gena Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I love your tank!!!! Now I want to start my own BB hatchery. 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 I love your tank!!!! Now I want to start my own BB hatchery. Wow! TYVM Gena. That is a high compliment indeed seeing your gorgeous creations! 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 I just re-read this How-To Newbie thread by steelhealr, just to make sure I did not forget anything crucial. It is so good! http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/54602-24g-nano-cube-dx-startup-setup-manual-for-newbies-in-the-works/?p=475824 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Funky Flatworm I remove these from the glass and off rocks or corals by using a cotton swab. They get caught in the fibers and cannot escape beig squished. I can't say I feel sorry for them because I do not like them irritating corals! I read up on these and the experts are mixed on opinions. Some say leave them alone because they will disappear, others say control them because they can block light to you photosynthetic corals, irritate corals closed and interfere with coral feeding. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fltwmid.htm Article on reefkeeping.com I syphoned this one up because it looked different from the others and snapped a couple of pictures. Anyone else have these? Here it is in action: 1 Link to comment
gena Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Wow! TYVM Gena. That is a high compliment indeed seeing your gorgeous creations! You are too kind...seriously...but thank you VERY much I syphoned this one up because it looked different from the others and snapped a couple of pictures. Anyone else have these? Looks like a "designer" flatworm Mine are just plain brown. I've only seen one so far in my tank. I love how you keep your tank thread so lively with videos and lots of photos. Keep it up!!!! 2 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 You are too kind...seriously...but thank you VERY much Looks like a "designer" flatworm Mine are just plain brown. I've only seen one so far in my tank. I love how you keep your tank thread so lively with videos and lots of photos. Keep it up!!!! Gena, I love the idea of designer flatworms! We shall have to name it Gucci. In other news, if you have a weak stomach you may want to skip this next picture. I discovered the dirty truth about salt water tanks! It is gross slime... 1 Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Woo Hoo. This thread just made 7000 views today! Of course, that is very little compared to most threads here but I am still thrilled! Edit: Thank you for reading everyone!!! 7K is great ... and there is so much good stuff on here that I am sure i will keep getting more and more views and thanks for all those Videos ... Love it eitallent 1 Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Funky Flatworm I remove these from the glass and off rocks or corals by using a cotton swab. They get caught in the fibers and cannot escape beig squished. I can't say I feel sorry for them because I do not like them irritating corals! I read up on these and the experts are mixed on opinions. Some say leave them alone because they will disappear, others say control them because they can block light to you photosynthetic corals, irritate corals closed and interfere with coral feeding. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/fltwmid.htm Article on reefkeeping.com I syphoned this one up because it looked different from the others and snapped a couple of pictures. Anyone else have these? Here it is in action: Not sure but it may be a Munnid one as I posted on my thread but I did not see it mentioned by that name in the articles that you gave links to. I happened to look at another DB and saw one that looked very very much like what you had. So this ID is FWIW Gena, I love the idea of designer flatworms! We shall have to name it Gucci. In other news, if you have a weak stomach you may want to skip this next picture. I discovered the dirty truth about salt water tanks! It is gross slime... yuck indeed eitallent 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Not sure but it may be a Munnid one as I posted on my thread but I did not see it mentioned by that name in the articles that you gave links to. I happened to look at another DB and saw one that looked very very much like what you had. So this ID is FWIW yuck indeed eitallent Thanks for stopping by Albert. I appreciate your efforts in ID-ing our mystery guest. I love to know and discover new things. I cleaned out all the pumps, hoses, corners, back chambers and found lots of slippery slime. Ewww... Then I put everything back together with two gallons of clean water, fresh filters and I sighed with contentment as I saw Skipper smile at his clean home. 5 Link to comment
gena Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Gena, I love the idea of designer flatworms! We shall have to name it Gucci. In other news, if you have a weak stomach you may want to skip this next picture. I discovered the dirty truth about salt water tanks! It is gross slime... Yummy I try to clean out all pumps every 3 months. It does get very nasty over time. Skipper looks like a very happy boy now 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 It is a dreary, rainy Monday morning. The only way to improve such a day is to look at pretty, colorful corals. It is also helpful to cheer up by playing hide and go seek with a frisky fish. This is a sunny spot! ZOOM! zoom... zo... Oh, hello! Monti cap is happy this morning... On of the new macro sprouts has grown its brush out! 4 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 looks great! Thanks, Matt. I visited your thread and WOW. Love it! 2 Link to comment
SeahawkReefer Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Lookin good! Got some nice growth... must be doing something right! I wish I would have read this thread 2 weeks ago! I did the EXACT same thing with Seachem Marine Buffer!! 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 @SeaHawkReefer: Yes, I just read that on your thread. Strangely, I was advised to do that by the LFS owner. He also sold me some Purple Up! LOL I guess that is why he is still in bi'ness! 1 Link to comment
