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Got my new frags in the mail today from a fellow Ontario Reefer.
Red MontiCap. This one has a nice bright red coloration under the actinics. I can't wait to see it grow. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg The one on the left is new. I am not sure which one it is, but figure it is one of the tricolors. Time will tell as it colors up. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg This one has more of a bluish tinge than a purple with a bit of a green base to it. It is very nice looking and polyps have extended out already. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg This is the green thinbranching deepwater acro. It has a really nice light green coloration and even more so when under actinics. It didn't come on a frag plug, but I found a place for it, and hope it will encrust without issues. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg Two of the newer frags. I am almost certain the one on the right is a tricolor. Don't know what the one on the left is. It has a bluish tinge too. I am gonna have to buy an army of peppermint shrimp to deal with the aiptasia.. it is beginning to drive me nuts. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg The one on the left is new. More than likely another tricolor. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg The two new chalices. Toxic on the left and Multicolor/Rainbow on the right. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg This is a purple encrusting montipora. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg This was one of the freebies I was sent. I think it is a superman monti... :) I have another frag of the same to that was also sent.. It is larger, but a little paler.. I am holding it for another reefer who wants to try his hand at sps. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg The larger of the same type of frag. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg I accidentally broke a branch off my purple tipped monti.. The tip is sitting vicariously on the live rock right now but not sliding anywhere so it will either encrust there or I will be giving it to Systemtool as well. It is a fast growing sps so I am not worried much and the digi is no worse for where. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg View of the long narrow with the new Acros added. Much nicer looking now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-16-2010.jpg Now... One thing I will say.. I hate hate hate hate hate ... reef epoxy. That crap just doesn't like to stick. It is a pain in the arse and when it does stick a few months later the frags loosen off the rocks. Grrr. They need to make something a lot better than that stuff. |
Looking good!
Try a sandwich - cyanoacrylate (crazy ) gel glue - epoxy - gel glue - frag/rock. Works like a charm. The epoxy gives an exact contoured substrate for the gel glue to bond the rocks together so it holds pretty tight. Just make sure to use a lot of glue as the glue cures instantly on contact with water - basically you need a big glob :) |
thanks I will try that because I am so not happy with the reef stuff being sold and I have tried a few types with the same results. The glue will be interesting.
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Pix Update: All the new sps and chalices seem to be doing well. The only one not is the monti confusa, but it is hanging in there and I hope it will encrust then color up. Time will tell.
First for the fish. Runt is still small, but has learned his place in the hierarchy of the tank and is not picked on as much as before. At least he is not alone in the one corner any more but Omen joins him most the time. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Omen is doing well and continues to color up. I find it interesting how the development of colors of clownfish differ when they are in a tank by themselves compared to when they are in a tank with other clownfish of the same species. It seems there development is a lot slower color and size wise when that happens. As long as they are healthy I am happy though. It a couple more months I will have had them for a year. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Jigsaw is the main bully of the tank. He puts Omen and Runt in their place all the time. At least it is not as aggressive as it could be. He shows pairing/breeding behaviour with Big Momma. Time will tell if they will be successful. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Big Momma always boots around the whole tank. She also puts the younger ones in their place from time to time, and can be a little more aggressive than Jigsaw, but the babies have learned how to quickly get behind the live rock where she can't reach them. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Sam the Eagle, named after the muppet character she resembles, continues to boot around the tank eating algae and some flake food. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg The Xenia in my tank is making a come back now. I am hoping it continues to grow and spread more. I really like the stuff. One day I may regret these words but right now I don't. I have major algae and aptasia issues so Xenia is the least of them. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg These pink eyes zoas are doing really well now from what they were a month ago. They have grown bigger and so have their skirts. I am really happy about that. I find it rather interesting because my skimmer is draining back into the tank, from the collection cup drain, but through some polyfill first, so I have to wonder if the improvement is the skimmer or the additives. Hmmmmm. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Duncans are happy as usual. Once I get the aiptasia issue in my tank resolved I may move them to another area so they can spread more. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Mr Clam has been slowly shifting himself closer and closer to the sand every day. I am hoping he stays in this spot rather than going to sand. I don't want him to attach to the tank bottom. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg The Chalices are doing well. The aiptasia that was right beside the green chalice has decided it doesn't like to touch it and has shrunk. Hmmm... Makes me want to buy a hundred chalices to put every where there is aiptasia. LOL. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg This encrusting monti is doing ok. Keeping it's color. It is more of a blue/purple with red polyps than my pic shows. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg This is a multicolor monti, very close to the superman monti. It's colors have brightened within the last week and the red polyps are starting to show more. When I put it in it's place I accidentally turned it so the larger piece is turned away from the front of the tank, so I hope it starts growing a bit faster. