metrokat Posted September 18, 2012 Author Share Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) So, seriously, your saliva is supposedly 8.5? Healthy is 6.5-7.4 (says the internets). It also says my reef is 7 so who knows whats going on in this house. Edited September 19, 2012 by metrokat Quote Link to comment
patback Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Is it litmus paper that tastes terrible to some people and like nothing to others? I think I had to use it in school and it was disgusting. Quote Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just so we're clear: The vinegar goes in the salad dressing and the kalk goes in the tank. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 My nephew is the same as me 8.5. The cat went up to 10. My brother is 7, my niece is 7.5. I've run out of people to test, should I try the cook? Quote Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 What orifice are you testing this on? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 What orifice are you testing this on? SALIVA! Quote Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 What orifice are you testing this on? SALIVA! Technically still a valid question, depending.. Quote Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 SALIVA! Well......being a nurse, I had to ask. Quote Link to comment
chippwalters Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I called Two Little Fishies this morning, had a question about their phosban reactor. the operator had me leave a message and said and expert would call me. Julian himself did. Like, wow. Customer service! So we spoke about the reactor which led me to mentioning my calcium and alk problems, we talked about his DCX product and his KW reactor which is sounding like a good next equipment purchase. Sorry a bit behind, but next time you talk with Jules, tell him to have a real designer help him with his crappy reactor designs. Those things suck beans. No way to easily clean them, stuff gets stuck in them all the time, and overall it's just a bad design. It wouldn't take much to design a better one. Ugh! wow... just wow.. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 wow... just wow.. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
chrssprngs Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 My favorite thing about your tank isn't the beautiful colonies (which are very nice), but the incredible biodiversity that in my mind defines a successful reef tank. Kudos to you young lady! Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 For KALK? Not sure yet, first order of business is the 2 part. My birfday is always around the corner http://everpurse.com/ Neat purse ... wow .. nice Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 My favorite thing about your tank isn't the beautiful colonies (which are very nice), but the incredible biodiversity that in my mind defines a successful reef tank. Kudos to you young lady! Thank you. I seem to have a little bit of everything including an anemone. I finally found the ID of the anemone I have! Quote Link to comment
MikeTR Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 So, seriously, your saliva is supposedly 8.5? Healthy is 6.5-7.4 (says the internets). She did say she was Sassy.. where be pic of nem? Quote Link to comment
albertthiel Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thank you. I seem to have a little bit of everything including an anemone. I finally found the ID of the anemone I have! Enquiring minds want to know ... which nem Kat ... Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 You know why they are called CLOWN fish? That is Max, the male clownfish lying sideways, tilted over in the zoanthids. And then Ruby comes over and does a nose dive vertically into the same zoas. Idiots. Those are Carlitos Alien Eyes zoas, and they are very used to the clowns now, they don't close up. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 where be pic of nem? Pic of the nem is here The ID was unconfirmed so I asked 2 anemone collectors, Monochrome5 and Yardboy. Monochroms ID'd it as one of 2 varieties. Based on your description (eats well, pretty much a loner, no babies cropping up, etc) I'd say warty rock anemone, Bunodosoma cavernata. They come in a ton of colors, have a great appetite (even fish... careful), and will even eat other anemones (such as aiptasia). They basically stay put and like lower light a bit more than bright. Usually a rarity, but not too terribly uncommon on rock from the Atlantic, namely the Gulf. If that anemone doesn't have a warty/bumpy stalk, then it's most definitely an aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima. Basically identical, very very slow propagating but ALWAYS genetically identical to their neighboring anemone (when it happens). Also, one of the most common anemones in the world and found in 85-55 degree water." Yardboy claims to have a fetish for anemones, a true collector. "What you have looks like to me to be a Bunodosoma species, not sure which one from the pictures but given that you bought the rock from the Gulf, it'smost likely to be American Warty Anemone, Bunodosoma cavernata. It will have scattered warts on its column. A similar species is B. granuliferum or Red Warty Anemone, but it will have white blotches on it's tentacles and the warts on its column will be in vertical rows." My little nem is really very little for me to see warts on the stem, but sometimes I think I can see something that resembles the description of a warty. So there. ID has been narrowed down. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Nasuta progression shots April 17 July 17 Aug 5 Sept 3 Clearly growing, but has not colored up yet. When I first got it from Zeph: Hard to believe this is the same coral. It went through a complete transformation by first browning out (phosphates) and then not getting enough light and then the KALK problem. The last picture os from March 14 when I got the frag. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Alto dumped me for a guy that bought her a sponge! I'm up for grabs y'all. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Oh I totally forgot. Sympathy frags are most welcome. Especially if they look like Rastas or Fruit Loops. Kthx. Quote Link to comment
Looselyhuman Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Nice! Those whitish growth tips make it seem like its heading back towards some of the original coloration. Maybe. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Update: I asked Piggy out and he said no. Bloody hell. Where's Mr. Anderson? Quote Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Update: I asked Piggy out and he said no. Bloody hell. Where's Mr. Anderson? On the rebound that quick? Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 On the rebound that quick? You broke my heart bad. Quote Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 You broke my heart bad. I'm sorry You're beautiful and smart and awesome. But you don't have man parts and that's a deal breaker. Quote Link to comment
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