Argent Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 The girl is going to frag my pieces today and ship them Tuesday (as long as they are still doing well after being fragged) so I'll probably have them wednesday to put in my tank. She's also getting me pictures of the frags before she sends them to me so I can post those when I get them. JF2381 -- thanks for the compliments -- it's my first venture in to salt water so I've been a bit nervous about it. Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 I can't wait to see them in your tank. Looking forward to seeing the pics. For your first time doing saltwater your doing a pretty good job. texan Link to comment
Argent Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 Thanks -- I've had many years of fish keeping mostly tropical and cichlids, I figured the next logical permutation was to try my hand at reef keeping - but on a shoestring budget. Since the tank is small I can save time/money by just buying pre-mixed salt water from the LFS! Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Yeah I used to have cichlids too but then I thought that saltwater would be really neat to try and thats how I got started. I'm going to start setting up my 2.5 gallon very soon so you will have too watch out for that. Can't wait to see the zoo's in the tank. texan Link to comment
Argent Posted May 26, 2006 Author Share Posted May 26, 2006 yeah I'm interested to check out your tank -- let me know when you get it started! Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Yeah I will be sure to let you know when it gets going. So you will have the zoo frags on Wednesday? texan Link to comment
Argent Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 yeah if she ships them Tuesday I should have them Wednesday at work -- and will take pics. Link to comment
Argent Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 two zoa frags are out for delivery today -- I'll try and have pics up later this afternoon after I get them in my tank. Also just ordered this from Dr Fosters & Smith my hope is to take everything out of the hood they come in and custom mount them in my hood. Should help out my corals some -- and bump me to like 6watts/gallon of light. Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Yes you should be able to mount that into your tank. Will be waiting to see the pics! texan Link to comment
Argent Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 Zoa's are here! shipped in cute little glad containers to keep them safe! Frag #1 Frag #2 (looks like it had a rough transit) New FTS (re-aquascaped for better zoa placement) and better shots of them in my tank (you can see the brown hitchhiker zoa all the way to the left) Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Those look great! Glad to see everything turned out ok with them. You will have to post a pic when the open up all the way! texan Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Also, after you upgrade the lighting you could keep some gsp, xenia, leathers, etc. Or are you just going to keep zoo's? just wondering texan Link to comment
Argent Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 I really hadn't thought much about what else I could keep in the tank The lighting should be here Friday -- So I may run my tank topless over the weekend while I take both hoods home to try and make one upgraded lighting hood. Link to comment
Argent Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 only 2-3 hours after being in the tank the zombie eyes have started opening up! Link to comment
irishtexan Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 WOW! Those zoo's are amazing! Love the colors. texan Link to comment
Gman91 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 great tank, you might mant to keep an eye on your heater though. i had the same one in my six gallon, the heater went crazy and got the tank over 90. heater was only a year old. Link to comment
Argent Posted June 1, 2006 Author Share Posted June 1, 2006 thanks for the heads up -- I've never had any problems with any of their heaters before (I have them in all 3 of my other tanks) but I'll keep my eye on this one. Link to comment
JF2381 Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 thanks for the heads up -- I've never had any problems with any of their heaters before (I have them in all 3 of my other tanks) but I'll keep my eye on this one. If you pay for shipping I'll send you a couple of zoa frags to get you started. PM me if you are interested. Shipping should be about $5 to $6. Link to comment
irishtexan Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Argent, do you have any pictures of the other frag of zoo's fully opened? texan Link to comment
Argent Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 the green ones aren't doing all that well -- the girl I got them from said if they don't get better she'll send me another frag. Link to comment
Argent Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 finally got my digital specific gravity/salinity meter today my water tested out to 1.023 so it seems my tank is right where it needs to be so far. Today is also water change day, gonna try and suck some of the detrius off the black sand while I'm at it. Link to comment
irishtexan Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 The opened zoo looks really neat. But some of the zoo's look like they are cruched up. Hope everything works out. texan p.s When are you planning on adding more frags? Link to comment
Argent Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 I'll add more frags when I get them next week as for the green ones - yeah it looks like transit was a bit harsh on them (and now my hermit with vertical yellow striped legs has been picking at some of the polyps) Link to comment
irishtexan Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 Ok. Yeah the shipping didn't go very well for them. If the hermit is picking at some the crushed ones then they might be dead. So what frags are you getting? texan Link to comment
Argent Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 My mini-aqualight showed up today so I decided to try and modify the stock hood to accept the new lighting. It's still in the 'heat testing phase' to make sure I'm not going to melt down the office this weekend, but here's some pics of the finished product. and a FTS with the new lights on Link to comment
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