Quash Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 That flame is beautiful, how is something so beautiful such a ###### to get rid of Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 That flame is beautiful, how is something so beautiful such a ###### to get rid of it is definately beautiful. I like his personality too. He doesn't bother the other fish anymore like he used to. He's a bit scared of the randalli goby's eye spot too, haha. I really am reconsidering getting rid of him. He doesn't touch any other corals. This is what I need to decide: SPS or Flame One or the other. For now I'll stick with the flame. Once I get my 82 gallon, I'll find the flame angel a good home in a FOWLR tank, or someone's tank with only softies / LPS Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 More xenia shots! A new mushroom I got today: A totally albino looking hammer coral I got today as well Some crazy zoos. Anyone want a trade? I don't really like them (the yellow ones) Link to comment
kidphc Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 A totally albino looking hammer coral I got today as well Albino hammer? The zoos have been all ejected. I'd keep an eye on this one as you nurse it back to health... Everything else looks like it is coming along nicely. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Albino hammer? The zoos have been all ejected. I'd keep an eye on this one as you nurse it back to health... Everything else looks like it is coming along nicely. do you think it's bleached? It's not completely clear. It has a really light blue powder on it's surface. Darn, I paid for that thing. It looks really cool, and looks like it's opening up really big. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 strange, not sure why it would expell all it's zooxanthellae. it was in a nice prop tank next to other hammers which were green like my other one. Well I was curious and the neat blue florescent it gives off is kind of neat. Maybe it'll do well that color. I'll keep you guys updated. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 the hammer is somehow gaining back some zoxanthellae!? How? Maybe the brain coral or other corals have expelled some. But it's starting to get a greener HUE! So cool =) I guess it was bleached. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 After I take my LSAT's, I'm going to do some heavy modifications to my tank. This includes drilling the trickle trays with larger holes for the return pump, adding back the two top trickle trays and putting my activated carbon / phosphate absorbing media. I will fill the water all the way up to the second to last trickle tray, submerging the last two. This will increase my water volume by almost 2 gallons, I think. I'm going to modify the first chamber to be half fuge, half skimmer/heater. I'm putting up a wall made half of plastic, half of eggcrate. The bottom will have a 1" sand bed, 2 nassarius snails, and one small scarlet hermit. I'll also stick a ball of chaeto in there. That should do it =) This will happen late december! I'll also be hard at work on my next 82 gallon tank checkout the link if you haven't already. Link to comment
kidphc Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 the hammer is somehow gaining back some zoxanthellae!? How? Maybe the brain coral or other corals have expelled some. But it's starting to get a greener HUE! So cool =) I guess it was bleached. It'll gain the zooxanthellae back. It might of not acclimated to the lights at the LFS very well and expelled its zooxanthellae. Had it happen to some shrooms on my wife's life rock. It takes a while, but if everything is in good order in your tank there is nothing to worry about. Good luck on your LSATs. What type of law do you plan on practicing? Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 22, 2005 Author Share Posted November 22, 2005 It'll gain the zooxanthellae back. It might of not acclimated to the lights at the LFS very well and expelled its zooxanthellae. Had it happen to some shrooms on my wife's life rock. It takes a while, but if everything is in good order in your tank there is nothing to worry about. Good luck on your LSATs. What type of law do you plan on practicing? thanks for the encouragement! i'll keep you updated on the zooxanthellae =) I'm planning on Intellectual Property / Patent law. I'm currently a software engineer at network security company, with a B.S. in computer science. Cubes suck! (well... at least they done crack... lol) Link to comment
kidphc Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 thanks for the encouragement! i'll keep you updated on the zooxanthellae =) I'm planning on Intellectual Property / Patent law. I'm currently a software engineer at network security company, with a B.S. in computer science. Cubes suck! (well... at least they done crack... lol) Cool deal. I had some friends that worked at the patent office in Virginia. They had the life, all I ever saw them do was play golf. So cool choice. My wife by the way is a corporate lawyer, with an emphasis in securities presently, got her SJD 3 months ago, I'm so proud of that girl. Tell me about life in a cube. It is a modern torture device. I currently work for a software company as a tier 3 support tech. My cube looks like a server room exploded. Wish I had an office so I could put a pico somewhere in it. Funny thing is I wanted to get into the field you are in, I was working on a CISSP. Now, I've relegated to possibly taking over my parent's business, so they can retire. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 Just fed my corals again. Instead of flakes and brine, I decided to feed them chunks of formula one frozen food. I cut up a cube into three pieces, they're pretty big. Turned off the pumps about 2 hours after the lights all went out. And using prongs (eheim rocks) I placed a chunk of the cube into the two heads of my candy cane, and one chunk into my open brain. They swelled up like I've never seen! Moreso than just flake and brine. That should be a feast for them, happy thanksgiving to my corals! btw, do hammer corals eat? I never see any tentacles coming from them. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 First couple shots are with 70watt hqi 14000K and a 55watt actinic PC My Emerald: Look closely, my flame angel looks like it's giving the randalli a kiss. But it was eating some algae or something off substrate. This randalli is BOLD! It's not afraid of anything. Only time it goes into the cave is at night to sleep Here the randalli is getting ready for bed. On the left is my candy cane. Should be deep purple with teal centers, but my MH is keeping it from being purple. I might stick it into the cave in a couple weeks to see if it gets better. Here's with just the 55watt Actinic PC on. Notice the goby is gone, now to sleep. The candy cane is really florescent!: My hammer and cerith snail: Link to comment