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg The Red MontiCap is doing well. The sides have colored up and are showing new polyps, so I can't wait to see how it will grow when it does start. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg I am not sure which type of Acro this is. I am thinking a blue tenuis. It's polyps are slowly coming out. Don't mind the bit of algae string on it. It came loose after the pic was taken. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg This Acro, I think it is the cereulus or something like that... It is continuing to grow nicely and slowly encrusting the plug it is on. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg This one fell off the top where it was beside the green bottlebrush. It is rather hardy as it didn't faze the coral one bit. I am thinking this is one of the tricolors, or another tenuis. eventually as it grows I will figure it out. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg The Green Bottlebrush is doing very well. It is now developing new branches and encrusting more on the bottom portion. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg The Green Thin Branching Deepwater acro fell off of where I puttied it. I hate epoxy.. hate hate hate it.. but at least it is happy where it fell so I am gonna leave it there. It's polyps are out. So I am taking that as a good indicator and it hasn't lost any color. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg On the left, my purple tipped digi has healed very quickly where the one branch broke off. The middle one is another blue tenuis I think, and the one on the right is the true tri-color. That one fell from it's epoxied place originaly and I replaced it there.. that is how I broke the digi... but it hasn't moved since and it now has the black polyps extending so it appears happy there. No RTN showing from where I handled it so a super healthy frag. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Another tri-color on the left is doing nicely with polyp extension now. The unknown on the right is really growing now. At least 1 to 2mm in the last week and a half. The tips have become a dark bluey purple and the rest is more of a flourescent white. It is even encrusting on the base more. I am happy to see this after more than a year having it in my tank. The second pic is a shot of it from the back. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...03-22-2010.jpg Over all the tank is doing ok.. I have emailed berghia.net and they have confirmed they can ship their nudis to Canada without issues so I am gonna be making a good order for a few of them to get rid of the aiptasia in my tank. Then I am gonna get an emerald crab to try to take care of that darn bubble algae. |
Wow Nebthet you have alot of Aiptasia. Forgive me if I've asked before but you have tried Aiptasia-X right? I got some from Jim and I love it. Its working wonders for me. I've reduced my numbers to almost nothing now in my 190. Surely you could control it in a 55 with it. If you ever frag some stuff let me know I have some and would love to trade.
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BTW I'm envious of all your SPS now :)
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Yes I have tried Aiptasia X in my system several times.
It appears to melt the aiptasia away and they won't be there for about a week or two after I use the stuff, but then suddenly one day they are back and same size as before. It's crazy. I have been considering getting some peppermint shrimp, but I have a bad feeling my bengaii cardinal will make a meal out of them, and now that my sps are growing well, I don't wanna get an aiptasia eating file because they are noted for going for sps polyps. So, I am gonna order in some berghia nudibranchs in from the states. Berghia.net has verified they ship to Canada and the prices for them are cheaper since our dollar is on par right now and their price includes all duties, Plus they ship to you door and not for pick up an airport. I can't wait to see the aiptasia go. The aiptasia in my tank is a lot worse than my pics show. I bet I have around 250 or more in there. I am very happy my SPS are doing so well now. My green branching one that was behind my digis got moved behind my live rock but is still getting light and browing, but I can't get any good pics of it now. The Monti Confusa while browned out is in a shaded area and likes it there better. Odd. |
Get the peppermints - I don't have any aiptasia in my display or frag tanks because of them. Much cheaper than getting berghias from the states. Berghias are no guarantee either - they can be stung and killed by aiptasia, and fish will eat them too.
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Pic update as it has been a few weeks since I have done one and I have one new piece of equiptment. :D
Blue Sps http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg True TriColor http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Purple Carduus I think.. still not sure. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Red MontiCap.. this one is really growing now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Green MontiCap with White Polyps. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Red and Purple Digis. These continue to grow. The tips on the Purple are splitting into branches now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Green bottlebrush with Flash. More growth and new polyp sprouts. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Reddish tricolor and Blue tipped Tenuis are both growing, especially the tenuis. The stn on the tri has stopped and a ridge has grown where the tissue receeded. Polyps extension still good with this one. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg The back side of the Blue Tenuis showing more of the growth. I really am beginning to thing magnesium is a big factor in sps growth since I have been dosing it. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Multicolored Chalice doing nicely. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg My clam has moved slightly again, but seem much happier. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Pink eye zoas are happy. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Dragon eye zoas are growing like crazy as usual. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Right tank shot with my new piece of equiptment. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Left tank shot. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg Omen is starting to develop more of his black coloration. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-06-2010.jpg |
Near end of the month pic updates and as you can see the SPS are still growing like weeds.
