lecroj Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 That would work. Pull the bubbles then drop a drop of hydrogen peroxide on each bubble base, then glue the rics. Link to comment
Kijho Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Late evening of Day 92: Finally got around to some filming! Came out better than I expected. Really happy to have caught my shrimp / goby together peeking out of the burrow. This is probably the first time they did it while I had my camera out in the past 3 months. Glad I caught it!!! If you haven't seen my video above check it out! Here's a few shots, Day 93 (Evening): My Goby, Michelangelo. https://flic.kr/p/o7HiJu'>https://flic.kr/p/o7HiJu'>IMG_2004 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr One of my two Nassarius' Snails. Might add a few more.. https://flic.kr/p/o9C8DW'>https://flic.kr/p/o9C8DW'>IMG_2001 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr That one big Ricordia split - the other half / mouth is a bit to the left outside of the frame. However, whenever it stays where I like it to stay it likes to expand quite a bit! Love how it fills up that space.. going to pull that rock out this week and glue them all down. https://flic.kr/p/o9CabJ'>https://flic.kr/p/o9CabJ'>IMG_1980 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr Lastly, two shots of my Goby / Shrimp pair hanging out. https://flic.kr/p/o9su4k'>https://flic.kr/p/o9su4k'>IMG_1993 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr https://flic.kr/p/o9KLVr'>https://flic.kr/p/o9KLVr'>IMG_1990 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 i got an emerald crab for hair algae...didn't do anything. he just climbs all over my corals and pisses them off. Link to comment
lecroj Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thought about it and ricordias get super slimy if you handle them, so I am not sure if you will be able to glue them down. I have found that if you just drop them in a crevice in the rock (so the current wont move them), in about two days they will attach themselves. Link to comment
Daveluce Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Rics can be tricky. I just got some that were attached to a big piece of rock. I couldn't peel them off at all. I ended up chiseling them off the rock, which was super easy. If I did get them off, I was going to place them in a Tupperware inside my tank full of rock rubble. They eventually will grab onto the rubble, which can then be glued. From my research, your not supposed to glue rics down. Good luck! Tank looks great. I've been debating on getting a shrimp/goby pair. Link to comment
Kijho Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 Yeah all of my Ric's are on small rocks - and glued to plugs. I wanna take the plugs out so they're natural and able to expand and grow out. Glue the rock to the rock! My one big ric (Seen in the middle of the pic) is loose and moves around sometimes. I usually place it back where it is in the pic, and it loves that spot and expands. I've moved my light up a bit too - I think my hammer wasn't "reaching" out for the light as much thus why it wasn't as "big." (I moved the light closer about a week ago) Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Things are going downhill. I've found bubble algae now on both rocks on the under-sides. I don't want to pull both rocks out, and move all the frags around, it would just mess everything completely up Any suggestions? Thinking of just tossing a emerald crab and a peppermint shrimp in to see what happens now with aptasia / bubble algae... Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 can't u take out the rocks during your next water change? but getting that emerald crab can be a first step. if u r lucky, it will get all the bubble algae but u still have to take care of the aiptasia.... Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Ah man,I had that god forsaken stuff in my first tank. But just don't pop the bubbles in the tank,please don't. Talk about a disaster. Honestly,I have some on my snails shells and I need to take a razor blade and scrape it off.. But like Ninja said,just take the rocks out during a water change,and scrape it off. You'll be happy you did. Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 But all of my frags / plugs are on the rocks and won't they get all messed up? Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 i take out my rock with SPS and LPS and zoas on it all the time to pull out hair algae and vacuum the sand underneath. 5 mins out of water is no big deal. just dont take ur hammer out because without water to support the tissue, they may tear against the skeleton. or piss off the hammer first so it retracts and then take it out Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Everything will be fine. Sps can handle it,Zoa's and Acan's. Everything will be fine Link to comment
Tropi Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I had some red bubble algae on one of my rocks when my tank was cycling. I took the rock out and scaped it off with a razor blade and rinsed in the water I removed from the water change, then scrubed the whole rock with a brush, rinsed again and was done. It hasn't made a reappearance yet Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 Went and peeped out my LFS .. place looked like sh*t. I dunno why haha, they must be at the end of their inventory for the week or something but there was nothing vibrant or good looking so I left empty handed. Saw a baby porcelain crab which looked cool but wouldn't be beneficial.. Gonna maybe go out later to try and find a baby emerald Link to comment
Reefkid88 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 I hate that,always the worst. That's how the one place I went too on Sunday was. I was in an out in 2-3 minutes lol. Link to comment
pmang6 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Yea I heard baby emeralds do the best at algae removal. But if I were you I would just pull out the rock rather than jeopardize the shrimp. Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 5, 2014 Author Share Posted July 5, 2014 Day 98 (Thx for the feedback the past few days guys, been really busy lately..) I went out to the LFS today, and they had everything I wanted actually so I was very happy! A shot of my Goby / Shrimp https://flic.kr/p/odjeBM'>https://flic.kr/p/odjeBM'>IMG_2012 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr Today I picked up two very tiny dwarf zebra hermit crabs.. Right when they got in the tank they were already tackling some green stuff!! https://flic.kr/p/odjec8'>https://flic.kr/p/odjec8'>IMG_2024 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr After 5 minutes the glass was already becoming cleaner... https://flic.kr/p/ofokqn'>https://flic.kr/p/ofokqn'>IMG_2028 by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>kijho6, on Flickr I also added a baby emerald crab. He's about 1.5cm in size, very very small and very timid. When I put him in, I put him on top of the rock where the bubble algae was. After a few minutes he moved and he's currently on the side/ beneath the rock now beside the bubble algae but I haven't seen him picking at it yet. Couldn't get any photographs yet, so I will update again soon once I do!! Also, if you're interested - yesterday I went out for a ride to another LFS which I haven't been to in a while. They wanted $20 for emerald crabs and the ones they had were all MASSIVE like.. size of my palm in my hand. Heh, those things would come out of my tank at night and snip me in my sleep hahahaha.... The ones I picked up today were from a different LFS and were only $9/ea. Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 that store looks nice!!! and still very jealous of ur bike Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 that store looks nice!!! and still very jealous of ur bike Heh thanks man!! It's a small bike but I enjoy riding around on it alot (Although we only get like 3 months of summer here where I live) Did you see the eel at 2:44 in the video? It's been there forever past 3 months and it's like $300... Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Unrelated to my reef, but I went for a ride / walk this evening and wanted to share https://flic.kr/p/odvADV'>https://flic.kr/p/odvADV'>IMG_2056w by https://www.flickr.com/people//'>Shpixx, on Flickr Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Also want to share this photo from the other day at the LFS! Such beautiful animals, I would love to have a tank of them someday in my life... There guys were $200/ea. Link to comment
4x5 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 A shot of my Goby / Shrimp IMG_2012 by kijho6, on Flickr Love these guys. Link to comment
4x5 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Unrelated to my reef, but I went for a ride / walk this evening and wanted to share IMG_2056w by Shpixx, on Flickr You're from Calgary? Link to comment
Kijho Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 You're from Calgary? Yeaaaaa Link to comment
4x5 Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 Small world. I work for a company based out of Calgary and my girlfriend grew up there. Link to comment
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