sheldon's 55 gal ,
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sheldon
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more pics , bought new mushrooms and zoo's today , small single frags, will get some pics , i think they are kewl , gf got a rock with a yellow coral on it , looks to me like mold but what do i know ,
this tank is about 5 months old so i think i doing ok so far ...
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... just checked all the new stuff , nothing looks good enuff for pics , maybe tomorrow
later all
this tank is about 5 months old so i think i doing ok so far ...
... just checked all the new stuff , nothing looks good enuff for pics , maybe tomorrow
later all
J
justin podolan
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Thats a very nice loohing tank uoy fave there. What kind of light do you have?
veni vidi vici
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2881612
Just a heads up the anemone already looks bleached, your lighting will not bring it back and it will probably die some time in the future if you don't get higher lighting.
I like the aquascape. You did a good job with it.
+1 and that acro (purple hard coral)wont make it either.It need alot more lighting than what you currently have.Other than that the tank looks great. Nice job
http:///forum/post/2881612
Just a heads up the anemone already looks bleached, your lighting will not bring it back and it will probably die some time in the future if you don't get higher lighting.
I like the aquascape. You did a good job with it.
+1 and that acro (purple hard coral)wont make it either.It need alot more lighting than what you currently have.Other than that the tank looks great. Nice job
scottallert
Active Member
the squishy rock is a sponge.
sheldon
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kewl , i glad we doing good 
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all 3 anemones have been the colors they r since we got them , ebaying the bulb , hoping to have one by monday ,, the acro bottom half is turning white ,i moved it to the top of tank under the white bulbs , just noticed in the pic above the bottom of the acro , close to base is white ,bulb has been broken a week ,
i tried to super glue a zoo to a rock last nite .. failed , will try again .
also will try to get new pics of the new stuff we got nothing special just things we saw that we thought looked good ,
also solved the damsel problem , not adding any fish till the 3 mean fish die of old age ( i can get really small hippo tangs from lfs , but dont want them beat up , fish store said when he gets to big for tank bring him back for credit ) not fair to the tangs .
ty for the feed back , kind of proud of my charlie brown ft !
ok water here , gonna do a 5 gal wc got 6 dif readings on hydro thing all 1.025 + bbl ...
....all 3 anemones have been the colors they r since we got them , ebaying the bulb , hoping to have one by monday ,, the acro bottom half is turning white ,i moved it to the top of tank under the white bulbs , just noticed in the pic above the bottom of the acro , close to base is white
,bulb has been broken a week , i tried to super glue a zoo to a rock last nite .. failed , will try again .
also will try to get new pics of the new stuff we got nothing special just things we saw that we thought looked good ,
also solved the damsel problem , not adding any fish till the 3 mean fish die of old age ( i can get really small hippo tangs from lfs , but dont want them beat up , fish store said when he gets to big for tank bring him back for credit ) not fair to the tangs .
ty for the feed back , kind of proud of my charlie brown ft !
ok water here , gonna do a 5 gal wc got 6 dif readings on hydro thing all 1.025 + bbl ...
sheldon
Member
ok here are more pics, all done today 12-19-08, with in the last hour ...
heres what my acro looks like today.....
here's a full tank with new stuff ....
ok i think these are ricoria mushrooms ?
reg shrooms ...
sun polyp?....
this srhoom my cut in half where it is on rock , like a decoration crab did the red mushrooms above (decoration crab is def not reef safe, y dont lfs tell ya that ?)
my gf is hoping it will grow 2 ,
and i think this is a toadstool ? im bad with names ,all these corals names hard to keep up with ...
our first home made frags!!! , acro is not one we made
ok the rest of the pics i dont like so i not posting them , will take more next thursday, xcept the one gf cut will get a shot once a day till we know if it survived or not , an way nite all
heres what my acro looks like today
.....here's a full tank with new stuff ....
ok i think these are ricoria mushrooms ?
reg shrooms ...
sun polyp?....
this srhoom my cut in half where it is on rock , like a decoration crab did the red mushrooms above (decoration crab is def not reef safe, y dont lfs tell ya that ?)
my gf is hoping it will grow 2 ,
and i think this is a toadstool ? im bad with names ,all these corals names hard to keep up with ...
our first home made frags!!! , acro is not one we made
ok the rest of the pics i dont like so i not posting them , will take more next thursday, xcept the one gf cut will get a shot once a day till we know if it survived or not , an way nite all
sheldon
Member
thanks , still need better camera , ok waiting on buld to get here , need to replace ballast on other fixture,, acro died will try another one once all lights r working , LCS ,(local coral store, they specialize in coral) sells small frags for $5-$10 so not a big loss in money ..
took a few more pics ,
here is the shroom my gf cut .. 2 days ...
here is our other emerald crab , we got him 4 mos ago, same size as other emerald crab we have
and a pic of the underneath of tank ..
thats all for now ...
also ive was reading alot of the other posts,, one was about water , when i set up this tank , i went to dania beach (fl) walked into water and held buckets under water ,sand came from right where the water was breaking on the shore , since then ive only added distilled water , and what ever water fish/coral came in , nothing bad ever happened ,
i have water tested at lfs once a month , on sundays i add 10ml of iodine and kent essential mins, every nite 5 ml of calcium, 10 ml of phytoplex every other day , i cant say if any of this stuff is helping , but i know nothing dieing so not hurting
as far as the tank and setup i got it for almost nothing, when i was given it i was explained how to clean it thats all , still dont know what type pump or skimmer just know they work , was told i need a uv bulb soon being the one i have is almost a yr old ,not looking forward to taking that apart
i also have added reef bugs to tank , not sure if that has worked at all , there a way to tell ?
