eitallent Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 What did I miss? Are your Zoas disappearing? I am confuzzeled. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 A lot of them melted after the resurgence of dinoflagellates. They got covered and stopped opening up. I thought I lost most of my zoas, but left them in the tank after peroxide dips, and sure enough, they're coming back. Ya know, it's amazing how much corals seem to like a tank with only a little water, no skimmer, no carbon, no GFO, no water changes, no heater, only proper LED lighting and good flow. Link to comment
Kfmmartin19 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 A lot of them melted after the resurgence of dinoflagellates. They got covered and stopped opening up. I thought I lost most of my zoas, but left them in the tank after peroxide dips, and sure enough, they're coming back. Ya know, it's amazing how much corals seem to like a tank with only a little water, no skimmer, no carbon, no GFO, no water changes, no heater, only proper LED lighting and good flow.U r one crazy mofo. In a good way of course Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Soo.... I kinda love making GIFs.... Fed my corals directly for the first time today. Wanted to feed just a few mysis, but was so awesome that I fed the whole cube Also figured since the leopard wrasse in the DT was not enough of a bioload (maybe that's why the clammy died), so I got these. Yeah, I know, proverbial drop in the bucket as far as bioload Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 I don't quite understand it, but I lost my squamosa clam today. One of the hardiest clams, and one that showed zero signs of anything wrong, just up and bit the dust. Meanwhile I'm left with two large maximas and a derasa, the maximas being the ones that, with my reading, I expected to be the ones with issues, but it doesn't particularly seem that way. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 9, 2013 Author Share Posted June 9, 2013 Less depressing, pictures from the Smithsonian Marine Station in Fort Pierce. This looks like a sebae anemone... but it can't be, as this is an exclusively 'local' tank, all Caribbean stuff. EDIT: This is Stichodactyla helianthus, the sun anemone. I believe that this is a hybrid acro, Acropora 'x prolifera', (A. cervicornis x palmata), and I want a piece lol A molly caught in the Indian River Lagoon. This little dude was like half an inch long. A 'deepwater' exhibit, using flashlights with red LEDs to illuminate what you want to see. And the best part - every single exhibit is run using algae turf scrubbers - even for their large reef tank with tons of acropora, no protein skimmers at all. Link to comment
BattleAthletics Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Not only did I manage to spill koolaid on my keyboard (a corsair K90) and more than likely kill it, but I then tried to drink what was left in my cup, hiccuped, shot it out of my nose, and once I got into the bathroom I puked up what I had swallowed. Not particularly a good night. Want to sig Link to comment
MeepNand Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Nice pics Jedi! That is a very nice aquarium. Link to comment
eitallent Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Cool pics! Neat puffers! The little green fish that looked like the sea grass is so cute! Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 Cool pics! Neat puffers! The little green fish that looked like the sea grass is so cute! The little filefish? They were pretty much adorable Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Interesting. Everything is brown/beige in the smithsonian reef tank. Almost like a natural reef except those parts of the world that get exposed to tide pool and the exposure to high levels of sun gives the reefs their sunscreen of color. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 10, 2013 Author Share Posted June 10, 2013 That 'sunscreen' is colorless, actually. Some corals just look good in sunlight, like clams. They use eight 1kW 6500K halides. Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 10, 2013 Share Posted June 10, 2013 Nope nope. Corals like the fiji hot pink acros get their color from the sunscreen they develop. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 "MAAs are small (<400-Da), colorless, water-soluble compounds made of a cyclohexenone or cyclohexenimine chromophore that is bound to an amino acid residue or its imino alcohol" http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233105/ Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 11, 2013 Author Share Posted June 11, 2013 Well, it would seem as if I'm doing something correctly, anyway, the back wall of the tank (up to the water level, of course) is becoming absolutely covered in coralline. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Wow! Cowfish! Those are one of the fish that got me into the hobby. Link to comment
Acielot Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 A Bandtail Puffer. I miss my little guy. Link to comment
FlCandy Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Nice pics man. Glad the tanks is turning the bend. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 It just turned down the other one and jiggled the 'flush' handle. Three clams in four days, and corals look like shit. I'm assuming from clams, but no ammonia and minimal nitrate. meh. Link to comment
eitallent Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 It just turned down the other one and jiggled the 'flush' handle. Three clams in four days, and corals look like shit. I'm assuming from clams, but no ammonia and minimal nitrate. meh. My sympathies, Ben. Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Start over, afresh. Simple. Keep it simple. Add on as the itch gets you but start it simple. Link to comment
oldSWseamomma Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 That's awful Ben soooo hate that for you.... Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 14, 2013 Author Share Posted June 14, 2013 Something to cheer me up after noticing I have four acan colonies dying now. Link to comment
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