ReefWeeds Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Aww sorry about the losses, Merth but I'm excited to see what comes next! 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 32 minutes ago, stellablue said: Aww sorry about the losses, Merth but I'm excited to see what comes next! Thank you Stella I appreciate being able to bounce silly ideas off of you! Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 Little bit of ugliness going on in the tank. This is expected though after a move. I think the front and center rock is not worth keeping, I do not like those blah palys on it and it has quite a bit of hair algae going on. Some of the polyps are opening slowly, the merlettis are a complete loss as well as most of my mushrooms. One of the fish stores around home is having an anniversary sale in a few weeks, we will see how the tank is going by then. I still would like to sell the clowns to someone. Any nano-reefers in the KC metro? Maybe a trade? The captain America palys are still alive, hopefully they will regain their colors. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Merthynia said: Little bit of ugliness going on in the tank. This is expected though after a move. I think the front and center rock is not worth keeping, I do not like those blah palys on it and it has quite a bit of hair algae going on. Some of the polyps are opening slowly, the merlettis are a complete loss as well as most of my mushrooms. One of the fish stores around home is having an anniversary sale in a few weeks, we will see how the tank is going by then. I still would like to sell the clowns to someone. Any nano-reefers in the KC metro? Maybe a trade? The captain America palys are still alive, hopefully they will regain their colors. Sorry your tank's having such a rough go right now Hope things perk up soon! 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 15 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Sorry your tank's having such a rough go right now Hope things perk up soon! Thanks! I'm sure it will. Just have to get through all the uglies first 2 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Found my blue legged coral banded shrimp stuck to the powerhead today. Removed all the dead coral skeletons from the sand and scrubbed the glass a bit. The three fish are still alive and two hermit crabs. Found out that the LFS that I was super excited about has flatworms after I bought coral from them and got them home. I found them during the dip, so I did an extended dip/rinse with flatworm Exit included and a super close inspection. I've had flatworms in the past and don't really want to go through all of that again either. Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 16 minutes ago, Merthynia said: Found my blue legged coral banded shrimp stuck to the powerhead today. Removed all the dead coral skeletons from the sand and scrubbed the glass a bit. The three fish are still alive and two hermit crabs. Found out that the LFS that I was super excited about has flatworms after I bought coral from them and got them home. I found them during the dip, so I did an extended dip/rinse with flatworm Exit included and a super close inspection. I've had flatworms in the past and don't really want to go through all of that again either. At least the fish and crabs are still alive? 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 2 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: At least the fish and crabs are still alive? Exactly. I think the stress of moving was a bit too much. It's so hard to move far with salt water livestock in July. 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 12 hours ago, Merthynia said: Found my blue legged coral banded shrimp stuck to the powerhead today. Removed all the dead coral skeletons from the sand and scrubbed the glass a bit. The three fish are still alive and two hermit crabs. Found out that the LFS that I was super excited about has flatworms after I bought coral from them and got them home. I found them during the dip, so I did an extended dip/rinse with flatworm Exit included and a super close inspection. I've had flatworms in the past and don't really want to go through all of that again either. That sucks!! The last time I bought from one of my favorite LFS it was a hammer that had flatworms all over it... sooooo disappointing. Is that the only one in the area? (and what did you get?!?!) Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 On 8/10/2017 at 8:23 AM, kimberbee said: That sucks!! The last time I bought from one of my favorite LFS it was a hammer that had flatworms all over it... sooooo disappointing. Is that the only one in the area? (and what did you get?!?!) It seems to be the one closest to me. The others are a good 30-45 minute drive from what I can see. I got a little colony of zoas, a single head Duncan and a small speck of lepto. Surprisingly the grandis palys seem to have survived even though they were in the bucket where everything crashed. Did a waterchange and cleaned off the glass a bit. Still plenty of ugliness going on. Captain America palys look slightly more colorful, but still extremely dull. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Just fed the tank so everything is looking a bit pissed. I don't know why I always forget to take pictures prior to feeding. I got a shipment of coral in this week from Cherry Corals. The less atinic looking pictures were taken from before the war on the cyano. Sharp-eyed people may notice the rocks have changed too. I took out that rock covered in invasive palys/hair algae and put a different rock in to help rid myself of pests. I haven't decided completely if I like the changes made or not, but it's a good step into the right direction. 3 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 You have pink hippos . My favorite palythoa. Unfortunately I always have trouble keeping them alive. I'm going to try again when I go to RAP . What all did you get from Cherry Corals? Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted September 1, 2017 Author Share Posted September 1, 2017 21 hours ago, gena said: You have pink hippos . My favorite palythoa. Unfortunately I always have trouble keeping them alive. I'm going to try again when I go to RAP . What all did you get from Cherry Corals? I do?! Which ones? Green eye Merletti, two nice sized clusters of unnamed zoas, gobstoppers, something they are calling a pinkurple hammer, cc daydreams (this might be the pink hippo?), cc juicy fruit acans, and teal blasto merlettis. I HAVE to find some of my old zoanthids and palys that did so well in my tank, but I can't figure out where to buy some of them at. 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Merthynia said: I do?! Which ones? Green eye Merletti, two nice sized clusters of unnamed zoas, gobstoppers, something they are calling a pinkurple hammer, cc daydreams (this might be the pink hippo?), cc juicy fruit acans, and teal blasto merlettis. I HAVE to find some of my old zoanthids and palys that did so well in my tank, but I can't figure out where to buy some of them at. Looks like it!!!!! in the second to last photo above. The bright green centered with pink outside, palys. 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 8/31/2017 at 8:42 PM, gena said: Looks like it!!!!! in the second to last photo above. The bright green centered with pink outside, palys. They seem to be doing okay so far. Another waterchange with some pictures. I need to get my other tide back on the tank so I can use the photomode and get slightly better colored pictures. Although I'm mostly just documenting growth and making sure everything is alive still at this point. 3 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Heck yah!!!!! Everything looks plump and happy . 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, gena said: Heck yah!!!!! Everything looks plump and happy . I need to figure out my plan for the merlettis! I love them! Maybe rearrange the rock a bit more so I can get them growing in a cluster. 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 7 minutes ago, Merthynia said: I need to figure out my plan for the merlettis! I love them! Maybe rearrange the rock a bit more so I can get them growing in a cluster. For sure! THey will take over quite fast if you feed them regularly. 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Just now, gena said: For sure! THey will take over quite fast if you feed them regularly. That's what I like to hear! 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Your green eyed merlettis look a little like the ones I have in the 10g. Mine don't have as much purple around the edges, but that might just be a difference due to lighting or water conditions. 1 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted September 7, 2017 Author Share Posted September 7, 2017 19 hours ago, teenyreef said: Your green eyed merlettis look a little like the ones I have in the 10g. Mine don't have as much purple around the edges, but that might just be a difference due to lighting or water conditions. They are so pretty! I need to work on taking time and trying to get some true to life pictures of my coral. They do have a ton of purple on them for sure!! 2 Quote Link to comment
Merthynia Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Went to a LFS anniversary sale this past weekend. I've been going to them for years now at this point and figured might as well. These are my freebies that I got hooked up with, Rachel from Seachem was extremely friendly and knowledgeable about the products! Also went to a few more LFS down here in the KC metro area and decided to give these babies a try. The aquaforest products look great and I wouldn't mind using them...but the price tag is extremely steep! Spent some time toodling around and found my street! Last but not least, I also picked up some goodies from the anniversary sale. A frag of zoas, blue clove polyps, and a frag of photosynthetic purple sponge. I also found some little critters to bring home with me! For now I'll give you this little sneak peek! 2 Quote Link to comment
Rene Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Wow! Those grandis palys are amazing! Quote Link to comment
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