672-4021 or (310) 672-4099 Thanks Ldogg Link to comment
Sword Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 Thanks for the info guys Not much has changed in my pico. My Monti cap is growing slowly but surely, my zoas don't appear to be spreading as fast as I had hoped, my Ricordea is looking nice, and my blue cloves have spread onto the rock I had them sitting next to. I'll hopefully get some more zoa frags soon. I've got some pics to post in a little bit. Link to comment
Sword Posted June 2, 2009 Author Share Posted June 2, 2009 New pictures! (Sorry for the large size dial-up users ) I need to get a tripod. Link to comment
Sword Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Update! Acquired two new frags, both of which I've had my eye on for months. One is the most vibrant green GSP I have ever seen. It was growing freely on the plastic of their frag rack. I asked him to frag it for me the last time I was in and it was ready when I got there today. The other is a crazy looking single zoa polyp. Pictures to come in the next couple of days when they open. Hopefully the GSP I also rearranged my rocks and finally glued down the first set of green zoas I got when I first started this tank. Everything is mad at me right now, but I snapped some shots. I'll post them later tonight (or tomorrow if I forget). Also, I did my first water change since 5/29. Nitrates were at <5ppm and Calcium was at 360ppm. Not bad for nearly four weeks, but I refuse to go that long again. Link to comment
Sword Posted June 24, 2009 Author Share Posted June 24, 2009 Green Star Polyps still haven't opened. They're probably pretty angry. New Zoa: Mouth is green, yellow starburst pattern, near-black in between, and red+orange skirt. Link to comment
Sword Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Pictures Pictures Pictures! Edit: Looks like the new Zoas are "Ring of Fire" Link to comment
Sword Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Any idea what causes the banding pattern in my Montipora? It's much more evident to the eye than the camera depicts. Link to comment
Nanobuds Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 whoa thats wierd... but its cool!! have no clue Link to comment
The_Yellow_Pony Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 looking awesome!! so is your avatar Nice pico!!!!!! I love the colors. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Any idea what causes the banding pattern in my Montipora? umm.....hunger? Link to comment
Sword Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Are you telling me it's hungry for blood? Link to comment
Sword Posted June 29, 2009 Author Share Posted June 29, 2009 I really don't want to buy new bulbs for this fixture - was hoping to switch to LEDs on it. Maybe I'll buy a 50/50 one in the meantime. Le sigh. Link to comment
Sword Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Update! Got a 50/50 bulb to replace the 6500K/10000K daylight bulb. Looks much, much better. Today I bought a bunch of loose polyps the LFS (Aquarium Fanatics) had floating around in their frag tanks. Total bill: $5. Got a bunch of Zoas and a piece of chalice! Will have pictures when the zoas open up. Glued all of the zoas to a piece of rubble. The chalice is on the same rock that my Montipora is on. Link to comment
Sword Posted July 31, 2009 Author Share Posted July 31, 2009 Of the new zoa polyps, only two of them didn't make it (they were buried under sand in the frag tank and had super skinny bodies). Will eventually get a picture. Most of them are the same, oddly enough. Got a bunch of one kind, two yellow polyps, and one that's purple/brownish. My montipora is dead/dying it looks like. I had a bad batch of salt and didn't catch it until after my second water change with it. Calcium was like 160ppm. It had a weird consistency, too. New batch is good, though. Sadly, I think the combination of the bad salt, the increased salinity from no top off for a few days (was out of town), and three days without lights led it its demise. Can't win 'em all. Still need to get an ATO set up. Link to comment
Sword Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 My batch of freshly mixed Reef Crystals mixes to 340ppm calcium @ 1.025 SG. Tested my calcium/alk today with my Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Test Kits: 340ppm/11dkH Took a sample to the LFS to test with their Salifert test kits: 340ppm/11dkh. Dosed my tank with Kent Nano Reef 2 Part Solution as recommended by the LFS. Calcium still hasn't risen hours later. Does this stuff take a while to work? Link to comment
Sword Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 Been playing with the settings on my camera - a few new shots. Photos are complete unaltered, straight from the camera and re-sized to 25% of their original resolution. Link to comment
MGDMIRAGE Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 tank looks great sword and i actually like the mystery cap banding... Link to comment
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