400 Gallon super tank, north of the border!

[MusMusculus]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9688533#post9688533 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Untamed12
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(Oh...and the mystery coral is easy to see in this particular shot against the dark background)

If the "mystery coral" is the one directly behind the tangs head, that looks to be a hydroid. It looks similar to a Eudindrium sp., but Eudindrium is northeast atlantic in distribution from what I can find.

http://www.uwphoto.no/shopexd.asp?id=5110
Pic of Eudendrium rameum.

 

[Untamed12]

Eudendrium rameum

Eudendrium rameum

re: Pic of Eudendrium rameum

Yes, the photo confirms your id. The polyps on my mystery coral are exactly the same as the photo.

 

[Untamed12]

Webcam available

Webcam available

Anyone interested in seeing the tank "live"...I have a webcam running now.

http://brads-aquarium.viewnetcam.com:50000

 

[wintercool97]

I would love to see this, but I must not know how to get on. All I see is the panasonic page that says Network Camera, is there something I am doing wrong?

 

[liverock]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11045576#post11045576 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wintercool97
I would love to see this, but I must not know how to get on. All I see is the panasonic page that says Network Camera, is there something I am doing wrong?

Yea me too...Brad..what up?

leeeeeme see!

got terrible weather today...lots of lightning..my favorite!

 

[wintercool97]

Never mind I got it, this is to cool!

 

[conjuay]

Eudendrium rameum (mystery coral)

Eudendrium rameum (mystery coral)

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9951571#post9951571 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MusMusculus
If the "mystery coral" is the one directly behind the tangs head, that looks to be a hydroid. It looks similar to a Eudindrium sp., but Eudindrium is northeast atlantic in distribution from what I can find.

http://www.uwphoto.no/shopexd.asp?id=5110
Pic of Eudendrium rameum.

I received some of that with my rock, but I'm afraid it didn't survive.
I had a couple of yellow/orange nematodes (looked like tiny sea slugs, but very fast) that ate all the polyps. I removed them, but I think I was too late.
I am waiting to see if the coral recovers, but I'm not really optimistic
that it will...

 

[Untamed12]

Yes, mine was also covered with those nudibranchs and they were very efficient at eating those polyps. I removed them individually using tweezers.

In spite of my efforts, I also eventually lost that particular colony. In my case, it was unable to defend itself from hair algae.

Fortunately, I have many, many other colonies of that are growing quickly.

 

[purebullet417]

your from was excelnt at siphoning stuff out lol. doesent it creep you out seeing the camra follow you around wile you work lol

 

[mattb71]

awesome looking tank.

 

[Diatome]

In one of the photos on the original thread you had a small "pod" that hung onto a perch and moved itself around in teh water column (picture was with a better pic of the sea spider). Those were skeleton shrimp, one of my all time favorite hitchikers. Probably fish food now, like mine, but they are interesting.

 

[Untamed12]

Hey, I have an arm that looks just like that.

In that shot, I've got a siphon running down into the sump, through a filter bag. I pull some hair algae...and the siphon takes it away and traps it in the filter. That way, I can siphon for as long as I want without removing any water.

If you hit the camera icon just above the video, you can capture a still image without capturing the entire screen. Here's an example.

 

[Untamed12]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11304082#post11304082 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Diatome
In one of the photos on the original thread you had a small "pod" that hung onto a perch and moved itself around in teh water column (picture was with a better pic of the sea spider). Those were skeleton shrimp, one of my all time favorite hitchikers. Probably fish food now, like mine, but they are interesting.

Thanks! I always wondered what those were.

 

[wintercool97]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11306363#post11306363 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Untamed12
Hey, I have an arm that looks just like that.

In that shot, I've got a siphon running down into the sump, through a filter bag. I pull some hair algae...and the siphon takes it away and traps it in the filter. That way, I can siphon for as long as I want without removing any water.

Thank you that's a great tip, wish I would have thought of that before! :idea:

 

[Timbor]

Hi there,

Nice looking tank!

I thought that you couldn't take florida aquacultured rock into canada because it usually contains CITES listed corals growing on it.

Did you need special permits to bring it through customs?

Thanks,

Tim

 

[Untamed12]

No, I didn't have any special permits. I made three separate trips and was always completely honest at the border. I just called it "Aquarium Rock" in order that I avoid getting them all worked up.

Remember.."Live Rock" is a term we use. Its not a term that a border person should be expected to understand.

 

[Timbor]

Interesting, but I guess technically speaking we aren't supposed to be able to bring it across though, since it may contain CITES animals?

That's always been my big hesitation to purchase TBS rock and drive it across.

I guess, however, that we aren't guaranteed to have CITES animals on the rock, so it is the rock that we are importing...

What kinds of questions did the border folk ask you?

Tim

 

[Untamed12]

They wanted to know how much it was worth so they could collec their taxes. Once inside, the accountants need to know the country of origin (US - so there is no duty), and the "import classification code". We went with "Limestone - crude or roughly trimmed..."

 

[Timbor]

Interesting. I guess it is mined limestone...

Did they need to look in the boxes? If they did, what did they say about the rocks being in water and having stuff growing on them?

 

[Untamed12]

Not once did they express any interest in looking in the boxes, or even looking AT the boxes. (which were piled right to the roof of the car each time)

That was my experience, anyway. There's no telling how any particular border control person will behave. Maybe I was lucky.

I carried with me as much info as I could on TBS...about the company...about the history of the live rock business...I was prepared to spend hours explaining the entire thing to anyone who wanted to know...but no one was interested.