lkoechle Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 MR CLING IS EATING YOU GUYS! I totally expected him to take off. But HE ATTACKED. It was crazy. @skoechle was taking photos at first so we missed the "frenzy" but we did video him eating the last two pieces! 11 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 love the tube coral!!! just bought selcon recently. should have gotten SELCO Boost instead. oooops. 2 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 16 minutes ago, lkoechle said: MR CLING IS EATING YOU GUYS! I totally expected him to take off. But HE ATTACKED. It was crazy. @skoechle was taking photos at first so we missed the "frenzy" but we did video him eating the last two pieces! Ohmigosh, he is WILD!!! 3 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Since there haven't been any ammonia readings for 5 days, I test nitrites and nitrates to see what else is going on. Yes, this is the first time I have actually tested. lol Everything has looked incredibly healthy so I haven't felt any need to check. But I want to see where the cycle is. Ammonia- 0 Nitrites- .2 Nitrates- 10 Looks pretty darn good considering I have been feeding organisms this whole time too. From my previous tanks, nitrites should hit 0 tomorrow or the day after. I am hoping to get my second shipment this week. So fingers crossed for me to be right! 7 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 On 5/13/2017 at 5:00 PM, lkoechle said: Well, if there's still zero ammonia by Wednesday, I plan on getting the rest by friday hopefully! Then the "big reveal"! It's making me want to set my 10 back up next to the 14 and just get live rock! So cool. Love that little cling fish! 2 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 14 minutes ago, stellablue said: It's making me want to set my 10 back up next to the 14 and just get live rock! So cool. Love that little cling fish! you totally should I am definitely keeping at least one "natural" reef now. Its been so fun so far discovering all my little inhabitants. And, I agree, Mr. Cling is the bomb. He came out to eat last night too. So I am thinking his survival chances are looking pretty good. 6 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 minute ago, lkoechle said: you totally should I am definitely keeping at least one "natural" reef now. Its been so fun so far discovering all my little inhabitants. And, I agree, Mr. Cling is the bomb. He came out to eat last night too. So I am thinking his survival chances are looking pretty good. I ordered feeder shrimp from the guy Vangel gets them from and they came with a little hitchhiker goby! I didn't think he had much chances for survival, but almost a year later, he's doing great and currently resides in my macro tank he's also doubled in size! I named him Free Willy since he was free lol 6 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 7 minutes ago, stellablue said: I ordered feeder shrimp from the guy Vangel gets them from and they came with a little hitchhiker goby! I didn't think he had much chances for survival, but almost a year later, he's doing great and currently resides in my macro tank he's also doubled in size! I named him Free Willy since he was free lol cool! what kind of goby? 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 1 minute ago, lkoechle said: cool! what kind of goby? You know, I really don't know. I'll have to get a photo. I haven't been able to identify him 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 I was feeding the corals today and Mr. Cling made a rare daytime appearance. I got a better video of him. I dunno, but I think he's a fat little fish. lol Took some photos of other critters. I made a discovery on the backside of the rock (which faces the mirror and I can only see by looking at the mirror). Two Tunicate colonies, or at least I think that's what they are. Porcelain Crab because they are adorable. I seriously love these guys. so cute! Some kind of anemone Pretty white sponge thing. It looks like a doily lol I think this is called a chicken liver sponge. But I'm not sure. So, I find this feather duster creepy because it does remind you its a worm. and worms freak me out (you can see two little antennae in the center) Not creepy feather duster. The Amazing Mr. Cling. And I do plan on identifying everything... Which is a daunting task... Hours of entertainment for me though. lol 11 Quote Link to comment
Mariaface Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Honestly. When are you revealing the vendor. 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, Mariaface said: Honestly. When are you revealing the vendor. Inquiring minds want to know! 3 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 13 minutes ago, Mariaface said: Honestly. When are you revealing the vendor. Second shipment. Which I will call for when the nitrites hit 0 so hopefully this week. Trust me, I am as anxious as you. I want my mantis shrimp. lol And I want to re-do my first post which will be a massive write-up (SPOILER TAGS EVERYWHERE!) with all of my research and stuff. I'm tired of having it sitting in a word doc. But I can't do that either until the second shipment ( @skoechle says it gives too much away) . Hopefully this week If my nitrites are zero tomorrow, I'll call him and maybe it can be here before the weekend. I don't know if he already has my stuff in holding tanks (I know he has my mantis) or if he needs to go diving. So it will really depend on that and then diving weather. 4 Quote Link to comment
Boggers Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Tunicate is correct, I had some for 6 months before they were all dead/eaten. I really dig the clingfish and that fact it took to food so fast. 4 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Love this tank! Everyday is simething new! 5 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 That's so awesome that you love your tank so much. I have to admit that I'm not feeling all that excited about mine. Must figure something out to get me there 3 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 @Mariaface e-mailed for my second shipment this morning Haven't heard back from him yet though. Fingers crossed its this week! I wanted everything in time for Week 2's FTS 4 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Friday's the D-Day (delivery day) No promises for pics though because that's the "big reveal" post. But DEFINITELY Saturday 6 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, lkoechle said: Friday's the D-Day (delivery day) No promises for pics though because that's the "big reveal" post. But DEFINITELY Saturday 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 1 minute ago, jedimasterben said: Clingopus rex. trying to be clever? Tbh, I did google that first. lol 4 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 46 minutes ago, lkoechle said: trying to be clever? Tbh, I did google that first. lol 2 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 Cycle is complete Nitrites are 0 and Nitrates 15. I am probably going to do a small (2g) water change to bring them below 10 and cal it good for friday! 6 Quote Link to comment
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