vlangel
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Sounds like a plan, griss!Sounds good. Let’s circle back in the spring
High Nutrient Macro Algae/Sea Grass Reef
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Yesterday I finally had a sighting of the chiton that I got from KP Aquatics. I knew that it was a creature that I would only catch glimpses of occasionally, but it was reassuring to see it munching on algae at the water surface behind the rim. I have decided to name it Charles the chiton!
The cucumber is Karl.
The cucumber is Karl.
vlangel
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Here are some pics of Karl and Charles!
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Nice pics of Charles and Karl! Your tank's looking great too!
Hope everything is well with you Michael and you’re able to stick around.
vlangel
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Thanks Michael. I see Karl pretty much every day but Charles is much more elusive.
This morning Dave and I went to one of our lfs to get Coral Vite. They don't carry it anymore which was a bummer. However, I did not come home empty handed. I bought 3 feather dusters (and got one free since it was stuck to another), some ulva, and 2 firefish gobies. I like that firefish hang in the top portion of the water column and they are an easy fish to care for. So, it wasn't a wasted trip, LOL!
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I have some sad news. One of my firefish jumped! My lid is a combination of a diy netted cover and the front of an old glass top I used to have. They fit pretty well in the middle if I am mindful to make sure they are tight against each other. Unfortunately I did not check that before we went to eat our dinner and one of the firefish was able to jump up in the middle of the tank through a 8th inch sliver between the two tops. It stinks and I feel terrible that I was not more careful. Now the other firefish is acting a little more timid although it does come out and eat and swim around.
vlangel
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Thanks guys! At least the remaining firefish seems to adjusting fine.sorry Dawn
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About 3 weeks ago I noticed that Barney was not in his coco worm tube. After 3 days I sadly decided that he must have died.
Well a few days ago I saw a flash of movement in the sump. It was Barney & I was so happy. However now I had a dilemma...do I leave Barney in the sump with Rice Krispies, the lobster like pistol shrimp! Or do I rip the sump apart and try to capture him so he could be returned to the display? Turns out I decided on the latter. It was a mess but I did get my fish and Barney is now back in the display! Yea!!!!
Well a few days ago I saw a flash of movement in the sump. It was Barney & I was so happy. However now I had a dilemma...do I leave Barney in the sump with Rice Krispies, the lobster like pistol shrimp! Or do I rip the sump apart and try to capture him so he could be returned to the display? Turns out I decided on the latter. It was a mess but I did get my fish and Barney is now back in the display! Yea!!!!
Yay
vlangel
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I have been wanting more flow in the display tank because of all the detritus that continually settled on everything. I am hoping more flow will keep the detritus in suspension until it can be filtered out.
I looked at powerheads but really did not want to spend more money. So I decided to look in my bin of unused pumps to see if I had any old Rio pumps that could work. I saw my gyre which I put away because I was not happy with it but decided to see if cleaning it would help. Much to my surprise it did help so I have set it up. I do not have the owners manual to instruct me how to program it but I did manage to get it on a continual mode at 40% which is the most that I would want in my tank anyhow. This should add about 1200gph to what I had and hopefully the gyre motion will lift detritus.
The feather dusters seem to like the added flow if nothing else.
I looked at powerheads but really did not want to spend more money. So I decided to look in my bin of unused pumps to see if I had any old Rio pumps that could work. I saw my gyre which I put away because I was not happy with it but decided to see if cleaning it would help. Much to my surprise it did help so I have set it up. I do not have the owners manual to instruct me how to program it but I did manage to get it on a continual mode at 40% which is the most that I would want in my tank anyhow. This should add about 1200gph to what I had and hopefully the gyre motion will lift detritus.
The feather dusters seem to like the added flow if nothing else.
Sounds awesome! Also good exercise for the fish.
vlangel
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I can't remember right off hand. It is not the Maxspect however which I think was the original. I think the reason I quit using it was that it would make a vibrating noise. So far so good right now.
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