gena Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Everything is looking marvelous . How's the vegetable garden coming along??? Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 Everything is looking marvelous . How's the vegetable garden coming along??? Very well going the simple route this year cause we're doing more traveling than usual. Have butternut squash, Cherokee purple tomatoes, curly kale and garlic loving all the sun and rain we've been getting. And the blueberry bushes are really taking off this year! What have you got in your garden? Link to comment
gena Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Very well going the simple route this year cause we're doing more traveling than usual. Have butternut squash, Cherokee purple tomatoes, curly kale and garlic loving all the sun and rain we've been getting. And the blueberry bushes are really taking off this year! What have you got in your garden?Nice variety!!!! I have tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, green beans, green peppers, artichokes, garlic, and zucchini. I think that's it . Gonna post some photos of the garden in my thread! Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Nice variety!!!! I have tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers, green beans, green peppers, artichokes, garlic, and zucchini. I think that's it . Gonna post some photos of the garden in my thread! Do it do it do it! I'm not gonna post pics of mine tho, it's kinda janky looking cause I mulched it with dead leaves from last fall Link to comment
gena Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Do it do it do it! I'm not gonna post pics of mine tho, it's kinda janky looking cause I mulched it with dead leaves from last fall Pictures are posted . My husband planted some garlic but so far nothing has popped up. Does it take long? Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 eep, i haven't posted here in ages! been supa busy with summer things. Went to art camp for two weeks and everything pulled through, yay tank sitter Not all that much new to report on the tanks. My Zs/Ps are fine but are kind of just hangin out, no big growth lately (with a couple of exceptions). I've started adding a little phyto now and then, and a few drops of KZ Amino Acid LPS each day to see if that gets them growing faster. Splattered melons are looking bleached (I may have raised the light intensity too quickly) but are spreading FAST: The corals in my seahorse tank are just exploding. In that tank, the combo of Pohl's Xtra Special plus Amino Acid LPS daily seems to have been the deciding factor. I asked the tank sitter to dose both those things every day during my vacation. Instead of a tank full of hair algae, I came home to this: Pictures are posted . My husband planted some garlic but so far nothing has popped up. Does it take long? sorry about taking like a month to respond Garlic is generally planted in early winter, at least that's the case for the hardneck garlic we plant. In fact I just harvested our garlic yesterday It needs to go through some cold months to really grow. Oh and yesterday we picked our first heirloom tomato of the season! it was gooooooood...gazpacho time soon. So yup, I paint. Here's a little something from my sketchbook. Link to comment
gena Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 eep, i haven't posted here in ages! been supa busy with summer things. Went to art camp for two weeks and everything pulled through, yay tank sitter Not all that much new to report on the tanks. My Zs/Ps are fine but are kind of just hangin out, no big growth lately (with a couple of exceptions). I've started adding a little phyto now and then, and a few drops of KZ Amino Acid LPS each day to see if that gets them growing faster. Splattered melons are looking bleached (I may have raised the light intensity too quickly) but are spreading FAST: The corals in my seahorse tank are just exploding. In that tank, the combo of Pohl's Xtra Special plus Amino Acid LPS daily seems to have been the deciding factor. I asked the tank sitter to dose both those things every day during my vacation. Instead of a tank full of hair algae, I came home to this: sorry about taking like a month to respond Garlic is generally planted in early winter, at least that's the case for the hardneck garlic we plant. In fact I just harvested our garlic yesterday It needs to go through some cold months to really grow. Oh and yesterday we picked our first heirloom tomato of the season! it was gooooooood...gazpacho time soon. So yup, I paint. Here's a little something from my sketchbook. Wow...you are a talented lady . I would frame that . So the garlic we planted is finally starting to sprout some green. Like in the last two weeks. Must be a different variety. Nice to see you posting again . Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Wow...you are a talented lady . I would frame that . So the garlic we planted is finally starting to sprout some green. Like in the last two weeks. Must be a different variety. Nice to see you posting again . Thanks, it's nice to be back I'll be curious to see how your garlic does! I wonder what kind it is. Link to comment