was wondering would a floating or hang on side guppy breeder work well for shroom frags , since my emerald crab like to rearrange my frags ?
im also trying to talk gf into letting me buy a 29 gal nano , so i can have 2 true black clowns , and a place to grow shroom frags, if the one we cut lives , we gonna split the rest i think , and are going to need another tank
any way talk to every one later , hope u enjoy the pics , i filmed a small movie with the same cam as the pics just have not watched it, so not sure if it worth posting ..
will try another one once all lights r working , LCS ,(local coral store, they specialize in coral) sells small frags for $5-$10 so not a big loss in money ..took a few more pics ,
here is the shroom my gf cut .. 2 days ...
here is our other emerald crab , we got him 4 mos ago, same size as other emerald crab we have
and a pic of the underneath of tank ..
thats all for now ...
also ive was reading alot of the other posts,, one was about water , when i set up this tank , i went to dania beach (fl) walked into water and held buckets under water ,sand came from right where the water was breaking on the shore , since then ive only added distilled water , and what ever water fish/coral came in , nothing bad ever happened ,
i have water tested at lfs once a month , on sundays i add 10ml of iodine and kent essential mins, every nite 5 ml of calcium, 10 ml of phytoplex every other day , i cant say if any of this stuff is helping , but i know nothing dieing so not hurting
as far as the tank and setup i got it for almost nothing, when i was given it i was explained how to clean it thats all , still dont know what type pump or skimmer just know they work , was told i need a uv bulb soon being the one i have is almost a yr old ,not looking forward to taking that apart
i also have added reef bugs to tank , not sure if that has worked at all , there a way to tell ?
was wondering would a floating or hang on side guppy breeder work well for shroom frags , since my emerald crab like to rearrange my frags ?
im also trying to talk gf into letting me buy a 29 gal nano , so i can have 2 true black clowns , and a place to grow shroom frags, if the one we cut lives , we gonna split the rest i think , and are going to need another tank
any way talk to every one later , hope u enjoy the pics , i filmed a small movie with the same cam as the pics just have not watched it, so not sure if it worth posting ..
scottallert
Active Member
as for the frags.
get a soap holder that goes in a shower with suckion cups put some rubble in it and stick it to the glass of your tank and put the frags in there.
get a soap holder that goes in a shower with suckion cups put some rubble in it and stick it to the glass of your tank and put the frags in there.
sheldon
Member
well just a fast update ,no pics, got all my loose coral frags glued to rocks so they not floating around tank , mushroom gf cut in half isn't cut all the wa threw so not sure how it gonna grow, but it still alive , the white xenia i had has all died , all the other coral seems ok , was planning on picking up a purple maximus clam for gf as xmas present , but got tuck working , will pick up sunday , along with frogspawn coral , looks like hammer head coral but not that one , and anything thing else that might catch my eye,
well happy holidays all , hope every one is having a happy and safe one
well happy holidays all , hope every one is having a happy and safe one
sheldon
Member
hello all ,, been a while , fast update , got a second tank , 29 bio cube ,gonna be for coral frags and clown when done cycling , got 3 damsels in it atm , , no luck on splitting any mushrooms zoo's have started to multiply , clam is very happy ,so is gf lol , ill also post pics , of everything , as soon as i take new ones
zoo's have started to multiply , clam is very happy ,so is gf lol , ill also post pics , of everything , as soon as i take new ones
lordlion
Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2881612
Just a heads up the anemone already looks bleached, your lighting will not bring it back and it will probably die some time in the future if you don't get higher lighting.
I like the aquascape. You did a good job with it.
Yah you need at leasy 200 watts I think my anemone was bleached but luckily I bought a $350 lighting system and saved it
http:///forum/post/2881612
Just a heads up the anemone already looks bleached, your lighting will not bring it back and it will probably die some time in the future if you don't get higher lighting.
I like the aquascape. You did a good job with it.
Yah you need at leasy 200 watts I think my anemone was bleached but luckily I bought a $350 lighting system and saved it
sheldon
Member
well about lights , i only running 2 55 watt compact flo. ,new one , left side of tank pic is 10,000k all wht ,put in weekend after xmas , other one is a 8,000k bulb also white , have not lost an anemoe yet ,due to lighting, i pinned one under a rock when i had to rearrange tank i still haven't replaced other light set , also sub compacts , bio cube has 2 34 watt bulbs , blue and white , anenome has a neon yellow tint to it , right now i only have softies for coral , everything LOOKS ok , have seen some new growth ,,,
i also have new pics waiting for them to upload
i do have a question , are the dif types of kenya trees, and also what colors can the be??
and frogspawn come in other color besides green ?
ok pics uploaded .......
29 bio cube
the 55 gallon
ok rest is random pics , not much new coral , but pics r from today ....
new talbot damsel / 29g
yellow bellied damsel /29g
scooter blenny /29g
coral cat /55g
random unnamed zoos
i still haven't replaced other light set , also sub compacts , bio cube has 2 34 watt bulbs , blue and white , anenome has a neon yellow tint to it , right now i only have softies for coral , everything LOOKS ok , have seen some new growth ,,, i also have new pics waiting for them to upload
i do have a question , are the dif types of kenya trees, and also what colors can the be??
and frogspawn come in other color besides green ?
ok pics uploaded .......
29 bio cube
the 55 gallon
ok rest is random pics , not much new coral , but pics r from today ....
new talbot damsel / 29g
yellow bellied damsel /29g
scooter blenny /29g
coral cat /55g
random unnamed zoos