NoChikenStrips Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 Other newly added. Just nursing these for a friend. Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 A few new inhabitants. Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 OK so i don't know what to do with these guys. I have a feeling they will become invasive. For the time being, i've put them all on one mound to isolate them. My friend's idea is to see which one will come out the winner. Cloves vs Palys vs GSP vs xenia(back side) vs zoas. I am going to vote for the GSP. Feel free to comment. Link to comment
TimberC Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Great tank man. By the way, that back chamber was a great idea and looks awesome !! I noticed that you added a couple of different paly frags. Be very careful with this type of palys as they grow pretty fast and can be very invasive. Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Great tank man. By the way, that back chamber was a great idea and looks awesome !! I noticed that you added a couple of different paly frags. Be very careful with this type of palys as they grow pretty fast and can be very invasive. Thanks man. No kidding those things are invasive. I keep them on the sandbed only. Learned my lesson Link to comment
creefer Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 nice set up, nochickenstrips!! As others have said, well thought out, well executed, and very ingenious! Link to comment
Paigee Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Wow such an ingenious idea for using the trashcan to make an AIO! I'm almost tinkering with that idea for my 50G custom build... Except I think I'd rather have a corner one (if possible) because the tank isn't that wide... How wide is your 40B? I'm gonna have 16" to play with front to back. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 40B are 36x18x16. I just ordered one I love the AIO idea here and might possibly steal it Link to comment
Paigee Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 40B are 36x18x16. I just ordered one I love the AIO idea here and might possibly steal it Haha thanks Joel. I might possibly steal this too... But then again, I might just go for drilled. Dun dun dunnnn Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 4, 2011 Author Share Posted September 4, 2011 40B are 36x18x16. I just ordered one I love the AIO idea here and might possibly steal it As always, feel free Haha thanks Joel. I might possibly steal this too... But then again, I might just go for drilled. Dun dun dunnnn Drill it! Honestly the only reason i went with the trashbin was because 1/4 inch black acrylic was out of my budget and this is only temporary.. I'm living off ramen noodles with alot bills to pay. I couldn't justify paying 35 bucks for black acrylic when i can spend 5 dollars on a trashbin. I will probably end up drilling and running a sump in the future. Again, thank everyone for the positive comments as i thought this was a stupid and ghetto idea in the beginning. Happy Labor Day weekend and stay labor free Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Bristle worm vs Dendro. This is what happens when you try to steal food............................... ....................................you actually get away with it Link to comment
Rehype Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 lol..nice capture. One of my bristleworms almost got killed by my plate coral. Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 lol..nice capture. One of my bristleworms almost got killed by my plate coral. is yours a long tentacle or short? My short tentacle fungia is more aggressive and is known to eat snails, but then again so are all of my LPS. These bristle worms are pretty tough! They've escaped death before with my Bullseye that can eat whole krill. Link to comment
Joeygo Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I just have to say. Well Done. This is a very cost and effective AIO for a 40B. I like it Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I just have to say. Well Done. This is a very cost and effective AIO for a 40B. I like it Thank you very much. Too many bills to pay......sigh. By the way, I love your stand. Especially with the four door design! Me....i have no doors....fail Link to comment
Rehype Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 is yours a long tentacle or short? My short tentacle fungia is more aggressive and is known to eat snails, but then again so are all of my LPS. These bristle worms are pretty tough! They've escaped death before with my Bullseye that can eat whole krill. mine is a short tentacle.Those little buggers are hard to kill... he managed to escape the tentacles without being stung to death.. Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Ok so i'm coming out of the closet.....something like that. I have worms! This is my second run in with them. First with my bc14. Only failing to dip newly acquired frags many times, i have now learned my lesson. I promise. I've tried the natural approach and failed. It ended up costing more time/money than just using Flatworm Exit in the first place. So...the natural approach. Good husbandry+more water changes+less feeding+skimmer+manual removal+sixline wrasse+3 months. Though they were kept under control with this method, they were still subsisting in a fairly large population week after week. I am a firm believer in using Flatworm exit as it is the least ambitious way. Best if treated early before an outbreak. A little more history as someone here must be curious if i even have fish in my tank. And the answer is no. But at one time in history i've had 8. I had a dwarf false percula and a purple dottyback that was transferred from my bc14. The dottyback went missing in the back chambers "beyond" so that was it for him. My percula was alone for a few weeks and things were peaceful. Then came the flatworms which i knew exactly who and how they arrived from along with many other pest. Shame on me for not dipping my frags. I decided to try a sixline. Due to the aggressive nature of sixlines, i had to introduce it last. So i had to compile my "fish army" before i could introduce a sixline. I threw in a stripped blenny(poison fang), a neon jawfish, a damsel, 2 green chromis, and a sixline all in the course of a few days. Where is the logic here? Little to none. There are some, but mainly because i just wanted some fish. Bad idea! More food, more bioload. Oh you know...........Hair algea and even more flatworms. El yay!!! Pi$s poor planning and lack of experience. Eventually i kept the sixline and sold/trade/gave the others away. Flat worms were persisting in large numbers. I noticed a friend of mine had a sixline which wiped out his FW problems visually. Ha, jokes on him. His flatworms came back within a week or two. I sold mine and borrowed his thinking it would make a change. Still nothing. I took out the sixline last week and dosed Flatworm exit today. This is how fast they repopulate in one week without a natural predator.. Long story short. Get a sixline if you really want one, NOT TO RID YOUR FLATWORM PROBLEMS!!! Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 new additions I once said i hated fish......I lied. Spotted Mandarin(wild, eats frozen) No photo available because its hiding somewhere Green Mandain(wild). Lawnmower Ugly Leather....... Pom Pom Pom Pom Pom Pom Stupid purple paly enjoy Link to comment
Zer0 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 lol, ugly leather, and stupid purple paly. They both look really nice though, even if I would never put a leather in my own tank. Those things are just so... bland. Link to comment
Paigee Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Nice pics thanks for sharing! I like your creative names too Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted September 16, 2011 Author Share Posted September 16, 2011 More pictours... Two female mandarins. They do spend an auful lot of time with each other......Plotting to kill each other probably. They graze together throughout the day. Things seem peaceful right now. Link to comment
Squared Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Hello mister chicken strips-i have come to praise your ingenuity in regards to your trashcan design and to compliment you on the fine looking mandarin dragonets you have there-keep up the good work. Link to comment
NoChikenStrips Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 bored. mobile uploads with a camera phone Link to comment
jonny roks Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Man, very nice job on this tank. Blown away by your aio idea. Love your Zoos! Subscribed! Link to comment
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