55g tank build

[Kellsindell]

Good morning!

First Pics of the month for me

RBTA that seems very happy

Trumpet Coral

(yes it's out of focus where i wanted it to be)

And A FTS

Enjoy and have a great day!

 

[Kellsindell]

My clowns (Butch and Cassidy) and Firefish (Sundance kid)

Royal Gramma (granny)

Neo (neon goby)

Sundance Kid, solo

Playing with DOF

 

[melev]

Your FTS looks perfect! If you can do that, what's the deal with the rest of your pictures? Now that you've raised the bar, you're going to have to do a whole lot better.

 

[Kellsindell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15457939#post15457939 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Your FTS looks perfect! If you can do that, what's the deal with the rest of your pictures? Now that you've raised the bar, you're going to have to do a whole lot better.

Aww, i think i did a pretty good job with the fish and the DOF too... maybe that's just me. I'm still working out the kinks in this DSLR (1000D). I think i need a better lense... sigh we'll see. I'll try to do better... and i still don't have a tripod yet. When i get that, i'll blow your photos out of the water Marc... lets see you show my fish shots up!

 

[Kellsindell]

A picture of my favorite specimen (just wish the clowns would love it half as much as I do!) It's in the shape of a heart. Not quite as vibrant as Quicksilvers, but it'll do

 

[melev]

Nice. Just add a little saturation.

 

[Kellsindell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15560852#post15560852 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Nice. Just add a little saturation.

Thanks... uh, what button is saturation?

 

[WhoDey64]

Nicely done, your tank is progressing well along with your photography skills

Have you had any problem wth the RBTA marching around the tank on you?

 

[Kellsindell]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15562135#post15562135 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by WhoDey64
Nicely done, your tank is progressing well along with your photography skills

Have you had any problem wth the RBTA marching around the tank on you?

Thank you for both comments! I'm working hard to get better with my photography skills.

My anemone has walked and its current location is a bit on the funny side. In the mornings because i don't have a background that's black and the sun does come out and touches the tank, the anemone switch back and forth to where it'll get sunlight until the lights on the tank turns on and then get that light. It doesn't walk, but shifts rather. It's really funny to me and it has been doing this for several weeks.

 

[Kellsindell]

Ok some long and over due pics... but there's a reason why i haven't shown my tank off...

First i'll start with why...
My flower ravine

This side of the tank got hit the worst

I have 3 types of calurpa growing in the tank and 2 unknown (i still don't know what they are). I've been pulling them up ever so often and my wife has joined in the fight. We grab what we can, but just can't get enough of it out and I break something every time i get in there and she knocks things down or over...

I hired some help

and for comparison's sake

My new Coral

and finally some progression shots of my one of my favorites!
July 08

Nov08

March 09

July 09

Sept 09

 

[stumpovrtyme]

You need some lettuce nudis and a lawnmower blennie

 

[BeanMachine]

can't really understand how your SG would change to a 1.032 after a flood?

I'm wondering the same thing.

 

[Kellsindell]

You need some lettuce nudis and a lawnmower blennie

I have a blennie, but the algae isn't what he likes i guess. no GHA.

I'm wondering the same thing.

I think it may have been the way it flooded a lot of water was splashing and spraying and it could have caused the water to evap increasing the SG.

 

[Kellsindell]

Welp... a long over due update i think is needed.

Looks like my corals are doing better. I am having an issue with, what i'm calling, AEFW. Thankfully I only have 3corals in my tank that are acros, but I still don't want to lose any of them!

Here are the things doing well in the tank
Lawnmower blenny... that's green?

Frag

That's all i have now. I'm going to try to get these Acro-eating flatworms out of the tank. Some one from my club suggested using Revive and said it may not be, but here's a pic i have. I trust the guy, but I guess my pic just isn't that great. Working without a tripod here, sorry.

 

[melev]

Acropora eating flatworms leave oval shaped bite marks. You may have red bugs, which are yellow bugs with a red dot at one end.

AEFW bites:

 

[Kellsindell]

Thanks marc, but looking at the actual coral, they don't look anything like redbugs. They are on the 3 corals that are acropora and are dying and are really hard to see. When the lights come on today, i'll try to get a better pic.

 

[Kellsindell]

Here's a video of my tank. It's long over due!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnBSaUTJ_tI

 

[xbios]

Awsome !!

 

[Kellsindell]

Thanks! Feel free to leave comments on the video too!

 

[Kellsindell]

I have put 3 new fish into my tank.

A clown goby and 2 Firefish... the royal gramma that i had in the tank has been attacking the fish. Thankfully the clown goby can hide in the birdsnest i have, but the fire fish aren't as blessed. Yesterday i was awakened with a start... my royal gramma had taken a chunk out of one of my firefish and had already started on my other. The little guy's tail was ripped off. It was hard to get a pic, but i did get one. I'll post it tomorrow or on wed, but for now i'll be going to bed. The royal gramma was taken out of the tank (with several pains and an hour or so. Oh and i damaged my birdsnest) and has been sold to pet village in Duncanville for someone else to have a go with it. They are aware of it's aggression. I pray someone else doesn't have the same issues i have. :sad2: