Wyatt45 Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 Hey Jackal, I thought a good idea was to run the refugium light at night to help reduce ph swings? hope I’m close to being finished with cycle. Would like to add SOMETHING this weekend with the kids. 🙂 Quote Link to comment
Jackal227 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 8 hours ago, Wyatt45 said: Hey Jackal, I thought a good idea was to run the refugium light at night to help reduce ph swings? That's why I initially set mine up to run overnight. It's a debated topic (like most things reefing) as to whether it makes a big enough difference to noticeably effect the tank. There are many people that successfully run their refugiums during the day. Quote Link to comment
Ladytank Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Refugiums are great if you have a mandarin fish. I've been watching videos on how to setup and cultivate copepods. One day I will add that mandarin goby. Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Ladytank said: Refugiums are great if you have a mandarin fish. I've been watching videos on how to setup and cultivate copepods. One day I will add that mandarin goby. Did you get a chance to check out Steven Parker copepods on Facebook... good stuff. Also, this is my copepod culture setup I came up with which seemed like it could work well, though I haven’t kept it up since my mandarin didn’t end up needing it. Quote Link to comment
Jackal227 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 7 hours ago, banasophia said: Did you get a chance to check out Steven Parker copepods on Facebook... good stuff. Also, this is my copepod culture setup I came up with which seemed like it could work well, though I haven’t kept it up since my mandarin didn’t end up needing it. That's a neat idea with the infuser in the center for the macro. Did you have it running long enough to see if the Chaeto stays alive in there? Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Jackal227 said: That's a neat idea with the infuser in the center for the macro. Did you have it running long enough to see if the Chaeto stays alive in there? Yeah, the chaeto is still alive now but I haven’t fed the pods or done anything to maintain it like water changes for a couple months so the pods are minimal and it looks like there’s a bacterial bloom of some kind especially in the one on the left, so if I wanted to get the culture going again I would need to do a 100% water change and rinse the chaeto. When I was using it before, it needed phyto or crushed up pellets every couple days and then I would use the spigots to harvest pods by pouring some of the water into a pitcher then straining with a 50 micron filter, then I would add fresh saltwater back into the containers, which took care of water changes. The lids can easily be drilled with a bit for plastic, and I drilled two holes into each lid - one for the air bubbler tubing and one as a vent/feeding port. The holes fit a plastic pipette to squirt in phyto, and I cut off a pipette to make a tiny funnel for adding in the crushed up pellets: Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 How S that’s awesome! Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 Had the pleasure of meeting banasophia at one of local LFS tonight! Thanks for the meet up and al the tips of the trade! Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Wyatt45 said: Had the pleasure of meeting banasophia at one of local LFS tonight! Thanks for the meet up and al the tips of the trade! Yes, it was really great meeting you in person! I can’t wait until your tank is cycled... it’s good timing too because there’s lots of good stuff at our LFSs right now. I forgot to tell you - the place I went to after we met up was still acclimating a huge shipment they got in today. I was tempted, but I just ordered several things from Live Aquaria this morning, so I’m trying to pace myself. Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 By the way, I took this video of my emerald crab tonight... sorry it’s not the best video, decided to film it for you at the last minute. I’ll probably be rehoming two of my three soon because I don’t have much algae. They made short work of the bubble algae in my two tanks. Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 That’s a great video. He’s a greedy little bastard. Did you tell him to take it nice? Sometimes works with my Malinois. What type of anenome was it you have? 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Wyatt45 said: That’s a great video. He’s a greedy little bastard. Did you tell him to take it nice? Sometimes works with my Malinois. What type of anenome was it you have? Yeah that’s why I’ve taken to calling them my emerald pigs haha. They need to learn some table manners haha. In the Biocube 16 I have several rock flower anemones. In the Nuvo 10 I have a bubble tip anemone. The rock flowers are the ones that sting less and move around less, but they do not host clownfish. This thread about rock flowers is great, and very active so it’s fun to follow if you’re not already: Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 It’s taking forever for nitrite to go away. Test tube is always some shade of purple. Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 The first members to the bio world 🌎:) 3 Quote Link to comment
Ladytank Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 This is my newest addition today. 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Ladytank said: This is my newest addition today. Wow, what is it? Very cool!!! 12 hours ago, Wyatt45 said: The first members to the bio world 🌎🙂 Very nice! Are you naming them? Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Awesome! Banasophia, they had two of those urchins at the shop we were at today. Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 49 minutes ago, banasophia said: Wow, what is it? Very cool!!! Very nice! Are you naming them? Well the 4 year old wanted to name them Minnie and Pluto.... I’m open to suggestions... 1 Quote Link to comment
Jackal227 Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 13 hours ago, Ladytank said: This is my newest addition today. Is that a long spine urchin? They can grow pretty large. I've read that they can get up to basketball size. Quote Link to comment
Ladytank Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Yes its a long spine urchin. If it's gonna get the size of a basketball I will have an excuse for a larger tank lol.I'm already running 3 tanks what's one more right? Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Now I like that thinking! Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 Got a couple new residents. 🙂 I love the movement they add. Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Check out one of new residents! He’s a little fickle about his house. 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 49 minutes ago, Wyatt45 said: Check out one of new residents! He’s a little fickle about his house. That was great that you caught it on video!!! Quote Link to comment
Wyatt45 Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 Thanks. Now the scarlet is at the top of the mountain.. king crab Quote Link to comment
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