jedimasterben Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Cal 575ppm Alk 162ppm Mag 1580ppm Still been dosing 20mL of sodium carbonate solution every morning. Alk is coming up wayyy slower than it should be, though. But hey, slow n steady, I guess. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 Also cleaned the skimmer cup and neck yesterday, it certainly needed it. I forgot that I adjusted it all the way down when it was overflowing, so it didn't really pull much skimmate, but the neck was THICK with sludge. Scraped off the algae scrubber screen. It has a lot of diatoms on it, and it had two patches of very, very thick turf algae that resembled cladophora, the rest of it was this bubbly bacterial sludge. Lightly scrubbed it off and put her back in, and I also reduced the light from 16 hours to 12 hours to see if that helps with growth - I may have been giving way too much light. Yes, you can give algae too much light, too In other news, on Thursday I got some corals from Reefgardener. Two maxi minis (one was a freebie, but it was a clone that I already got from her about a year ago or so), a stylophora, a birdsnest, a monti. I had also ordered one coral that she was out of and didn't have anything similar, and the hammer that I ordered didn't look all that hot so she sent me some sort of frogspawn/hammer hybrid, though it had flesh peeling off when I got it, and as of yesterday one head was gone, the remaining two had no polyp extension and were losing tentacles. The froggy/hammer thing now (and my favia that I got at the last swap, I made it recede from too much light, and it's getting cyano on it keeping it from recovering, but hey, it's better than dinos) In little kitty news, Clyde and Bubbles are coming around to tinycat, slowly. Still hissing a lot, but they're at least coming out from under the bed and eating, etc, and they're getting closer to her and watching. This seems to be her favorite spot to sleep. In flower news, all my daisies are doing well, but I've been unable to source any more of them to fill up the flower box, I think I still need another 30 plants or so. My sunflowers are all doing well, or were until Saturday when a massive storm hit and knocked them all over. Link to comment
metrokat Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I vote for more crotch shots. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I really like the look of that birdsnest. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 I vote for more crotch shots. I really like the look of that birdsnest. Me too, I love birdsnests but have never been able to keep them before, hopefully that has changed! Link to comment
Alex B Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Me too, I love birdsnests but have never been able to keep them before, hopefully that has changed! What gave u trouble with the birdnest? I have never been able to keep them. It's crazy that I have a tank full of high end sps, but I can't keep a birdsnest. Link to comment
Acielot Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I killed my birdsnest somehow. It started to grow and sprouted some branches then all of a sudden the polyps bailed out starting in the middle of the colony. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 14, 2014 Author Share Posted July 14, 2014 What gave u trouble with the birdnest? I have never been able to keep them. It's crazy that I have a tank full of high end sps, but I can't keep a birdsnest. Mostly, anyway. I had montis and a big stylo growing. Not sure why birdsnests didn't. I killed my birdsnest somehow. It started to grow and sprouted some branches then all of a sudden the polyps bailed out starting in the middle of the colony. Probably needed more flow. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 I am having problems with 1 of my birdsnest too. The acro's are all fine, they are encrusting. I don't get it. Link to comment
gena Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Hey fellow garden lover . Wish I had some space for sunflowers . You should plant some hollyhocks..they are a classic garden flower and are super easy to grow from seed. You'd have to plant them in the spring though. I planted some seeds a few weeks ago and they are sprouting, but I doubt they'll get big enough to bloom this year. What kind of birdsnest is the new one? I love the colors on it. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Hey fellow garden lover . Wish I had some space for sunflowers . You should plant some hollyhocks..they are a classic garden flower and are super easy to grow from seed. You'd have to plant them in the spring though. I planted some seeds a few weeks ago and they are sprouting, but I doubt they'll get big enough to bloom this year. It's summer for 11.5 out of 12 months of the year, so I can probably plant them any time lol. I've seen them before at the place I've been getting all my flowers and such from. What kind of birdsnest is the new one? I love the colors on it. Seriatopora hystrix Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 So my tang has almost finished changing into its adult coloration. The tail is still yellow and the body is not quite the deep maroon red that it will get to, but the body has no yellow left. Link to comment
Viking Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Sorry to hear about the issue with Birdsnests, those were one of the corals I looked forward to being able to have the most. Mine still seems good, but I've only had it for about 2 months to far. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 That was an old pic above, hopefully that is all behind me now! Just be sure that as yours grow that you increase the flow hitting them, or the insides of it will begin to die back. Link to comment
Viking Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Will do. It seems to grow away from the direction the flow comes from, so I have started to rotate it just a bit every couple of weeks. I think one of my emerald crabs has noticed and started turning it back. I may need to set up a webcam. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Picked up two neon gobies (Elacatinus oceanops) and two Caribbean sailfin blennies (Emblemaria pandionis) and spent less than I spent on a fairly cheap dinner with my wife. Link to comment
Acielot Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 I was interested in the sailfin gobies but I've yet to see one in store. They look like a cool addition. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 I was interested in the sailfin gobies but I've yet to see one in store. They look like a cool addition. They're really funny to watch. They'll puff up and flare their fins and open their mouths reeeeeaally wide at each other. All the time. It's hilarious. And they only get a little less than 2" long. Basically like this, but with more finnage lol And when I put them in, the tilefish was eyeballing one like it was gonna eat it before it hit the rocks. Link to comment
Acielot Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 My bluehead wrasse does the same thing to new additions. It's only little smaller than the size of a cigar but it's the most aggressive feeder in the tank. I was worried about the angel nipping but the wrasse is the biggest offender Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Just watched my stomatella snails spawning. Tried to get a pic or two of it, but it was next to impossible from the angle I had to try for. But here are a couple of pics of some other stuff. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Picked up two neon gobies (Elacatinus oceanops) and two Caribbean sailfin blennies (Emblemaria pandionis) and spent less than I spent on a fairly cheap dinner with my wife. Lucky, LFS here wants $31 bucks for 1 neon goby. Link to comment
Acielot Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Lucky, LFS here wants $31 bucks for 1 neon goby. Ouch. They're like $15-$20 at my LFS. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Lucky, LFS here wants $31 bucks for 1 neon goby. gheyyyyyyyyyyy. Ouch. They're like $15-$20 at my LFS. wat. Link to comment
Lawnman Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 hmmm but def a different species from the "mini minis"? well, if it ever splits, put me on the list I call them mini carpet nems because no one seems to know what they are. Link to comment
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