The one tip on this one rtn'd a bit after a hermit got up there picking at it, but has since stopped. It is growing out nicely now and coloring up to a nice purple more and more. I am still trying to determine what type of Acro this one is. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg This Tru TriColor is still growing decently. It continues to encrust the base and I am hoping it completes it before the stupid holdfast epoxy decides to let loose. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg The Red MontiCap is doing really nicely. It is twice the size as when I first got it and is about a week or two away from starting to encrust on the tonga branch end just behind it. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg The Tricolor on the left is starting to show growth now. It has grown about 5cm in the last couple of weeks and it is coloring up purple on the tips. The previously unknown on the right, is actually a frag of an ORA Joe the Coral. It took a while to determine it for certain as I was juggling between that and blue-tipped tenuis (which is the same thing, but with less white coloring). http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg The back end of the Joe the Coral and the Tricolor, showing more of the white on the Joe with the long branching that is happening. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg The Digis are doing just fine and the purple you can see the new branching happening more now. I am hoping that a portion of one of these branches of both the red and purple chooses to encrust on one of the live rocks for more stability. I don't trust epoxy any more. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg The Green Bottlebrush has now began encrusting onto the Tongan Branch, it is also continuing to grow quickly and the new branches are really taking off. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...05-22-2010.jpg |
Time for a quick pic update.
zoas growing strong as usual and on the sandbed now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg Blue tipped Tenuis and Tricolor are both still doing well. Not as much growth over the last month, but I have done a water change and moved a couple of things so I think that did something. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg Red MontiCap is now starting to adhere itsself on the tonga branch just behind it. Woot. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg Omen http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg GSP and Duncans viewed from the left side of the tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg Digis are growing like crazy. The red digi's one branch is growing in a more circular pattern which is kinda cool. The purple-tipped is growing new branches everywhere, as evident from the second pic which is a view from the left side of the tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg The green bottlebrush is branching out nicely now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg And to make Jacobnano happy, a one image FTS. As you can see. I took out a couple small rocks and in return added one large, and might I say heavy piece of LR to the right side of the tank. I had this rock in a 10g tank in the kitchen with no light on it, hence why it is sooo white. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-17-2010.jpg Finally, the newest addition to my home.His name is Orden. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...den06-2010.jpg |
Got some new stuff today and thought I would share.
Mini Sabae (~4" diameter). It will grow.. and I hope it likes it up in the right corner of the tank for now. I am hoping the juvi clowns will be hosted by it and get at least a little security there. It has a lot of room up there to expand as it grows and good gentle alternating flow. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Purple Tipped Elegance. This one, like my other, will take a few days to fully acclimate and expand in my tank. It is opening up as it is, which is nice. I considered getting the pink tipped one too but decided it would be better to wait. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Orange and Green Bali BTA. It is rather small ~2.5inch in diameter and was attached to one of my new clams when I got it. It came off when acclimating in the bag in the tank and so I placed it mid tank on the rock allowing it to get to an area with a little shade. Now that I don't have a stupid cleaner shrimp in the tank, I don't have to worry as much about having food stolen from it when feeding. (Hermits are easy to keep occupied elsewhere.I wish I could capture the true color on this one. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg New Blue Clam http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Maxima Clam http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Bottlebrush again http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Digi's. The purple one has colored up again and continues to grow. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg CandyCanes http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Dendros. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Rainbow Chalice, coming along nicely. I can't beleive the length of the feeder tentacles on this little thing. 2+ inches. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg Tricolor continuing to grow, and while the Blue Tipped Tenuis slowed a bit, the polyp buds have been branching out more. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg I still can't confirm what acro this is. It is nice though. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...06-30-2010.jpg |
Moved some of the new ones around today and took a few more pictures.
