yoshii Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 5 hours ago, 748S911 said: Lol ur not catching them cast away style? Hahaha I'll stick with my plastic baggie 16 minutes ago, Nano sapiens said: Wow, I didn't realize that you are now in Hawai'i! I used to collect a bit in the tropics way-way back in the day so I know how much fun it is to collect your own tank specimens. Will be great to see how this all turns out 😊 Yes I just moved to O'ahu a little over 6 months ago! Oh really? How cool! It's been fun hunting for cool fish/algae 🙂 Makes everything more special when you find it 2 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Walking through my apt complex with my cup of CCA crumbs Scraped some coralline off another tank and saved the crumbs to hopefully jumpstart its growth in this tank. The rock is so white and sterile looking. 2 3 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Speaking of sterile-looking rock, here's pics when I scaped the tank (still a little cloudy at the time). Still not sure if I will settle on this scape 🤔 I came across pics of Halophia's old sunlit seagrass tank and it makes me want to rescape lol. And invest in a bookshelf tank like I've always wanted.. 9 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 😮 That sunlit tank is just incredible. But I like your Iwagumi style scape too tho. Quote Link to comment
Nano sapiens Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 9 hours ago, yoshii said: Speaking of sterile-looking rock, here's pics when I scaped the tank (still a little cloudy at the time). Still not sure if I will settle on this scape 🤔 I came across pics of Halophia's old sunlit seagrass tank and it makes me want to rescape lol. And invest in a bookshelf tank like I've always wanted.. I think your rockscape looks great. Lots of space for fluffy macro-algae growth. Quote Link to comment
Tempestas Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 That seagrass tank is gorgeous! I think you could pull off something similar to that with the current scape, which looks great. However, if you are going to have macro growing in the sand, the back left rock may get lost amongst them. But it can always be moved. Just my $0.02... Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 On 4/16/2019 at 6:51 PM, Tigahboy said: 😮 That sunlit tank is just incredible. But I like your Iwagumi style scape too tho. One day I'll set up a 12 long or 22 long and that tank (and Scorched's tank) will be my inspiration. I tried to scape a bit more like a FW tank, although since macros don't have the same growth forms as plants, it may turn out very different 15 hours ago, Nano sapiens said: I think your rockscape looks great. Lots of space for fluffy macro-algae growth. Thanks! I hope so! 10 hours ago, Tempestas said: That seagrass tank is gorgeous! I think you could pull off something similar to that with the current scape, which looks great. However, if you are going to have macro growing in the sand, the back left rock may get lost amongst them. But it can always be moved. Just my $0.02... Yeah I was considering moving that rock. But unless I add seagrass to this tank (unlikely in the near future), the only macro I'll have in the sand will probably be Halimeda. Possibly Caulerpa but I'll have to keep it trimmed back. Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 I love getting packages, especially when there are aquarium goodies inside! 😄 Got my long tweezers, scissors, and HOB! The HOB is cute and fits perfectly on the end of the tank, with no room to spare. Turns out the intake tube is adjustable, so that's nice. It's very quiet and seems to have decent flow. Another addition, like my new ring? Found this brittle under a rock today and it wouldn't let go of my finger So I took it home for the pico 7 6 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 50 minutes ago, yoshii said: I love getting packages, especially when there are aquarium goodies inside! 😄 Got my long tweezers, scissors, and HOB! The HOB is cute and fits perfectly on the end of the tank, with no room to spare. Turns out the intake tube is adjustable, so that's nice. It's very quiet and seems to have decent flow. Another addition, like my new ring? Found this brittle under a rock today and it wouldn't let go of my finger So I took it home for the pico That's so amazing. I love tiny brittles. Mine are beige - but I've always wondered if I could get a hold of different colored varieties. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Snow_Phoenix said: That's so amazing. I love tiny brittles. Mine are beige - but I've always wondered if I could get a hold of different colored varieties. 🙂 The ones I’ve seen are black and white, but I did see get some macro from my LFS that had red and black ones 1 Quote Link to comment
CD_Scapes Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 8 hours ago, Snow_Phoenix said: That's so amazing. I love tiny brittles. Mine are beige - but I've always wondered if I could get a hold of different colored varieties. 🙂 I found one of my “reddish” ones! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 5 hours ago, 9darlingcalvi said: The ones I’ve seen are black and white, but I did see get some macro from my LFS that had red and black ones I think the black and white ones are more common IME. Sometimes you can find really cool ones though! Thanks for sharing your brittle pic 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 My HOB leaked overnight 😠 a very small and slow leak, but I noticed some water on the new stand I just moved the tank to. Its leaking from where the outside motor slides into the plastic mold. Maybe silicone grease would fix it? If not I might have to use silicone sealant. 4 Quote Link to comment
righttirefire Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Missing or cut o-ring? Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 I don't think so, it looks similar to my old AC motor. I'll have to look at it more closely when I get home Quote Link to comment
righttirefire Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 The ac motors I have, have a o-ring to seal. If its just a same drip from the motor where it connects to the filter id check that first. I flake of paint, tape, paper, anything. Could cause a little drip. Quote Link to comment
AugyBear Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 3 hours ago, yoshii said: My HOB leaked overnight 😠 Hope it's an easy fix 🙁 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 Greased up the o-ring and adjusted the motor placement a bit and so far so good! :fingerscrossed: I still haven't gotten around to "planting" /scaping my macros, but here's the tank enjoying some sunlight in the morning. I think I'll end up removing some macro, kind of a big pile in the back rn. 11 4 Quote Link to comment
748S911 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Waooooooo.... So cool that you picked all your macros and stuff straight from ocean, and using natural sunlight! Scape looks good too. 2 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 19, 2019 Author Share Posted April 19, 2019 52 minutes ago, 748S911 said: Waooooooo.... So cool that you picked all your macros and stuff straight from ocean, and using natural sunlight! Scape looks good too. Thanks! I'm enjoying finally living in a tropical area where I can take algae home from the tidepools and put it in a tank! Even back in CA I would have needed a chiller. I have a friend in town this weekend so idk if ill have time to scape, but I'll be bringing a few plastic baggies with me when we go to the tidepools in case I see anything interesting! 4 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Love the Hawaiian macro. Pretty diverse collection you have already. 1 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 The teeniest tiniest HH snail I've ever found (note grains of sand for scale) 6 1 Quote Link to comment
This guy is extra salty Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 I want some of your macro algae.. 2 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted April 20, 2019 Author Share Posted April 20, 2019 43 minutes ago, This guy is extra salty said: I want some of your macro algae.. You can order some of the same/similar ones from Reefcleaners (Halimeda, gracilaria, etc.) Or live-plants.com (Galaxaura, Caulerpa, Halymenia, etc.) As for the Hawaiian species, sorry I can't ship anything 😞 3 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 @This guy is extra salty, you can order some Hawaiian algae from IPSF: http://ipsf.com/tangheaven.html 3 Quote Link to comment
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