ReefTaco Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 *Delicious mexican entree walks to a podium* *Taps mic* eeeeeeeeeee! "Is this thing on. Oh... Ahemm. Hello everyone, my name is instant taco and I have a problem." Feather duster not to happy hope he's not a dud Decided on some GSP for the rack . so far looking nice. Need a blue ric for the collection Got 2 more sexiest . The New shrimp seem to be getting along FTS 10/20/2021 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 ... Mr. Popo coming out to say hi 2 things with this guy. One I was able to get a positive ID on him. Seems to be call a forest fire rodactis. And two HE ALREADY STARTING TO SPLIT!!!. I'm experimenting with the light and doing a mini upgrade with some ebay led strips. I Wish I can get my hands on a blue and purple combo but it seems to not exist. Hope the extra blue promotes even mor growth. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted October 22, 2021 Author Share Posted October 22, 2021 .. eBay led strip has been installed I'm sure the corals like it. I wish I could find a blue and purple strip. A little bit of purple would make the corals color pop a little. Still happy with my $10 "upgrade. I put a couple zip ties cause I don't trust the adhesive lol 3 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 . Forest fire is splitting fast My orange ricordea surprised me it split lol FTS:10/23/2021 3 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 Got some more goodies I'm addicted to shrooms guys I need help 🍄 Got a killer deal on this Yuma ricordea rock with 7-8 shrooms I got a nice trumpet 🎺 LPS for the cheap with a free hitchhiker zoa I got a mystery chalice with 3 zoas for also a good deal. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 I'm testing my sexy shrimp with these zoas cause I've read they like to munch on zoas. I've already caught them nibbling on my Duncan 😡 but the Duncan heals super quick. If they behave I plan on getting some daisy cutters and rastas. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Some updates Got the whole gang together 😎 I know I know I need to work on the GHA but look how happy my Acan is Side view of the tank On other note I had a cold front came through. The tank dropped to 72 last night so I bought 15w Betta heater to help for now. It normally doesn't get cold down here in SoFlo. Hot almost all year round. FTS 11/08/2021 5 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 Update/Photo dump time One of my RFAs is not happy and I don't know why my other 5 are doing great My forest fire mushroom finished splitting My blue spotted mushrooms dropped 2 babies and they are coming along nicely. I fragged my neon green ricordea. He was taking too long to split lol. They seem to have healed well I wonder what this baby mushroom is on this yuma rock I bought. Green Yuma baby maybe? As you guys can tell I'm addicted to mushrooms Got a new shrooms a lava lamp discosoma I believe. FTS 11/13/2021 Edit:I dicovered the correct name for my new mushroom 3 Quote Link to comment
LazyFish Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 The green yuma It could be just a difrent color one that happens to be on that rock but sometimes very small new yuma babies look a difrent color usualy green I've found before they start to look like the adult. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 1 hour ago, LazyFish said: The green yuma It could be just a difrent color one that happens to be on that rock but sometimes very small new yuma babies look a difrent color usualy green I've found before they start to look like the adult. Interesting. That's actually good info people should probably wait for yumas to be a bit bigger cause the colors might change one them when they grow and might not be what they wanted. 2 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Looking good! I love all the mushrooms and they seem to be doing well. Did you try to feed the RFA that looks unhappy. Sometimes they respond well to feeding frozen meaty foods. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 11 hours ago, banasophia said: Looking good! I love all the mushrooms and they seem to be doing well. Did you try to feed the RFA that looks unhappy. Sometimes they respond well to feeding frozen meaty foods. i love 🍄. I feed all the nems brine shrimp pellets weekly but idk lately he's been rejecting food and being cranky nem. Maybe coral warfare with my Duncan? Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 Looks like I don't have mushroom for all these corals ba-dum-tissss 🥁 Also I got 2 more new mushroom corals lol 2 baby cheetah mushroom, discosoma And a pre split giant hairy monster mushroom Here are some Marcos from my cell phone 3 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 Update time. Tank just hit 3 months today 😁 I got some more goodies and I'm running out of real estate. I got a cell phone filter and lens kit Hers a before pic without a filter in blue light (very washed out ) After With a 20k filter ( looks pretty good) Cheetah mushroom with filter I got a much better shot of my mystery chalice. It's got some nice orange, red, and green hues 4 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 More update My coworker gave a frag of his green sinularia The sinularia stung my Yuma 😑 More news in won a tequila sunrise mushroom in a raffle in a local community chat I'm pick him up later this week FTS 12/01/2021 3 Quote Link to comment