Blue Crocea: I moved this guy to the rocks in a split by the one tricolor I have. It seems much happier here. The pic doesn't do it justice. With full lights it looks more deep purple than blue. Here is a pic without flash then with flash. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg My ultra Crocea I got back in Oct.2009 It moved to the sand and it seems happiest there butted up against the rock. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg Better pic of the pink rainbow chalice. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg I moved the purple tipped elegance down to the sand beside my other elegance. I am hoping this one makes it. It is stressed out and hasn't expanded much yet. But there is no tearing on the sides, no brown jelly or strings coming off of it. It is just retracted most the time right now. When expanding, the tentacles appear long, not bulbous and the rest of the flesh doesn't puff up unnaturally. Yes, it is Indo and I am aware these ones don't make it half the time. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg My GSP has finally attached to the rock behind it with the purple feather duster on it.. I eventually want to put one of my frag mags down there and it to encrust on that and then move it to the back wall of the tank to grow. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg Peach Eyed Zoas http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg My Teardrop Maxima without flash (when you see it in flash it is orange). http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg The little sebae has settled down a little bit in it's place. Now comes the hard part and getting it back to health. After a lot of research last night on several sites these things are not naturally white or yellow in the wild, they are brown. They become this way when collected by the export companies by leaving them without light for a length of time causing them to loose their interal algae they need to live. This guy is a little more yellowish today than yestarday and I have him on the rock high in the tank under the direct light. I will be feeding it mysis shrimp every couple of days for a long while until it starts coloring up again. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg My first ever frag of the Red MontiCap. It is just a tiny less than half inch piece right now, but am hoping for good growth. It has really colored up over the last 24 hours. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg Xenia. I took a hammer to the rock it was on when I removed it from the tank so that I could move the xenia down to the sand of the tank. It seems it likes it alot better than being closer to the lights. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg My juvi clown Omen (right) and Runt (left). They use the overhang cave now to hide when needed from the bigger clowns. As you can see they have the Onyx undertones to their skin, the black coloration just needs to come through. It is, just very slowly. I have heard from others it can take up to 18 months for an Onyx to get it's coloration. I believe it and I am thinking this rule comes into play when they are in tanks with other clowns. Otherwise if they were in their own tank they would color up faster. But that is just my theory. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg New Front Tank Shot. As you can see, I took out the Koralia 4, the juvi clowns still have plenty of caves and powerheads on the other side of the tank to hide if they need to. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-01-2010.jpg |
I just wanted to share this pic of my juvi clown Runt being hosted in my tiny sebae anemone.
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You have had some nice coral growth. The tank looks good.
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Thanks Greenmaster. This recent heatwave has set the sps back a bit, but almost everything else is happier than ever.
Here are some of the pix from tonight. My tiny xenia frag seems to like the bottom of the tank better than mid tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg Tricolor, Blue tipped Tenuis and MontiCap: These guys are a little worse for wear but survived the heatwave. The tenuis and MontiCap lost some color, but their polyps are still alive and I hope for a good recovery. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg My Orange and Green BTA moved itsself down into a crevice during the heatwave. I actually like it here a little better as it is more protected and in a much easier place to be able to feed mysis. I really wish I had the skills to show the real color on this anemone. It's nuts. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg Dragoneye zoas are just as happy as ever and growing like weeds. I need to find someone local who wants to trade some zoas frags. These guys are growing over the sand subtrate now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg Pic of my chalice without any coraline algae in the way. lol http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg Big Momma sucking on the tentacles of my white tipped elegance coral. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg The Purple Tipped elegance is looking a lot happier after the heat wave. I am hoping that eventually it will expand like my white tipped one. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg My gsp are no longer PO'd from the heat. It took them a couple of days to come back out. My duncans are happier than ever and the purple tipped elegance is happy in the background. On either side of the gsp I placed a couple frag mags. Once the gsp grows on to it, I want to transfer them to the back glass of the tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg New frag of duncans from a different source than my larger colony. These ones didn't have the green and their heads were smaller with shorter tentacles. I want to see if good feeding and similar tank conditions will get the mto grow into ones identicle to my larger colony. Sadly I lost one head in this one, close to three tiny barnacles which I might have to take care of if they end up bothering the duncans. I hope I don't lose them. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg Front tank shot..Notice any thing different???...... finally got a decent algae scrapper, the mag flip to take care of the coraline algae. It takes a lot of work. Took two days of on and off again scrubbing to get rid of 95% of the algae on the bottom front glass. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-11-2010.jpg |
Here are some updated pics.
