Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15338726#post15338726 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
I was always annoying having to buy a new clip almost every month. The center plastic piece would break every time. The ones I got from CVS hold up forever. I've got a bag full of them somewhere.

Where do you get the ones that don't break?

 

[melev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340143#post15340143 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Laddy
I've taken a frag from my sunset and a frag from my reverse sunset and placed them on the same frag plug--it should be interesting to see the dichotomy on display one day.

PS: can't wait to see what happens on day 366 with your avatar....sort of like the myan 12/12/2012 calendar.

That's a neat idea. I do think we need to get away from "reverse sunset" and just call it "sunrise".

I hope it won't be problematic coming up with all 365 avatars. :eek2:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340180#post15340180 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by IridescentLily
Your new pics are stunning.
I love the one where the purple tang is with the naso waiting to eat. He looks really cute.

Thanks. I love Crown Royal. She's a beauty. Spock gets along very well with her.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340281#post15340281 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Snakebyt
man, reading this thread is really making me want another tank

Muah ha ha!!!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340370#post15340370 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
Where do you get the ones that don't break?

CVS is one of those drive-up pharmacies. A bag of them is about $1 or $1.50. The trick is connecting it to something. The magnets I had made have a small tube connected to them prior to the plastic dip, and it lets me secure the clip with a small zip tie.

 

[melev]

Since I have to move a tank today, I figured I better get my avatar updated.

Here's the last seven day's worth.

 

[rEd86]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340379#post15340379 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Since I have to move a tank today, I figured I better get my avatar updated.

Marc,

You've mislabeled the second one down on the left. I'm pretty sure that's not Eric!

--Ed

 

[melev]

Good catch Ed. I fixed it. :lol:

 

[VegasReefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340377#post15340377 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev

I hope it won't be problematic coming up with all 365 avatars. :eek2:

When in doubt, Re use some of your old ones and see if anyone catches on.... I suggest Poukie. ... What did I just do... I take it back this will undoubtedly cause another 3 page discussion.

BTW love the pics of the LMB sitting in that huge TSL.

 

[Plankt0s]

Mark I didnt know that you had a thread here. I never make it out of the DIY forum.

 

[psteeleb]

awesome pictures Marc :thumbsup:

 

[David - Miami]

Marc, as promised, here goes a few photos of the LMB I bought yesterday as well as a sea slug that I could not pass up. These photos are from my 29 gallon that I was using as a QT tank for a long time. I decided, what the heck and put a couple guys in there.
Remember these photos are with an iphone.

Saying "Peek a boo"

Remember an IPHONE took these.

 

[melev]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340511#post15340511 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by VegasReefer
When in doubt, Re use some of your old ones and see if anyone catches on.... I suggest Poukie. ... What did I just do... I take it back this will undoubtedly cause another 3 page discussion.

BTW love the pics of the LMB sitting in that huge TSL.

If I only do that once a month, I'd only have to come up with 353 avatars. Good thinking. :lol:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340551#post15340551 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by biowerks
Mark I didnt know that you had a thread here. I never make it out of the DIY forum.

Welcome to the light. :lol: Yeah, this little thread has been going for about five years now. You need to get out a little more.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340782#post15340782 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by psteeleb
awesome pictures Marc :thumbsup:

Thanks Pete.

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15341072#post15341072 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by David - Miami
Marc, as promised, here goes a few photos of the LMB I bought yesterday as well as a sea slug that I could not pass up. These photos are from my 29 gallon that I was using as a QT tank for a long time. I decided, what the heck and put a couple guys in there.
Remember these photos are with an iphone.

Saying "Peek a boo"

Remember an IPHONE took these.

Congrats on your new acquisitions. What does that particular nudibranch eat?

 

[David - Miami]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15341141#post15341141 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
Congrats on your new acquisitions. What does that particular nudibranch eat?

They said algae (fuzzy not hairy). They also said he eats both red and green which is great in this case because this tank gets a lot of direct sunlight through the window and has a lot of growth.

 

[reidcrandall]

Hey Marc, do you use a dosing pumpfor vodka, or do you do it manually?

 

[Bill14]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15340377#post15340377 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by melev
CVS is one of those drive-up pharmacies. A bag of them is about $1 or $1.50. The trick is connecting it to something. The magnets I had made have a small tube connected to them prior to the plastic dip, and it lets me secure the clip with a small zip tie.

Do you remember whihc plastic dip you used? I've been wanting to use a plastic dip on some magnets. I assume just any plastic dip will be reef safe once it dries, but I'd like to use something that others have used just to be sure.

 

[spleen93]

People have used Plasti Dip before without issues.

David - I'm not so sure that's an algae eating nudibranch ...

 

[David - Miami]

Spleen - What do you think it eats?

 

[spleen93]

Dunno - I took a look through a couple of nudibranch databases to see if I could ID it but no luck to date. In my experience though, the ones that are brightly colored tend to a) be toxic (as in for fish that try to eat it) and b) have specialized diet requirements (such as a particular type of sponge, coral, etc. etc.). The ones that eat algae tend to have drab coloration (brown, green) such as the lettuce slug or the sea hares.

sea hare Aplysia sp.

lettuce slug Elysia crispata

 

[David - Miami]

This species is the Greek Goddess Nudibranch and I think you are right. I have some sponge growing in this tank, but I am not clear as to what specifically it eats.
Shame on them for telling me that then.

 

[spleen93]

Well, at this point, you might as well see if you can see it feeding on anything in the tank - maybe you'll get lucky and discover it does eat algae after all. :thumbsup:

 

[spleen93]

(sorry Marc for totally hijacking your thread - this will be my last post on this)

The Greek Goddess nudibranch (Hypselodoris picta pictures that I'm pulling up look like this:

Shape looks similar but coloration looks different - there is a wide color variability in this Atlantic nudi but once again, dunno. This and this may be useful.

 

[psteeleb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15342181#post15342181 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by spleen93
David - I'm not so sure that's an algae eating nudibranch ...

I agree it looks kind of like a Chromodoris annae (but so may look alike), anyway the annae is a sponge eater