Ratvan Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Nothing but bubbles from me 2 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Sounds like most people are thinking movement with the flow. However, here's an idea that might be better than my tube man suggestion. What about gluing multiple frags of a lava colored encrusting coral around the inside opening of the volcano. It will slowly encrust over the top and might appear similar to molten rock (but not a true a lava flow).  Maybe something like orange or red encrusting montipora.  It'd take a few months to achieve, but it might be a nice effect. In the meantime, it would look and operate just like nothing were there (which was one of your options). Even with it encrusting over the edge, you could still fire off the bubbles on occasion. 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 6 minutes ago, seabass said: Sounds like most people are thinking movement with the flow. However, here's an idea that might be better than my tube man suggestion. What about gluing multiple frags of a lava colored encrusting coral around the inside opening of the volcano. It will slowly encrust over the top and might appear similar to molten rock (but not a true a lava flow).  Maybe something like orange or red encrusting montipora.  It'd take a few months to achieve, but it might be a nice effect. In the meantime, it would look and operate just like nothing were there (which was one of your options). Even with it encrusting over the edge, you could still fire off the bubbles on occasion. It would be cool to see the progression of the encrusting coral down the volcano... Hmmmm.  58 minutes ago, Ratvan said: Nothing but bubbles from me This would definitely be the easiest route for me. LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Tigahboy said: This would definitely be the easiest route for me. LOL. Lol. @seabass has spoken. I'm changing my vote to that. 3 Quote Link to comment
lizzyann Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 LiveAquaria put a bunch of these aquacultured corals I'd never heard of in their Diver's Den yesterday that might look amazing if you could get them on a shelf in there, super bright red. It looks like they all got bought up but maybe they will add more!   The scientific name is diaseris distorta. HAH omg I just checked my sneak peak email and they definitely are adding more today and their name for them is LiveAquaria® Fuchsia Pink Lava Coals Coral. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, seabass said: Sounds like most people are thinking movement with the flow. However, here's an idea that might be better than my tube man suggestion. What about gluing multiple frags of a lava colored encrusting coral around the inside opening of the volcano. It will slowly encrust over the top and might appear similar to molten rock (but not a true a lava flow).  Maybe something like orange or red encrusting montipora.  It'd take a few months to achieve, but it might be a nice effect. In the meantime, it would look and operate just like nothing were there (which was one of your options). Even with it encrusting over the edge, you could still fire off the bubbles on occasion. That's pretty similar to what I had in mind too actually, so +1 from me. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, lizzyann said: LiveAquaria put a bunch of these aquacultured corals I'd never heard of in their Diver's Den yesterday that might look amazing if you could get them on a shelf in there, super bright red. It looks like they all got bought up but maybe they will add more!   The scientific name is diaseris distorta. HAH omg I just checked my sneak peak email and they definitely are adding more today and their name for them is LiveAquaria® Fuchsia Pink Lava Coals Coral. Wow. Lava Coals Coral sounds perfect! I'll definitely check it out. Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 16 minutes ago, Tigahboy said: Wow. Lava Coals Coral sounds perfect! I'll definitely check it out. I'd advise against scrolling down to see the price. 3 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 13 minutes ago, Amphrites said: I'd advise against scrolling down to see the price. Too late. Out of my price range. 1 2 Quote Link to comment
lizzyann Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 27 minutes ago, Tigahboy said: Too late. Out of my price range. Dang! Way out of mine too. Sorry, I would have warned you and not gotten your hopes up like that if I would have known they were that much! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 12 minutes ago, lizzyann said: Dang! Way out of mine too. Sorry, I would have warned you and not gotten your hopes up like that if I would have known they were that much! It's OK. @Tamberav suggested a $2,999.99 torch. LOL. 5 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 Probably the last shot of the pico you'll see with the dragon's breath plume. 😢 3 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Is the dragons breath melting or breaking up or just in general not looking as good as it used to. I think the bubbles are pretty. Maybe just a couple rows of red zoas coming down from the rim and bubbles. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: Is the dragons breath melting or breaking up or just in general not looking as good as it used to. I think the bubbles are pretty. Maybe just a couple rows of red zoas coming down from the rim and bubbles. The part of the dragon's breath that attaches to a rock rubble piece (whether tied down or glued) always seems to break apart and chunks just float away. Trying to piece it back together to stay in the volcano is very difficult. I didn't have this problem when I had my other red macroalgae in the volcano.  1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 You may have just answered your own question. Did you not care for the color of the other red macroalgae? Did it die off or did you just remove it because the dragons breath had better color? 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 1 minute ago, debbeach13 said: You may have just answered your own question. Did you not care for the color of the other red macroalgae? Did it die off or did you just remove it because the dragons breath had better color? The other macro was fine but I got greedy and wanted something even better (the dragon's breath did have better color and shape). Lol. I gave the other macro to a local reefer, so I'd have to find more. But I figure maybe if I find another cool replacement, I can give that a try before going back to that. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 10, 2019 Author Share Posted July 10, 2019 This week's dendro doodle! 7 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 No music this week, but here's some bubble action.  9 Quote Link to comment
Ratvan Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 YAAAAAAAAAAAAS Bubbles 1 Quote Link to comment
Wonderboy Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 OMG, You're going to initiate the damsel?  "Isn't there another way? He's just a little boy!" 7 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Ratvan said: YAAAAAAAAAAAAS Bubbles  59 minutes ago, NaturallyKait said: The bubbles It is nice to see the bubbles again. Pretty impressive eruption without the macro.  13 minutes ago, Wonderboy said: OMG, You're going to initiate the damsel?  "Isn't there another way? He's just a little boy!" LOL! 1 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 That damsel is so cute, love watching those little buggers. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted July 12, 2019 Author Share Posted July 12, 2019 Just now, Amphrites said: That damsel is so cute, love watching those little buggers. You can see my tiny, cute clowns in the reflection as well. :) 3 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/10/2019 at 7:16 AM, Tigahboy said: The other macro was fine but I got greedy and wanted something even better (the dragon's breath did have better color and shape). Lol. I gave the other macro to a local reefer, so I'd have to find more. But I figure maybe if I find another cool replacement, I can give that a try before going back to that. Mine does the same exact thing. I wonder if it just doesn't handle super glue well. 1 Quote Link to comment
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