gena Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 On of the new macro sprouts has grown its brush out! Fabulous Everything looks wonderful!!!! 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 I have been doing lots of reading lately. I got curious about my mushroom corals and refreshed my memory. This page int the fishchannel.com was very interesting and helpful. The order, family, genus and species are rearranged on these corals. (Scientists have decided that the old genus, actinodiscus, is no longer used for naming mushroom corals.) It seems I have a few from different genera: I have three Hairy/Fuzzy Mushroom corals, Rhodactis howesii. I have a blue, Discosoma coerulea, a red, D. ferrugatus and a green, Discosoma sp.(?). Two Ricordea florida. 3 Link to comment
albertthiel Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks for stopping by Albert. I appreciate your efforts in ID-ing our mystery guest. I love to know and discover new things. I cleaned out all the pumps, hoses, corners, back chambers and found lots of slippery slime. Ewww... Then I put everything back together with two gallons of clean water, fresh filters and I sighed with contentment as I saw Skipper smile at his clean home. Thanks ... and yes it always amazes me as well, even after all those years, to see what accumulates inside hoses, pumps, reactors and other equipment we use, often in a relatively short period of time. And Skipper does look like he is happy indeed ! Magnet is in love with one of my large Yumas as he has been hanging out in it for quite some time now rather than moving around from one coral or life form to another ... Of course it is a "very good looking Yuma" :-) so I can understand why Magnet is so keen on staying close to it :-) 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Thanks ... and yes it always amazes me as well, even after all those years, to see what accumulates inside hoses, pumps, reactors and other equipment we use, often in a relatively short period of time. And Skipper does look like he is happy indeed ! Magnet is in love with one of my large Yumas as he has been hanging out in it for quite some time now rather than moving around from one coral or life form to another ... Of course it is a "very good looking Yuma" :-) so I can understand why Magnet is so keen on staying close to it :-) I agree with Magnet and would like to hang out on it all day too. I looks very fluffy and comfy. Keeping things clean is a constant endeavor in this hobby. However, everything living thing in the aquarium conspires against staying clean. Literally, they poop on all your efforts to keep it it clean! Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Today I did a two gallon water change/ sponge filter swap and all is quiet on the reef. I added a bit a filter feeder food for the sponge and the benfit of all the little tube worms/fan worms. I am hatching out my fourth batch of SF brine shrimp (smaller than regular strain of brins shrimp) which make Skipper, Zig and Zag absolutly go bonkers with delight. Unfortunately, it also feeds the flatworms!! Ugh. Grrrrr... I miss my lovely sixline wrasse. I noticed an immediiate decline of the flatworm population when he was busily hunting them down. Now they are baaaack! I have noticed that a few of my colorful pretty Zoas have been closed more often than open. Hmmm... :\ I have been watching them closely for any signs of disease or pests. There have been no more nudis but I do see flatworms at times on the closed polyps. I rub them into a cotton swab when I see them. Kill, kill, KILL the flatworms! I am doing lots of reading on the life I have in my little chunk of reef. I found the zoaid.com website extremely helpful with lots of pictures of pests and (I did not know this) irritators. The zoanthid article on wetwebmedia.com written by Bob Fenner was well written, informative and most important, easy to understand. So I am keeping a watch on my water quality (good so far), an eye out for pests and giving the wanted (and unwanted) creatures delicious and nutritious treats to eat so the rest is up to the living beings to live. 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Radioactive Dragon Eye Nuclear Meltdown Pink Zoot Suit Wham'n Watermelon Blue Lagoon Pink Zippers 2 Link to comment
gena Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I love, love, LOVE your mushroom collection You and Albert make me wish I had a Skipper/Magnet!!!!! I had one many years ago and he wasted away. He did not eat for me. You guys make me want to try again. 1 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 I understand. I am still shy about getting a sixline wrasse to eat my pesky pods and worms. I really like the Citron goby's personality and they are worth the risk. drsfostersandsmith.com/liveaquaria.com have them! I got my Blue Neon gobies from saltwaterfish.com (they have the green striped CG and the Okinawa Yellow CG) and they arrived perfectly packed and perfectly healthy. 2 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Soooo .... here are pictures of my presents!Lime green Ricordea florida - splitting into twoThree orange Ricordea floridaCute little Zoas - Gorilla nipplesHere are the two green Ricordea floridas that I had as one the very first inhabitants of the Nano. 2 Link to comment
eitallent Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Why is it that when I find something unexpected in the Nano it is usually a pest or ugly?! I moved my original green Ricordea floridas close to my new orange and lime Rics. Under the rock was a gray, gross, webby looking mass. It has a siphon so I Google it. No luck in finding an ID. So I posted a picture to the "WTF (What-The-Frenchtoast) is this?" ID forum. I got nuttin'! So the long search began and I found it in my savior website wetwebmedia.com: Quote from the article on Ascidians: " Looking and overlooked as sponges, Ascidians, mostly are likewise attached to the bottom, but bear two sometimes difficult to identify openings, or siphons... incurrent and excurrent, to move water through their individual or colonial bodies. Unlike Sponges, tunicates can/do respond to touch, shadows, other stimuli, by closing these siphons." Here is the picture of the alien: The focus is better on the siphon in this pic: Aaaand here is a second one! The Ricordea is not bothered by it in the least. 3 Link to comment
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