The "Patific" Ocean
 

20 Gallon nano - 130w PC w/moon - HOT Magnum 250 - RIO Nano Skimmer - 25lb Live rock Pair of W/C Ocellaris CUC Green bubble-tip red Frog Spawn green Sinularia Kenya Tree Toadstool Pipe Organ PALY - Red, green skirt Zoa - Red,purple mouth - Neon orange - Orange/brown - green,brown skt

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is this your tank that your selling. or what you are running? or.......

What is the question
 

I am not sure what the question is. this is my tank journal. all that has been listed is my tank info.

Ahhhhh ok. Then lets see some pic's :biggrin:

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its my tank. its in the journal not the buy/sell Section. has it posted wrong?

Pictures
 

How do you post pics in a thread?

my tank
 

I had a move in January, that caused a biological crash. this is me, basically starting over. this is where the tank is today. looks ok, but needs time to grow.

open a photobucket account, and then copy and past the section that's labled [IMG]... that's the easiest way to do it

Oh...I thought that information was in your signature....:redface:

my tank
 

I had a move in January, that caused a biological crash. this is me, basically starting over. this is where the tank is today. looks ok, but needs time to grow.

To skim or not to skim
 

Today i noticed yet another new orange zoa. they seem to enjoy a protein skimmer, but my palys do not. the paly Colony thrives when it is off. i assume it enjoys nutrient rich water, vs my zoos that like it crystal. always a challenge in nano Reefing. thank god i love this hobby. definately not boring. and after 3 Years or so in salt water i am still addicted.

Pictures.
 

Ill be taking some pictures today, for those who expressed interest. some of the coral i had three years, but suffered due to the crash and parts did not survive. the tank is again in growing stage and the remaining corals look great. i cant wait! if you have any suggestions in coral additions, please let me know. i want to try new things now that there is room to play again. thanks.

Patific Ocean? I don't get it. Or is that just a typo? :confused:

Well his name is paddyob. I just assumed his name was Patrick, hence the PAT part :wink:

Ya, thanx Christy. I kinda figured that too, later. I'm reeeeaaaalllllly bored tonight. (Sorry Pat :wink:).

Cheers,

Ha ha. it is just a cheesy play on words. ha ha. yes, due to be being named Pat. thanks for noticing.

So where's the pics? :D

Sorry... no computer at home but good news is... i have a new canon 40D... wait til you see these pics. i will try my best to post some today.

Pics
 

Sorry for the delay. there are some bad pics in my profile to hold you over. i have been moving stuff to try optimize my space. today i picked up what i was told is a "3rd Generation morph" of hornet zoanthids. yes nice and all open in the store. lighter blue then true hornets But really nice. i only bought a single head this time as i am cost wary after losing my last ones. if it Acclimates Well ill try get it posted soon to be seen.

Rock n Roll
 

I just got a Sweet deal on rock. a place on west end is shutting down their tank. they asked 5 Per pound but i negotiated better. walked out with about 9 pounds and she threw in the zoos attached to one piece. super porous cured rock = Large pieces at lower weigt. and it has been in their tank 5 Years. i only paid like 21 People just want it gone. made my day.

Photobucket
 

OK... here are some pics.... I have been moving my tank around alot since the crash in January, so it is a baby tank. I added 4-5 pounds of rock to this tank yesterday and had to move stuff around. So I think it looks pretty (bad) right now... but I am never satisfied.... here is a link to my photobucket album. It is the first time I have tried this, so if any issues let me know.


http://s653.photobucket.com/albums/uu253/paddyob/

Patrick


PS... once the tank is finished moving around... I mean when I am finished... Ill put more up.

Looking good
 

Things are settling in after all the shuffling of rocks. added a small sun coral that i was given, but unsure how it will do in my tank. have tried feeding it but my crabs and shrimp keep taking it out Of the tubes. asides from that, i love my tank. cant wait til it grows into itself again.

That blue steel zoa will look great once it spreads.

more zoos
 

Just added some "Pink Gorilla Nipple" Zoanthids. look really nice. next week i am "expecting" A Red/green favia And heart of atlantis zoas. i ordered them through a group order and hope i actually What i ordered , and that it is alive. hoping. I was also given a sun coral last week, but may pass it to someone if they want it as does not have a good spot in my tank and worried i will not keep it successfully.

Coral list
 

In my tank i now have the following... (A) ZOANTHIDS: Heart of Atlantis, Darth Mauls, KedReds, Pink Panthers, Pink Gorilla Nipples, Green Tomatos, Blue Steel (not doing good), and no name Cream orange mouth/orange skirt. (B) PALYS... gold skirt, metallic red/green skirt, bright pink/green skirt. (C) LPS... red Favia/Green mouth, red frogspawn/Green tips. (D) sun coral, Sinularia, kenya tree, Devils Hand, Pipe Organ and a nice little Green bubble-tip Anemone.

Green Tomatos? What do those look like, any pics?

What are you giving for donation? I don't want to give a double since I know we have some of the same stuff.

Hey Pat whats the name of this one?

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/u...dyob/palys.jpg

Those are the fluorescent orange ones from AI, right Patrick.

Hmmm
 

I cant see the pic he posted (phone browser) but if its the one dearest Dawn is waiting for, its called "Darth Maul Zoanthids". recently found out they are super rare, and i may be only one of six people locally to have these (according to the source i obtained them from) . And Dawn, looks like 12 Now! once they grow to the right place, ill figure out how to frag it. very short and flat stems.

Blue steel.
 

My largest blue steel is melting away bottom up. Cut it off and cut away bad tissue as polyp Still opening. had a couple babies so did not want it on remainin colony. glued head to another rock to see if my attempt at removing tissue would help. worth the try... on the way out. little buggers.

Nope wasn't the Darth Maul's but I can't wait for that one!!! It's the ones from Aquarium Illusions that they sell per head, I think $15 or $20/head. I have a large & small frag of them for sale. One's going to be a donation.

Hopefully you were able to save it or at least save the babies. I had three heads, down to 2 now. One detached from the frag and is lost in my tank. I have one head that's opening but the second isn't fully opening. These darn zoas are tricky.

ive got one polyp of the picture up there, it was 15 bucks a head, now i got 3 so i save myself 30 bucks, i took a look at the blue steel zoas also, they all seemed to not being doing to good, at AI, so i didnt bother getting them, also they are 10 bucks a polyp and looks like at least 5-6 polyps per frag, no thanks, i wait and see if anyone can keep those suckers alive. i heard low light, high flow.

Blue steel
 

The blue steel i removed and re-glued is now completely open... Minus the inner yellow ring. funny its open after "surgery" hoping it keeps on going. bad all over place.

I started with one polyp of those orange ones(Pretty sure they might be "Armour of God" Paly's) about 8 months ago and now have between 25-30 heads already. They grow really well for me.
When I bought the BS they were looking really good. I'm praying I can get them to survive and multiply. Yes, I find they do better in a high flow, low light area. I tried them in lower flow areas but they wouldn't open.

Bubble tip
 

I forced my bubble tip out from the back of my rock wall, finally. added a power head and aimed it at the back of my tank and out he came. he has been hiding for a month. the blue steel is open again. day two of surgery. not sure how, as i removed half of its stem due to rotting.

take some pics of how they are doing and post them, keep a tally, because i wouldnt mind getting some now that i know some people can take care of em.

Nope
 

It has now closed. was open yesterday, but closed early afternoon and stayed closed. dying all over north america. all over. i dont know anyone personally who has been successful keeping them. this is headed to my second, and last, lost colony. i feel bad, as my LFS Bought 50 Rocks and most are dying. wild collection