Nart's Lagoon Build - Round 2!!!
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How long did it take your goby to come out and start just being around and not scared when you come by? Oh and I just joined R2R to join the ETRC reefing club (East Tennessee) and saw your thread immeaditly so I'm reading through. I'll have to post! Oh and Culprit was taken so I'm C-Reefer now. Get it? Sea Reefer? Also C first letter of name? Oh hohohoho i'm so smart lol
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Culprit My first yasha goby was a beast. I think it started running the place like the next day I got it lol. But this yasha goby took a longgg time to come around. I think it didn't even come out much for the first two weeks when I got it home. probably closer to the 2 month mark it started coming out more. I train all my fishes that pump off + tongs = food. So each time I feed it, I try to get closer and closer to it with tongs without scaring it away. LOL at your C-Reefer. Pretty hi-larious haha.
I can't even explain to ya'll how beautiful and breath taking this clam is.
Look at that mantle extension!
I can't even explain to ya'll how beautiful and breath taking this clam is.
Look at that mantle extension!
I'll definitely give him time. Hes still pretty skittish but slowly getting better I think. I can walk around the room as long as I don't make any sudden movements and stay at least 5-10 feet away. Now that your yasha's comfortable does it just stay out in the tank and only go in its burrow if it gets scared or at night? I'm trying to teach it that pumps off plus syring equals food. Generally if I squirt some in the mouth of his burrow he'll dart out and get it even while I'm still moving my hand around in the tank.
I love your clam nart!! I bet its so much prettier in person too. is that a duncan on the left of the clam? Did you get it as a single head or did you frag it? I love the way it has that blue fringe on the edges, and then the speckled center!
I love your clam nart!! I bet its so much prettier in person too. is that a duncan on the left of the clam? Did you get it as a single head or did you frag it? I love the way it has that blue fringe on the edges, and then the speckled center!
that's a good sign. at least you know its eating. Mine didn't even come out for the first two weeks lol. I thought it was dead at one point.
Mine comes out occasionally. I think mostly it's hanging with the pistol shrimp digging away. I'd probably say, I see mine about once every other day (not counting feeding time). It's especially special when you see the pistol shrimp come out... it makes you kind of freak out and grab everyone around you to see too haha.
That is a Duncan to the left. I got it for free from a local reefer. It was a tiny little head about 0.75" when I got it. I had traded my original big 5 polyp Duncan way back.. and regretted ever since. Loved that coral. But, good thing that you are mentioning about that Duncan. So when I got it, I wasn't sure it was going to survive. ask grantm91 we were discussing corals and I told him how annoyed I was at the Duncan because it wasn't opening up since I got it... It was not happy for about a month, some days it didn't open, some days it did. I was finally able to tell that it was getting too much light cus I had it right at the middle of my tank. I dropped it down about 2 inches and a few weeks later it finally opened up. Good example of leaving the coral alone for the most part... and now it's even sprouting a baby polyp. Btw - that Duncan is in a medium - high flow area. it gets hit by the flow deflected from the glass quite a bit. No issues for it!
Mine comes out occasionally. I think mostly it's hanging with the pistol shrimp digging away. I'd probably say, I see mine about once every other day (not counting feeding time). It's especially special when you see the pistol shrimp come out... it makes you kind of freak out and grab everyone around you to see too haha.
That is a Duncan to the left. I got it for free from a local reefer. It was a tiny little head about 0.75" when I got it. I had traded my original big 5 polyp Duncan way back.. and regretted ever since. Loved that coral. But, good thing that you are mentioning about that Duncan. So when I got it, I wasn't sure it was going to survive. ask grantm91 we were discussing corals and I told him how annoyed I was at the Duncan because it wasn't opening up since I got it... It was not happy for about a month, some days it didn't open, some days it did. I was finally able to tell that it was getting too much light cus I had it right at the middle of my tank. I dropped it down about 2 inches and a few weeks later it finally opened up. Good example of leaving the coral alone for the most part... and now it's even sprouting a baby polyp. Btw - that Duncan is in a medium - high flow area. it gets hit by the flow deflected from the glass quite a bit. No issues for it!
Haha yeah I see him about 2-3 times a day. He'll be out just his head sticking out of his burrow if its quiet all day. Sometimes when I feed him if I stay still for a few minutes I'll see the shrimp! And yeah, its always super cool. Ive a few times after a really quiet school day been able to sneak up on him and he'll be all the way out of his burrow swimming around some and the shrimp will be out and about working on his burrow and finding food.