x3cookiex3 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey Btw. Nice Setup I'm considering that DIY mini Fuge. But also I have a Question?! Those 2 clown fish are they a mated pair? or did you buy seprately. I'm considering Buying a Mated pair of True percular clown fish. Was wondering how they do. I'm buying mine from www.marinedepotlive.com Along with either a long tentacle anemone or a sebea anemone Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Hey Btw. Nice Setup I'm considering that DIY mini Fuge. But also I have a Question?! Those 2 clown fish are they a mated pair? or did you buy seprately. I'm considering Buying a Mated pair of True percular clown fish. Was wondering how they do. I'm buying mine from www.marinedepotlive.com Along with either a long tentacle anemone or a sebea anemone Thanks for the comment! They were a mated pair when I bought them. The smaller was a little under an inch long, the larger was about an inch.5 long. If you buy the maited pair they'll do really great! They are happy alone as well, but it's 100 times as cool of a fish if you have them as a mated pair as they interact with each other. anemone, I don't have, nor do I think I ever will. They're messy, need pristine water conditions, move around and can kill other corals =( Plus my clowns are happy hosting the corner of the tank =) you should keep a journal too so we can follow! Link to comment
qascooter Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Hey Koden, I'm picking up a 30 gallon cube (24x18.5x??) tank by Jalli tonight. It looks like has the same back filtration scheme as the M-tank. Got any recent pics of the back of your tank so I can learn from your efforts?!? :-) I'm going to add a SQWD straight out the gate, and put in two 1/2" bulkheads. I'll swap out the pump later. I'm also going to drill the 8 - 3/16" holes in the initial chamber. This tank has an open top with the lights (2 - 2x55w jalli light fixture) on legs, similar to the M-Tank. And there is lots of room in the light fixture for mods! Still haven't decided between MH's or T5's. After the new year for that though. Anyway, I like what you've done with your M-Tank. Thanks for documenting your progress/mods/thoughts. It's helped a lot! Scott Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 hi scott! where did you get the jalli tank? I heard rumors of it, but never found a website / picture of them. Looks exciting. Post some pix for us to see =) I will take a picture for you soon! I will be adding some new plumbing to my tank in effort to kill a "dead spot". I'll probably throw on all those mods into this thread soon. Link to comment
qascooter Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 I'm getting the tank from a LFS (Far West in Murrieta, CA). He goes up to LA on Mondays, and ensured me he'd get one for me today. I couldn't find any information on them either. I even called Jallicorp and the guy that answered the phone didn't know anything. Doohhh! I'll start a thread and post pics when I get it, which should be tonight! hi scott! where did you get the jalli tank? I heard rumors of it, but never found a website / picture of them. Looks exciting. Post some pix for us to see =) I will take a picture for you soon! I will be adding some new plumbing to my tank in effort to kill a "dead spot". I'll probably throw on all those mods into this thread soon. Link to comment
kinetic Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 that's awesome! i'm excited. I'll definately push over some pictures tonight or tomorrow. Link to comment
Quash Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 ...and get mantis shrimp thrown into their FO tanks. saw that in the makeshift lounge, thats fuggin hilarious. I laffed so hard I almost choked on my epiglottis...back to studying. Cant wait for the pics Link to comment
kinetic Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Cool new events: My flame angel is going to stay until the new tank is setup. It's just too beautiful and fun to watch. It doesn't eat the acropora sp. that I have. It actually jumped in the strawberry basket to eat algae and jumped back out. The acro crab likes to stick his claws out at the fish. The randalli goby has made the blackray's home, his own home. Moving in caused a lot of ruckus fromt he blackray. The blackray would constantly have his jaw gaping wide open, while the randalli scooted next to him in the tunnel. It's adorable seeing them cuddling. The randalli has no problem living there with the blackray, but the blackray is a bit offended by the intruder. Usually the randalli goby sits outside of the cave, but at night he goes inside to sleep. Now I see the blackray peacefully sharing the hole. He doesn't really mind the randalli anymore. Cool huh? The two ocellaris have adopted a new corner of the tank, and have made the magfloat their host. They both wiggle against it like it's an anemone. funny =) Link to comment
kinetic Posted December 6, 2005 Author Share Posted December 6, 2005 Finally got a snapshot of my blackray! beautiful guy. he was complaining about all the nassarius snails that started bombarding his home. I spot fed him some brine and flake, and the nass went crazy. He just opens his mouth real big. This is the dusk time, so only actinic is on, sorry about the crappy pick, but maybe next time I can catch him and the randalli chilling together. Link to comment
kinetic Posted December 8, 2005 Author Share Posted December 8, 2005 cleaner at dusk: snapshots of my two gobies: getting ready for a biweekly water change: Link to comment
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