jbm's 20 long

[JBM]

so today i will go & get a timer. I can also use that timer for my moon lights. HUZZAH

[JBM]

hey now

 

 

btw, water is pretty darn clear. i'd say 99% there

[Wilioli]

sweet --- so up coming fts then?

[JBM]

sweet --- so up coming fts then?

 

[Wilioli]

sweeeet! A whole lot clearer thats for sure

[JBM]

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

[wimby]

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

[JBM]

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. :-)

[wimby]

No thanks I have plenty of my own rocks. LoL

[JBM]

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.

[Wilioli]

just curious -- do you drip or tem acclimate ur zoas/corals

[JBM]

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.

[Wilioli]

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?

[JBM]

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

[Wilioli]

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

[d9hp]

I used to drip basically everything but now I just temp acclimate and drop it in (for corals).

 

Haven't had any problems.

[JBM]

any suggestions on how to get this damsel out? kinda want to put in a couple of gobies & call it done with fish

[d9hp]

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.

 

[JBM]

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

[d9hp]

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.

[JBM]

Fish hook? My female clown might take a bite before the damsel. Ill try the bottle trap tomorrow

[driftsaru]

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.

[JBM]

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

[JBM]

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

[JBM]

picked up a huge colony of hammer coral