BrianPlankis
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If you are referring to me, you can put them in your thread and then I'll save them myself. Everyone seems to like pictures here
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Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread
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If you are referring to me, you can put them in your thread and then I'll save them myself. Everyone seems to like pictures here
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7558682#post7558682 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
That isn't my fault. If you'll look closely, you'll see some Mean Green zoo remnants stuck in his teeth. If you zoom in, you'll even see some zoo-stains around his mouth.
Tucker eats all kinds of stuff I wish he wouldn't. He's like a kid in a candy store with no self control.
*cough* overfeeding *cough*
excuse me
melev
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7560266#post7560266 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rdmpe
Does that superglue gel stay useable for very long? I can't seem to find a superglue gel that I can use more than twice - then it's all cured in the tube
I think hobby shops sell a lot of different types of superglue in larger quantities as well.
What I do is use what I can as long as I can. Once it is clogged up, I stab a hole in the side of the tube with a thumb tack, and press it out that way. It will clog over with dried glue, which can be peeled off and the same hole will produce more when the tube is depressed. If that doesn't work, poke a new hole again. I usually can use the entire tube.
With the group buy, we each can get a 2oz bottle of accelerator and a 20g tube of cyano acrylate for $5.
I'm going to Super Glue Gel it back on.
melev
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Brian sent me some of his home-grown snails and starfish. Next week, I'll send him some stuff in return.
It was shipped priority, which from Houston basically means overnight. The contents was dry.
Four bags were in the thermos.
Arrival: 11:55 a.m.
Temperature: 77º F
pH: 7.41
Acclimating
Brian had specific acclimation requirements, so I complied. A little.
The tubing is so long because I'm always cutting it up, and then I end up with all these smaller unusable pieces. I knew a siphon would work no matter how long, so I opted to keep this piece intact.
It was shipped priority, which from Houston basically means overnight. The contents was dry.
Four bags were in the thermos.
Arrival: 11:55 a.m.
Temperature: 77º F
pH: 7.41
Acclimating
Brian had specific acclimation requirements, so I complied. A little.
The tubing is so long because I'm always cutting it up, and then I end up with all these smaller unusable pieces. I knew a siphon would work no matter how long, so I opted to keep this piece intact.
melev
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The cup was placed in the refugium, so it could match temperature, while I got the drip system ready.
The tubing is snaking into the overflow.
By siphoning from this area, the tubing stays in place.
The ball valve allows me to set the drip rate. I had it dripping at one drip per second, if not more.
It didn't take long for the cup to fill up and overflow into the refugium. I would have prefered to catch that before it happened, to avoid introducing water from another system. I did dump out the cup and let it refill with reef water. At that point, the original water was diluted at least 8x its volume.
Next, I decide to put them in the seahorse tank instead where I could observe them and they could help clean house a bit. That tank needed it. So the acclimation procedure had to happen again, as I keep salinity at 1.021 in that tank (my reef is 1.026), and the temperature is 3 degrees cooler. I poured some water out of the cup, and every 5 minutes added 30ml of water from the seahorse tank.
Here they are, just after they were dropped into the tank.
Within minutes, everyone scattered. The starfish were the fastest.
The tubing is snaking into the overflow.
By siphoning from this area, the tubing stays in place.
The ball valve allows me to set the drip rate. I had it dripping at one drip per second, if not more.
It didn't take long for the cup to fill up and overflow into the refugium. I would have prefered to catch that before it happened, to avoid introducing water from another system. I did dump out the cup and let it refill with reef water. At that point, the original water was diluted at least 8x its volume.
Next, I decide to put them in the seahorse tank instead where I could observe them and they could help clean house a bit. That tank needed it. So the acclimation procedure had to happen again, as I keep salinity at 1.021 in that tank (my reef is 1.026), and the temperature is 3 degrees cooler. I poured some water out of the cup, and every 5 minutes added 30ml of water from the seahorse tank.
Here they are, just after they were dropped into the tank.
Within minutes, everyone scattered. The starfish were the fastest.
melev
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Here's a snail, and I swear he's saying "<b>Hey, what'r you lookin' at?!</b>"
Here are a couple of snails getting a meal. Ignore the huge aiptasia. I do.
As far as how this shipment went, I believe there were 0 deaths.
And while I was in the tank, how about some copepods?
And the H. kuda.
Here are a couple of snails getting a meal. Ignore the huge aiptasia. I do.
As far as how this shipment went, I believe there were 0 deaths.
And while I was in the tank, how about some copepods?
And the H. kuda.
jnarowe
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Great shots Marc. I did a similar drip method but I put the cup of incoming water and animals inside a larger cup with reef water in it, and then set the whole thing in the sump. That way when it overflows, and it always does, that water stays within the second cup. Then I dump it and add new water...kind of like a double boiler I guess. I had no deaths either and that was surprising considering the bags had leaked inside the thermos. Those stars are sweet!
melev
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To start a bottle, use as much as you want. I purchased the smallest bottle for $8 and used all of it to start a new bottle. Once it is mature, I split that bottle into two more bottles and once those were harvested, I had some home grown phyto to use. It takes about two weeks, so if you need some in the meantime, maybe you should buy a larger bottle and use half to start the culture and the rest to feed your tank in the meantime.
Lol, Yea its more of an obsessive compulsive disorder Im afraid. Could be worse I suppose but if I totaled up the cash I think it might be cheaper to do crack sometimes. Sweet tank love the pics. Just dropped in for some ideas hope you dont mind. Im also stealing Sidewinders stand so your in good company. Cant say enough about that stand. Just finished my version of his strucure and I'm putting in my order for steel Monday. Cant wait to get into the Big tank club.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7561636#post7561636 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Hi Biggie. They don't call this hobby an obsession, do they?
melev
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Pictures from the Prop section
Pictures from the Prop section
You didn't have enough images from me today, right? How about 7 more.
This is a coral that recently broke off when I was cutting away some RTN. I like how the zoos pop through the grid.
Better picture of this Acro.
Mean Greens & Red Ring zoanthids. They look much better away from the teeth of a certain fish.
Neon Birdsnest
Bright green Hammer
Purple Pillow. It isn't too colorful at the moment, but hopefully that will change.
Two acros. One is a Pink A. millepora, and the other I don't remember but I do know it is a tabling acro. After the picture, I moved them apart.
Matter of fact, tonight I'll mount a bunch of frags including the zoos in the tray.
Pictures from the Prop section
You didn't have enough images from me today, right? How about 7 more.
This is a coral that recently broke off when I was cutting away some RTN. I like how the zoos pop through the grid.
Better picture of this Acro.
Mean Greens & Red Ring zoanthids. They look much better away from the teeth of a certain fish.
Neon Birdsnest
Bright green Hammer
Purple Pillow. It isn't too colorful at the moment, but hopefully that will change.
Two acros. One is a Pink A. millepora, and the other I don't remember but I do know it is a tabling acro. After the picture, I moved them apart.
Matter of fact, tonight I'll mount a bunch of frags including the zoos in the tray.
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