RollaJase Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Urchins are so cool. I would love to get one, I really want a cleaner shrimp also but can't stomach the cost of one just yet. An urchin may be more obtainable for me at this point in time and I have a ton of coraline algae sucking down trace elements that it could go to town on haha. Link to comment
Veng Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 And here's the video as promised. As usual, you've got to click through for full screen HD goodness:http://vimeo.com/104357455 Reposting as it got cut on the page break... So the new urchin decided to hang out on the glass a little tonight, so I grabbed the camera and went to town. There's a video coming, but those take forever for vimeo to process because I'm to lazy to buy pro. But until then, here's pictures: Tank lit: With flash: Retracted teeth: Closed teeth: Urchins are so cool. I would love to get one, I really want a cleaner shrimp also but can't stomach the cost of one just yet. An urchin may be more obtainable for me at this point in time and I have a ton of coraline algae sucking down trace elements that it could go to town on haha. Are either of them expensive down there? Their both pretty cheap up here, or at least tuxedos are. There are some varieties that are much more expensive, but that's true with anything in this hobby. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Are either of them expensive down there? Their both pretty cheap up here, or at least tuxedos are. There are some varieties that are much more expensive, but that's true with anything in this hobby. Urchins should be fairly cheap, cleaners, blood shrimp etc. are very pricy. Last time I looked a single red line cleaner was about $120-170 depending where you shop. Link to comment
Veng Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Urchins should be fairly cheap, cleaners, blood shrimp etc. are very pricy. Last time I looked a single red line cleaner was about $120-170 depending where you shop. Wow... To be honest, I'm not feeling too bad for you, since I know how much you pay for most of your stony coral! Link to comment
RollaJase Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wow... To be honest, I'm not feeling too bad for you, since I know how much you pay for most of your stony coral! Haha yeah, we get great deals on local SPS and the like, our fish and invert costs are quite high though. Makes me wonder why I don't stricktly keep a reef and forget about fish haha. Link to comment
Veng Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Haha yeah, we get great deals on local SPS and the like, our fish and invert costs are quite high though. Makes me wonder why I don't stricktly keep a reef and forget about fish haha. I've said a few times, the only reason I keep fish is so people don't ask me why I don't have fish in a fish tank! Link to comment
Veng Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Hrmm... I need to figure out what I'm going go to cook\bake this weekend. Maybe brisket or danishes from scratch or a super french bread... You know, all the things you want to try but don't because they take too much time? Yeah I want to cross one of those off my list! Link to comment
Belac Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 You are going to make the pizza stuff and teleport it to OK or KS.Also that urchin mouth looks like something out of a Si-Fi. Link to comment
metrokat Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Scary Urchin. The razor sharp teeth probBly inspired some Hollywood creatures. Pictures are unbelievAble. Link to comment
Veng Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Scary Urchin. The razor sharp teeth probBly inspired some Hollywood creatures. Pictures are unbelievAble. Yeah, I'm really happy with how they turned out. Link to comment
Dr.Brain Coral Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 You should make brisket. Nice urchin pics also Link to comment
tailes Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 We'll probably do that and bake something! Link to comment
Dr.Brain Coral Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Peach cobbler or Blueberry cobbler. Now I am in the mood to bake. Link to comment
metrokat Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Food talk should be banned Link to comment
Veng Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Food talk should be bannedThat'll probably happen the same time you figure out how to ban upgrade talk in your thread. Link to comment
markalot Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I've said a few times, the only reason I keep fish is so people don't ask me why I don't have fish in a fish tank! Exactly. I love the big pics ... the urchin kind of creeps me out though. Link to comment
Veng Posted August 29, 2014 Author Share Posted August 29, 2014 Time for more food posts... More pizza related stuff. Trying out a chicago deep dish today, turned out pretty good. http://imgur.com/E5RniIt'> http://imgur.com/hyhrKGQ'>[/uRL] [url=http://imgur.com/wHsc0tx] In other news, I realized I probably need to back up some pictures as I really don't have a backup of them now. So I bought a cloud backup (http://www.code42.com/crashplan/). This is a PSA to anyone who doesn't have a backup, it's pretty cheap (5$/month) and well worth it for both peace of mind and if you do have a crash. The tank is still going. I'm still fighting with the doser. One of these days I'm going to buy BRS pumps and chunk the damn things. Though, I don't think I have enough open plugs on my energy bar to do that. So probably it'll happen at the same time I build a stand and finally move the tank off the counter. Though, if I'm going to go through all that, I might as well upgrade the sump... And at that point, I might as well upgrade the tank.... Then I start thinking about how much all that would cost, and I end up back where I am today. Link to comment
Veng Posted August 30, 2014 Author Share Posted August 30, 2014 So I didn't clean the glass, but here's a FTS: http://imgur.com/9SnXKl3'> Link to comment
Belac Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 FTS = Full tank shot or full tummy shot....What doser are you running that your having so much issue with? Link to comment
Veng Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Well, looks like this months' party is almost over. Time to start a new party for the new month and let Chris crown a new tank! Link to comment
metrokat Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 But but but. WHY! Time for more food posts... More pizza related stuff. Trying out a chicago deep dish today, turned out pretty good. [/uRL] [url=http://imgur.com/wHsc0tx] In other news, I realized I probably need to back up some pictures as I really don't have a backup of them now. So I bought a cloud backup (http://www.code42.com/crashplan/). This is a PSA to anyone who doesn't have a backup, it's pretty cheap (5$/month) and well worth it for both peace of mind and if you do have a crash. The tank is still going. I'm still fighting with the doser. One of these days I'm going to buy BRS pumps and chunk the damn things. Though, I don't think I have enough open plugs on my energy bar to do that. So probably it'll happen at the same time I build a stand and finally move the tank off the counter. Though, if I'm going to go through all that, I might as well upgrade the sump... And at that point, I might as well upgrade the tank.... Then I start thinking about how much all that would cost, and I end up back where I am today. I CAN't BELIEVE I MISSED THIS POST! So I didn't clean the glass, but here's a FTS: FTS = Full tank shot or full tummy shot....What doser are you running that your having so much issue with? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Time for more food posts... More pizza related stuff. Trying out a chicago deep dish today, turned out pretty good. [/uRL] [url=http://imgur.com/wHsc0tx] POTM (pizza of the month. get to it, CM!) Link to comment
metrokat Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Well if that don't beat all. CoTM (Cake of the month) ToTM (self explanatory) PoTM What about BoTM? Bump of the Month? Link to comment
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