JBM Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 so today i will go & get a timer. I can also use that timer for my moon lights. HUZZAH Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 hey now btw, water is pretty darn clear. i'd say 99% there Link to comment
Wilioli Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 sweet --- so up coming fts then? Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 sweet --- so up coming fts then? Link to comment
Wilioli Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 sweeeet! A whole lot clearer thats for sure Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 sweeeet! A whole lot clearer thats for sure i know, like i said. it's about 99% clearer. changed my carbon again. gonna wait a few days before i do any more water changes. then more stocking Link to comment
wimby Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Looks good Are you sure you want that rock on the left touching the glass? Other then that it looks nice A whole lot clearer Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 Looks good Are you sure you want that rock on the left touching the glass? Do you want it? Free if you come pick it up. :-) Link to comment
wimby Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 No thanks I have plenty of my own rocks. LoL Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 No thanks I have plenty of my own rocks. LoL idk what im going to do with that one, might put it in the 5g, anyway. got a new frag. Reverse gorilla nips. Im acclimating it now. Link to comment
Wilioli Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 just curious -- do you drip or tem acclimate ur zoas/corals Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 it depends on how i obtained them. If coral by mail: I generally float them in the sealed bag for 60-90 minutes, then add them right into the aquarium. if coral or fish by lfs, i acclimate it thru the drip method. 1-3 drips per second for 30-45 minutes. cuc from reefcleaners: float 15 minutes, dump em right in. Link to comment
Wilioli Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 oh wow, like that? so why do u drip for the lfs corals? i understand for fish.. but if ur gonna 'bag method' them for coral by mail, why not also for lfs? Link to comment
JBM Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 taken from reef cleaners: During the shipping process, ammonia levels in the shipping bags build, while the ph level goes down. As the ph goes down the toxicity of ammonia also goes down. However, when your tank water with normal ph is introduced to the shipping bags, and the ph rises, so does the toxicity of the ammonia, and you will be poisoning the livestock i drip coral from lfs because there is no ammonia in the bag. & generally open within 5 minutes of being introduced, where as shipped corals take a few days Link to comment
Wilioli Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 excellent -- thanks for that.. -- I haven't bought anything from mail in sources -- but Im going to start, and I was actually thinking of dripping all of them! thanks again Link to comment
d9hp Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I used to drip basically everything but now I just temp acclimate and drop it in (for corals). Haven't had any problems. Link to comment
JBM Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 any suggestions on how to get this damsel out? kinda want to put in a couple of gobies & call it done with fish Link to comment
d9hp Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 any suggestions on how to get this damsel out? kinda want to put in a couple of gobies & call it done with fish F*** damsel fishing. Link to comment
JBM Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Perhaps something that wont destroy my carpet. Anyway, weekly parameters. Calcium 400 Salinity 1.026 Temp 76.8* Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 0 Ph 8.3 Link to comment
d9hp Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Haha well in all seriousness I've seen people use fishing line and tiny little trout hooks. Otherwise most of the time people have to pull rocks out and grab them during a water change. I think you should try the soda bottle trap. Someone has a big write up you could find in the search or whatever. Link to comment
JBM Posted December 10, 2010 Author Share Posted December 10, 2010 Fish hook? My female clown might take a bite before the damsel. Ill try the bottle trap tomorrow Link to comment
driftsaru Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 whn ever i need to move fish i justgrab my net and feed. it takes some practice but when theyre eating they are too busy to think about that blurred black thing. Link to comment
JBM Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 A lfs had a 50% off sale. So I picked up the following for $34 1 emerald crab 1 cleaner shrimp 2 frags of no name zoas Link to comment
JBM Posted December 12, 2010 Author Share Posted December 12, 2010 experimenting with a fish trap (water bottle with the mouth cut backwards) doesnt seem to be working, even with flake food in there god i hate this fish Link to comment
JBM Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 picked up a huge colony of hammer coral Link to comment
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