Recent content by freeride7

oh, the blue ridge coral survived.thank you...thats in the 180 now as well.

Well thats it. Broke down the 55 g today. Nothing coral wise survived. ( other than maybe some striped mushrooms ) and the fish. Transferred the fish to my 180g and some of the LR. All this due to a faulty heater. Oh well, save on the power bill now : ) Only one tank to babysit.

Well the frog is totally decimated. Chucked it out yesterday, every branch died. Softies not looking so good. If the tank doesnt recover, Im going to transfer what I can to my 180 and retire the 55g. ALL the fish sruvived, however I havent seen the sixline since it happened.

I guess I shouldnt have posted how well my good ol' frog was doing. I just had a heater malfunction today. Yesterday 55 gtank was at 78...this morning was at 82 which I thought strange so I cranked the heater down. I came home tonight to 92!! Cloudy tank and this...... Everything looks like it...

and a chunk I wedged into some rock in my 180 G

more...October

Anyone have any luck with this coral? Pictures? I have had it in my 55 g for about 5 years. It started as a 1/2 inch chunk I received from a local trader. I wedged into a rock...and well here are some pics. first are from January 2009 next from today. I wish I would have taken some from the...

I had the same looking hitchhiker. Was looking in my tank one night with the moonlights on and it was chomping down on one of my acro's. So I grabbed it with a set of pliers and threw it in my QT. Mine was about 2x as big as that one....

My 55g is 2- 175MH ushio ( Mogul ) with actinics. My 180g is 3x250 watt 10,000K MH lamps,HQI 4x96 watt True Actinic 03 Blue PC lamps, 4x1 watt Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED lamps. Replace the stock coralife bulbs with ushio

Yah, I have broguht that up with a couple of the LFS in my area with no interest. Your right though, LFS in my area sell a branching with a couple of heads for $80.00. Not sure why they wouldnt want to buy from me locally and not have to ship them in. I have put as much as I want in my...

haha. Trust me, I hav e the same issue with shrooms...hairy started as 1 a couple years ago...and the striped started as 2 in my tank 4 years ago or so...now they cover the back of my 55 and everywhere else. Strange thing is ...I dont dose my 55, I dont do regular water changes..I kinda let it...

Thanks, I appreciate the info Tizzo. I think I may gradually move it up towards the lighting to see what kind fo growth I can get out of it.

and the frog branches I had to put in my 180..( all along the back of tank on left side and top )

The first pic was from 4 years ago..when I first put a branching frog in my 55g. The second was last year before I was forced to frag it.. The last pic is todays growth and I have fragged it countless times ( breaking branches off and placing in my 180g ) I can barely keep up with it...

I just bought the " turbinaria reformis - thanks Tizzo " a few days ago...I have it sitting on the lower level for now. I am assuming I have to get it exposed to more light gradually? I am running 3 x 250 10,000k in my 180 G. Thanks again.