hypostatic Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 This is a no-brainer for the underwater flower garden . Sure look pretty!!!!! Yep, I think I'll get a red/orange one. I feel like there's enough green in my tank currently lol 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yep, I think I'll get a red/orange one. I feel like there's enough green in my tank currently lol I've been on the lookout for a nice red and white one. I've never met an ugly RFA and want every color LoL. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Tank is looking really good! That goni 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've been on the lookout for a nice red and white one. I've never met an ugly RFA and want every color LoL. Oh yes, the ones that are colored and have the white tentacles are my favorite Tank is looking really good! That goni Thanks! hopefully it keeps growing at the same rate and gets huge soon haha 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 SO it seems all me asterinas have disappeared. I think my elegance has eaten them all up . sigh. Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ah, finally, the star grass is starting to branch! 2 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Maybe we can finally trade. 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Maybe we can finally trade. All things in good time . This thing has proven to be quite finicky, so I want any pieces that I trade to have a good number of stems, so that it can come back in case most of the stems decide to die off for whatever reason. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 In that case. Get me some tea from that tea place you told me about. Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 whats your favorite kind? haha Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Ok we'll set up tea time soon then lol 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 So, WTF My two gonis like two different salinities. Which basically makes it impossible to keep them both happy at the same time. How did I find out, you ask? Well, I'm sure I've mentioned that when it comes to upkeep and maintenance, I can be kinda.... lax. My red/green goni was looking kinda weird and not opening as much, which is pretty much the sign I use to decide that my tank needs a good water change. So I mix up my water and salt, and bring up the SG to 1.023 (to bring the SG down from evaporation in my tank). I dump it in the tank, bringing the SG down to around 1.024, and everything is looking happy -- even the pink/blue goni that is usually moody. The red/green goni however, isn't opening at all. I give it another day to acclimate, but still, it's not opening. The pink/blue goni however, is looking beautiful (along with everything else). So, I decide to do another water change, and I bring my tank up to a SG of about 1.028. And what do you know, the red/green goni starts opening up and looking happy. The pink/blue however, not so much. And this is when I realize that I've never seen them both really happy at the same time, and that they must like different salinities. And on a similar note, maybe this is why people don't have success with them often -- they like SGs that are higher or lower than what most people use? Anyway, anyone know what to do about this problem? lol Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Anyway, anyone know what to do about this problem? lol Yup. 2nd tank. Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yup. 2nd tank. Hmmm, seems to be the same solution as to your mantis problem haha 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 So one of my graceful anemones is getting pretty big. I think it's about 1.5 to 2 inches big right now. Wonder if it'll split soon? Maybe the other times it's split was due do stress. Come to think of it, the splits DID happen around when the tank was moved Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 So I think I've finally saw my red/green goni eating. On a whim, I tried Hikari Marine S Pellets and sprinkled it above the goni. To my amazement, the pellets actually stuck to the tentacles, and the polyps brought them to their oral disk (whether or not they were ingested is another story). Not a HUGE breakthrough, but definitely a step in better understanding its diet. I think the goniopowder might be too fine of a powder for this goni. I also think the Hikari S might be too big haha. I think maybe the fauna marin zoa/ric food might be the best size Yup. 2nd tank. Haha, does anybody actually keep separate tanks with different salinities? Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Ok, I think y'all are deserving of some pictures! The graceful anemone! Next to a 1.5" plug for reference, with some WOW zoas nearby. While I think the anemone is getting bigger, I don't think its tentacles are also getting bigger. I feel like every time i look at it there are more tentacles. The photography skills did not shine through on this one. But anyway, here's a pic of the red/green goni attempting to eat some pellets. Soon to be a 4 way coral war. The watermelon zoas are caught in the middle. They're easily overtaken by the green zoas to their left. Some jasmine polyps are creeping up on the right. And the elegance coral beneath stretches upwards every day a bit more. Ok, something is deffinitely munching on the star grass. Look at those chomp marks! I think it's the clowns. Will they chomp on macros? Oh and some new additions. I think they're bam bams and lunar eclipse. I think it's too bright for the lunar eclipse though. 1 Quote Link to comment
evanski Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 A few thoughts... Those Eagle eyes are TOAST. Fighting a battle on three fronts! SMH My money is on the clowns...do you have anything else that can bite something that high in the water column, unsupported? Don't think those last ones are Lunar Eclipses...unless the faces are VERY bleached out. Mine have a very deep purple center, and brighter orange skirts. As always, love looking at your tank and reading your commentary. 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 My money is on the clowns...do you have anything else that can bite something that high in the water column, unsupported? Nah, they're the only fish in there. buggers. don't they know what I've gone through to keep that thing alive? lol Don't think those last ones are Lunar Eclipses...unless the faces are VERY bleached out. Mine have a very deep purple center, and brighter orange skirts. Eh, they probably aren't. I don't really buy any "name" zoas, I just go to the store and buy what looks nice and is cheap haha. And yeah, I guess they're bleached; I'll put them under the overhang to see if the like it better there. I think they looked more like this originally: Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Looks like I spoke too soon lol. The big graceful anemone finally split lol 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 So sun corals like really high flow it turns out. So I have a powerhead aimed straight at an anemone which I want to move, and I placed my sun coral colony nearby (the star grass was starting to grow in it's personal space). I don't think I've ever seen the polyps extend so much, or the tentacles so long. 1 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Added December's FTS to the first post. It's nice to see the changes side by side. Here they are for convenience: FTS (7/9/13) FTS 12/30/13 That elegance has definitely stretched out. I think it's doubled in size! And who says indio elegances are no good? It started out with 3 mouths, but I'm pretty sure a fourth one has popped up by now. Must be growing fat from having eaten all my starfish Even the clowns look a little bigger? New polyps sometimes pop up in the pipe organ skeleton. But older, healthy looking polyps will still disappear overnight for some reason. Something must still be eating it... I think I have 2 nice big polyps left. I'm considering just cutting them out of the skeleton and throwing away the rest of the dead colony. Hopefully the pest goes with it... Other news? Hmmm... I think I'm gonna move the sun colony to the top-left rock formation. I think it'll look nicer there (and also be happier). I'll post a picture of the star grass soon for all you star-grass-lovers out there 3 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I like, but it's February. New FTS! 2 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 I like, but it's February. New FTS! FINE! I'll need to clean the glass first though lol. In the meantime, here's something to hold you over 6 Quote Link to comment
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