coralcousins Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Added some new things! waiting on the camera to charge. 6 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 This Xenia is different than the other one we have. Toadstool Favia And this mushroom looks great under blues. All these frags are smaller or about the size of a half dollar. The cousins and I were very close to buying a colony/grown coral but we decided to save the money for something we will be added right before the end of the contest. 5 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 As for the rest of corals everything is doing great besides the SPS. I live in a old house with no A/C. These past two weeks have been pretty hot here in California and my room has been a oven. The birdnest has began to bleach and the arcopora has lost some color as well. It's sad because they were growing well. The branching montipora has kept it's color but polyp extension is not what it use to be. Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 minute ago, coralcousins said: As for the rest of corals everything is doing great besides the SPS. I live in a old house with no A/C. These past two weeks have been pretty hot here in California and my room has been a oven. The birdnest has began to bleach and the arcopora has lost some color as well. It's sad because they were growing well. The branching montipora has kept it's color but polyp extension is not what it use to be. Can you put a fan over the tank? Evap will go up but it might help temps. 1 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 27, 2017 Author Share Posted June 27, 2017 Just now, Lula_Mae said: Can you put a fan over the tank? Evap will go up but it might help temps. Yes I've had my portable fan running over it for the past week. It has helped a bit but temps are still around 80-83. Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 freeze some small water bottles and rotate them into the tank during the really hot hours 4 Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 hour ago, coralcousins said: Yes I've had my portable fan running over it for the past week. It has helped a bit but temps are still around 80-83. I think your issue is that the small tank just heats up. When I had my 40 breeder in my garage as a temporary tank it was summer and the garage would get to be 100 inside sometimes. I just had a small fan on top of the tank and temps would never climb over 80 degrees. Try the frozen water bottle.......it works really well. Also keep the fan on it and hopefully you can keep things stable. 4 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 what about a window ac unit? We had one in our house in denver since most of the old houses (ours included) didnt have ac. A super nice one like ours was $400 so a cheap one I would imagine would be around $100. 1 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Pjanssen said: freeze some small water bottles and rotate them into the tank during the really hot hours 1 hour ago, spectra said: Try the frozen water bottle.......it works really well. Also keep the fan on it and hopefully you can keep things stable. Ive tried this method as well. It's a pain keeping the salinity stable while adjusting the water level when added and removing the water bottles + the evaporation. It does help though. Currently looking at portable A/C units. Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 minute ago, lkoechle said: what about a window ac unit? We had one in our house in denver since most of the old houses (ours included) didnt have ac. A super nice one like ours was $400 so a cheap one I would imagine would be around $100. A single-room ac unit can definitely be had for around $100. My old house was cooled entirely with one of those lol. Edit: in the South, anyway... 2 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, lkoechle said: what about a window ac unit? We had one in our house in denver since most of the old houses (ours included) didnt have ac. A super nice one like ours was $400 so a cheap one I would imagine would be around $100. My window doesn't support those unless they have made new ones that fit my window style. I'm looking at those A/C units that you can roll into room lol. They are expensive but at least I don't have to modify my window. 1 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 29, 2017 Author Share Posted June 29, 2017 Anyone know what type of LPS this is ?Random Hermit. Quote Link to comment
fishfreak0114 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 ^ that's what came to my mind as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Boggers Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 If all else fails, Whisky Rocks but you would want to use a few. 1 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 New addition alert! The cousins added four (4th of July) Sexy shrimp and a maxi mini carpet anemone (firework colors) for them to hang out in. Will be posting my FTS update today or tomorrow. 6 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Under the blues. 4 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Was checking out the local store and found this candy cane frag tucked under another type of LPS, so the other head has some battle wounds. Hopefully it recovers nicely. 3 Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 The Frag-insula. 4 Quote Link to comment
Reid_bry Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 Have you decided what to do about temps? Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, Reid_bry said: Have you decided what to do about temps? Added another small portable fan. During hot days the temp is around 79 with two portable fans. Evaporation is killer though, have to add rodi water 3-4 times a day. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reid_bry Posted July 6, 2017 Share Posted July 6, 2017 9 minutes ago, coralcousins said: Added another small portable fan. During hot days the temp is around 79 with two portable fans. Evaporation is killer though, have to add rodi water 3-4 times a day. It is super bad right!? I put my fan on a 15 min on and off cycle while the temps arent as high to help with this but I am starting to think i am just going to have to buy an ato your tank looks great though! Quote Link to comment
coralcousins Posted July 6, 2017 Author Share Posted July 6, 2017 13 hours ago, Reid_bry said: I am starting to think i am just going to have to buy an ato your tank looks great though! Same here. Which ato where you looking at ? Thanks ! Quote Link to comment
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