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3 hours ago, JoeMan02 said:

@fishfreak0114 just out of curiosity, do you have a canadian accent?;):lol:

Yep :lol: The first time I went to Disneyland a guy asked me if I was from Canada.  I was pretty confused until he said that I had said "eh".  I don't even notice it!

 

3 hours ago, Pjanssen said:

Glad to see things are looking better.

Me too :)

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23 hours ago, fishfreak0114 said:

Today's FTS

36788325725_afb9559f6b_k.jpgP8230756 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

The dendro is starting to re-recover.  The electricity seemed to be a setback for it (understandably) and I wasn't sure it would be able to bounce back because it was already in rough shape.

36788322665_231b01ec44_k.jpgP8230758 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

Watermelon favia looks about the same as before now

36788319865_16a5419d79_k.jpgP8230759 by orb1915, on Flickr

36788317165_637f6df465_k.jpgP8230760 by orb1915, on Flickr

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I'm happy to say that my feather dusters are coming out again.  Only a few were peeking out yesterday :)

36391425430_1eddd9055d_k.jpgP8230768 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

You can see that there is a tiny bit of tissue left on the purple sun blasto (front one).  I refuse to give up hope!  The one behind is even has the main polyp growing back.  I was pretty sure it was just a skeleton there, but this morning it had flesh again!

36649310881_eecd349e6b_k.jpgP8230769 by orb1915, on Flickr

35953853974_5c6a86b670_k.jpgP8230771 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

35953851664_6e903147de_k.jpgP8230772 by orb1915, on Flickr

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I also thought this one was pretty much dead because there is VERY little tissue left.  This morning, however, I noticed that there is one little one nearly intact on the side.

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Bernard and Jim were hanging out together this morning.  It was cute :wub:

36788282015_bcae3351cb_k.jpgP8230781 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

The nuclear greens drastically changed color after the incident. 

35979402593_b291a2fb80_k.jpgP8230783 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

I think this one is going to have its polyps out soon

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I spotted a little feather duster in the frosty berry blasto's skeleton!

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As long as there is flesh on the blastos, I would leave them in (or even if not) because I have heard stories of LPS coming back from skeletal remains. :) Glad things are looking up!

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1 minute ago, Lula_Mae said:

As long as there is flesh on the blastos, I would leave them in (or even if not) because I have heard stories of LPS coming back from skeletal remains. :) Glad things are looking up!

I'm definitely going to leave them in.  I refuse to give up on my favorites!  After seeing tissue appear on the one polyp that has seemed dead for a while I know anything is possible :)

 

2 minutes ago, gogeta said:

Glad to hear the tanks on the rebound after all the drama

I'm pretty happy with how quickly things are coming around.  I thought it would take a lot longer!

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3 minutes ago, TILTON said:

Great news!  Hope things continue to get better.  

 

You have some weird fish names haha.

Thanks :)

 

:lol: If you think those are weird, don't even get me started on our cichlids' names.  I almost named my clownfish bitch, that would have been a bit weirder I think.  Instead I opted for the more friendly "Queen Bee" (AKA Queen Bitch when she starts biting).

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15 minutes ago, Madcat said:

So glad everything is looking so good! But... your feather dusters super creep me out. :lol:

IKR?!  I try to avoid putting my hand in there :wacko:

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57 minutes ago, fishfreak0114 said:

IKR?!  I try to avoid putting my hand in there :wacko:

It's like that scene from The Little Mermaid when she's swimming ominously into Ursula's lair, with the poor sea polyp creatures trying to stop her... :wacko:

 

Sorry for ruining that movie for you now. :D

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You know, I'm not sure if I've ever actually watched the little mermaid!  Probably when I was younger. Now whenever I happen to watch it (I'd like to soon) I'm going to be thinking of that!

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6 hours ago, fishfreak0114 said:

You know, I'm not sure if I've ever actually watched the little mermaid!  Probably when I was younger. Now whenever I happen to watch it (I'd like to soon) I'm going to be thinking of that!

:o

 

It's the first movie I ever remember seeing in theaters, my dad took my sister and me.  I was about five.  That'll date me. :lol:

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Today is my Grandpa's 77th birthday so I baked him a cake!  This was actually the second attempt.  For the first try, I used a cake recipe I hadn't tried before, whole wheat flour because that's what my grandpa bought, and the whole thing fell apart coming out of the pans because they weren't lined with parchment! :lol:

 

The second time around I used my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe, and a ton of icing! I had meant to make a two tier cake, but I had enough batter for three, and I had WAY too much icing.  Had I used it all, it would have been equal parts cake and icing!