sango Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Cool! Which lenses did you get? By the way, that Sinularia appears to be buckled in a pretty tight. Maybe too tight? Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 2, 2021 Author Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, sango said: Cool! Which lenses did you get? By the way, that Sinularia appears to be buckled in a pretty tight. Maybe too tight? I got the reefing art coral view lens kits. For the price I'm happy with it. Yea it might be a little tight bit he's been opening up nicely so imma wait till he sticks to the frag plate. should stick soon. Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 I got me a Stomatella Snail hitchicker 😁 My forest fire rhodatic started stinging one of my ricordea Some other news I finally got my tequila sunrise rhodactis 4 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Very cool looking stomatella! And the shrooms are all looking nice!! Quote Link to comment
Ohmegg Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 On 10/20/2021 at 2:23 PM, Instant_taco said: I was doing research. They seem to be acoel flatworms and are harmless unless they turn into a plague. They fiest on copepods which probably explains why I had a bloom and now they are mostly gone. I was also reading theyll die off with the copepods. And only get out of had when they have a massive bloom and start walking over coral and bothering them. I was looking at flatworm exit but idk about if it will affect my inhabitants and my tank is very young. I'll keep an eye on them for now. The only flat worm I got in my old tank were waminoa flat worms on a rhodactis. They didn't reach plague proportions but they bothered all mushrooms and finger leather. Never found them on any red mushrooms, they seemed to prefer to bother green florescent softies. Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Ohmegg said: The only flat worm I got in my old tank were waminoa flat worms on a rhodactis. They didn't reach plague proportions but they bothered all mushrooms and finger leather. Never found them on any red mushrooms, they seemed to prefer to bother green florescent softies. They are harmless to corals but they are predators of copepod and with careful consideration ive decided to get rid of them. They have seen to have decimated my copepod population. Which is not cool. I ordered some flat worm exit and I'll addminister a day before my next water change. Hope the meds don't mess with my shrooms but all the reviews say it's harmess to corals, inverts and fish. Quote Link to comment
Ohmegg Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 9 hours ago, Instant_taco said: They are harmless to corals but they are predators of copepod and with careful consideration ive decided to get rid of them. They have seen to have decimated my copepod population. Which is not cool. I ordered some flat worm exit and I'll addminister a day before my next water change. Hope the meds don't mess with my shrooms but all the reviews say it's harmess to corals, inverts and fish. Ahhh, you have chosen the nuclear option then. Best of luck. I got my bottle of flat worm exit on hand but hope I never have to use it. Please share your experience with us. Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 17 hours ago, Ohmegg said: Ahhh, you have chosen the nuclear option then. Best of luck. I got my bottle of flat worm exit on hand but hope I never have to use it. Please share your experience with us. If I had a bigger tank I probably wouldn't have to use it. But since I can't keep any predatory fish for them they have no balance in their food chain. My copepods are getting hammerd they have no place to hide. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 Update- the orange ricordea that got stung has melted away today😔 Some happy news I found another hitchhiker . A chiton Seems like there was a spec of something on my cheetah mushroom plug. It's turning out to be another cheetah mushroom Quote Link to comment
ReefTaco Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 It's been awhile since I've posted and I have lots of news First some updates Funny snail shenanigans Caught on of my hermits bust a move on another to survive Don't worry he survived I got another mushroom a garden of Eden rhodactis But wait there's more I also got a limeade Yuma Quote Link to comment
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