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patsan
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Here are a couple of pictures of Bob's sun coral. Sure looks nice to me!:thumbsup:
Peggy, thanks for letting me know which are hydroids.
I tried to take pictures of all the bad things I have in the tank that I don't have ID's for. How do I get rid of it? I have quite a bit evidently.
Peggy, thanks for letting me know which are hydroids.
I tried to take pictures of all the bad things I have in the tank that I don't have ID's for. How do I get rid of it? I have quite a bit evidently.
patsan
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Our flower anemomes more or less stay in the back of the tank, and they're not all that nice looking either.
Here are some pictures I took this morning. I'm really happy the sun coral is starting to open up with the lights on.
Baby hammer:
With the lights on:
Original candy cane:
zoa:
new fish:
Just a nice crisp shot:
Another shrimp acclimating:
Here are some pictures I took this morning. I'm really happy the sun coral is starting to open up with the lights on.
Baby hammer:
With the lights on:
Original candy cane:
zoa:
new fish:
Just a nice crisp shot:
Another shrimp acclimating:
BrianPlankis
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Pat,
I'm not sure those are hydroids, it is VERY possible they are, but some of those, especially the orange one, look like harmless feather dusters. The white ones could even be sponges. I think it would take crisper pictures with larger animals to get a positive ID though.
Brian
I'm not sure those are hydroids, it is VERY possible they are, but some of those, especially the orange one, look like harmless feather dusters. The white ones could even be sponges. I think it would take crisper pictures with larger animals to get a positive ID though.
Brian
BrianPlankis
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BTW Pat, that first picture looks like a type of plating algae. For the life of me I can't remember the name, but it forms sheets on the LR and is very difficult to remove. I know for some people it is a good tank citizen, but in some tanks it grows like crazy, just keep an eye on it.
Your second picture obviously isn't featherdusters and could very well be hydroids.
B.
Your second picture obviously isn't featherdusters and could very well be hydroids.
B.
patsan
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That last picture was an orange feather duster. I'm just wondering what those other things were.
I agree it's some type of plating algae. I'll try to get some or all of it off with the next water change and see how easy or difficult it is to remove.
The hairy things on that one rock.... I have the same stuff on more than that one rock I showed in the picture....almost all are right by the sand bed, right up front. I also saw one of the polyp rocks had a bunch of that stuff growing out of it.
What the heck is a hydroid anyway? How do we get them? is is bad water parameters?
I don't know if I could get a closer picture of the hydriods or not. I'll try though.
I worry sometimes about the anemone eating fish. When we put the foxface and swallowtail into the tank, I swear I thought the condi ate the angel. I couldn't find it and the condy was nice and fat.
I put that cleaner shrimp into the tank last evening, and haven't seen it since. It was so tiny. I'm not worrying yet because when the original one went in, I didn't see it for 2 days, and it was about the size of this little one. They sure do grow fast!
Bob is doing a water change now, but he said he didn't feel like re-scaping the TBS tank.
I agree it's some type of plating algae. I'll try to get some or all of it off with the next water change and see how easy or difficult it is to remove.
The hairy things on that one rock.... I have the same stuff on more than that one rock I showed in the picture....almost all are right by the sand bed, right up front. I also saw one of the polyp rocks had a bunch of that stuff growing out of it.
What the heck is a hydroid anyway? How do we get them? is is bad water parameters?
I don't know if I could get a closer picture of the hydriods or not. I'll try though.
I worry sometimes about the anemone eating fish. When we put the foxface and swallowtail into the tank, I swear I thought the condi ate the angel. I couldn't find it and the condy was nice and fat.
I put that cleaner shrimp into the tank last evening, and haven't seen it since. It was so tiny. I'm not worrying yet because when the original one went in, I didn't see it for 2 days, and it was about the size of this little one. They sure do grow fast!
Bob is doing a water change now, but he said he didn't feel like re-scaping the TBS tank.
patsan
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I picked up a sea squirt today at the LFS. The hole on the end looks really small. Will mysis or brine fit thru it? Has anyone had to enlarge it?
I also picked up some parts so I can clean my external pump. More or less made a mini tank. Now all I have to do is disconnect the existing pump, hook it up to what we just made and try it out. I'm nervous to try it, so I think I'll wait until tomorrow just in case I need to run out to get more parts or something I'm not thinking of now.
I also picked up some parts so I can clean my external pump. More or less made a mini tank. Now all I have to do is disconnect the existing pump, hook it up to what we just made and try it out. I'm nervous to try it, so I think I'll wait until tomorrow just in case I need to run out to get more parts or something I'm not thinking of now.
patsan
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Peggy, that picture is good! I thought you couldn't get any god pictures with it? I could never get a picture like that with the old olympus I had unless I did it with a flash. I tried so many times with the tank lights on to get pictures of the fish, but they always came out like a blur.
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