c_k_kuehne Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Wendy your tank is looking really nice -- and I like the embedded FTS you posted for July Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Very nice indeed! You've got nice Macroalgaes and some of my favorite corals in here, so this tank is WIN for me! I just wanna know how you keep the Emerald Crab from eating the Ulva. I like Ulva and have tried keeping it twice now, both times it's gotten eaten, although not by an Emerald. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 This is a really nice tank. Cool favia! Nice images too. Keep it up! Link to comment
racechase Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I love your tank The macro's go great with the scape. and your favias are killer too Link to comment
Wendy Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Thank you all so much for the nice & encouraging comments!!! Sure is nice to get on here after a hard day of work & get all this positive feedback! To answer Weetabix7 about the emerald eating the ulva... my emerald has a real sweet tooth for the codium, I had to put what little I had left into the fuge. The emerald will munch on the ulva as well as the other macros, but he hasn't even put a dent in those compared to how he demolished the codium! I'm glad ya'll like the favia, they're really neat corals & I have some more pictures here for you! Here's the Mystic Grape favia, I'm thinking about cutting some of the frag disc off & gluing this piece onto the top part of the big island & then some how put the Christmas favia up there as well. I also love this Blastomussa. It puffs up at times & then makes these beads at it's mouth, really cool. I had to get this pic. of this one cool colored zoa in the middle of these bluish/green colony. The bluish/green zoas are closing up b/c I was hitting the glass with my camera. Green star polyps- can't seem to get the right colors, they are purple with metallic green tips. Pink zoas- not such a clear pic b/c I need to clean the glass near the sand bed. Pompom xenia with my bluish/purple yuma to the right & some macros mixed in. Blue & yellow skirted zoas & the bluish/purple yuma again. Pink palys hanging out in the sand. I really need to get all these guys glued onto the rocks. Poor things... Link to comment
badfish816 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 sweet pics. i love that favia. Link to comment
Wendy Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 This month has gone by way too fast & I have hardly been able to get on NR. My tank has been on auto pilot except for top offs & a water change at least every other week. Macros have grown out of control! I should have taken a picture of the massive growth of ulva before I ripped it out, but here are some pics of the other overgrown macros. Just some recent pics of corals & crabs. The porcelain crab in it's cave. The green star polyps have taken off. My Pompom crab came out of hiding & the porcelain crab scared it away. Current FTS of each side of my tank. Hope you all enjoyed the pictures... I know the tank looks bare again since I trimmed the macros. My husband came home & said "Ya mowed your tank, hugh?". Rofl! Link to comment
JoeD Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Beautiful. Get your FTS up Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Beautiful, beautiful. Glad you made it in time. Course now I gotta be more on my game, cheez. Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Really nice looking pictures Wendy. You tank is a serious contender for the macroalgae prize. Link to comment
n0rk Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 I can see a lot of promise for this tank love the Rics. Link to comment
Wendy Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 Beautiful. Get your FTS up Thanks Joe! Beautiful, beautiful. Glad you made it in time. Course now I gotta be more on my game, cheez. Weetie, You have no competition here! Really nice looking pictures Wendy. You tank is a serious contender for the macroalgae prize. Thanks C_K, the way that stuff is growing in there, that maybe the only thing left by next year. I can see a lot of promise for this tank love the Rics. Thanks Nork, the rics are moving to the back side of the tank, getting too much flow I suppose. Hopefully that won't keep them from multiplying!!! Here's an off topic pic, but I just had to share it. My husband's Britney likes to sleep like a human- Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Here's an off topic pic, but I just had to share it. My husband's Britney likes to sleep like a human- Your Husbands name is Britney and he likes to sleep like a dog ??? OH wait I got that all mixed up Sorry couldn't help myself Link to comment
Wendy Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 Your Husbands name is Britney and he likes to sleep like a dog ??? ROFL!!!!! That's great C_K! Link to comment
Wendy Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 I haven't done much with this tank, wc every other week, clean the glass sometimes & basically keep my hands off of it. There is now a flatworm invasion that is so on my nerves!!! I'll have to spend the time to try & eradicate them or at least get them under control... urgh... Here's some recent pictures- Emerald crab- cleaning out a shell. See all the flatworms... the brown spots... These green hairy mushrooms have been intruding into the rics... the hairy mushrooms are going to get cut off real soon. These rics moved to the back of the rock & some are multiplying! Had to leave some ulva stuck on the power head because the emerald crab has been munching on it a lot. Thanks for looking & sorry I'm updating at the last minute, again. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 lol i was about to say: I think your powerhead is clogged... anyway it looks great. those are some bad flatworms. I have some too in my pico, but they are different from yours. mine are light brown-transparent, and they hang out on the glass, and especially around algae on the glass. I suspect my flatworms eat pods or w/e microfauna lives on that algae. I have even looked at mine under a compound micro scope. they're really nice animals. certainly not when they prove to be detrimental to your coral or livestock though idk how you could cut down on their numbers. you could try to figure out what they eat and try to cut down of that source of food... Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 There is now a flatworm invasion that is so on my nerves!!! I'll have to spend the time to try & eradicate them or at least get them under control... urgh... Wendy overall your tank is looking really nice as usual. I too have a flat worm infestation. You can see them all over the round, back rock in my Sept pic. Best thing is just step up the WC's and suck them out as you do the WC. Whatever do do don't use any drastic method of removal -- in a pico than can be very detrimental to the tank.Sucking them out on a regular basis with WC's should suffice. Link to comment
Wendy Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 October FTS Flatworms are EVERYWHERE & not even close to being under control! YIKES!!! Link to comment
.Newman. Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 are they the bad flatworms? or the tan/clear acoel ones? I have many of those, but i dont mind em. theyre not crazy and they keep to the algae on the glass. I'm guessing they make very nice CUC and i like them in my tank (they add to life diversity) but it sounds like you have them covering the sand and rocks? i cant see any in your tank so thats good. (maybe some on your glass but thats just one glass magnet sweep away from having clean glass lol. Link to comment
Wendy Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Yea Newman, they're on my rocks & just everywhere! They are a tannish/clear like. I should of added a fish or something that eats them before the livestock cutoff.... my husband told me too, but I didn't listen. )-: Link to comment
Wendy Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 November FTS of both sides A look from the end of the bar. Please excuse the mess ;-) Link to comment
BigRok Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Looking like it's going nice and steady for you. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 This tank looks awesome. Love the rics. Sorry about the flatworms. I've been there. Just be careful and you'll win the battle without any losses. Flatworm eXit works like a charm. Just make sure to follow the directions. Link to comment
clifford513 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Love your tank Wendy...I had those flatworms too...they can be discouraging but just keep siphoning! You're macros are awesome! Link to comment
thevidon Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 How do you grow your macro so well. I can't ever get my chaeto to grow, much less my nicer macros.......Do you overfeed intentionally? Dose anything special? Link to comment
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