Whisk's Aquapod 24g journal

whisk

whisk

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Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2822201
Very exciting, it is looking great. I know it is going to turn out great for you, you took your time and did some research and now I am sure it will payoff for you in the way of a beautiful tank
Good luck.

Thanks Subie, I hope so too.

Originally Posted by miami_reefer
http:///forum/post/2822215
Love the rock work. Hope everything turns out fine. Congrats on your new addiction!!! lol
Thanks Miami, it is definitely my new addiction!!

Originally Posted by nwdyr
http:///forum/post/2822248
Yea welcome to the addiction!!! JMO ...I would have smoked the crab
then again i have had some bad luck with Gorilla crabs , so maybe I am just paranoid. Rock work looks good

I sort of agree with you in that I hear bad stories about hitchhiking crabs. For now I'll keep an eye on him and if he doesnt play nice, I'll have to get rid of him. If anything, it gives me somethign to look at (when I see actually see him) until I can get some of the things I really want.

Originally Posted by funkysean5
http:///forum/post/2822283
Good luck!

Thanks funkysean, i'm gonna need it!
Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2822488
+1 for canning the crab. I hate crabs

Yeah, it's something I'm gonna have to experience for myself.
 
whisk

whisk

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Originally Posted by subielover
http:///forum/post/2822912
Looking good, I think that is an asterina star, but not positive
Tank is looking nice

cool, i'll have to look it up. I dont have high hopes for any of these little critters surviving since the tank is so new, but I guess time will have to tell.
 
whisk

whisk

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thanks guys, yeah I got pretty lucky with the LR. I saw another small star fish but he was missing two legs. And I see a couple new FD's pop up now and then, I have counted 9 so far. Also, i saw a couple little bug creatures crawling around on the rocks last night.
Also, there are these crazy tube worms or something, they come out of their tube and reach around and pick up grains of sand and use it to build their tube. Its sweet. Theres a bunch of them. Anyone know what they are called? thanks!
 
cal559

cal559

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Nice Pix Man...I'm gonna start mine pretty soon too...keep you updated on my project...29 gallon biocube...
 
whisk

whisk

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Another starfish came out to say hi, i heard there are good and bad stars, the bad ones eating some corals. I'll keep an eye on him for now, i wont have any corals until the new year, so for now I guess he can stay.


 
whisk

whisk

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Originally Posted by NaNo-NeWb1983
http:///forum/post/2824906
Love your rocks man, full of goodies.. Im jealous
Thanks Nano, dont be jealous though. Your tank rules.
I find all this stuff at night, i sit there for an hour and stuff crawls out. I got a flashlight and that helps. I still havent seen the crab though since day one, i keep looking for him.
 
paintballer768

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Those hitchers are pretty cool. Those stars will pop up forever, very cool ones.
Thats a nice mushroom rock you got, even the bleached ones will come back. I would consolidate them personally, so they dont sting other corals you put in around them as the mushrooms reproduce. The tanks coming along great though
 
whisk

whisk

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Originally Posted by paintballer768
http:///forum/post/2824967
Those hitchers are pretty cool. Those stars will pop up forever, very cool ones.
Thats a nice mushroom rock you got, even the bleached ones will come back. I would consolidate them personally, so they dont sting other corals you put in around them as the mushrooms reproduce. The tanks coming along great though

Thanks Paintballer. Thats cool about the mushrooms, i thought the bleached ones were goners but that would be cool if they came back. thanks for the tip.
 
nissan577

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hey whisk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love your tank! and shrooms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wanna name them carlos! lol j.k
 
whisk

whisk

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Haha, no im not going to name it anything. I got my API test kits last night finally. Here are the new results:
ph 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 20
I was expecting to see more ammonia and nitrites in there. Two days ago the test strips said there was ammonia but no nitrates. I read in my saltwater book that i may never see a cycle with well cured rock and live sand. Any advice? I threw in a small bit of frozen food to help feed the bacteria but ammonia didnt go up. Should i add a little more? Thanks for helping your neighborhood newb.
 
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