ninjamyst Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 TOTM...just sayin' . You KNOW it's gonna happen . HA! yea right....maybe in 2 years when Chris runs out of tank to feature. Link to comment
Sfikas Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I live on the North Side and I was just curious what LFS you usually go to? Beautiful tank by the way. Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Just got back from Aquapros and Reefwise today. Scored some major goodies. Reefwise has great LPS frags for $21 a head for regular colors, $31 a head for Aussies, up to $51 for bigger ones. Their zoas are expensive though. Aquapros has pretty cheap zoas. Gold mauls are $5 per polyp. But most of my stuff are from online vendors. MyReefToYours.com, Saltcritters.com, and PacificEastAquaculture.com. I also heard good things about Hook in Mundelein. Link to comment
gena Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 HA! yea right....maybe in 2 years when Chris runs out of tank to feature. Whatever . Link to comment
Chadf Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 TOTM...just sayin' . You KNOW it's gonna happen . Looks good ninja! I say give it a year to grow out and totm without a doubt. I see frag plugs Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Looks good ninja! I say give it a year to grow out and totm without a doubt. I see frag plugs Thanks! I definitely made some mistakes with my tank (stocking tooo fast!), but I also learned alot. Bought more stuff on Black Friday, but will definitely slow things down now =). I started taking things off plugs and spacing them out on the rocks for them to grow. Link to comment
Illuiix Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I started taking things off plugs and spacing them out on the rocks for them to grow. This, I approve. Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 Took out my macro lens this weekend to capture some of the new goodies. Also fixed the white balance issue I had before with too much blue / purple. Meteor Shower Monti cap Orange frogspawn with pink tips Octo-frogspawn Regular frogspawn that's still splitting or something And of course rics Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Nice pictures, what is the coral in the second picture? Link to comment
1.0reef Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 The first 2 are most likely Zoas, maybe palys for the first. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Wow, beautiful shots. Are you shooting with a tripod or freehand? Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 The first 2 are most likely Zoas, maybe palys for the first. some zoa, i have to ask the LFS the official name. Wow, beautiful shots. Are you shooting with a tripod or freehand? thanks! tripod, pumps off. Link to comment
skyscraper2290 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 That second zoa is awesome Link to comment
gena Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Your monticap is missing red sprinkles . Actually...solid green like that is soooo pretty. I love it. Link to comment
evanski Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Wow, you have done so much in such a short time! Following... Link to comment
daletu Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Nice to see you have your camera's white balance figured out! Awesome photos! Link to comment
DaveFason Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 You are getting mighty good with the camera shots and LEDs. Keep it up! -Dave Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Your monticap is missing red sprinkles . Actually...solid green like that is soooo pretty. I love it. heh, my LFS had a christmas tree monti cap but they wanted double the price for it. Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 3 of my rics melted and it looks to be spreading =(. Two of my other rics just split recently and one of the new halves has brown jelly I think. argh...my rics....=( Link to comment
TaterTot24 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I just had to look up and read about "Brown Jelly"... It looks terrifying.... Good Luck! Link to comment
EL CHUPACABRA Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 3 of my rics melted and it looks to be spreading =(. Two of my other rics just split recently and one of the new halves has brown jelly I think. argh...my rics....=( I looked this up in some of my books and other info in my brain... Info I have on brown jelly is intended for LPS and is usually cause by the skeleton puncturing the flesh of the coral (often during shipping) causing an infection. The treatment for LPS is as follows: any LPS showing symptoms of brown jelly (looks like brown jelly and smells unpleasant) should be dipped in a bucket of 1-2 gallons of tank water mixed with 1ml of lugol's iodine, TMPCC, or Coral Rx. If possible the infected area should be removed. Shake the colony vigorously and leave for 5 minutes. then place it in an area of moderate flow. Use a PVC ring (about 2-3" tall to lift the coral off the bottom of the tank. Brown Jelly is often more of an LPS problem Wild Ricordia yumas and Ricordia floridas (ricordia yumas have tentacles on their oral discs, ricordia floridas do not) need to be acclimated to high light aquariums very slowly. It is best to put them in a completely shaded area of the aquarium for minimum of 7 days and then slowly introduce them to captive lighting over 30 days. All yumas need to be slowly acclimated to captive lighting. Healthy Yumas can be hard to find. Avoid yumas with gaping mouths, as it is a sign of high stress and they will probably die in 1-2 weeks. Captive raised yumas fair much better than wild ones. Link to comment
EL CHUPACABRA Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 maybe feed them too as seen in the is video. read the comments in the above video for help too. Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 hmmm....that's interesting because i feed with coral frenzy and ova nutramar and they dont have much response. I will try bigger stuff. I am puzzled by why some of my rics are melting and some are splitting. I would assume splitting is a good thing. Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 3 of my rics melted and it looks to be spreading =(. Two of my other rics just split recently and one of the new halves has brown jelly I think. argh...my rics....=( Sorry to hear about this. Any abnormally high/low parameter readings? Link to comment
Red_Blenny Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 How strong are you running that nano box? LEDs are quite strong, especially if it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than your old lighting system. I looked this up in some of my books and other info in my brain... Info I have on brown jelly is intended for LPS and is usually cause by the skeleton puncturing the flesh of the coral (often during shipping) causing an infection. The treatment for LPS is as follows: any LPS showing symptoms of brown jelly (looks like brown jelly and smells unpleasant) should be dipped in a bucket of 1-2 gallons of tank water mixed with 1ml of lugol's iodine, TMPCC, or Coral Rx. If possible the infected area should be removed. Shake the colony vigorously and leave for 5 minutes. then place it in an area of moderate flow. Use a PVC ring (about 2-3" tall to lift the coral off the bottom of the tank. Brown Jelly is often more of an LPS problem Wild Ricordia yumas and Ricordia floridas (ricordia yumas have tentacles on their oral discs, ricordia floridas do not) need to be acclimated to high light aquariums very slowly. It is best to put them in a completely shaded area of the aquarium for minimum of 7 days and then slowly introduce them to captive lighting over 30 days. All yumas need to be slowly acclimated to captive lighting. Healthy Yumas can be hard to find. Avoid yumas with gaping mouths, as it is a sign of high stress and they will probably die in 1-2 weeks. Captive raised yumas fair much better than wild ones. ^+1. For Ricordeas, if I see a gaping mouth or an extreme loss of tentacles (as if they're naked), I avoid it all cost. Healthy yumas are sooo hard to find and cost an arm and a leg if you find a healthy piece. Link to comment
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