bluefunelement Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 ahh I can't tell which is real color printer? Link to comment
blister Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 what you are seeing is the paper blue tang and paper snail heh. it's a special breed of both ;] Link to comment
bluefunelement Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 what no school of chromis, eels, seahorses, and starfish? Link to comment
blister Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 just did my first water change... we shall see how i did, i shall test parameters tonight, maybe thats enough time to see if i screwed anything up, heh. I also added a note to self about my next water change. nice... ;] Link to comment
blister Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 my paper tang and snail died so i flushed em ;] Link to comment
blister Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Wednesday came early!!!! woot! Thanks John! ;] Link to comment
blister Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 PICS!!! Snail just hanging off a rock... 2 little coral pieces, not sure if it was supposed to be 1 or 2, but I glued them close but seperately... (brown palythoa?) Somehow I think I got lucky with this placement, this is like in front of main center cave.. kinda like a vine.. heh ;] Decided to use filter saver bag, poured just some of the reef pod in there, i tied top string to fuge basket but the top of the bag is wide open and underwater so the pods still can get out... Chaeto is in there, cant see it though... ;] Link to comment
blister Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 So it's been 2 days since I added: chaeto/coral/snails... now there have been snails that have not moved, I guess it might be safe to say their dead? But would that not increase the ammonia levels because I am reading 0, which is great. So not sure if they are dead or what, not sure if I should pull out the supposed dead ones? Link to comment
SaltineSage Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I think the ammonia will spike when they start to decompose. Maybe 1-2 days or so? I dunno, my fishtank is empty so what do I know about livestock :unsure: Link to comment
blister Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 I thought I would compare pics of todays of coral vs the day they stuck in there. I wasn't expecting much difference at all, but instead I think it changed drastically... for the better I think: Day 1: Day 3 (today): Whatcha think? Link to comment
bluefunelement Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Might be a little early fir corals but palys are somewhat hardy. If they close up for a few days give them a little more flow to keep algae from growing on them. Keep your alk and nitrogen cycle in check now too As for the snails - Ive always had snails from reefcleaners all survive so you might want to review your acclimation. If only a few in a 29 then let them decompose - I found a huge bristle worm all up in a snail shell last night /zombie snails and worms ahh what city are you in? Link to comment
blister Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 bluefunelement - the corals came with my reefcleaners order.. so i put them up... do you think they are looking better though? You live close to Western MD? Link to comment
johnmaloney Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 that "red vine macro" is "red grape caulerpa". It is late in the season, so it doesn't have bubbles when we collect it, but in time they grow in. In about 3 months you will be happy with it, the species is Botryocladia occidentalis. It doesn't need a lot of light, but it can take it. palys look a little sideways, but they are fine....in time they will open up. It is near impossible to kill them. When I cut that frag I dental picked it quite a bit of it, and it was a pretty fresh cut. Not ideal, but it will be fine in time. if the snails are ceriths they are like that...line them up and check after morning, they start moving at night. if it doesn't pan out shoot me an email. Link to comment
bluefunelement Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I'm in Annapolis Botryocladia is my favorite display macro - so easy to keep in check. I think emerald crabs will snap the base off and you have to reglue it- reef glue the base sideways into a shell like a small cowrie and it'll stay put. Link to comment
blister Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 Today's FTS: I had not glued in the red grape caulerpa I just stuck its stem down in a hole in a rock, it hasn't budged since. I live about as far west and you can in MD, in Garrett County. ;] Link to comment
blister Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 is this a feather duster coming from snail shell? Link to comment
blister Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 added: 1 x skunk shrimp 1 x emerald crab pix tomorrow, too dark to take good pics plus their in scared mode. ;] Link to comment
blister Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 my skunk shrimp is being very brave today, lights are on and he's out, catch him on the live web cam he seems to dig that side of tank. Here he is: Link to comment
Koop Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Looks like things are going good. Believe me, the polys are tough!! I had one that came on LR, didn't even know it was there, and it survived being handled, moved around, bouncing around in the box with no water on the way home from the LFS, and throughout the initial startup and cycling of my tank. In fact, it looked just like your pics the first few days and now that it has been going strong for six weeks, it has opened up and turned almost a NEON green. I have even target fed it to keep him going and hopefully it will multiply. Just for my info, how did you acclimate the cleaner shrimp?? Considerng getting a pair myself. Have you seen any battling, issues with your Emerald? I have two small Emeralds already. Link to comment
blister Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 Koop - what I did with both the crab and shrimp was let the bag sit in water for 15 minutes then cut the bags and poured in bucket (they each had their own) then I dumped 2 cups (not measured) into each bucket waited 15 minutes, took 2 cups out (not measured) then put 2 more cups (not measured) back into bucket waited another 15, then took cup and scooped em out with cup and let critter leave the cup to go on top of rocks. Have not seen any action between crab and shrimp yet, they still nervous probably. Shrimp has become not so scared and appears out side of cave even with lights on and crab wedged himself inside the cave between rocks heh, hard to take a photo of him. Time will tell I guess, i havent even had both for 24 hours heh Link to comment
pbgrep Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 very nice, I have yet to add any corals, Its hard for me to decide what to get and not sure where to buy them either. My lfs sells nice ones for 40 bucks which can be a rip off or a steal depending on what they have, Im still a rookie and not great at identifying corals yet so Im apprehensive about buying one and finding it cheaper somewhere else, but thats my next project. Looking good blister, Ill try to keep up with you lol Link to comment
SaltineSage Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 very nice, I have yet to add any corals, Its hard for me to decide what to get and not sure where to buy them either. My lfs sells nice ones for 40 bucks which can be a rip off or a steal depending on what they have, Im still a rookie and not great at identifying corals yet so Im apprehensive about buying one and finding it cheaper somewhere else, but thats my next project. Looking good blister, Ill try to keep up with you lol Amen man... I'm too nervous to buy from my LFS because it seems corals are a lot of work, and I don't want to invest too much time or money into a coral that just doesn't do it for me. If you find a good noob thread, PM me it And yeah, Blister I am damn jealous of your tank. Once my Byropsis is nuked beyond recognition, I'll be catching up! Link to comment
blister Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 SaltineSage - don't be jealous I woke up this morning to find a snail sucking on my dead skunk shrimp, RIP skunk shrimp ;[ Just did params: pH: 8.4 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 0 ammonia: 0 Just calibrated my refractometer with calibration stuff, my salinity read 1.021 I wonder if this could have been the problem... ;[ Link to comment
pbgrep Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 That is low, but im not sure low enough to kill your shrimp, theyre pretty hardy little guys.. you said you got a crab too right? maybe they had beef and decided to duke it out?? Link to comment
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