cnseekatz Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Get #2 and #4 lol- yellow and crazy looking red one The last one is called a Supernova. I'd need to sell my car to buy that bad boy. I like the inferno bta, and it's not quite as outrageously priced: 3 Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 The last one is called a Supernova. I'd need to sell my car to buy that bad boy. I like the inferno bta, and it's not quite as outrageously priced: Jeeze....exactly how much is the supernova? Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 wow, I like all those BTAs! Just get them all, Chris! Who needs a car. 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Jeeze....exactly how much is the supernova? Supernova is $1,899.99 Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Supernova is $1,899.99 Thats ridiculous.....and now that Im on their website, the price for that inferno is ridiculous too! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Supernova is $1,899.99 HOLY HELL! 1 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 Thats ridiculous.....and now that Im on their website, the price for that inferno is ridiculous too! Yeah, I can't imagine spending that on a nem. The Infernos are still pricey, though they're really more in the low-mid threes if you push it. Plus they're always in demand. 1 Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Yeah, I can't imagine spending that on a nem. The Infernos are still pricey, though they're really more in the low-mid threes if you push it. Plus they're always in demand. OK low-mid 300's is a little bit more reasonable than 499, esp if you know you can re-coop some of that cost down the line. That purple rain and acid rain are both pretty cool too! and dat lemon drop......... 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 OK low-mid 300's is a little bit more reasonable than 499, esp if you know you can re-coop some of that cost down the line. That purple rain and acid rain are both pretty cool too! and dat lemon drop......... I like the glowstick one! That thing is awesome. They're actually all awesome. Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I like the glowstick one! That thing is awesome. They're actually all awesome. That one is interesting too....for some reason it's colors remind me of something...maybe from my childhood, I just can't place a finger on what... 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 That one is interesting too....for some reason it's colors remind me of something...maybe from my childhood, I just can't place a finger on what... it reminds me a little of those little dot candies that they would sell on paper. Do you know what I'm talking about or am I totally dating myself. 1 Quote Link to comment
D Z Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 it reminds me a little of those little dot candies that they would sell on paper. Do you know what I'm talking about or am I totally dating myself. LOL no not dating yourself, I remember those......although, thats not what Im thinking about. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 LOL no not dating yourself, I remember those......although, thats not what Im thinking about. They always looked pretty but tasted like crap Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Mimic Anemone. Dangerous beauty. 2 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share Posted August 4, 2015 OK low-mid 300's is a little bit more reasonable than 499, esp if you know you can re-coop some of that cost down the line. That purple rain and acid rain are both pretty cool too! and dat lemon drop......... I like the glowstick one! That thing is awesome. They're actually all awesome. Yeah... the yellow BTAs are pretty hard to come by. I see them in there every once in a while, but the sell very quickly. I know the owner has a nem tank at home where he propagates them. They're definitely heavy into the infernos, he's always got a few of those on hand. He was telling me about a time when he went out of town (how many reef horror stories start like that?) and a pump failed. He said he lost about $20k worth of nems overnight. Mimic Anemone. Dangerous beauty. Lovely! I don't think I want anything in my tank that can cause renal failure if I accidentally touch it! 3 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Lovely! I don't think I want anything in my tank that can cause renal failure if I accidentally touch it! Psh... #YOLO 2 Quote Link to comment
Steensj2004 Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Supernova is $1,899.99 Think I've been on their site, do they have the ,"Purple Rain" BTA? Quote Link to comment
