Lula_Mae Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 4 hours ago, fishfreak0114 said: I think my plan B is an anchor hocking jar. Or I have the odd vase around the house I could use. I think I'm going to check the thrift store for a coffee maker as plan A. I think I could deal with the small water volume, and I figure I could actually fit a heater in. I approve of Anchor Hocking jar. Not that I'm biased or anything. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 Time for a couple quick updates! The lights are still out, and soon it will have been 4 weeks! (If I'm remembering correctly) Frank looked much better after the dip/fragging PA071271 by orb1915, on Flickr PA071272 by orb1915, on Flickr The cloves mostly jumped ship, but I found the missing piece and reattached it. Open and happy PA071273 by orb1915, on Flickr Here's the piece I found on the sand PA071274 by orb1915, on Flickr Glued back on PA081279 by orb1915, on Flickr I LOVE the newest blasto. it looks really pretty in the sunlight PA071275 by orb1915, on Flickr The toadstool is healing PA081278 by orb1915, on Flickr Found a feather duster in the base of the green blasto PA081281 by orb1915, on Flickr polyps growingPA081282 by orb1915, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 At last, I've got an RO/DI! PA201335 by orb1915, on Flickr I also got some more epoxy, because I seem to go through the stuff pretty quick PA201337 by orb1915, on Flickr The RO/DI was packaged very well PA201338 by orb1915, on Flickr PA201339 by orb1915, on Flickr The white spot anemone shrimp evicted Jacob from the RFA! It used to be big enough to share, but it has shrunk considerably with the lack of light I'm quite frustrated with the whole light thing. Why won't the power supply just get here already?! I have no idea where it's at. PA201341 by orb1915, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Nice! Spectrapure is the way to go. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 12 minutes ago, Halo_003 said: Nice! Spectrapure is the way to go. I'm so excited to have access to water 24/7! Now I can do water changes everyday if I feel like it (though I can't see that happening haha). Quote Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 26 minutes ago, fishfreak0114 said: I'm so excited to have access to water 24/7! Now I can do water changes everyday if I feel like it (though I can't see that happening haha). It's the ultimate luxury to not have to go to a LFS just for water. Honestly I'd say it's almost a bigger deal than an ATO in terms of convenience. 2 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Just now, Halo_003 said: It's the ultimate luxury to not have to go to a LFS just for water. Honestly I'd say it's almost a bigger deal than an ATO in terms of convenience. I used tap water for the first 2.5 years, but something changed not long ago. I have no LFS near me, so every water change was costing $8 in distilled water! This is gonna be nice. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I just recently picked up a used spectrapure, haven't gotten to set it up yet though. 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: I just recently picked up a used spectrapure, haven't gotten to set it up yet though. I haven't got mine set up yet either, hopefully this weekend. I'll have to take a break from horror movies to do some fish stuff! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Some crappy news. The RFA is MIA. It hasn't dealt well with lights out and has shrunk pretty small. It went for a walk (I assume, since it's not where it used to be) and I can't find it! . I want my brown RFA back! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 So, no big surprise but I didn't get the RO/DI set up this weekend. Aside from carving pumpkins and eating candy while watching numerous horror movies, I didn't accomplish a whole lot. The anemone shrimp has taken a liking to the toadstool lately PA271382 by orb1915, on Flickr And I found my RFA! It popped up not too far from where it started. PA271384 by orb1915, on Flickr I haven't cleaned the glass since the lights went out so it needs a REALLY good scraping. I picked up two of these snails just over a week ago. They're performance is....underwhelming. They barely move PA281385 by orb1915, on Flickr And I think this is a big stoma! I haven't seen it before. It's nice to see that some hitchhiker critters made it through the electrocution. I hope I get babies. Do I need two for that? PA281387 by orb1915, on Flickr I also saw two limpets at the same time. At last I know that I'm not just seeing the same one over and over all over the tank PA281388 by orb1915, on Flickr PA281392 by orb1915, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 We have light!!!!!!! After 47 days in the dark, the lights are on again! Lots of things look rough, and now that I can actually see it's time to assess the damage. The power supply arrived yesterday, and I switched it out yesterday evening. It's amazing to see in the tank again. I didn't realize how heavily the light situation was weighing on me, but it feels like I can breathe again. Before scraping the glass PB031416 by orb1915, on FlickrPB031439 by orb1915, on Flickr After scraping the glass PB031429 by orb1915, on Flickr Blastos PB031435 by orb1915, on Flickr My planted tank didn't get light during this time either because its light was on the reef. It needs some serious TLC.PB031414 by orb1915, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 27 minutes ago, fishfreak0114 said: We have light!!!!!!! After 47 days in the dark, the lights are on again! Lots of things look rough, and now that I can actually see it's time to assess the damage. The power supply arrived yesterday, and I switched it out yesterday evening. It's amazing to see in the tank again. I didn't realize how heavily the light situation was weighing on me, but it feels like I can breathe again. Before scraping the glass PB031416 by orb1915, on FlickrPB031439 by orb1915, on Flickr After scraping the glass PB031429 by orb1915, on Flickr Blastos PB031435 by orb1915, on Flickr My planted tank didn't get light during this time either because its light was on the reef. It needs some serious TLC.PB031414 by orb1915, on Flickr Yay light!! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 26 minutes ago, WV Reefer said: Yay light!! I hope I don't have the lights too high! They're about a third of what they used to be. Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 I still need to take an in depth look at everything, but I was at the house briefly today and I noticed a couple things, good and bad, right away. Good: The dendro is healthy, the blastos are super puffy, Frank is expanding, the zoas are opening, the leathers look as though the lights never went out. Seriously, it looks like a couple grew a bit! Bad: the pink Duncan is gone, on of the other duncans lost a head, the RFA is small (but I did locate it again), Frank has a couple heads that might bail (but most look healthy, keeping a close eye), the last couple baby plates are pretty much gone, the St. Thomas shroom is really dark, but I think it'll be ok, the watermelon and budgie favias didn't survive. I took a couple quick pics with my mom's Samsung today. It takes better pictures than my iPhone 4. FTS! 20171104_165205_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165220_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165237_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165245_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165253_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165315_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 On 11/4/2017 at 10:58 PM, fishfreak0114 said: I still need to take an in depth look at everything, but I was at the house briefly today and I noticed a couple things, good and bad, right away. Good: The dendro is healthy, the blastos are super puffy, Frank is expanding, the zoas are opening, the leathers look as though the lights never went out. Seriously, it looks like a couple grew a bit! Bad: the pink Duncan is gone, on of the other duncans lost a head, the RFA is small (but I did locate it again), Frank has a couple heads that might bail (but most look healthy, keeping a close eye), the last couple baby plates are pretty much gone, the St. Thomas shroom is really dark, but I think it'll be ok, the watermelon and budgie favias didn't survive. I took a couple quick pics with my mom's Samsung today. It takes better pictures than my iPhone 4. FTS! 20171104_165205_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165220_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165237_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165245_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165253_resized by orb1915, on Flickr 20171104_165315_resized by orb1915, on Flickr Yayyy! Stuff looks surprisingly good after so long with no lights. Sorry about the losses. 1 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Wow, that was a long time without lights. I am happy the tank looks so good in spite of the hardships it has endured. 'What doesn't kill it makes it stronger' is an appropriate quote for your tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 7 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Yayyy! Stuff looks surprisingly good after so long with no lights. Sorry about the losses. Thanks . The losses are unfortunate, but I think it could have been a lot worse. I'm amazed how well most things did without proper light. The green cabbage leather expanded to it's massive size every day. I'm pretty sure it's the reason the RFA moved. It was getting too close. 3 hours ago, vlangel said: Wow, that was a long time without lights. I am happy the tank looks so good in spite of the hardships it has endured. 'What doesn't kill it makes it stronger' is an appropriate quote for your tank! When the lights first went out, I thought they would be out for two weeks max. A month and a half was certainly more than planned! Very fitting quote! The corals in my tank are strong survivors. Next on my to do list is rescape the right side, attach the rest of my coral, and watch things grow. Hopefully there are no serious problems for a long time to come 4 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 It's been a while, so here's a quick FTS to show that things are still alive and well. Might I note that I still haven't set up my RO/DI. I bought distilled yet again for a water change a week ago. My mom took care of the tank last week while I was at Bamfield Marine Science Center for a school trip. It was a ton of fun! Right before I left, the dendro did its weird tissue loss thing. My mom fed it once while I was gone, and it is already mostly regenerated. I barely bat an eye when I walk out and see it without flesh anymore. PB190529 by orb1915, on Flickr Happy puffy blastos PB190524 by orb1915, on Flickr PB170515 by orb1915, on Flickr Between melting and shrinking from lights out, and my moving some to the pico, the zoa rock is looking pretty thin. I hope the ones in the pico do alright, they already weren't in full health. PB170517 by orb1915, on Flickr The toadstool nub is growing into a regular head pretty quick! It has been a neat process to watch PB170518 by orb1915, on Flickr It's also growing these weird nubs on the side. Anyone know what they are? PB180523 by orb1915, on Flickr PB180522 by orb1915, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Stuff looks great! You'd barely know the lights were out so long! 1 Quote Link to comment
gogeta Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 It doesn't look like it was affected too badly with that long without light! 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 8 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Stuff looks great! You'd barely know the lights were out so long! 4 hours ago, gogeta said: It doesn't look like it was affected too badly with that long without light! I was quite surprised! I've gotta say, I love being able to come home and actually look at things. Now that the light is back in order, I'm considering rescaping the right side so that I can just let things grow in 1 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 I have a couple quick updates, and I could use some advice. First off, I saw Garth!!!!!!! For the first time since he went in the tank I found him! He's pretty big now. He has a number of entrances to his burrow. He was acting weird after lights out. He came out and started swimming all over. He also snapped at Jacob the porcelain crab in his loud aggressive pistol shrimp way. To point number two, Jacob is missing a claw and a leg! It was either Garth or Leonardo I think. Third, I think Joe the Halloween hermit it dead I saw little Joe bits and his shell appears to be empty. I vote murder. Leonardo the emerald crab was picking at my blastos, and may have committed crabicide and assault, so for now (when I can catch him) he will be banished to my hang-on fuge. I'm pretty sure Wayne is dead, as I did not locate him at any of the new found burrow entrances So....... A) What should I do with Leonardo? risk leaving him in the tank? Re-home him? Banish him to the refugium in the back chambers? b. Who is voted the homicide/assault offender? Garth or Leonardo? C) I forget what else I needed to ask. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 A. Never trust a crab B. Never trust a crab C. Never trust a crab could the halloween have moved shells? The porcelain might have have had a bad molt and lost some parts...... maybe? the Pistol would be my guess for murders, that’s kind of what they do. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 2 hours ago, WV Reefer said: A. Never trust a crab B. Never trust a crab C. Never trust a crab could the halloween have moved shells? The porcelain might have have had a bad molt and lost some parts...... maybe? the Pistol would be my guess for murders, that’s kind of what they do. my last two were so good though I'm not sure if the Halloween switched shells, but I'll keep an eye out for him. The reason I figured he was dead was because I saw tiny bits of his legs drifting around, but I suppose that could be a molt. I might end up putting Leonardo in the refugium in the back. There is a decent clump of macro for him. I really hope the pistol doesn't start killing things. He so cute! Perhaps look are deceiving. Quote Link to comment
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