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

[teenyreef]

WOW! So pretty

Tell your sexy shrimp to stay away from those tentacles

[cindyp]

WOW! So pretty

Tell your sexy shrimp to stay away from those tentacles

 

i have never seen the sexies venture anywhere near

the dendro or the balano. thank goodness. ha! they've

pranced on every other coral in the tank--including my

newest non coral, the feather duster.

[kimberbee]

You have such bright and colorful corals!!

 

You have a nano box now, right? How do you like it??

[cindyp]

You have such bright and colorful corals!!

 

You have a nano box now, right? How do you like it??

 

aww, thanks kimber! i don't see them as any more

bright or colorful than yours! i really like the nanobox.

it's to have the settings programmed to turn on and

off, and i like seeing the neon corals lit at dawn and dusk.

 

this balano foto was taken with kitchn lights on. as

it's not usually extended this big when the mini tide is on.

[owenj]

oh jaime, you know you wanna...

Ermagurd, you've no idea! I totally thought of you when I saw them too If I get the tank moves done today/tomorrow and everything looks alright I may take a trip back to the LFS. They had several in stock, ranging from single to I think up to a 5-head colony, so I'm hoping they still have one left.

[cindyp]

Ermagurd, you've no idea! I totally thought of you when I saw them too If I get the tank moves done today/tomorrow and everything looks alright I may take a trip back to the LFS. They had several in stock, ranging from single to I think up to a 5-head colony, so I'm hoping they still have one left.

 

oooh, i hope you do, jaime!!

 

i did a good cleaning yesterday and a water change.

see quite a lot of pods hanging out now. too bad they

weren't around for my rainford goby a month back.

 

i've shifted things and put the feather duster in a new

place. hopefully, it is happy!

 

 

and here's a view with the ric in focus. not sure if the gsp

is still pissed or mostly dead. hoping the former.

 

[cindyp]

these last weeks have flown by and i've been

so busy, didn't realize it's been so long since

FTS. here it is at 18 weeks:

 

 

my mushrooms and flower nems are all growing and doing

well. so is the dendro and balano and frogspawn.

i've lost the fungia plate, losing the favia (despite two lugoels (sp)

iodine dips) but my rainbow acans are bouncing back.

 

i've lost too many fish:

 

rainford goby (starvation. )

green clown goby (jumped--have since covered top with mesh)

tail spotted blenny (died mysteriously--very sad about this one)

 

the yellow clown goby eats like a piggy and keeps

on truckin'. my two sexies are 9 months old in tank

and doing very well.

 

my bam bams have also grown well. and my agaves

have grown from 2 to 6 heads and stayed at 6 heads

for a few months.

 

i recently just got the nanobox mini tide and like it a lot.

[antsypants]

Gotta love worms I think any non-reefer would think I'm crazy if they heard me say that lol

I do, however, believe your feather duster is actually a christmas tree worm; perfect for the season!

[cindyp]

Gotta love worms I think any non-reefer would think I'm crazy if they heard me say that lol

I do, however, believe your feather duster is actually a christmas tree worm; perfect for the season!

 

really? there are so many varieties!

 

i did a quick google and i think you're right! it does

have double plumes kind of cone shaped. this article

didn't mention deep purple and yellow, but that's mine.

 

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=543

thanks ant!

 

are you at home now on break and with your tank?

[cindyp]

from this article: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/9/inverts

 

"Unlike most worms that only live for relatively short times (a few years on average), Spirobranchus are a relatively slow growing worm that lives for a very long time in the wild. Researchers used X-rays to determine the age of the worm by counting the annual growth rings of the corals in which they were embedded, and found that the majority of worms were more than 10 years old and some were over 40 years of age (Nishi and Nishihira 1996)! On average, a healthy worm grows about 0.2mm in the diameter of the tube opening each year, but under ideal conditions the maximum growth rates are up to 1.0 mm increase in orifice diameter per year (Nishi and Nishihira 1996). In any case, these worms appear to average roughly 15-20 years old in some natural populations (Nishi and Nishihira 1999), which means that they should easily live for more than 10 years on average in the aquarium, if provided with proper care."

 

"However, our dismal success rate with these animals for more than a year or so in the aquarium suggests that we are failing to provide them with anything approaching ‘proper’ care! That means we cannot delude ourselves into thinking that the animals died of old age if they fade in our aquariums within a year or two (no matter how comforting we may find that excuse), and that is why I suggest they be avoided by any but experienced aquarists who want to experiment with maintaining these beautiful animals."

 

well, hell.

[Dramad1]

Sweet fts, your tank is loaded

[cindyp]

Sweet fts, your tank is loaded

 

it is like hong kong.