The tricolor and blue tenuis are no worse for wear after the heatwave a couple weeks ago. They are slowly recovering their color. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg Red MontiCap is happier than ever and has officially started growing on the branching liverock behind it. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg Bottlebrush continues to grow and recolor up after the heat. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg Purple tipped Digi continues to grow like a weed. I may have to start fragging this one soon. The red digi has colored back up and continues to slowly grow. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg My new purple tipped elegance is settling in happy. I removed the clay pot from the tank and made more room for the elegance. I still have room back there for a third one if I want. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg My established duncan colony. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg My new duncan colony. I lost one head, but there are already new babies forming on the remaining. These duncans have developed heads half the size of my other colony and have a bluer color. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg My orange and green BTA is happy as ever in it's little crevise. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg Unfortunately a bad picture of my Sebae anemone. It is slowly getting healthier. The tentacles are extending themselves more every day and the color of a few of them near the base and up the tentacles is starting to darken. Once this guy is the proper healthy brown color, and larger it will be moved to a nicer area on the back of the tank where it can grow out segregated from everything else. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg Omen and Runt. Omen is definately continuing to develop his black coloration and his mid-bar. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg Misc http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg And finally another Front Tank Shot http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-18-2010.jpg |
Great pics.
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Thanks GreenMaster. Can't wait to see all the pics of your tank along the way.
Got some new additions today. Here they are under moonlights. Better pics will come later., This one is a real crappy pic, but look at all the green. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-22-2010.jpg xmas favia and new zoas. Not sure which ones they are yet. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-22-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-22-2010.jpg Some other shots: http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-22-2010.jpg My BTA decided it wante to live on the side of a clam again. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-22-2010.jpg |
Looks good :D
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More pix now that the acans have had a couple of days to acclimate to my system.
Green Acan http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg Rainbow Acan http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg Red Acan http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg Right Tank Shot http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg Digis http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg My BTA cozied up on my Maximas Shell. It doesn't seem to bother it though. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg Crocea clams no flash http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg with flash http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg and finally my Sebae anemone is showing a clear improvement. Note the brown tentacles where it has regained the axzoanthea sp?? algae. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-24-2010.jpg |
More pix.
Pulsing xenia on left and new Purple xenia on right. The purple one is slowly getting used to my system. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg Red Zoa in actinic and then full lights. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-27-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg New Duncans happy as ever http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg Rainbow and Red Acans in full light then rainbow in actinics. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-27-2010.jpg Green Acan http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg GSP in actinics http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-27-2010.jpg Sebae continuing to improve. For size reference. That juvi clown isn't even 1.5 inches yet. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg My Maxima hosting BTA http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...07-29-2010.jpg |
Beautiful pics :D
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So I ended up getting my screw on macro lenses in the mail today so I took a few more pics.
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Nice pics I like the "snow" in the water... it makes it look like a real reef.
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Thanks Greenmaster. I have gotten used to having little airbubbles in the tank from my skimmer. It doesn't seem to affect the livestock so I don't worry about it. At least I know my water is super oxygenated. LOL
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Pic Update:
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Well I finally got my berghia nudis in the mail today from berghia.net. Didn't have a single problem with the delivery and didn't have to pay any customs on them (since they are also a registered business in Canada too.)
Here are some pictures of them. Most are a little blurry, since these guys are small but I couple turned out well. I ordered 8 of them to ensure a couple survived going into the tank and to have enough to take care of the aiptasia. I will keep you updated on the progress. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg and a couple of my clownfish. Big Momma and Jigsaw http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg Omen http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg Runt http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...08-26-2010.jpg |
Those are some cool looking bugs... makes me want to get aptaisia just so I can get the bugs :D
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Don't wish on that too hard.. because it will more than likely happen down the road then you will be cursing about it for a while.
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Time for my beginning of Sept pix update:
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg Sebae continues to color up and is now growing in size. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg Purple Encrusting sps is now growing since I moved it. This one appears to be a bit of a slow grower. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg I put in a small piece of live rock for the two Xenias to walk onto at the bottom of the tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg I broke off a couple branches of my Purple Tipped digi to keep it from growing into my red digi. I am hoping the frag suvives. If it does, I want to trade a local for a green digi which I don't have yet. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg The radioactive dragoneye zoas are growing like crazy, and on the sandbed. The circled area in red, is on the sandbed and will be the area I will be fragging. I want to do a trade with a local for some other colored zoas. Orange or blue. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg The small 4 head frag of duncans has been steadily growing. It now has 8 babies growing around the rim of the larger heads. woot. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg My blue devil damsel flashes purple from the reflection of my camera flash under actinics. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg Two shots showing how much my purple ochtodes has grown. It needs to be trimmed now. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg Lastly, for those who wonder how well berghia nudis work to get rid of aiptasia, I have included two pics of two of the areas in my tank where I placed them in my tank. Circled in red are the areas where the little nudis have killed off aiptasia that kept coming back by other methods. Refer to earlier pics in this thread to see the full comparison. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-09-2010.jpg |
Some more pics after removing the elegance and just cuz I was bored.
