cindy's cadlights 8g: on writing deadlines! :O

[cindyp]

That hammer is gorgeous! And the goby looks so healthy .

 

thank you gena!

 

i was sort of regretting not getting the yellow/green/purple

aus one, but i do love this purple one a lot.

also, thank goodness for my piggy ycg, or else i

might have given up on fish!

[gena]

 

thank you gena!

 

i was sort of regretting not getting the yellow/green/purple

aus one, but i do love this purple one a lot.

also, thank goodness for my piggy ycg, or else i

might have given up on fish!

You should feel really accomplished!!!! The YCG is one of the hardest fish to get eating, in my experience. And you got it on the first try .

[ClaireRenee]

Your tank is looking amazing! I love the dendro... are those hard to keep? I would love to try one soon, but maybe too much for my skills.

[cindyp]

Your tank is looking amazing! I love the dendro... are those hard to keep? I would love to try one soon, but maybe too much for my skills.

SO easy! and it is prob my favoritecoral right now because it looks like a giant jelly. also my most grabby coral!straight from tentacles into mouth!

 

i basically have little skill too.so many noob mistakes. ha!i think the dendro def easy like theric. you do have to feed it tho. it isn'tphotosynthetic, but i like feeding it.

[teenyreef]

Your dendro cracks me up, it's so...flamboyant I have a teeny tiny dendro I got for $5 as an add on to an order, and I still have to zoom in super close just to get a picture of it.

 

I just posted a picture in my 4g build thread if you want to see what a baby one looks like. I agree, it is a lot of fun to feed. For mine, it took a little coaxing to get it to open up during the day, but now it opens up whenever I'm feeding.

[cindyp]

Your dendro cracks me up, it's so...flamboyant I have a teeny tiny dendro I got for $5 as an add on to an order, and I still have to zoom in super close just to get a picture of it.

 

flamboyant. that's a great word for him.

i've decided he's a boy. i have no idea if

it's even a thing. but he's my favorite. i'd

say he's got his tentacles out the majority

of the time, for certain!

 

i love your little dendro!

[CosmicCanine]

Very nice hammer Cindy.

[CosmicCanine]

How many heads is that hammer?

[owenj]

Hammer looks great. My old hammer would visibly eat when offered food, & one of my torches does too. The other torch grabs the food, but it's hard to tell if it actually ends up eating it or if it just hoards it for a while before releasing.

 

GBGs are so cute! If you're still hooked on a firefish though, I'd recommend shelling out the extra cash for a helfrichi. Mine is out all.the.time.

 

The writing it trudging along. Actually, I think it's getting close to ready, just need some final tightening. I used to think shorts would be cake, but omg, at least with novels you get the luxury of space and time to build your world or characters. This whole word limit, everything has to count & be in the right place deal with the short story is killing me I'm so sick of editing it.

 

Gena, I think you have a niche market for steamy aquatic romance

[cindyp]

How many heads is that hammer?

just one head as far as i can tell.

Hammer looks great. My old hammer would visibly eat when offered food, & one of my torches does too. The other torch grabs the food, but it's hard to tell if it actually ends up eating it or if it just hoards it for a while before releasing. GBGs are so cute! If you're still hooked on a firefish though, I'd recommend shelling out the extra cash for a helfrichi. Mine is out all.the.time. The writing it trudging along. Actually, I think it's getting close to ready, just need some final tightening. I used to think shorts would be cake, but omg, at least with novels you get the luxury of space and time to build your world or characters. This whole word limit, everything has to count & be in the right place deal with the short story is killing me I'm so sick of editing it. Gena, I think you have a niche market for steamy aquatic romance

right? i'd totally read that romance.and gena let me recommend Jeannie 1in'stang historical romances. love them! The Pearl +the Dragon is a fave. and My Fair C0ncubine also--thothe latter is more light hearted.good luck jaime! and isn't that the truth?each form presents its own challenges!

 

How many heads is that hammer?

actually almost certain just one becausethat's what i paid for. ha!

[gena]

 

Gena, I think you have a niche market for steamy aquatic romance

 

 

just one head as far as i can tell. right? i'd totally read that romance. and gena let me recommend Jeannie 1in's tang historical romances. love them! The Pearl + the Dragon is a fave. and My Fair C0ncubine also--tho the latter is more light hearted. good luck jaime! and isn't that the truth? each form presents its own challenges!

 

actually almost certain just one because that's what i paid for. ha!

I'm feeling motivated

 

Thanks for the book recommendations!

