mitten_reef Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Justind823 said: Just caught up on the journey with all it's ups and downs! Things are looking really good. Loving the abundance of clams and that new maxima looks great. Plotting a comeback? You know you want to … 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 1 hour ago, mitten_reef said: Plotting a comeback? You know you want to … Lol yea I'm toying with it! It might be time to make a thread now that my tank is something like 2 years old 😅 1 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Been a busy week with the tank new acquisitions. picking up the maxima clams this wknd and these got dropped off on the front porch today, from a local reefer. Nice addition to my torch collection, very excited! 😊 6 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 And….. right off the bat, the gold finger face planted into the superglue, while I transferred it to a frag plug 😭😱. im trying not to panic, and hope it’ll just slime it’s way out from the glue crust Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 It should just slime up and recover. Happened to me with the dragon soul. I about had a stroke when it happened. 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, TheKleinReef said: It should just slime up and recover. Happened to me with the dragon soul. I about had a stroke when it happened. Thanks, looks like it got itself completely out of the glue this morning. The noodle looks a little rough, but ok so far - I’ll take it. 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 And then there are 3. The two new guys are still recouping from my rough handling yesterday. 3 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Wow those have some pretty nice coloring. May I ask what the purpose of the PVC pipe was? Was it just to ship them in a way where the heads were protected? How were they secured in there? Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 7 hours ago, Elizabeth94 said: Wow those have some pretty nice coloring. May I ask what the purpose of the PVC pipe was? Was it just to ship them in a way where the heads were protected? How were they secured in there? yes it was for frag protection. the guy said he glued the frag inside the pvc tube for packing purpose, I didnt ask beyond that. the pvc looks brand new, so he must have just attach them in there same day or very recently. 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 today’s haul 3 new maxima clams 1 neon green torch 1 button scoly 10 each, snails and crabs 1 small blue sponge hmm, I thought I got a lot more…🤣 4 1 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 21 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: today’s haul 3 new maxima clams 1 neon green torch 1 button scoly 10 each, snails and crabs 1 small blue sponge hmm, I thought I got a lot more…🤣 I don’t believe you because there are no pics. 😂 Curious what you think of the button scoly. I thought of making a garden with them glued to the rockwork. 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 30, 2023 Author Share Posted September 30, 2023 Not the greatest snaps, but none of my pics are these days Clam Farm grabbed that peach color one, kinda hard to see right now new neon green torch Button scoly 5 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 I have a ton of algae right now, apparently this guy is putting in some good work 🤣 4 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 3, 2023 Author Share Posted October 3, 2023 This is an awesome video that just got featured on Reefbuilders 2 3 1 Quote Link to comment
Elizabeth94 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Thats wild! I had no idea they had a larval stage. I mean look at that thing wiggle around looking for a place to attach. Super cool. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 7, 2023 Author Share Posted October 7, 2023 https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyGyDE8r1zq/?igshid=NzZhOTFlYzFmZQ== 2 Quote Link to comment
Tom@HaslettMI Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 On 9/30/2023 at 3:26 PM, mitten_reef said: today’s haul 3 new maxima clams 1 neon green torch 1 button scoly 10 each, snails and crabs 1 small blue sponge hmm, I thought I got a lot more…🤣 Great haul. What’ the blue sponge look like? Tom Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 9, 2023 Author Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Tom@HaslettMI said: Great haul. What’ the blue sponge look like? Tom Nothing like yours, if you were wondering. This one is light blue color, with a real blue hue to it. I’m hoping it’s branching type 1 Quote Link to comment
Tom@HaslettMI Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Any chance it’s one of these? http://www.reefland.com/2013/04/17/the-beautiful-marine-blue-sponge/ 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Tom@HaslettMI said: Any chance it’s one of these? http://www.reefland.com/2013/04/17/the-beautiful-marine-blue-sponge/ If it’s that, it’d be a heck of a find. this is the topdown look of it recovering in my sump. The flash kinda wash it out a little, or maybe it needs some light, idk. It’s the grayish blob next to the glass at the bottom of the pic.🤷🏻♂️ 4 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 bought a new test kit for a first time since .... drumrolls oh heck, it's not even in my BRS order history going back to 2017. 🤷♂️ so maybe my last kit was from before Marine Depot was gobbled up? who knows when that was? ...😅 To be fair, I regularly bought more supplies from MD than BRS back when they were still around...but clearly no test kit since they're gone. Time to up my care and maintenance of these beauties edit: removed the video... 1 3 Quote Link to comment
jservedio Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, mitten_reef said: bought a new test kit for a first time since .... drumrolls oh heck, it's not even in my BRS order history going back to 2017. 🤷♂️ so maybe my last kit was from before Marine Depot was gobbled up? who knows when that was? ...😅 To be fair, I regularly bought more supplies from MD than BRS back when they were still around...but clearly no test kit since they're gone. Time to up my care and maintenance of these beauties Woah, look at you being responsible and buying test kits! I should probably get on that one of these days - the newest of my titration test kits "expired" 06/2017 and before I got the nitrate checker recently was rolling with a kit that expired on 04/2015. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 20, 2023 Author Share Posted October 20, 2023 43 minutes ago, jservedio said: Woah, look at you being responsible and buying test kits! I should probably get on that one of these days - the newest of my titration test kits "expired" 06/2017 and before I got the nitrate checker recently was rolling with a kit that expired on 04/2015. we're the worst tank keepers, yet one of the longest active tanks on here, lol.... 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 if you're familiar with red sea alkalinity test.... Titrant/reagent used: Saturday - 0.25 ml Sunday - 0.30 ml Monday - 0.30 ml, that was a good idea to order the test kit... 😅 ... 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 i'm familiar enough to know red sea kits are sh** 2 Quote Link to comment
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