Halo's 28JbJ Reef/Invert Nano Diary

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kat74

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Originally Posted by beenbag497
http:///forum/post/2527530
who else thinks halo stalketr and kat or kate should just hook up already
awwww.... come on now. I'm old enough to be his older sister!

And BTW... it's not Kat, or Kate.... it's Kim.
 
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kat74

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Originally Posted by HaloStalker
http:///forum/post/2526470
sorry kat u know im joking, being as i might become a doctor i know how stressful life can be and especially a really great job like u have=P right now im stessed as it is and to be honest everyday to come home and look at the tank for a couple of mins before something like dinner, is really relaxing. idk im actually putting alot on myself and this tank is keeping me sane and as are all of u for at least talkin with me=P i try to log on for maybe 2min here and there when i have a chance so i leave my laptop on.
Im 18 and i have a full time job and i go to school full time and i have no idea in which direction i wana go its either medical or biological/science.
i really want to do something in biology as i love the subject deeply as u can see by me being fascinated by everything that's living.
i also can go into a medical career b/c i took extreme hard courses and actually did very good at them for not trying hard.
That's the cool part about this hobby it gives u the chance of getting away from all the stressful things u deal with in life for at least a couple of min's=P
thanx for understanding and cheering me up b/c i always feel really down

Well, sweetie, I certainly do understand the peace that the enjoyment of this hobby brings to this otherwise stressful, go-go-go world we live in.
I say you should go into the medical field, especially since you took some of the harder courses and did very well with them. Whatever interests you the most, go for it.

and it worries me that you always feel really down.... :( I don't pretend to know what's going on in your life, nor is it any of my business, but when you feel like you need to get away, just spend some quiet time with your tank and log on here and post in your thread. Everyone here, for the most part, is extremely helpful, kind and understanding. We're a family of sorts... dysfunctional at times, but we're family.

Originally Posted by HaloStalker

http:///forum/post/2526470
oh u haven't seen nun yet hehe.
Oh Lord & Taylor... I don't think I wanna know!~
 

halostalker

Member
Originally Posted by beenbag497
http:///forum/post/2527530
who else thinks halo stalketr and kat or kate should just hook up already
lmao sorry don't have room in my life for a Girl friend=(, im even running low on friends just not enough time in a day=P
and what i mean about don't need a gf is that i think right now there is more important things i should focus on

and i don't think Kat would want me, i can't even give her a frag yet im certainly not wordy
lmao
 

halostalker

Member
thanx Kat that makes me feel all warm inside and i have a urge to spend my whole bank account on coral ~shame on u~ lmao
Its seriously cool to come home and have wonderful people here take ur mind off of ----=P
on a side note. tank is doin great the algae is growing slower and slower on the tank, 2 weekz ago after i cleaned it a day later it would be all green/gold and then after 3 it would be solid lol but now its gone about 5 dayz and its decent
 

halostalker

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k finally ordered some inverts=P
here is my package
1 Emperor Shrimp
4 pom pom crabs
2 sexy shrimp
2 anemone shrimp
2 Porcelain Anemone Crab
2 Blue Porcelain Crab
2 Bumble Bee Shrimp
2 Halloween Hermit Crab
3 Nassarius Snail
and also a Yuma-Rainbow Polyp
i can't wait lol, u guys can say i went a little OD on this hehhe
also my tank is doin good, mandarin is pooping like a beast lol
k so i have phyto, cyclopeez and marine snow, what other kind of food should i get, i now like mysis but what else, flake food?
 
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kat74

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Originally Posted by HaloStalker
http:///forum/post/2530466
k finally ordered some inverts=P
here is my package
1 Emperor Shrimp
4 pom pom crabs
2 sexy shrimp
2 anemone shrimp
2 Porcelain Anemone Crab
2 Blue Porcelain Crab
2 Bumble Bee Shrimp
2 Halloween Hermit Crab
3 Nassarius Snail
and also a Yuma-Rainbow Polyp
i can't wait lol, u guys can say i went a little OD on this hehhe
also my tank is doin good, mandarin is pooping like a beast lol
k so i have phyto, cyclopeez and marine snow, what other kind of food should i get, i now like mysis but what else, flake food?
WOW!!~ You sure went all out, didn't you??? That's A LOT of inverts!
Can't wait to see them all, especially the emperor shrimp since I'll be getting one too! And with 4 pom pom crabs, you surely should be able to see at least one of them all the time!
Where did you order all of these from?
And sounds like you have a nice variety of stuff already, but yeah, I think some mysis would definately be good to get!
When are they all coming in and can't wait to see pics!~
Oh! How's the little mandarin love affair coming along?
 

halostalker

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lmao yea but im missing the harlequin shrimp lol and also the upside down jelly, and the flaming prawn gobys lmao so i got a long way to go and i don't even have that much coral yet.=P i did add some star polyps today only some opened but i'll take a pick when i can.
these are all coming wednesday lmao i just hope they don't run out of inverts and send me half of what i ordered heheh.
My mandarin is doin good today she came up to me and started to flirt on my zoo's lmao it was like she found her self a nice bed heheh=P
 
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kat74

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Originally Posted by HaloStalker
http:///forum/post/2530883
lmao yea but im missing the harlequin shrimp lol and also the upside down jelly, and the flaming prawn gobys lmao so i got a long way to go and i don't even have that much coral yet.=P i did add some star polyps today only some opened but i'll take a pick when i can.
these are all coming wednesday lmao i just hope they don't run out of inverts and send me half of what i ordered heheh.
My mandarin is doin good today she came up to me and started to flirt on my zoo's lmao it was like she found her self a nice bed heheh=P
You are TOO cute!!!~ You and your little mandarin romance...
I really hope she does well for you.