I love my Duncan already. Super cool the way it feeds and exhibits such a great feeding response. Its always out before lights even turn on too! Ahhhh gotcha. Hopefully it continues growing and gets big like your last one! I'd say mine is medium flow too.
I love my Duncan already. Super cool the way it feeds and exhibits such a great feeding response. Its always out before lights even turn on too! Ahhhh gotcha. Hopefully it continues growing and gets big like your last one! I'd say mine is medium flow too.
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Sharing some pics from the club meet today. Julian Sprung gave a presentation on Natural Disaster Planning for your reef tank.
Frag stands up for shopping!
Julian, InappropriateReefer, DC Reefer
D.C. Reefer interviewing Julian
Julian giving his presentation
Got some grape Calurpa from InappropriateReefer.
Came home and my girl was greeting me at the magnifying glass.
All around fun day chit chatting and won some acro raffles
Frag stands up for shopping!
Julian, InappropriateReefer, DC Reefer
D.C. Reefer interviewing Julian
Julian giving his presentation
Got some grape Calurpa from InappropriateReefer.
Came home and my girl was greeting me at the magnifying glass.
All around fun day chit chatting and won some acro raffles
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Nanologist spot on GB. Julian lives in Miami, FL. Hurricane Irma hit his area and he lost electricity for 6 days. It was his first time giving this presentation as he felt inspired to talk about this. Man... he lost just about his entire tank at home in his 350g, fish and lots of corals. He lost his clowns that he first bought in '95... and stuff like that. He lost some of his stuff at his two little fishy store too. But yeah, interesting topic.
How's your snow trip btw?
How's your snow trip btw?
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Na. The arm doesn't fit it. Different mounting system.
XR15s Pro will cover a IM25 just fine. Not for a SPS dominated tank though. Plenty of power for a 24x24 with 12" depth. I only got the XR30 Pro so I don't have to rebuy lights when I get my bigger tank. That way I can just buy another XR30 Pro down the line and I'll be done with lighting.
Let's talk about some updates with ya'll.
As some of you know, I have a freak accident with my montI caps. I lost them all in a matter of several days.
I did something out of the norm, which you should learn from me, always wash and clean all parts of your body going into the tank. I had various lotions on my forearm, which I normally don't put any on... arm went in the tank to water change and move some corals around, accidentally dropped my big hydnophora SPS on the montis.. yeah. didn't turn out so well. It's always hard for me to talk about losing corals, so just make sure you clean your hands/arms, well before they go into the tank.
Otherwise, the rest of the tank looks okay now.
Upon coming home that day of losing my montI caps... I saw this, made me chuckle a little.
Looks like the Starry Blenny found himself a Temperpudic bed haha. The Derasa clam has really gotten used to it's surrounding and not too phased with the fishes rubbing up on it.
The squamosal clam on the other hand has been a challenge.
It's been very temperamental. The slightest sneeze near the tanks makes it react and retract lol. It has also moved itself all over the tank too. Hopefully it'll settle down soon.
Look what I just went and picked up (had UPS hold the package)
sooooooo excited to get home and play around with this. though I won't be able to put it on the tank till tomorrow as the RMS mount doesn't arrive until then.
That's all for now.
Ya'll excited to see the new lights on the IM25??!!!!!!
As some of you know, I have a freak accident with my montI caps. I lost them all in a matter of several days.
I did something out of the norm, which you should learn from me, always wash and clean all parts of your body going into the tank. I had various lotions on my forearm, which I normally don't put any on... arm went in the tank to water change and move some corals around, accidentally dropped my big hydnophora SPS on the montis.. yeah. didn't turn out so well. It's always hard for me to talk about losing corals, so just make sure you clean your hands/arms, well before they go into the tank.
Otherwise, the rest of the tank looks okay now.
Upon coming home that day of losing my montI caps... I saw this, made me chuckle a little.
Looks like the Starry Blenny found himself a Temperpudic bed haha. The Derasa clam has really gotten used to it's surrounding and not too phased with the fishes rubbing up on it.
The squamosal clam on the other hand has been a challenge.
It's been very temperamental. The slightest sneeze near the tanks makes it react and retract lol. It has also moved itself all over the tank too. Hopefully it'll settle down soon.
Look what I just went and picked up (had UPS hold the package)
sooooooo excited to get home and play around with this. though I won't be able to put it on the tank till tomorrow as the RMS mount doesn't arrive until then.
That's all for now.
Ya'll excited to see the new lights on the IM25??!!!!!!
