Spenseriana Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 ...one day I'll be ready for a frag. Following. 1 Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Nitrates rose back up to 10, I wondered why it was coloring back up. 2 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Wow. Yeah. Yours is very reactive to nitrates, good indicator coral I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 So how do I get on this waitlist?? 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I used to have awesome PE on the Kat, but the last two weeks or so, very little PE by comparison. Everyone else is happy, the kittiyagi is loving it and is in almost the same spot as the kat. Ideas? Nothing has changed in the tank except it has had no fish for the last 5 weeks (ich outbreak). Is it maybe too clean atm? Coloring is still good. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 Does it have PE at night? My colonies have minimal daytime PE but are out and about after dark. Bat girl polyps. So how do I get on this waitlist?? Hey Stella, there is a link to the document on the first post. 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I used to have awesome PE on the Kat, but the last two weeks or so, very little PE by comparison. Everyone else is happy, the kittiyagi is loving it and is in almost the same spot as the kat. Ideas? Nothing has changed in the tank except it has had no fish for the last 5 weeks (ich outbreak). Is it maybe too clean atm? Coloring is still good. Are you feeding the tank like you were before? Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Does it have PE at night? My colonies have minimal daytime PE but are out and about after dark. Bat girl polyps. Hey Stella, there is a link to the document on the first post. Nothing extra at night. Pretty consistent with daytime PE. Are you feeding the tank like you were before?Yes and no. I am ghost feeding a large amount once a day about every other day with a different dry food. When the fish were in the tank, I would feed once with frozen, once with the AFS using Neptune's food and then have Nori in the tank for my rabbit. So the tank is still being fed, but not in the same massive quantity its used to. I did not want to overfeed with there being no fish, but I don't want to shock the system when it goes from 0 to 10 in two weeks. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Yes and no. I am ghost feeding once a day about every other day with a different dry food. When the fish were in the tank, I would feed once with frozen, once with the AFS using Neptune's food and then have Nori in the tank for my rabbit. So the tank is still being fed, but not in the same massive quantity its used to. I did not want to overfeed with there being no fish, but I don't want to shock the system when it goes from 0 to 10 in two weeks. What do fish have to do with 'overfeeding'? Fish really don't do anything for nutrient levels. You could put one fish or a thousand fish in the tank and both will have the same 'bioload' if you feed the same amount of food. If you don't have the same level of nutrient import as you used to and your filtration is still exporting the same amount, then you have a deficit. Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 What do fish have to do with 'overfeeding'? Fish really don't do anything for nutrient levels. You could put one fish or a thousand fish in the tank and both will have the same 'bioload' if you feed the same amount of food. Uneaten food that my fish would normally eat but are not there to consume? I am assuming they are somewhat efficient at digestion and so what comes out is not the same amount as what goes in... unless you're an herbivore but that was only my rabbitfish and tang and theyd swim around to eat their poop. Just like other herbivores... Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Mine never has drastic PE, and only sometimes does it have good PE at night. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Uneaten food that my fish would normally eat but are not there to consume? I am assuming they are somewhat efficient at digestion and so what comes out is not the same amount as what goes in... unless you're an herbivore but that was only my rabbitfish and tang and theyd swim around to eat their poop. Just like other herbivores... Fish are really inefficient at taking nutrients from what they eat, herbivores especially so (you can watch them eat some hair algae and then a short while later you'll see it come flying out of their butt lol), but it depends on the fish species, individual fish, type of food fed, nutrient content, etc. For all intents and purposes, we can assume that nutrients entering the tank will be the nearly the same for export calculations. 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Fish are really inefficient at taking nutrients from what they eat, herbivores especially so (you can watch them eat some hair algae and then a short while later you'll see it come flying out of their butt lol), but it depends on the fish species, individual fish, type of food fed, nutrient content, etc. For all intents and purposes, we can assume that nutrients entering the tank will be the nearly the same for export calculations. Intersting. Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Does it have PE at night? My colonies have minimal daytime PE but are out and about after dark. Bat girl polyps. Hey Stella, there is a link to the document on the first post. 1. it doesn't surprise me that a coral in your tank would have Bat Girl polyps. Why wouldn't they have superhero properties? 2. Very fancy with the submission form! I'm impressed. Submitted! Thanks Kat. Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ha. Thanks Stella. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 i wish mine was that photogenic. 2 Quote Link to comment
basser1 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 i wish mine was that photogenic. Heck, I wish I had one to take pics of! 2 Quote Link to comment
DurocShark Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Heck, I wish I had one to take pics of! THIS! Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I'm planning a trip home in late July! Searching for flights now. I should be able to make anywhere from 5-10 small frags. I'll be home for a little over a week, so they'll have a week of heal time as well. 4 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share Posted June 17, 2015 Basser, you asked to be removed from the list. Well, call me Mr. Impatient. Decided to go a different way.So I am asking my name be removed from the list. At least y'all get to move up 1 slot!! I'm planning a trip home in late July! Searching for flights now. I should be able to make anywhere from 5-10 small frags. I'll be home for a little over a week, so they'll have a week of heal time as well. Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I will patiently wait my turn, but now that I know my nanobox is coloring up my teeny unidentified acro frag, I'm excited to maybe, hopefully, one day, get a piece! Quote Link to comment
markalot Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Hmmm, more evidence of this being Nausuta. http://www.jasonfoxsignaturecorals.com/product_p/acr-41.htm Quote Link to comment
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