The harlequins are so beautiful, but I don't know how I'd feel about watching them eat a poor starfish all the time. I hear that they will also feed the starfish to keep it alive.
The jellyfish, I'd be afraid to handle... do they all sting?
 

halostalker

Member
yea me and my mandarin do make a good couple shes very supportive and helpz me relax and she only takes up a couple mins of my time a day not much=P.
yea but i'll try to order some big stars and put them in a friends tank which is 100gal and only has a lion fish in it and he over feeds so much that the tank's sand is all red with so many worms. Anyway i'll put a couple of stars in there and i'll cut of a hand once in a while i hope im not to cruel. hey thats the price u
pay.=(
and the jellys can't sting anything not even a little crab that decides to go hiding in its tenicles. so its totally reef safe unlike some Anemone and other coral that can sting neighbors.
 
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kat74

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Originally Posted by HaloStalker
http:///forum/post/2531062
yea me and my mandarin do make a good couple shes very supportive and helpz me relax and she only takes up a couple mins of my time a day not much=P.
yea but i'll try to order some big stars and put them in a friends tank which is 100gal and only has a lion fish in it and he over feeds so much that the tank's sand is all red with so many worms. Anyway i'll put a couple of stars in there and i'll cut of a hand once in a while i hope im not to cruel. hey thats the price u
pay.=(
and the jellys can't sting anything not even a little crab that decides to go hiding in its tenicles. so its totally reef safe unlike some Anemone and other coral that can sting neighbors.
ahhh.... okay, so the jelly's can't sting. That's good! 'Cause I'd hate to have to see someone come over and pee on you if you got stung!~

and awww... poor starfishies....

and I feel sorry for your next girlfriend... your mandarin is going to have her trying to live up to unrealistic expectations!~
You will NEVER get away with spending only a couple of minutes a day with her.
 

halostalker

Member
lmao pee on my hand=P(brings back memories of watching 'friends')
yea suckz for the star fish but my plan is not to really kill them as is hurt them and let them regrow there hand(we will see how my plan works).
hey if i can put this much dedication into my tank my next girlfriend/wife will get the same treatment but they better be as pretty as my mandarin lmao.
Update: my tank is doing great and alot of improvement, pics will be later today i swear.
the green seaweed i have has reached from the back of the tank to the front lmao i should cut it a bit.
My pencil urchin is really pretty now coming out to graze night and day, alot of reds and purples.
I can see my SpS grow, if u look up to my pinkish sps and see how it looks like a hand well i'll show u pics today and u can see how its changed, even the place i cut it at is becoming pointy again.
MY GSP has opened up and so has my 2 black sun ployps they stay open all night now really cool looking.(they know i feed them at night hehe)
Also if u remember i threw in a small mushroom right from the start of my nano i have found it and its been growing, i damaged it when i pulled it off of another rock and chucked it into my nano but it has gotten bigger and its starting to get its neon color back, pics later.
AND im getting a big big custom coral package put together for me and its goin to be so great u will love it i just hope it won't turn out like my last where i got 6 coral and only half survived.
im pretty confident b/c it wasn't really my tank that killed them it was more of if they survived shipping i hope it was only a fluke.(knock on wood).
tomorrow is the day for my tank to get inverts
 
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kat74

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Originally Posted by HaloStalker
http:///forum/post/2534333
lmao pee on my hand=P(brings back memories of watching 'friends')
yea suckz for the star fish but my plan is not to really kill them as is hurt them and let them regrow there hand(we will see how my plan works).
hey if i can put this much dedication into my tank my next girlfriend/wife will get the same treatment but they better be as pretty as my mandarin lmao.
Update: my tank is doing great and alot of improvement, pics will be later today i swear.
the green seaweed i have has reached from the back of the tank to the front lmao i should cut it a bit.
My pencil urchin is really pretty now coming out to graze night and day, alot of reds and purples.
I can see my SpS grow, if u look up to my pinkish sps and see how it looks like a hand well i'll show u pics today and u can see how its changed, even the place i cut it at is becoming pointy again.
MY GSP has opened up and so has my 2 black sun ployps they stay open all night now really cool looking.(they know i feed them at night hehe)
Also if u remember i threw in a small mushroom right from the start of my nano i have found it and its been growing, i damaged it when i pulled it off of another rock and chucked it into my nano but it has gotten bigger and its starting to get its neon color back, pics later.
AND im getting a big big custom coral package put together for me and its goin to be so great u will love it i just hope it won't turn out like my last where i got 6 coral and only half survived.
im pretty confident b/c it wasn't really my tank that killed them it was more of if they survived shipping i hope it was only a fluke.(knock on wood).
tomorrow is the day for my tank to get inverts
rty:

Wow! What an update! and ummmm.... it IS "later in the day".... so where are the updated pics?? Hmmmm???
Can't wait to see pics, especially of the black sun coral. Some people say that they are harder to keep than the other sun coral.