[teenyreef]

 

flamboyant. that's a great word for him.

i've decided he's a boy. i have no idea if

it's even a thing. but he's my favorite. i'd

say he's got his tentacles out the majority

of the time, for certain!

 

i love your little dendro!

Thanks! Some day he'll grow up but for now he's a great size for my pico!

[cindyp]

haha! man can i sympathize with the

mishaps that can happen with unplanned

redecorating. hope everyone is happy

again soon.

 

i know mine was labeled as a redhead dendro.

it has white tentacles instead of orange?

[teenyreef]

I guess that's the difference. Mine has orange tentacles.

[cindyp]

I guess that's the difference. Mine has orange tentacles.

 

i thought i posted in your thread. *facepalm* ha

 

having said that are redhead dendros ALL

with white tentacles? also can a redhead be a fathead?

 

[teenyreef]

Oops! That's OK, I figured it out

 

I am now officially aware of how much I don't know about dendros

[cindyp]

Oops! That's OK, I figured it out

 

I am now officially aware of how much I don't know about dendros

 

me too! there is a surprising lack of information

on this coral! and they are so great and fun to keep!

[cindyp]

i saw my frogspawn, which has definitely

split into two heads, do something weird tonight.

it looks all swollen! but now it's back to normal.

 

[teenyreef]

Looks like it found something to eat?

[cindyp]

Looks like it found something to eat?

 

really? i've never ever seen my frogspawn eat!

ha! it is one of the older corals in this 12 week

old tank too. it's doing well though.

 

i think my favia is receding and probably my acans

too. aiiii

 

will go read up on.

[gena]

 

really? i've never ever seen my frogspawn eat!

ha! it is one of the older corals in this 12 week

old tank too. it's doing well though.

 

i think my favia is receding and probably my acans

too. aiiii

 

will go read up on.

I wonder if your sexy shrimp are picking on the acans and favia? Do you ever see them on it?

[cindyp]

I wonder if your sexy shrimp are picking on the acans and favia? Do you ever see them on it?

 

hmm. i've seen my sexy shrimp on my not

so nice acan that was a freebie. but i moved

that and i don't see on much anymore. haven't

noticed as much for acan or favia. will keep an eye out.

 

i was concerned a while back and considered giving

them away, but then, things seemed to settle again,

and i think they get a lot more food now that i have the ycg

(which needs a name!).

 

here is a great thread on nursing corals,

including an amazing scoly turn around.

 

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1918483

 

i admit i don't really directly feed the acan or favias

much.

[gena]

 

hmm. i've seen my sexy shrimp on my not

so nice acan that was a freebie. but i moved

that and i don't see on much anymore. haven't

noticed as much for acan or favia. will keep an eye out.

 

i was concerned a while back and considered giving

them away, but then, things seemed to settle again,

and i think they get a lot more food now that i have the ycg

(which needs a name!).

 

here is a great thread on nursing corals,

including an amazing scoly turn around.

 

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1918483

 

i admit i don't really directly feed the acan or favias

much.

Great link! Did you read all 38 pages? I only got through the first page. Wondering if there is a lot of good information throughout the thread? Maybe I can save my last plate. Except it's receding at the mouth and that seems to be a bad thing according to what the OP said on the first page. Good to know for the future though. I have bookmarked it .

[cindyp]

Great link! Did you read all 38 pages? I only got through the first page. Wondering if there is a lot of good information throughout the thread? Maybe I can save my last plate. Except it's receding at the mouth and that seems to be a bad thing according to what the OP said on the first page. Good to know for the future though. I have bookmarked it .

 

i only read OP and his tips. i figure

there's not really much else other than keeping

flow and light low as well as feeding more.

 

i actually nursed my bleached mushrooms from

the LFS tanksitting disaster back to health. they are

not 100%, but they are loads bigger, they close to eat

(and they eat a lot!) and they aren't translucent white

any longer.

 

but mushrooms are so hardy. ha!

 

might be worth trying with the plate if you have

the lugol's dip? i don't even know what that is.

i've never dipped before.

[gena]

 

i only read OP and his tips. i figure

there's not really much else other than keeping

flow and light low as well as feeding more.

 

i actually nursed my bleached mushrooms from

the LFS tanksitting disaster back to health. they are

not 100%, but they are loads bigger, they close to eat

(and they eat a lot!) and they aren't translucent white

any longer.

 

but mushrooms are so hardy. ha!

 

might be worth trying with the plate if you have

the lugol's dip? i don't even know what that is.

i've never dipped before.

If I remember right it's iodine???? Yep...just looked it up, it's iodine . I'm sure I picked up a bottle somewhere along the way, just gotta look for it LOL.