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Caught two of my berghia nudis moving about getting in position for tonights feast. I know which two aiptasia aren't gonna be there by tomorrow.
These berghia are also almost twice the size they were when I first got them. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-13-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-14-2010.jpg |
I bought a bunch of frags off of a local hobbiest who is taking down one of his tanks. Here is what I got.
Yellow green deepwater zoas http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Blue tipped Tenuis http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Unknown ... but almost looks like a red planet.. will have to wait and see what the polyps look like. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Unknown purple encrusting that likes high light.. really high light. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Unknown Green. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Unknown tan http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Unknown purple http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Another unknown purple http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Unknown, green, and I think it has blue tips. At least it seems that way in my tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Green centre with purple rim zoas, also some pinks in there too. I will put it in a better position in a little. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg Orange with green skirts and red zoas http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg This is wither a pokerstar or rainbow monti that I thought long dead and found on the sandbed of my tank regrowing when I cleaned the glass in that area. I moved it up to the highest point in my tank to see how it does. Polyps are definately out. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-21-2010.jpg I forgot to take a pic of the poccilopara, but I will in a few days. If you know any of the names of the sps that I don't please feel free to let me know. |
More pix
I finally got a decent shot of my one tricolor http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg New Pocci with the polyps coming out and coloring up on the area that were previously shaded in it's original owners tank. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg Another tenuis type I have that I have previously been unable to get a decent shot of. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg I just like my green bottlebrush http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg Better shot of the bivalve http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg Mrs Blenny http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg The left side of the tank where the berghia nudis have done their job http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...09-24-2010.jpg |
Finally, some new pix.
Of the hardware.. I got an RO unit. So instead of using tap water I am now going to me making some treated water. Eventually, if I need to I will get the DI part. I also got a 12" frag rack as there are a few things I need to start making into frags. Oh, and my other 21w par38 bulb came in the mail today from fishmonger1. Thx so much for that. So, now to the new livestock. Yep.. that's right.. another maxima clam. This one is close to the other one I have but has a blue rim instead of the green. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg This shy little guy will take some time to come out of hiding. It's mate, when I first got her hid for a few days too. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg Finally!! I got a flasher wrasse. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg And the thing with the feathers :) http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg Some other pix of my tank. I am really coming to love this sps. The polyp extension in nuts all over. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg My rarely photographed (b/c i hadn't cleaned the glass until recently ...lol) xmas favia. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg New Tenuis with polyp extension and getting used to it's new home. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg New polyps have settled in rather nicely. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg My Red skirt zoas are now beginning to grow. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg Red MontiCap doing nicely and beginning to lift the edges on the right side. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg 2nd grouping of berghias make an appearance after a month of hiding. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg Echinata, under flash only no lights. Check out that glow!! http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg Sebae anemone continues to do well and plays host to the larger clowns during the day and runt at night. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg and a FTS for the beginning of Oct, this time showing my ghetto light blocker. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...10-07-2010.jpg |
Ok.. more pix including more of my feather star.
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After a few hours of work... here are the pics taken with my new lense. Some are better than others but I think pretty good for a first go at a professional macro lense and no tripod.
Please let me know what you think. Clams http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg SPS Tricolor Valida (just moved this one higher and away from the pocci) http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg IceFire http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Tenuis http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Red MontiCap http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Green MontiCap http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Red w/GreenTip Digi http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Purple Tip Digi http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Poccilapora http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Green Bottlebrush http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Purple Haze Monti http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Rainbow Monti http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Green Unknown Acro http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Hermits http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg |
Zoas
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Omen who finally has a full mid bar on one side of his body. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Misc Shots http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg Front Tank shot. I had to take this across the room from my tank and still couldn't fit the whole thing in the shot because I was still too close. http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/o...11-19-2010.jpg |
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