jedimasterben Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Well, I guess they are worth saving I am just not sure how you can make sure that you can transfer them without the dinos also coming with? You need some kind of complex transfer process. With the nems, the hardest part will be getting them off of the rock they're on - from there, it'll be a snap, since there won't be anything for the dinos to be on, a quick FW dip of the nems and they'll be clean. Happy birthday ben! Thanks! Link to comment
Viking Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Happy Birthday! Got a Present a day early it seems Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Happy Birthday! Got a Present a day early it seems Oh yeah! Now to just get the last of the LEDs and drivers in and I'll be all set! Happy Birthday! Thanks! So today my wife got me a 6 piece Ryobi One+ tool kit - has a drill, an impact, a 'jobplus' jiggamabob, a circular saw, a sawsall, and a flashlight, all runs on 18v. I got to use them just a few hours later to put up the 8020 aluminum extrusion to hang the Nanobox retro from (yes, this is level lol, it's just an odd angle) Double nuts The bottom of that same piece Oops, ordered the bottom pieces too long. D'oh! Fancy endcaps and a slider to hang the wire from Just so damn close to having real lights again! Link to comment
Pinner Reef Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I really like that color of paint... on the wall. Also, kewl mounts Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yeah, I picked that color because it should look awesome behind the tank Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 I don't believe it. I just don't ####ing believe it. What in the #### are these things made of? Link to comment
metrokat Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Shootinv in the dark here Benny. If you had all of these rocks/livestock during your peroxide dosing days, I would venture to say that they got so accustomed to a change in the environment that they might have those hardened cysts as a defence/survival mechanism. And those you said can't be killed so maybe they are now hatching. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 When the human race is extinct and gone.....dinoflagellates will live on.... I am with Kat on this one. I feel like you created some sort of super resistant strain simular to what can happen when someone doesn't finish their antibiotics... what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger... Please say that pic isn't in the new DT setup? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 No, all pics that are under predominantly red light are in the coral quarantine. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 Now that is a really cool hanging system. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 So I've been reading about regenerating Purigen with peroxide instead of bleach. Had to try it This purigen has been dry for four months or so. Added about 200mL of peroxide, and it expanded to this. A little more and I got to this. And this morning I had this. wat I also had two goals for today. One, to make the tank stop looking like a box of rocks, without yet removing any of the rock in there (since I don't want it to die without light). Two, to get the anemones out of the QT tank and into the display. This is what I started with. Decided to give the meat a snacky poo. The nems were attached to my favorite rock. I was really upset that I had to smash it apart to get them off. :( But after 25 minutes or so of careful pulling, tugging, smashing, and prying, here they are, a little worse for wear, but their feet weren't too banged up. And this is what I ended up with. Half a dozen or so rocks will still be taken out, but nowhere to go or put them for right now. Right side Left side Middle My SPS 'frag' (either a pocillopora or stylophora) attached to the Grube's gorgonian is doing well. Nems are already starting to get comfortable. Still have the pumps all off to let them settle down a bit. Favia Trachy and the newest maxi behind it. That one will be pulled from its rock and put on the one that the others are on soon. Some ricordea. One I accidentally pulled in half, whoops. My grandis palys, pulled them from the plug they were mounted to and gave them a good scrub and rinse. More than likely all that will be left of my 'mind blowing' palys colony. For reference, over 100 polyps: My starlet coral. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 That's a poccilapora spawn. Have fun watching it get huge and spawning a ton of those things all over the place. Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 3, 2014 Author Share Posted May 3, 2014 So I figured out where my dinos came from. I had collected (several times) some macroalgae from the Indian River in Fort Pierce a few times. It basically borders the ocean, just a little land in between, but the waters are calm and there are easy spots to get to to fish or drop a castnet (which is how we pull up big bundles of macro). I have been messaging Mr Pants, who studies dinoflagellates, about my issues. A few minutes ago I receive this in one: "Having easy access to tropical waters should help diversity. It should be noted that toxic benthic dinos are often found in mangrove swamp waters. Its the classic location we go to look for them when collecting. Open ocean collecting or collection from a coral lagoon would be safer if you have access to those sorts of environments." Guess where I collect macroalgae from. https://maps.google.com/maps?q=27.419967,+-80.276377&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&ll=27.420957,-80.27637&spn=0.022285,0.042272&z=15&iwloc=A ####. I did it to myself. Link to comment
Arkayology Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 I guess no more collecting in those water anymore. Link to comment
gena Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 ####. I did it to myself. Oh, damn. At any rate, had fun catching up on your thread. You look cute in a gas mask . Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 And this morning I had this. wat What the what Decided to give the meat a snacky poo. Benny I demand you buy new towels for the wife. Link to comment
Viking Posted May 3, 2014 Share Posted May 3, 2014 That's why I never get in the water down here. Well, the gators and moccasins have something to do with it as well. Link to comment
Reefed419 Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Hey Ben, wondering how much acid you put in to how much water you added when u washed your rocks? Getting ready to wash some and not exactly sure where to find the formula on how much to add. Thanks man Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 4, 2014 Author Share Posted May 4, 2014 What the what It worked! I'm gonna try it again next time with 7% peroxide. Benny I demand you buy new towels for the wife. Uhm, actually that IS a new towel. That's why I never get in the water down here. Well, the gators and moccasins have something to do with it as well. Well, ya know, there's those. lol Hey Ben, wondering how much acid you put in to how much water you added when u washed your rocks? Getting ready to wash some and not exactly sure where to find the formula on how much to add. Thanks man With muriatic acid from the hardware store, which is usually around 30%, you want to dilute 10:1, so if you are gonna use 10 gallons of solution, use 9 gallons of water and 1 gallon of acid. Remember to always add acid to water, not the other way around! Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Ben when is the kick ass new light going up? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 It'll still be a while. I just got the Luxeon M a few minutes ago, and still waiting on the heatsink and the final stuff from Dave, he says it should be here Thursday (was hoping for last week, but no biggie). Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 She's a little bleached, but dumping food into it will fix that in a jiffy Had two, one torpedoed out yesterday. This one seems sad, it's been looking mopey the whole time I've been home. So this petri dish had a cover sitting on it that was at an angle, I guess this dude knocked it over sometime int he past couple of days, I noticed it today and removed it, and it was loaded with algae inside. I'm pretty sure he did it on purpose so he could do this. Got this for $22 But this nem is a dick. I put it on the rock that has all of my other maxis, which is across the tank, and left the pumps off for several hours to let it attach. Well, the next day when I come home from work, I couldn't find it! I look, and find it in this little cup that used to have some ricordea in it lol One of the ricordea was all eff you, I'm goin' home! And a gorgeous feather duster Link to comment
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