Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread
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melev
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Randy, you make a good point, and the other header images on my site are crisp and easy to read. In this case, I wanted something that was semi-transparent, where you get a hint of what I'm trying to say.
On a subliminal level, you may be seeking more information as you gaze at it, which is principally why you would go to the ID page for further details in the first place.
Hopefully the viewer will pick up on that. Or maybe they won't, but I still will as I'm the site's master-designer. :spin3:
Lunchbucket
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TOO COOL!! nice job on the header. looks very professional and very clean
Lunchbucket
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8056179#post8056179 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Sorry to hear that. My marine biologist buddy Greg advises me to hold injured fish in front of a powerhead to push more water through its gills. I have seen him revive a fish that way.
OF COURSE! I am glad you brought this up as I worry about the jumping fish problem. We do something similar to that when fishing for trout, I don't know why this hadn't occurred to me sooner. When doing the catch and release, sometimes the little critters are worn out when it's time to release so we have to swish them back and forth in the stream to get some water moving through 'em.
Sort of like mouth to mouth only without the mouth.
BTW, great art work Marc.
toonascott
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Here is a question for ya Melev. Your pictures of your sun coral inspired me to give one a try. I bought an anemic looking specimen and two days later it opened up rather pathetically.
I fed it mysis just like you had described and each polyp ate very well. Until two weeks later it looked like this.
I continued to feed it mysis every three days or so for two months. Now it doesnt open up like it used to. It kinda looks sick, but I think maybe I just overfed it and its just too fat. What do ya think?
I fed it mysis just like you had described and each polyp ate very well. Until two weeks later it looked like this.
I continued to feed it mysis every three days or so for two months. Now it doesnt open up like it used to. It kinda looks sick, but I think maybe I just overfed it and its just too fat. What do ya think?
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rjwilson37
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Hi Marc, how are you doing. I would really love to see a few nice full tank pictures of your tank. I still have my Snowflake Eel in my 24g Aquapod Species tank and he is doing great.
melev
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8068113#post8068113 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by toonascott
Here is a question for ya Melev. Your pictures of your sun coral inspired me to give one a try. I bought an anemic looking specimen and two days later it opened up rather pathetically.
I fed it mysis just like you had described and each polyp ate very well. Until two weeks later it looked like this.
I continued to feed it mysis every three days or so for two months. Now it doesnt open up like it used to. It kinda looks sick, but I think maybe I just overfed it and its just too fat. What do ya think?
If it isn't staying open, it could be you have a fish picking at it. After all, it is so well fed there is a good chance some food is available for a ''snacker.'
I don't believe it is possible to make them too fat. If they get too dense, they'd make babies. Looks pretty in that picture. :thumbsup:
toonascott
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I will keep my eyes peeled for Pickers of the sun coral.
Thanks for the reply.
I also wanted to ask you if you sell any of those sweet sump/refugiums you create.
Thanks again for the help, this thread has helped me turn my 40 gallon into an amazing little reef.
Thanks for the reply.
I also wanted to ask you if you sell any of those sweet sump/refugiums you create.
Thanks again for the help, this thread has helped me turn my 40 gallon into an amazing little reef.
melev
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For that question, please email me. melev@swbell.net
toonascott
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I will email you once I get my blasted gmail account working again. My work email has its own server, so for sure email coming your way tuesday.
On another note, I think I figured out my sun coral situation. I had all my kids take turns keeping an eye on him, hahaha. No one picked at him.
So I fed the tank and some other routine maintenance. Then I tested for phosphates. For the first time ever, I could detect phosphates. I have always been slightly frustrated by trying to match a test colour to detect a level of any certain tank parameter. Never know for sure what anything is at because there is never a perfect match to any colour on any kit. I have em all salifert, nutrafin and aquarium pharmaceuticals.
But my phosphate test had a blue tinge and it matched about .5 mg/l.
Then it hit me, everything in my tank added up to a significant level of phosphates.
All my LPS looked a little down in the dumps, and my Xenia was taking over the tank. Yesterday morning, my LFS gave me $40 credit for a couple of big frags of Xenia. (bought myself a fox coral and some frozen cyclopeeze).
After putting it all together, I went back to LFS and bought some seachem Phos-guard. I love this stuff, it isnt a regular ion exchange resin, so it won't leach phosphates back into tank once it is saturated. To top it all off, I can let it dry out every few weeks and reuse it.
It works fast, no water change and 12 hours later, my phosphates already dropped to .25. My LPS are looking GREAT!
This is amazing considering I took out so much phosphate absorbing xenia and fed the heck out of the tank.
On another note, I think I figured out my sun coral situation. I had all my kids take turns keeping an eye on him, hahaha. No one picked at him.
So I fed the tank and some other routine maintenance. Then I tested for phosphates. For the first time ever, I could detect phosphates. I have always been slightly frustrated by trying to match a test colour to detect a level of any certain tank parameter. Never know for sure what anything is at because there is never a perfect match to any colour on any kit. I have em all salifert, nutrafin and aquarium pharmaceuticals.
But my phosphate test had a blue tinge and it matched about .5 mg/l.
Then it hit me, everything in my tank added up to a significant level of phosphates.
All my LPS looked a little down in the dumps, and my Xenia was taking over the tank. Yesterday morning, my LFS gave me $40 credit for a couple of big frags of Xenia. (bought myself a fox coral and some frozen cyclopeeze).
After putting it all together, I went back to LFS and bought some seachem Phos-guard. I love this stuff, it isnt a regular ion exchange resin, so it won't leach phosphates back into tank once it is saturated. To top it all off, I can let it dry out every few weeks and reuse it.
It works fast, no water change and 12 hours later, my phosphates already dropped to .25. My LPS are looking GREAT!
This is amazing considering I took out so much phosphate absorbing xenia and fed the heck out of the tank.
Electrobes
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Hi Marc here's a question for you. I've recently bought Phosban but never used it. I've been using carbon in my reactor for a while but after a monster clean out of my equipment and so forth I thought with my higher fish population in my reef tank that I should try it. That and my feeding habits have been increasing as of late... (Started feeding cyclop-eez and Golden Pearls in a small mixture with flake food).
I have a softie dominated tank and can't remember which phosphate rmeover media caused the softy population to really get messed up from using it. I am pretty sure I got Phosban because it did not caused this problem.. but I can't remember.
Thanks!
I have a softie dominated tank and can't remember which phosphate rmeover media caused the softy population to really get messed up from using it. I am pretty sure I got Phosban because it did not caused this problem.. but I can't remember.
Thanks!
melev
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<b>toonascott</b> - removing phosphate most definitely will help, and also running carbon actively (through a Phosban Reactor for example) will remove other stuff that corals give off. Plus it will clarify the water.
<b>Electrobes</b> - As long as it isn't aluminum-based, you'll be fine. The product by Kent is the wrong type, for example. Phosban is fine.
<b>Electrobes</b> - As long as it isn't aluminum-based, you'll be fine. The product by Kent is the wrong type, for example. Phosban is fine.
Snakebyt
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I have been meaning to ask about this.. This is a piece of plating monti that got sand on it and starting growing vertical. Is this very common? Its defenatly different, at least to me.
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Close up of the polyps
and for those brave souls, link top full size pic
http://www.snakebyt.com/monti3.jpg
Feel free to critique my photography, pics were taken with a Canon A620
Small version
Close up of the polyps
and for those brave souls, link top full size pic
http://www.snakebyt.com/monti3.jpg
Feel free to critique my photography, pics were taken with a Canon A620
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