Man.... the person left out the micro USB cord with the Radions. I had to sift through my entire place to find a "non-data" transfer micro USB cord to plug it into my laptop and get it working. What a pain.
Unit itself was a little dirty too... salt creep central. So I took it apart and started cleaning.
Ta-da! Got it all back together and programmed. Ready to rock n roll tomorrow as soon as I get the mount.
Unit itself was a little dirty too... salt creep central. So I took it apart and started cleaning.
Ta-da! Got it all back together and programmed. Ready to rock n roll tomorrow as soon as I get the mount.
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I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED NART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S RADION DAY!!! A day late.... Guess I'll quit complaining over a missing cable for my Apple TV remote (no extras, we're PC peeps around here but for the TV thingy.) What a bummer about your cable. I'd have been so aggravated yesterday!!!
I can't believe that I missed weeks of posts here! Didn't even get the tag about finding the blenny! I did spot him though, and truly enjoyed that video.
I have to say, the story of Julian losing so much brought a tear to my eye.... but also made me swell with pride. I had 6 days without power post Irma too, used a bunch of gasoline, but kept those car batteries charged and didn't lose a dang thing. Sunlight and flow baby! Granted, that worked for a 20g. So, so sad to hear of the 350g and the clowns. I believe the 350 is his local species tank. Love that tank! Did he mention if the side fuge with the mangrove survived?
I can't believe that I missed weeks of posts here! Didn't even get the tag about finding the blenny! I did spot him though, and truly enjoyed that video.
I have to say, the story of Julian losing so much brought a tear to my eye.... but also made me swell with pride. I had 6 days without power post Irma too, used a bunch of gasoline, but kept those car batteries charged and didn't lose a dang thing. Sunlight and flow baby! Granted, that worked for a 20g. So, so sad to hear of the 350g and the clowns. I believe the 350 is his local species tank. Love that tank! Did he mention if the side fuge with the mangrove survived?
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grantm91 love that thug life picture hahaha
I haven't had much time to enjoy it. Pretty busy afternoon and night. But I did notice the mount droops down a little. Being, it's not level at all. I looked it up and some people have issues with it so I'll give ecotech a call tomorrow.
First impression of the lights. It's a beast. Seriously. It is brightttt. I barely had it at 17% intensity and my derasa clam jumped off from its spot instantaneously. Currently I have it at 11% max during the day. Jeez lol. It's blinding to even put it at 100%.
Asides from that, the tank is well lit! No shadowing whatsoever. Wow. Makes me want to go full SPS now for it lol. The colors are amazing when you dial in the blues.
Check out my rainbow Acan. With the blues on this is the same color I see in person as well
So far. I'm loving the new light!
I haven't had much time to enjoy it. Pretty busy afternoon and night. But I did notice the mount droops down a little. Being, it's not level at all. I looked it up and some people have issues with it so I'll give ecotech a call tomorrow.
First impression of the lights. It's a beast. Seriously. It is brightttt. I barely had it at 17% intensity and my derasa clam jumped off from its spot instantaneously. Currently I have it at 11% max during the day. Jeez lol. It's blinding to even put it at 100%.
Asides from that, the tank is well lit! No shadowing whatsoever. Wow. Makes me want to go full SPS now for it lol. The colors are amazing when you dial in the blues.
Check out my rainbow Acan. With the blues on this is the same color I see in person as well
So far. I'm loving the new light!
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stella1979 this is going to make you go d'awww...
So ever since I got this new black and white scooter, I can never find where she sleeps at night. Typically, I like to account for all my fishes before I go to bed and in the morning lol. It's a PTSD thing ever since my first jumper back when I had my 15 gallon going. Usually with feeding this scooter at 6AM, I'll flip on the kitchen lights and I'll see her come out from the back of the tank and spot feed her. But where is she sleeping?? This morning... I flip on the kitchen lights and walk over to check on the tank. Out comes Ms. Scooter from the sand! (in the middle-front of the tank) I had no idea that scooter dragonettes burrowed themselves at night. The red ruby scooter never did it. It was the cutest thing ever. She popped her head out of the sand, saw that it was me, and just jumped out of the sand. She continued to shake her whole body free of sand and waited for her meal (kind of like a puppy). I tried to get a picture of her covered in sand, but it was too late.