Dryland Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Lovely! I don't think I want anything in my tank that can cause renal failure if I accidentally touch it! Who needs renals anyways? But seriously, that night anemone is cool. 1 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Think I've been on their site, do they have the ,"Purple Rain" BTA? 2 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted August 5, 2015 Share Posted August 5, 2015 Isn't Phil Your Aquarium in your neck of the woods? That purple rain BTA reminds me of something they would sell. The tank at home looks really nice! Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Got the replacement parts for my MP10. It's now hung about 2 inches off the cabinet floor, six inches away from the tank. Nothing but an act of God will allow it to end up in the sump again. Having the MP10 blowing is a huge boon to my tank. I've basically been going through a new tank cycle, but with fish and some corals, so the diatomatic sludge has been a real pain. The increased flow will help prevent that crap from settling on the rocks and sand, and snuffing out my zoos. I also hooked up a UV Sterilizer to control the free-floating diatoms that the MP10 will kick into the water column. So here's a list of the survivors of the tankocolypse. Everything else ended up in the trash or the toilet... Fish 2 x Black Clowns 1 x Melanurus Wrasse (I couldn't catch a break there!) 1 x Azure Damsel 1 x Blue Star Leopard Wrasse LPS & Soft Stubborn Ass Maxima Clam About 3 baby heads off my branching hammer colony (about 1/2" each) Orange Plate Coral Most Acans - Though they look like hot garbage. Most are skeletal and super bleached, but I think they'll recover eventually. I've seen them bounce back from the dead before. Green & Orange Ricordias Red Rhodactis 'shroom Z's & P's Fire & Ice - Most; Though their coloration has changed dramatically Goblin's Fire - Most Blue Hornets - Most Random Green Dragon's Eyes - All (of course) Valentine's Day Massacre - There were only a handful to begin with, but one mini colony (about 6 or so) survived. Tyree Space Monsters - Most PZ Solar Circus - I had one big polyp before, now I have two... go figure Pink Kraks - Looking better than before (probably the increased nutrients in the water?) Hallucinations - 1 mature & 1 juvi Flaming Mohican - The one polyp has popped a new baby since the crash Rainbow Incinerator - 2 adults look better than before Fruit Loops - Two little groups (<10) survived and appear to be doing well Blondies - Two small groups (<15) survived. Their coloration has changed quite a bit as well. Oranges have been accentuated, blues muted. Gold Mauls - Most 1 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Since it's been a while since I've posted any photos, and I'm still too embarrassed to show my tank, here's a shot from the Orange County Fair this past weekend with my niece Hannah: 9 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'm so happy to hear about all that DID survive. I know it was still a crushing blow, but I'm happy some made it through. And love the photo of you at the fair with your niece! Very sweet. 1 Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Just got back from a 10 day backpacking trip in Wyoming to find a very dirty, very algae-filled, but otherwise living reef tank. I spent about 2 hours cleaning the tank yesterday. I'm somewhere in between the red/brown stage and green stage of my re-cycle, so the tank was ugly, especially the "fuge" that's seemed to have turned into a breeding ground for GHA. After a lot of manual removal of diatomatic algae in the display, and green algae in the fuge, things are looking pretty good. The inhabitants look pretty healthy, aside from the Acans which are still in various stages of recovery (or non-recovery). I've even noticed a little bit of coralline growing in the display. The goood/encouraging news is that I put a couple Millepora frags into the tank before I left, kind of like canaries in the mine-shaft, and they both survived the last 2 weeks. I rescaped the tank yesterday, and put them the SPS in slightly more appropriate positions (with better light & flow), and will continue to monitor their condition. The new scape is a little more open than the last version, which will hopefully allow for better overall water movement, and less shading. I tried to move the established zoanthid colonies around so that they have more room to grow, and don't necessarily take up all the best real estate. I also tried to incorporate the rift concept that I like so much. The main background structure is high on the left and low on the right (like before), but lines up to a smaller foreground structure on the left, opposite a nice rift that runs all the way through, highlighted by (what will eventually be) nice clean, white sand. It needs some more work before I glue everything together, but the effect is pretty cool, and looks like a single large piece cracked in two, leaving a valley with tall straight walls facing each other. Right now they're too close together, but I plan on separating them a bit, which will allow for a neat area for corals to grow. Here's a shot showing the current configuration. It's a work in progress, but I like the idea so far: Going through this re-cycle is annoying, but I assume it'll run it's course, just like the initial cycle. 8 Quote Link to comment
charnelhouse Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Glad to see you having some success with the redux 1 Quote Link to comment
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