[antsypants]

really? there are so many varieties!

 

i did a quick google and i think you're right! it does

have double plumes kind of cone shaped. this article

didn't mention deep purple and yellow, but that's mine.

 

http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=543

thanks ant!

 

are you at home now on break and with your tank?

 

No problem! And yes, I am with my tank Updates to come soon, hopefully heh. Been busy gorging myself with home cooking.

 

As for the article, I would have hope. Many of the animals we keep, we assume to be frail, but they've surprised me with their hardiness on more than one occasion. I read, after finding I had a mussel hitchhiker, that it would die off shortly, but it's been with me for at least 10 months now, and it's growing. It's obviously very different from your worm, but what I'm saying is to keep your fingers crossed

[cindyp]

No problem! And yes, I am with my tank Updates to come soon, hopefully heh. Been busy gorging myself with home cooking.

 

As for the article, I would have hope. Many of the animals we keep, we assume to be frail, but they've surprised me with their hardiness on more than one occasion. I read, after finding I had a mussel hitchhiker, that it would die off shortly, but it's been with me for at least 10 months now, and it's growing. It's obviously very different from your worm, but what I'm saying is to keep your fingers crossed

 

thanks, ant. i'm dosing with concentrated

phyto feast for the duster. hope it helps. i think

often, we know so little of the actual critter--esp

if they are from the actual wild. these don't seem

to propogate well in captivity yet. and the size

that i've got, i think he's quite mature!

 

looking forward to your updates!

[gena]

 

thanks, gena! i've shifted and did a nice cleaning

and WC today, so hopefully it settles and is happy.

i also got oyster feast for the acans, and it is weird!

anyone else use?

 

i stopped by ASD today and mentioned to one of the

guys about GBG and he was like, we had some. WHAT.

i'd only been gone for less than a week. so i gave the

owner a stern talking too, and he blamed his employee

who bought fish.

 

hopefully it won't happen again!

i looked at some other fish but none caught my

eye. so shall wait more. the ycg seems to be doing well.

it is a good eater and will eat off my tweezer!

Darn...well at least you know you can get them! Hopefully on their next fish purchasing trip!

 

I think everything will eat the oyster feast. My firefish even eats it LOL.

[BRADYBUNCH7]

merry merry reefers!

 

thank you for being so welcoming to me

and helping me and sympathizing and cheering

me on throughout these months.

 

here is my alien feather duster worm saying

happy christmas and my yellow clown goby too!

(my gsp have been angry for three days now since

i gave it another scrubbing off of the blasted invasive

sponge that lives in it.)

 

wow cindy that's beautiful! Havent ever seen those before

[cindyp]

my ultra nem at dusk today. unfiltered shot.

 

she moved all around the rock for a bit, worrying me,

but has settled nicely in this more sheltered corner.

eats well, pretty sure has grown too.

 

i probably paid too much for her, but i don't care. ha!

 

[kimberbee]

my ultra nem at dusk today. unfiltered shot.

 

she moved all around the rock for a bit, worrying me,

but has settled nicely in this mor sheltered corner.

eats well, pretty sure has grown too.

 

i probably paid too much for her, but i don't care. ha!

 

She really is awesome looking!

[pgrVII]

my ultra nem at dusk today. unfiltered shot.

 

she moved all around the rock for a bit, worrying me,

but has settled nicely in this mor sheltered corner.

eats well, pretty sure has grown too.

 

i probably paid too much for her, but i don't care. ha!

 

 

Very nice looking nem Cindy.

[cindyp]

She really is awesome looking!

 

thanks, kimber! i love your stripey nems,

but have not seen them offered at LCS. so i

just feel lucky to get the nems that i get, without

having to pay for shipping!

 

Very nice looking nem Cindy.

 

thank you! she seems to be doing well,

which makes me happy. very easy nems

and so beautiful too.

 

those bam bams are like her back up singers.

[teenyreef]

So. Pretty. As much as you must be enjoying that flower nem it doesn't matter how much you paid, you are definitely getting your money's worth!

[cindyp]

So. Pretty. As much as you must be enjoying that flower nem it doesn't matter how much you paid, you are definitely getting your money's worth!

 

thank you teeny! thanks exactly how i feel!!

[R1sky_Biz]

That dendro though! Tank is looking great Cindy!

[cindyp]

That dendro though! Tank is looking great Cindy!

 

i do love my dendro a lot. i think he's gotten the

most fotos taken. he is my Top Model so far. ha!

thank you!!

[cindyp]

couldn't resist ASD's year end sale.

 

i might have picked up something or two to

squish into my 8g hong kong tank.

 

HALP!!!