monsinour
Active Member
Update with pics. I finally cleaned the camera and got some batteries and took several pics. Here they all come.
These are the zoos that have been relocated due to the xenia moving them off the rock. These are the ones that my wife got me while I was in atlanta getting the bus. We dont know what kind they are, but they look great. These are now sitting on the bottom of the sand bed and they appear to not be suffering any lack of light issues.
This is the bubble coral. It has little brown stuff on it that doesnt really seem to be effecting it. It doesnt open as large as it used to. I feed it mysis every now and then so maybe I am not feeding it enough. No drop offs or any offspring from this one.
This is the dragon eyes. They seem to be doing better. It will be time to get the xenia away from them soon. You can get a better idea of thier color and proximity of the xenia in the xenia pic.
This is the blue tubs we got that remained purple in our tank. Again, the color and proximity to xenia will be seen in the xenia pic. You can see just how much these have grown as you can see the frag plug in the pic too.
This is the over grown xenia. Hard to imagine that all this came from just 2 small heads. I have to figure out how to get this stuff off the rocks so I can 'frag' it. The local reef club is supposed to have a July meeting and I offered to bring in this rock for a demonstration of this 'fragging' tecnique.
This is that little bitty frag i made way back when. It has its baby out and the sparkle is actually seen better with the new lights. Its too far in the tank to get a good pic and the xenia is almost covering it so I really need to get the zoo garden setup asafp.
This is all the gorgs in my tank. You can see the skinny one is the one that was being eaten a while ago. It now has a new growth near the top and has gotten taller. All of them have gotten larger and more full of polyps. If I dont do anything, what will happen if these things get tall enough to reach the top of the tank and stick out of the water?
This is falcor with the 'blue' ricordea from swf. I have tried to move the ric into a better spot for more light but it seems to have moved itself into this location several times. I really dont know what to do but it seems to be getting along just fine where it is. You cant see Falcor's gut in this shot but maybe in the next few you can. He eats the algea clip off the rock usually within a day. I have altered the feeding to every other day and this doesnt seem to effect him or the angel's behavior.
This is Larry buried in the sand. He can usually be found like this next to the duster. This duster was half the size when I moved it from the back of the tank to the front. Is there a call for these kinds of dusters? I have hundreds in my tank and the larger ones are out in the open with the smaller ones under the rocks. Some of the smaller ones have dropped off and making their way towards the light. Once there they will get rather large.
This is right after putting in the algea clip and everyone coming over to get a snack. The arrow points to the last piece of pretty red algea in my tank really. Close up of it next. And yes, it is attached to the snail.
This is a shot of the fish who do not eat the algea from the strip. The clowns will eat it if it has broken lose and is in the water column. The gramma loves the garlic pellets and the wrasse eats anything really. I took some of the green rose leaf eating worms off the bush and tossed them into the tank and the wrasse ate them all.
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This is a blurry shot of the hammer coral. At night you can see the distinct 2 seperate heads but they are both on one skeleton. Waiting for it to seperate into 2 skeletons so that I can have 2 pieces of this instead of one.
These are the pink people eater zoos. They are doing just fine despite being knocked around due to the fact they are not secured down. These were the first to be relocated due to the xenia being moved around. They are resting on the spot where the duncans were.
This is the mushroom family. The big one was where the little one is now. As it moved down, it left the little one behind.
This is a full tank shot
One of the things i have seen from time to time that I really would like to try out is a plate coral. I have no idea if I can do it or what it takes to care for them. The zoos on the bottom appear to be getting enough light. The hammer seems to be doing fine too. Any advice on a plate coral would be appreciated.
These are the zoos that have been relocated due to the xenia moving them off the rock. These are the ones that my wife got me while I was in atlanta getting the bus. We dont know what kind they are, but they look great. These are now sitting on the bottom of the sand bed and they appear to not be suffering any lack of light issues.
This is the bubble coral. It has little brown stuff on it that doesnt really seem to be effecting it. It doesnt open as large as it used to. I feed it mysis every now and then so maybe I am not feeding it enough. No drop offs or any offspring from this one.
This is the dragon eyes. They seem to be doing better. It will be time to get the xenia away from them soon. You can get a better idea of thier color and proximity of the xenia in the xenia pic.
This is the blue tubs we got that remained purple in our tank. Again, the color and proximity to xenia will be seen in the xenia pic. You can see just how much these have grown as you can see the frag plug in the pic too.
This is the over grown xenia. Hard to imagine that all this came from just 2 small heads. I have to figure out how to get this stuff off the rocks so I can 'frag' it. The local reef club is supposed to have a July meeting and I offered to bring in this rock for a demonstration of this 'fragging' tecnique.
This is that little bitty frag i made way back when. It has its baby out and the sparkle is actually seen better with the new lights. Its too far in the tank to get a good pic and the xenia is almost covering it so I really need to get the zoo garden setup asafp.
This is all the gorgs in my tank. You can see the skinny one is the one that was being eaten a while ago. It now has a new growth near the top and has gotten taller. All of them have gotten larger and more full of polyps. If I dont do anything, what will happen if these things get tall enough to reach the top of the tank and stick out of the water?
This is falcor with the 'blue' ricordea from swf. I have tried to move the ric into a better spot for more light but it seems to have moved itself into this location several times. I really dont know what to do but it seems to be getting along just fine where it is. You cant see Falcor's gut in this shot but maybe in the next few you can. He eats the algea clip off the rock usually within a day. I have altered the feeding to every other day and this doesnt seem to effect him or the angel's behavior.
This is Larry buried in the sand. He can usually be found like this next to the duster. This duster was half the size when I moved it from the back of the tank to the front. Is there a call for these kinds of dusters? I have hundreds in my tank and the larger ones are out in the open with the smaller ones under the rocks. Some of the smaller ones have dropped off and making their way towards the light. Once there they will get rather large.
This is right after putting in the algea clip and everyone coming over to get a snack. The arrow points to the last piece of pretty red algea in my tank really. Close up of it next. And yes, it is attached to the snail.
This is a shot of the fish who do not eat the algea from the strip. The clowns will eat it if it has broken lose and is in the water column. The gramma loves the garlic pellets and the wrasse eats anything really. I took some of the green rose leaf eating worms off the bush and tossed them into the tank and the wrasse ate them all.
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This is a blurry shot of the hammer coral. At night you can see the distinct 2 seperate heads but they are both on one skeleton. Waiting for it to seperate into 2 skeletons so that I can have 2 pieces of this instead of one.
These are the pink people eater zoos. They are doing just fine despite being knocked around due to the fact they are not secured down. These were the first to be relocated due to the xenia being moved around. They are resting on the spot where the duncans were.
This is the mushroom family. The big one was where the little one is now. As it moved down, it left the little one behind.
This is a full tank shot
One of the things i have seen from time to time that I really would like to try out is a plate coral. I have no idea if I can do it or what it takes to care for them. The zoos on the bottom appear to be getting enough light. The hammer seems to be doing fine too. Any advice on a plate coral would be appreciated.
