Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread
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Lunchbucket
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melev - i knew that. i guess i wasn't thinking when i was typing. you know how it goes most people just say "he" a lot for different things.
Amy - sorry for saying he. i wasn't thinking at the time. don't beat me for it!
Lunchbucket
Amy - sorry for saying he. i wasn't thinking at the time. don't beat me for it!
Lunchbucket
Lunchbucket
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hey now don't get me into something i don't want to be in 
melev always the trouble maker...looks inocent but isn't 
Lunchbucket
melev always the trouble maker...looks inocent but isn't Lunchbucket
TippyToeX
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I've gotten use to being called a guy on this site. No beating for you Eric, this time...
Marc on the other hand might need one, but fear he would like it too much.
Alrighty. Them not having an anemone is no problem, the brain is fine (thought I'm sure the brain has other idea about that). Do they display any cleaning? Mouthing the rocks near by, swishing sand away (or cleaning the BB)? Are their rocks near by the brain?
Being moved into a new tank is often like starting all over for some clowns. That might be the reason why they are not getting sexy yet.
Some tips. Feeding them to saturation. Meaning that you feed them once or twice a day until they turn their nose at any that floats by. Fat and happy clowns love to get to the deed.
Having your lights on for 12 hours a day. Longer photo period can stimulate breeding.
Like I said feeding at the same time (high quality foods, all enriched) and having lights go on and off at the same time helps.
Also every now and then you should see about flooding the tank with baby brine shrimp (with the yolk still attached). It is a trick that mimics a plankton bloom in the wild. After such events many fish and corals will spawn. Don't do that often though.
No beating for you Eric, this time... Marc on the other hand might need one, but fear he would like it too much.
Alrighty. Them not having an anemone is no problem, the brain is fine (thought I'm sure the brain has other idea about that). Do they display any cleaning? Mouthing the rocks near by, swishing sand away (or cleaning the BB)? Are their rocks near by the brain?
Being moved into a new tank is often like starting all over for some clowns. That might be the reason why they are not getting sexy yet.
Some tips. Feeding them to saturation. Meaning that you feed them once or twice a day until they turn their nose at any that floats by. Fat and happy clowns love to get to the deed.
Having your lights on for 12 hours a day. Longer photo period can stimulate breeding.
Like I said feeding at the same time (high quality foods, all enriched) and having lights go on and off at the same time helps.
Also every now and then you should see about flooding the tank with baby brine shrimp (with the yolk still attached). It is a trick that mimics a plankton bloom in the wild. After such events many fish and corals will spawn. Don't do that often though.
Lunchbucket
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maybe i wanted a beating :lol: melev needs to beat evan
they don't stick to the brain during the day at all. they are all over the tank during the day. they don't stick close to it. there are rocks w/ in 1" or less of the brain. i have sand so not cleaning the BB. they don't look to be cleaning anything...they just swim about
moving starts it all over
...oh well i guess one more thing to wait for. growing corals not this
fat clowns get sexy?? isn't that opposite of what us people feel when we are fat??
they don't stay close to eachother all the time...that normal??
lights are on 8hr for halides and 12 for the actinics.
very cool tips!! thanks for the help. i'll wait it out and see what happens.
Lunchbucket
they don't stick to the brain during the day at all. they are all over the tank during the day. they don't stick close to it. there are rocks w/ in 1" or less of the brain. i have sand so not cleaning the BB. they don't look to be cleaning anything...they just swim about
moving starts it all over
...oh well i guess one more thing to wait for. growing corals not this fat clowns get sexy?? isn't that opposite of what us people feel when we are fat??
they don't stay close to eachother all the time...that normal??
lights are on 8hr for halides and 12 for the actinics.
very cool tips!! thanks for the help. i'll wait it out and see what happens.
Lunchbucket
argo
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Finally caught up to the end of this thread... again. Marc, just want to say thanks for posting this image on page 32:
When I looked closer I recognized the same blotchy pattern of missing or damaged tissue on one of my corals. My first reaction was - it can't be (I haven't introduced ANY new coral in my tank for almost a year). I pulled that colony out of the tank and gave it a lugol's dip. Within a few minutes I saw about 10 or 11 of the AEFWS swimming on the bottom of a plastic container. At least now I know who the bandit is.
My tank been through Red Bugs, faulty heater, negligent relative who was entrusted the care of the tank for a week, and now flat worms - all in all I lost several 1.5-2 year old beautiful acro colonies. Man, I'm ready to turn my reef into a FOWLR tank. Except, this thread gives me a motivation to press on. Your personal dedication to this hobby is nothing short of inspirational. Keep up the great work and thanks.