You're just getting a lot of stuff coming up, aren't you?? Getting a big coral order together... getting the mother of all shipments of awesome inverts tomorrow... You better do a big, photographic update! I'll be waiting.... oh, and still waiting for today's update....

and I think you may need to lower your girlfriend/wife expectations... for one to be prettier than your mandarin?? That's asking for nearly the impossible, isn't it?
 

halostalker

Member
Sorry kat my bro took the camera and i had school today so way to busy to remind him to bring it, but tomorrow he will.
LMAO yea ur prob right i never will find a prettier women then my mandarin, to bad i can't grab a pretty one and put her in a cage
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lmao first im getting a huge invert package with one yuma lol
the coral package which i count 11+plus different species of coral coming, there are also the mystery ones i have no idea about heheh. this package i will try to get in 2-3 weeks i don't want to rush my tank to much.
i just got a email saying that the Porcelain Anemone crabs that came in over the weekend did not do so well and they ended up losing a bunch /cry should i delay my order that way i get it full?
 

subielover

Active Member
Man, I just came in to see if the pics were up yet, and what do I find but you two chatting it up again
Can't wait to see the pics of all your new inhabitants
 

halostalker

Member
bad new maybe not. my invert shipment is getting delayed. due to a funky shipment of Porcelain Anemone crabs, it was very nice of the guy to get a hold of me and ask my opinion, other companys usually just send out a shipment even if its not full. very smart guy i had a chat about sps crabs and other rare stuff. He noticed my little ornamental assortment so he realized i wouldn't be interested in 2 crabs in poor health.
All in all he promised that me will try to get another 2 crabs or if he can't by thru he will just email me back and add another emperor shrimp to my order as he also noticed i was trying to pair up the crabs and shrimp.
sorry guyz i'll take pics tomorrow but no extra inverts.
well i talked to martin for a while(to bad i was sleeping as i wasn't really awake), we discussed about all the little rare crabs they get one coral but usually they all die b/c they have very strict quarantine procedures(disinfect corals in very deadly solution), but he will keep me in mind for the future.
Also he told me about flaming prawn gobys he has and had including a 800 dollar pair, i was like wow and i wanted a pair lol he also told me they are the most expensive fish pound for pound.
Including that he gave me some breeding tips which i found interesting
all in all im really happy with this company.
 
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kat74

Guest
Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2535243
Man, I just came in to see if the pics were up yet, and what do I find but you two chatting it up again
Can't wait to see the pics of all your new inhabitants

awww.... it's all good. We all love to just visit each others threads to see what's up, even if there are no updates.
We're quite the dysfunctional family around here.

Once you get your thread started, we'll move on over to yours too!~
 
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kat74

Guest
Originally Posted by HaloStalker
http:///forum/post/2535427
bad new maybe not. my invert shipment is getting delayed. due to a funky shipment of Porcelain Anemone crabs, it was very nice of the guy to get a hold of me and ask my opinion, other companys usually just send out a shipment even if its not full. very smart guy i had a chat about sps crabs and other rare stuff. He noticed my little ornamental assortment so he realized i wouldn't be interested in 2 crabs in poor health.
All in all he promised that me will try to get another 2 crabs or if he can't by thru he will just email me back and add another emperor shrimp to my order as he also noticed i was trying to pair up the crabs and shrimp.
sorry guyz i'll take pics tomorrow but no extra inverts.
well i talked to martin for a while(to bad i was sleeping as i wasn't really awake), we discussed about all the little rare crabs they get one coral but usually they all die b/c they have very strict quarantine procedures(disinfect corals in very deadly solution), but he will keep me in mind for the future.
Also he told me about flaming prawn gobys he has and had including a 800 dollar pair, i was like wow and i wanted a pair lol he also told me they are the most expensive fish pound for pound.
Including that he gave me some breeding tips which i found interesting
all in all im really happy with this company.

Wow, that sounds like a nice, honest company. And $800 for a pair of flaming prawn gobys??
I guess my LFS selling them for $260 a pair isn't bad at all then!~

..... waiting patiently on pictures..... whenever you get around to them...

 

halostalker

Member
well it was a breeding pair not just a pair, its like u can get clown fish pairs but that don't mean they will breed for u anytime soon.
yea the guy was great he told me he has most of the funky crabs alive but b/c so many died on him he suspects high level of ammonia which he thinks burned there gill's so he's not using them b/c he told me they can prob live a week or 2 and then die on me, so he will be getting a shipment of new ones tomorrow and will get back to me.
 
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