 

36432049560_283a34b0e9_b.jpgcake 2 edited by orb1915, on Flickr

36432047620_f1b93a63be_b.jpgcake edited by orb1915, on Flickr

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54 minutes ago, fishfreak0114 said:

The sitter said everything is still okay :) I see that the blastos are starting to puff up, and there are more zoas open.

36828850815_054b6dae78_b.jpgimage1 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

I am SO happy to see these improvements!!!

and that CAKE!!! 

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1 hour ago, fishfreak0114 said:

Today is my Grandpa's 77th birthday so I baked him a cake!  This was actually the second attempt.  For the first try, I used a cake recipe I hadn't tried before, whole wheat flour because that's what my grandpa bought, and the whole thing fell apart coming out of the pans because they weren't lined with parchment! :lol:

 

The second time around I used my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe, and a ton of icing! I had meant to make a two tier cake, but I had enough batter for three, and I had WAY too much icing.  Had I used it all, it would have been equal parts cake and icing!

 

36432049560_283a34b0e9_b.jpgcake 2 edited by orb1915, on Flickr

36432047620_f1b93a63be_b.jpgcake edited by orb1915, on Flickr

 

19 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said:

 

I am SO happy to see these improvements!!!

and that CAKE!!! 

That cake indeed!

 

:lol:

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1 hour ago, Weetabix7 said:

 

I am SO happy to see these improvements!!!

and that CAKE!!! 

Thanks :) 

 

1 hour ago, Lula_Mae said:

 

That cake indeed!

 

:lol:

:lol: 

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2 hours ago, Lula_Mae said:

 

That cake indeed!

 

:lol:

I showed the video to my little cousins and they killed themselves laughing!

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4 minutes ago, fishfreak0114 said:

I showed the video to my little cousins and they killed themselves laughing!

You should find this guy's "Hamster on a piano" vid, I love it! :wub:

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2 hours ago, Lula_Mae said:

You should find this guy's "Hamster on a piano" vid, I love it! :wub:

I love cute animal videos :wub:

 

1 hour ago, teenyreef said:

Chocolate cake :wub:

It turned out good :) 

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I got home this afternoon and went straight to the reef like normal.  And what did I see?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY CORALS!!!!!! I mean, as happy as corals can be a week after being electrocuted.  Lots of improvements!

 

I cleaned the front glass quickly (AKA not very well) with a  razor so I could grab some pics.  Any pictures taken from the sides are really bad, but that's alright.

 

FTS

36857704555_603a2752ef_k.jpgP8270831 by orb1915, on Flickr

36718200881_3c572a6dd0_k.jpgP8270832 by orb1915, on Flickr

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I thought the pink Duncan was dead, but no, there's still a few small heads.   At least one bailed out though

36718200061_1ae76194d5_k.jpgP8270837 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

That ultima blasto and frosty berry look really good.  I'm very happy that those two and the green are doing pretty well, because those 3 are my favorites

36857704145_d579b40e0a_k.jpgP8270839 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

Are the heads pooping in unison or is it expelling zooxanthellae?  Usually I wouldn't worry about it, but after recent events I might be a little paranoid.

36718200031_e112c5a9b4_k.jpgP8270840 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

Still not happy but quite improved

36718199521_02affcb551_k.jpgP8270841 by orb1915, on Flickr

36718199291_af9eee13c3_k.jpgP8270843 by orb1915, on Flickr

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36718198861_45d81095d5_k.jpgP8270845 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

You can see that there is still tissue on the blasto in the front and the right.  Fingers crossed they make a come back! I'm going to start feeding frozen to the least-healthy corals soon.  I held off last week because I was concerned about ammonia.  My fish will be happy to be fed frozen again, I've only given them flake two or three times since last Sunday.

36718198791_f4dc180a6f_k.jpgP8270847 by orb1915, on Flickr

36048667693_f2bcbdcfb9_k.jpgP8270848 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

I'm not sure what happened to this red coralline.  Perhaps it was the electricity?

36718198571_18c95204f8_k.jpgP8270853 by orb1915, on Flickr

 

The Japanese leather is just beginning to expand.  After the incident, there were a couple spots on the stalk that looked like blisters sort of.  They're gone now :)

36718198331_ba888e0f92_k.jpgP8270854 by orb1915, on Flickr

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