metrokat Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 You get large corner soap dishes. Trust me. Anchor it in the substrate or put in the back chamber or a bucket with a light, bubbler and heat. My stand alone 2.5 g fuge has not even had proper light or a water change in over a month, still growing macros. Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Corner soap dishes...stand alone fuge...Why don't I know about any of this? Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Now I'm thinking let Audry have her own macro tank so she can start a build thread, she finally got a name! When her Christmas gift gets here hopefully she'll finally start posting... Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Shameless Puppy picture for Like's 5 Link to comment
1reefluvr2 Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 Cute pit pic. I love pits i have two pitbulls one cane corso two doxies one boston and one chihuahua yes they all sleep in my bed. Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 Everyone meet Ellie! She's our 4 year old Catahoula, and yes she gets called a grey pit all the time. She has taken to starring at the tank on occasion. Always wants to help if I'm working on it, like last nights ATO install...or at my feet sleeping. Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 We had a special Christmas bone, played in the snow, bonus Christmas dinner....we were so tired we couldn't make it to the bed... Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I demand better pictures! 1 Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 Ha ok...iPad is just so easy, I'll bust out the Canon...hmm maybe a Christmas Day TS. Link to comment
Veng Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think I've started an invasion of puppies on this forum. On the other hand, perhaps metro is to blame for that. Cant wait to see the new macros. If you do end up setting up a new tank, just plumb it into your existing tank if you can. Give your tank benefit and feed her macros at the same time! Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Crazy fire sale by a local today! mC- Montipora Confusa mC- Fireball Montipora C- Idaho Grape Montipora ] C- Green Pocilopora Coming... F- Napthea Palau mC- Metallic Green Bali Candycane Link to comment
Veng Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 He was selling those for crazy prices! Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Very nice guy, still has some, or I'll frag you same when mine grow in... Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 New Order! Top Down Portal from Avast! Can't wait for the pictures to come... RSM Heater Question! Stock heater does not seem to heat at all, I have had a second heater in the DT since day 2. IF I move the second heater to rear chamber temp still drops! Like 74.5 I found this morning. So my question is has anyone else had issues with the heater in the stock location? Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 New Order! Top Down Portal from Avast! Can't wait for the pictures to come...RSM Heater Question!Stock heater does not seem to heat at all, I have had a second heater in the DT since day 2. IF I move the second heater to rear chamber temp still drops! Like 74.5 I found this morning. So my question is has anyone else had issues with the heater in the stock location? I never used the stock heater because people told me it was crap. I have the ebo 150 w in the back "heater" chamber. I have it facing to front so I can see if the light is red or green. Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Check...throw stock heater to the pile and order a new one, think the Fluval I have in there right now needs to much flow for the back chamber. Stevie has a Neo-therm on inTank, maybe next order... Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Picking up some coral from a local shutting down a tank tonight I overheard I was the last pick up and the mandarin in the tank was going down the drain after I left. With death right around the corner I offered to take the little guy home as an alternative, so...mandarin rescue. Currently he is in the 10g I had set up for some macro's. It has a shallow sand bed, AC70, heater, and macro's from Jedmasterben, and a Skyye 6500 LED. He has a few hiding spots but not as many as I would like. I picked up a brine hatchery and some mysis feast, and hoping the macro's have some pods. Gave him the evening to adjust after drip acclimating and will see if he has any intrest in mysis tomorrow while waiting for the brine to hatch. Figure no reason not to make phyto now since air pump has found a new home (knew I could do something with the skimmer from the BC) so trip to the store tomorrow to air tubing and splitter ect... So any tips, suggestions, words of wisdom I can get to help keep the mandarin alive is greatly appreciated. Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 RSM Heater Question! Stock heater does not seem to heat at all, I have had a second heater in the DT since day 2. IF I move the second heater to rear chamber temp still drops! Like 74.5 I found this morning. So my question is has anyone else had issues with the heater in the stock location I checked my thread and I do indeed show that the stock heater is not heating as well as it should. I ended up getting a jäger and used the stock RSM heater for my water mix for a while. I'm wary of glass heaters to begin with, in the BC I had a non glass one which I still have and love. Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Picking up some coral from a local shutting down a tank tonight I overheard I was the last pick up and the mandarin in the tank was going down the drain after I left. With death right around the corner I offered to take the little guy home as an alternative, so...mandarin rescue. Currently he is in the 10g I had set up for some macro's. It has a shallow sand bed, AC70, heater, and macro's from Jedmasterben, and a Skyye 6500 LED. He has a few hiding spots but not as many as I would like. I picked up a brine hatchery and some mysis feast, and hoping the macro's have some pods. Gave him the evening to adjust after drip acclimating and will see if he has any intrest in mysis tomorrow while waiting for the brine to hatch. Figure no reason not to make phyto now since air pump has found a new home (knew I could do something with the skimmer from the BC) so trip to the store tomorrow to air tubing and splitter ect... So any tips, suggestions, words of wisdom I can get to help keep the mandarin alive is greatly appreciated. Okay, just saw this now. Call up the guy you got him from or shoot him an email asking what he fed his mandarin. He might even have some of the food left over so you can start there. If the mandarin looks like it has been starving then you have some work ahead of you. First and foremost he needs pods while you train him on frozen. Mysis is rather a large sized foods, think about how small pods are. Buy Rotifers or Copepods. live and frozen, till you know he is eating frozen. A phyto culture is useless, you need a pod culture, specifically Tiisbe pods. The pods eat phyto and crushed flake food but the phyto for them need not be live. Having said that, everybody benefits from live phyto, especially corals so no need to shut it down,it is just that is is not a fish food being that the particles are microscopic. It is pod food. What did you go with all the pods that reef cleaners sent you? There are pod culture thread on here as well as training mandarin thread. Both are very helpful.You can get PVC elbows for him to hide in. Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Okay, just saw this now. Call up the guy you got him from or shoot him an email asking what he fed his mandarin. He might even have some of the food left over so you can start there. If the mandarin looks like it has been starving then you have some work ahead of you. First and foremost he needs pods while you train him on frozen. Mysis is rather a large sized foods, think about how small pods are. Buy Rotifers or Copepods. live and frozen, till you know he is eating frozen. A phyto culture is useless, you need a pod culture, specifically Tiisbe pods. The pods eat phyto and crushed flake food but the phyto for them need not be live. Having said that, everybody benefits from live phyto, especially corals so no need to shut it down,it is just that is is not a fish food being that the particles are microscopic. It is pod food. What did you go with all the pods that reef cleaners sent you?There are pod culture thread on here as well as training mandarin thread. Both are very helpful. You can get PVC elbows for him to hide in. Mandarin looks very plump, I don't think he was starving. Is Roti feast and Tigger pods good, or should I go with Algen Reefpods, should I pick up pods from Reefs2go? Oceanpods.com? I have DT for now, growing phyto is only because its an easy set up now with the brine hatchery going, have the tubing just need the split. Also I believe pods are healthier after eating phyto. I'll look into a pod culture this evening. Pods from reef cleaners went into RSM. Thanks for the PVC tip. Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Any live pods are great, but tisbes (mandarin preferred meal) last longer as tiger pods don't hide and so are easy prey. A tisbe culture will be ideal if you have time/space only for one type of culture. Pods eat dead phyto without a problem. If you have spare rubble rock, tie two bunches of it in some netting and leave in the RSM for a week. At the end of the first week transfer one bunch into the mandarin tank. One week later switch with the other netted bunch. Pods hide in the rubble during the day when the mandarin is on the hunt and rise in the water column at night. By having a little portable pod hideout, you are moving live pods into the mandy tank. I have personally used a plastic bath loofah successfully for this also, weigh the loofa down. Link to comment
SerenityReef Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 So choice a http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=2190+3058&pcatid=3058 Choice b http://www.marinedepot.com/AlgaGen_ReefPods_Tisbe_Live_Aquacultured_Copepods_Liquid_Fish_Coral_Live_Food-AlgaGen_LLC-GV00005-FIFDLILV-vi.html Link to comment
metrokat Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Cute mandarin. How is it going with him, see him pecking at the bottom of the aquarium? Link to comment
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