natalia_la_loca Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, Felicia said: I have not yet received your January FTS for the contest. Please pm it to me as soon as possible. @Felicia I sent it to you on January 16 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 On 2/3/2018 at 9:00 AM, natalia_la_loca said: As mentioned in my main reefbowl thread, I took an 8-day trip last week. My art pico did okay, but not as well as the main reefbowl, maybe because the former isn’t as well established. Also, I cannot get those new nephtheas to stay put on the new sculpture! So I’m going to let them go where they want to go, and put something different on the new sculpture. Happily, the new acans are doing well. Here are the current pics. Need to clean that glass and maybe get another trochus snail! I love those little orange-yellow zoas, so bright and sunny! Most of my zoas are not keeping their color in the jar. 1 Quote Link to comment
JoeR Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 37 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: I love those little orange-yellow zoas, so bright and sunny! Most of my zoas are not keeping their color in the jar. Those zoas and that ultra acan are stunning aren’t they! I’ve not even heard of zoas loosing colors before? I don’t know what could be wrong. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, JoeR said: Those zoas and that ultra acan are stunning aren’t they! I’ve not even heard of zoas loosing colors before? I don’t know what could be wrong. They're just sort of browning, not sure if it's lighting/nutrients/what is may be but I'm not happy with the light over the jar, it worked better over my 5.5 as far as colors I think. Quote Link to comment
JoeR Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 3 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: They're just sort of browning, not sure if it's lighting/nutrients/what is may be but I'm not happy with the light over the jar, it worked better over my 5.5 as far as colors I think. What light is it? Mine are thriving with the ABI Tuna blue bulb, one with some LEDS taped over and one with an acrylic lid blocking light 2 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 I would think the lighting might be influencing the zoa color too. I hope they color up for you! 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 On 2/7/2018 at 8:33 AM, JoeR said: What light is it? Mine are thriving with the ABI Tuna blue bulb, one with some LEDS taped over and one with an acrylic lid blocking light It's the Coral Compulsion bulb,I believe the 14k one. I liked it over my 5.5 but over this it's pretty meh. Not sure what the deal is lol. Maybe I just need to do some water changes. I've got the 23w Tuna Blue bulb and it was much too blue for my taste even if good for coral color. I didn't try taping over LEDs though. 1 Quote Link to comment
JoeR Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: It's the Coral Compulsion bulb,I believe the 14k one. I liked it over my 5.5 but over this it's pretty meh. Not sure what the deal is lol. Maybe I just need to do some water changes. I've got the 23w Tuna Blue bulb and it was much too blue for my taste even if good for coral color. I didn't try taping over LEDs though. Taping a few LEDs definitely helps but for me it’s still too blue as well. But, it’s cheap so... lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Those rainbow acans are the bees knees! 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Water changes FTW @Lula_Mae! They’re sooooo easy with picos! I still can’t get over how easy and awesome these bowls are. On 2/8/2018 at 6:55 PM, teenyreef said: Those rainbow acans are the bees knees! Inorite? Btw, no changes in this bowl lately. Apart from the wandering nephtheas, things are stable. Stay tuned 2 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The jar is so very unique. I love how you have incorporated your art in it, it's really nicely done! It reminds me of a under water treasure. You can loosely the the nepthea to the statues with string or fishing line. Took mine about a week to fully attach. What material do you use for the sculptures? 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Thank you @Clown79 I’ll try the fishing line. I used paper clay to make the sculptures. It’s basically a fine porcelain mixed with paper pulp. The paper adds to the structural integrity of the clay during sculpting. Then when it’s fired in the kiln, the paper burns away, leaving a porous clay sculpture. 3 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 2 hours ago, natalia_la_loca said: Thank you @Clown79 I’ll try the fishing line. I used paper clay to make the sculptures. It’s basically a fine porcelain mixed with paper pulp. The paper adds to the structural integrity of the clay during sculpting. Then when it’s fired in the kiln, the paper burns away, leaving a porous clay sculpture. That's really cool. I love art and always fascinated by what others create and the materials they use. 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 17, 2018 Author Share Posted February 17, 2018 Teasing some new acquisitions and a new sculpture 2 3 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Wow was that added to the contest container? 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 @debbeach13 yup Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Great looking forward to the next FJS! 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 New FBS By the way @Clown79, I used some thread to tie down the wandering nephtheas. Now they’re all on one statue and are showing better polyp extension. Hopefully they’ll anchor themselves over time. 6 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Wow these sculptures are so cool @natalia_la_loca, I love the latest one and the growing zoanthid bouquet! ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 So cool, the tushie still cracks me up! The bouquet is perfect, what a great placement for zoas. GSP would be nice for a wig but it will take over the figurines quickly. Still, I imagine it would be easy to peel off the hair if it gets out of control - you know in case it needed a haircut. 2 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks @metrokat GSP would lend itself really well to this sort of thing. I almost (almost!) wish I had a bigger tank because I could think of a ton of weird ways to mix coral and sculpture. Quote Link to comment
OldManSea Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 This is such a great tank! Each time I see it I feel that I am on a dive at an archeologic site in the Mediterranean. 1 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thank you so much @OldManSea I was definitely thinking about undersea archaeological sites when I planned this! Quote Link to comment
Felicia Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Hi! Just a reminder to please pm me your February FTS by this Friday 3/2/18. 1 Quote Link to comment
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