So ever since I got this new black and white scooter, I can never find where she sleeps at night. Typically, I like to account for all my fishes before I go to bed and in the morning lol. It's a PTSD thing ever since my first jumper back when I had my 15 gallon going. Usually with feeding this scooter at 6AM, I'll flip on the kitchen lights and I'll see her come out from the back of the tank and spot feed her. But where is she sleeping?? This morning... I flip on the kitchen lights and walk over to check on the tank. Out comes Ms. Scooter from the sand! (in the middle-front of the tank) I had no idea that scooter dragonettes burrowed themselves at night. The red ruby scooter never did it. It was the cutest thing ever. She popped her head out of the sand, saw that it was me, and just jumped out of the sand. She continued to shake her whole body free of sand and waited for her meal (kind of like a puppy). I tried to get a picture of her covered in sand, but it was too late.
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Wish I could love that like 17 times... I may be asking a lot at 6am, but I'd love some pics or a video!
Coincidentally, I was just remarking to the family how our new betta begs like a puppy, (Scorch does the same), and I LOVE IT!!!! Been feeling a little low on the fish front lately, so it's really nice to have fish that are not afraid to beg.
Coincidentally, I was just remarking to the family how our new betta begs like a puppy, (Scorch does the same), and I LOVE IT!!!! Been feeling a little low on the fish front lately, so it's really nice to have fish that are not afraid to beg.
Oh trust me... I've already started to think of the logistics of setting up my tripod and phone in the morning before I flip on the light and see if I can catch it on film for my next tank video.
It's pretty neat right? For fishes to exhibit that kind of behavior. I might sound like a tree hugger, but with some of my readings on fishes and what not...
"Recent scientific experiments have shown that fish aren’t the simple, emotionless animals we once assumed, but are in fact complex, conscious and capable of a full range of emotions. Fish do in fact feel pain in a way which is different but comparable to other animals." ~By Jeremy Gosnell
Anyways, I'm glad that betta went home with you. I know you and your fam will take good care of it.
Imo, call up your LFS and order a paired pistol goby and pistol shrimp Melissa
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I've not done the reading, but experience has taught me that fish are more intelligent than lots of folks give them credit for. I'm the feeder of all our fish, so every last one of them exhibits more trust with me than they do with others. To me, that's all I need to prove that they are complex and conscious of their environment and care. I'll be looking up Mr. Gosnell during quiet time today, sounds like an excellent distraction.
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Hmmm, are you sure that's all you got? JK... jk... You know, I have this stuff called Can O' Cyclops, and yeah, it's in a can with a pull top and a little spoon. It was an add on type of thing back when I was ordering all kinds of stuff for a freshwater tank. I haven't opened it yet, but perhaps I'll try it when I have an empty frozen tray to preserve the bulk of it in. I guess I'm a little unsure about canned food for fish.
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Ahhhh water change sunday. Yup I'm in the middle of one, just waiting for the new water to heat up so I can finish up and actually change the water. Its crazy I spend 80% of the "water change" scrubbing glass and stuff and only like 20% of actually changing the water . Then I've got to go do water changes on my 2 Freshwater .
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Well, well, well... in mentioning the can of cyclops, it created a link which leads to the Amazon page to the exact product I have. There aren't a lot of reviews, but a few people mentioned how they use this as a replacement to the much loved Cyclopeeze. Perhaps I'll give it a try after all.
Errrr... I watched a movie and ate early big game snacks this afternoon, and still have a water change to do.
Errrr... I watched a movie and ate early big game snacks this afternoon, and still have a water change to do.
Hmmm... you'll have to let me know how you like the can-o-cyclopeeze. I used the frozen Cyclopeeze over the weekend. It's like literally squirting thousands of pods into the tank lol. Lucky I have a decent amount of fishes and snails that was eating it.... because I can see how this can become a problem for tanks that don't have a whole lot going on.
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stella1979 yeah - I think that food will do well for like, community type tanks, or maybe just adding a dash of it to your reef roid feeding regiment.
Me over here... I tossed in a whole cube into my feeding glass bowl and was like "holy smokes... this is a lot of pods" If I had to guess.... 10,000 pods easily? I dunno... but it was a lot. I only fed a few squirts to the fish and corals and I tossed the rest away. I'll have to cut down the cubes in 1/4 so I can properly feed and not waste much.
Me over here... I tossed in a whole cube into my feeding glass bowl and was like "holy smokes... this is a lot of pods" If I had to guess.... 10,000 pods easily? I dunno... but it was a lot. I only fed a few squirts to the fish and corals and I tossed the rest away. I'll have to cut down the cubes in 1/4 so I can properly feed and not waste much.
Time to finally ditch the Jebao SW-2 power heads and get some more Ecotech equipment
MP10 here I come!
MP10 here I come!
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