Nanofreak79 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 What's good girlie? Tank is siiiick, lovin the seahorse tank. I just re uped my blue bottle stock. My tank seems much happier dosing my blue bottle regimen than without. I ran out awhile back on a few things and quit adding them. I can tell the difference for sure. Anyway, nice to see you back and everything doing well. Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 What's good girlie? Tank is siiiick, lovin the seahorse tank. I just re uped my blue bottle stock. My tank seems much happier dosing my blue bottle regimen than without. I ran out awhile back on a few things and quit adding them. I can tell the difference for sure. Anyway, nice to see you back and everything doing well. Haha, blue bottle addicts unite! My tank sitter wasn't adding any other coral food for two weeks...just mysis for the seahorses, and AALPS and pohls xtra for the corals. It's great to be back Link to comment
gena Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Thanks, it's nice to be back I'll be curious to see how your garlic does! I wonder what kind it is.It's the organic garlic I bought at the grocery store . Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 It's the organic garlic I bought at the grocery store . Ha, that's where my garlic came from too Link to comment
gena Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Ha, that's where my garlic came from too I'll let you know how it does Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 hi everyone, I'm back I was really busy painting in the fall, and enjoying the autumn days. In the meantime a lot has happened with my Nuvo 8. The worst of it is, I lost my candy apple awesomes and vice zoas I suspect I wasn't giving them the right nutrition--for a while I slacked off on giving them their reef roids, coral frenzy etc. This pic shows the last of the CAAs withering away. On the other hand, the rastas and rings of fire are happy and spreading... The ultra rastas are doing well but not really growing. The blondies finally have a new head. I'm loving those no-name blue zoas...notice one of them has a double head Petroglyphs are looking great I added a peppermint shrimp to get rid of a few aiptasias that were popping up. He took care of those within 24 hours, so now I'm giving him a little piece of Rod's Coral Food each day. He's a messy eater, and the zoas seem happy to eat the leftovers. Hopefully that will help with their growth. The other big thing that happened is, in December I lost both seahorses in my 37 gallon tank...RIP Justa and Rufina It seems to have been a raging bacterial infection that took them both over the course of about a week, despite the fact that I was keeping up good husbandry and a low temperature, and seeing no evidence of excess organics that might have contributed to a bacterial problem. After seeing Justa and Rufina die, I was ready for a change, and my partner wanted to see more color and movement in the tank. So now my 37 is a damsel tank! Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 welcome back! thank you, it's good to see everyone Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 danke schoen Link to comment
Mirya Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nice to see you updating! I'm sorry about the loss of your ponies. But, the damsels seem like a fun way to reboot it. Even if their personality is the polar opposite of a seahorse, they are super colorful and active fish. Link to comment
DocReef Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 1/1/15 Just noticed this thread. Very nice aquascape. I have a similar "mountain" in my tank. Very cool. Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 I'm sorry about the loss of your ponies. But, the damsels seem like a fun way to reboot it. Even if their personality is the polar opposite of a seahorse, they are super colorful and active fish. yup, it was time to move on to something new. They're a huge departure for me. The colors are wonderful and OMG are they easy to feed!!! No feeding station, no turning off the pumps, no target feeding!!! Just noticed this thread. Very nice aquascape. I have a similar "mountain" in my tank. Very cool. thank you do you have a thread for your tank? I'd love to see it! BTW, my partner started a planted tank it's a fluval spec v. Link to comment
DocReef Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 thank you do you have a thread for your tank? I'd love to see it! Yes, here you go. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/353867-nuvo-fusion-20-updates/ Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Yes, here you go. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/353867-nuvo-fusion-20-updates/ Beautiful tank and aquascape!!! Link to comment
DocReef Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Beautiful tank and aquascape!!! Thank you. Link to comment
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