mbarton2010 Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 I'm just not getting any real growth so I'm hoping the kalk will kickstart it. My LFS started a cal reactor on his tank and stuff exploded with growth so I should expect even a little growth with the extra calc and dKH Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 10 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Unless the crab tries to eat my hand it won't satisfy my need for danger like The Creep provided. Hm good point! Shelby just ate other crab legs, probably corals, mysis and pellets and attacked the feeding tongs. Still was scared of my hand! 1 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 So I was examining the rocks and I found some strange polyps. I thought it might be hydroids but then I looked closer.......... Xenia out of nowhere 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 4 hours ago, Mkbarton said: So I was examining the rocks and I found some strange polyps. I thought it might be hydroids but then I looked closer.......... Xenia out of nowhere Er, better than aiptasia? 1 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 35 minutes ago, SemperReef said: I like xenia. Me too. Had it in my old tank. But this is the first I've seen it in this tank. It's so tiny too. I've heard it spreads like crazy but this is unheard of. I must have walked past some in a frag tank and it got my clothes ??? 4 1 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 Just feel like doing a current livestock list Fish: Tiny clownfish, one-eyed Wheelers Goby Inverts: Tiger banded pistol shrimp, Pom Pom Crab, emerald crab, peppermint shrimp, 2 RFA,s some snails and a hermit Coral: SPS: Green Birdnest, Monti Cap, pocclipora, Golden Chalice LPS: Torch, Hammer, Acans, maze brain, Favia Zoas: Purple Hornets, Eagle Eyes, Scrambled Eggs, Gatorades, and some grey and purplish ones and some Green implosion palys Softies: Rics and Devils hand leather , hitchhiker xenia 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 And picking up a nice frag of some of the most beautiful Magician Palys I've ever seen this week. My LFS has been growing them out and should be ready to frag 2 Quote Link to comment
SemperReef Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 1 hour ago, Mkbarton said: Just feel like doing a current livestock list Fish: Tiny clownfish, one-eyed Wheelers Goby Inverts: Tiger banded pistol shrimp, Pom Pom Crab, emerald crab, peppermint shrimp, 2 RFA,s some snails and a hermit Coral: SPS: Green Birdnest, Monti Cap, pocclipora, Golden Chalice LPS: Torch, Hammer, Acans, maze brain, Favia Zoas: Purple Hornets, Eagle Eyes, Scrambled Eggs, Gatorades, and some grey and purplish ones and some Green implosion palys Softies: Rics and Devils hand leather , hitchhiker xenia I am looking forward to getting mine wet this week 1 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Made a quick frag rack too. With eggcrate and magnets from an old powerhead and silicone Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 10 hours ago, Mkbarton said: Me too. Had it in my old tank. But this is the first I've seen it in this tank. It's so tiny too. I've heard it spreads like crazy but this is unheard of. I must have walked past some in a frag tank and it got my clothes ??? I once had blue clove polyps sprout from a rock I'd had at least a year! 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 26 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: I once had blue clove polyps sprout from a rock I'd had at least a year! They have like double since I first saw them yesterday. I honestly have no clue how I never notified them before Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Mkbarton said: They have like double since I first saw them yesterday. I honestly have no clue how I never notified them before Wow, they're moving fast for the takeover! 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 All the hitchikers and microfauna I've discovered: amphipods, asterina stars, chitons, bristle stars, spaghetti worms, some unID'ed filter feeder on my torch skeleton, and stomatella 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Picked up the Red Magicians frag. Also got a decent mixed zoa frag (like20+polyps) and an acro frag to test. Got my kalk in my ATO too. Pics when they get settled in 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 One of the new frags 4 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Zoa garden is coming along nicely 4 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 Picked up some more coral 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 The small frag actually broke off the big frag so I just glued it to a frag plug. I can't wait for the new monti to grow!! 6 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Mkbarton said: The small frag actually broke off the big frag so I just glued it to a frag plug. I can't wait for the new monti to grow!! Very nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 So I found out why my tank almost flooded! Damn snail! I built a snail guard out of eggcrate for my float switch Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Mkbarton said: So I found out why my tank almost flooded! Damn snail! I built a snail guard out of eggcrate for my float switch lol snail's like "I feel like the salinity is too high, let me adjust that for you!" 1 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 37 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: lol snail's like "I feel like the salinity is too high, let me adjust that for you!" It was just starting to spill over the top! I walked in and saw water dribbling down the side and a damn snail on the float! I'm in the big reef tank today. Saltwater fishing for some flounder and speckled trout and maybe a redfish or two! 2 Quote Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 Caught some pretty nice speckled Trout. I also caught 2 Spanish mackerel and a lot of bluefish. I had 4 mantis shrimp in my bait bucket of shrimp too! All together probably caught 50 specks but only these were big enough to keep 5 Quote Link to comment
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