ADA 120-P + Elos Mini dual NPS tank journal

[Aquabacs]

The Ultra Life is pretty awesome stuff. I remember the first time I used it, got a little nervous how cloudy the tank got and the skimmer started working like crazy. Next day the tank was super clear. When I use it the traditional way (not in food mix) I add 3-4 drops of Ultra Bio to the mix.

 

[uhuru]

Yes I'm a big fan of Ultra Life too. Even though it clouds up the water the corals love it. The next day when the tank is clear all the corals look like they had a feast. Do you think the crinoids consume the particles too? Mine definitely shows a feeding response with it. I usually add it to the food mix 2-3x/wk.

 

[Aquabacs]

I would say they would consume some of the particles (add Bio ). Now what I haven't able to pick up for a while is Fauna's "syringe of coral happiness" that is something that everything seemed to love. Have been using an alternative product but it isn't the same.

 

[uhuru]

What is this "syringe of coral happiness" you speak of?

 

[Aquabacs]

Come on Mike...you know what it is...that would be Ultra Booster.







Mike

 

[uhuru]

I've never used Ultra Booster, unfortunately. I also use a substitute (from Prodibio) but I can't really compare it to anything. I guess its not as good as the FM version though.

 

[dainiusiva]

is the ultra booster and prodibio used to feed the nps corals in your tanks,opposed to using it for denitrifying purposes in lets say sps dominated tanks?

 

[uhuru]

Yeah I never really thought of it as a denitrifying aid it is like a lipid/amino acid supplement to me. I used it a lot more when I was mixing ultra pac and dosing it manually.

 

[dainiusiva]

Yeah I never really thought of it as a denitrifying aid it is like a lipid/amino acid supplement to me. I used it a lot more when I was mixing ultra pac and dosing it manually.

it may be just that i got it wrong and its not a bacterial supplement to be used in conjunction with bioptim.i guess you are correct,and it is lipid/amino acid supplement

 

[uhuru]

Tonight I picked up another tank, so I'm now going to have 3 tanks connected by a common sump. :dance: The goal is to make my life easier. The problem is I like fish that don't get along Also, one of them is going to be a planted tank, which should serve as a display quality refugium to help with reduction of nutrients and production of zooplankton. More details to come!

 

[uhuru]

I have a colony of something like this growing in my elos tank:

Except they are not red, they are clear with green centers and tips!

 

[flying_dutchman]

^Pictures!

they look like strawberry anemones (cold water)

 

[uhuru]

yeah they look like strawberry anemones but different color. Maybe a tropical relative? I'll try to take pics later. They are growing in a spot thats really hard to capture.

 

[aninjaatemyshoe]

They are probably Pseudocorynactis sp., likely the Pacific variety if they came in as hitchhikers.

 

[herring_fish]

I have them too. Are they a good think or bad?

 

[uhuru]

I have been keeping an eye on them, but I can't say yet. I think if they were big enough then they could be a danger to small fish but mine are pretty small. They are spreading faster than anything else in my tank though, so my main concern is if they will become invasive and grow over other corals. As of yet they only grow on uninhabited parts of rock, and stay in the shade. I'm gonna try to take some pics of some of my cool hitchhikers in a bit.

 

[flying_dutchman]

If you ever decide to frag some I'd be interested.

 

[uhuru]

Well I tried to get pics of the corynactis or pseudocorynactis but it was too hard due to their location. I did get some pics of my other hitchhikers which have been growing like crazy since I started feeding them FM LPS Grow.

Some type of anemone that started splitting:

Some type of azoox LPS. It has a skeleton underneath, and extends transparent feeders when there is food in the water. It has doubled in size and gained nice color since target feeding the FM food daily. I have 2 of them, different colors, but I couldn't capture the other.

 

[oldreefer76]

Very nice gotta love hitchkikers

 

[uhuru]

funny thing is I used dry rock for everything... these came on rocks that came with the corals