When I looked closer I recognized the same blotchy pattern of missing or damaged tissue on one of my corals. My first reaction was - it can't be (I haven't introduced ANY new coral in my tank for almost a year). I pulled that colony out of the tank and gave it a lugol's dip. Within a few minutes I saw about 10 or 11 of the AEFWS swimming on the bottom of a plastic container. At least now I know who the bandit is.
My tank been through Red Bugs, faulty heater, negligent relative who was entrusted the care of the tank for a week, and now flat worms - all in all I lost several 1.5-2 year old beautiful acro colonies. Man, I'm ready to turn my reef into a FOWLR tank. Except, this thread gives me a motivation to press on. Your personal dedication to this hobby is nothing short of inspirational. Keep up the great work and thanks.
melev
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Aw man! I'm sorry to hear that. I treated this particular coral in Betadine a week ago, and it is still alive and I don't see any flatworm damage, but it doesn't look anything like it did in the past. I keep staring at it though, mentally encouraging it to regain its former beauty.
There is a thread in the SPS forum about AEFW that I started about two weeks ago, and lots of comments. You may find some useful information in there between the commiserating of one another.
There is a thread in the SPS forum about AEFW that I started about two weeks ago, and lots of comments. You may find some useful information in there between the commiserating of one another.
Cprowler
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I have 2 Ocellaris clowns also, I purchased them at the same time and got a Heteractis Magnifica Anemone that same day. They were about the same size as each other. After about 4 months or so I could start to see a difference in the two and after another month or so it was clear they had changed sex or chose a sex (I don't recall how they do it). They started laying eggs after 10 months or a year (including the first 4 months) and have been doing it every 14 days since and that's been about a year also.
I consider myself very lucky since I didn't know anything about reefing then, I just new I wanted the clowns and Anemone and not because of Nemo. The LFS sold me a 135w pc light and assured me it was enough to keep the Anemone alive. Things went down hill fast and at that time I had not been to RC and didn't even know that sites like that existed. That's when I found RC, that reminds me. A Google search came up with a thread from RC that had melev and TippyToeX going back and forth on a topic and I combined their profiles for some reason. I thought they were Professional Strippers in Las Vegas, and I thought "Too cool, I got to sign up to this site". Luckily after I came crashing back to earth I was signed up to the best reefing site around. :lol:
Anyway to make a short story long, I think I very lucky to have a mated pair of clowns hosting in a Anemone.
I consider myself very lucky since I didn't know anything about reefing then, I just new I wanted the clowns and Anemone and not because of Nemo. The LFS sold me a 135w pc light and assured me it was enough to keep the Anemone alive. Things went down hill fast and at that time I had not been to RC and didn't even know that sites like that existed. That's when I found RC, that reminds me. A Google search came up with a thread from RC that had melev and TippyToeX going back and forth on a topic and I combined their profiles for some reason. I thought they were Professional Strippers in Las Vegas, and I thought "Too cool, I got to sign up to this site".
Luckily after I came crashing back to earth I was signed up to the best reefing site around. :lol: Anyway to make a short story long, I think I very lucky to have a mated pair of clowns hosting in a Anemone.
TippyToeX
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7972493#post7972493 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lunchbucket
maybe i wanted a beating :lol: melev needs to beat evan
:lol:
Well maybe fat isn't the right word, but replete. They feel best with a constant supply of food to give them the body weight/mass needed for breeding. It's a lot of work for those two.
Not really a good sign. Have they been that way all of the 3 years they have been together? Time will tell. Maybe at the tank matures and there is less and less change in their environment that will trigger their need to nest.
Cprowler- Thats too cool! :thumbsup:
Hey marc,
I am looking to make my first sump, i hope the weldon 4 is at home when i get there............ been over a week baaah should of just waited and gone and got it my self, damn #$@-X
for a total Volume of about 30 gallons what size Acrylic do you suggest i use ? this will be for an 80 gallon tank.
I am looking to make my first sump, i hope the weldon 4 is at home when i get there............ been over a week baaah should of just waited and gone and got it my self, damn #$@-X
for a total Volume of about 30 gallons what size Acrylic do you suggest i use ? this will be for an 80 gallon tank.
melev
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Uh oh. This is how it all begins. 
The applicator bottle really is easier, but if you prefer a syringe then good luck. It'll have to be a glass one because the plastic will melt. I even have a glass Turkey Baster to get the solvent out of the can into the applicator bottle.
4 more posts until the split. :lol: Maybe this next chapter will include the woodwork.
This is how it all begins. The applicator bottle really is easier, but if you prefer a syringe then good luck. It'll have to be a glass one because the plastic will melt. I even have a glass Turkey Baster to get the solvent out of the can into the applicator bottle.
4 more posts until the split. :lol: Maybe this next chapter will include the woodwork.
This thread was automatically split due to performance issues. You can find the rest of the thread here: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=911950
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