The Flying fish

[Cptn Spaulding]

Great thread! I enjoyed reading it and am excited for your new phases! It seems you have a lot of hitch hikers on your rock, which while you are waiting patiently for livestock is probably quite exciting to see new things every day, however keep an eye on which ones will think your corals are a tasty treat.

 

[Annetje]

Great thread! I enjoyed reading it and am excited for your new phases! It seems you have a lot of hitch hikers on your rock, which while you are waiting patiently for livestock is probably quite exciting to see new things every day, however keep an eye on which ones will think your corals are a tasty treat.

Why, thank you. I enjoyed putting it together. Not always easy as English isn't my native language. I sincerely hope I didn't make too much mistakes in the grammar corner.:clown:

Three weeks to go, some matters still have to be resolved.
Thought my way out of the temperature issue with the led-lighting, more information about it next week.:beachbum:

As for potential plagues, are you referring to the nudibranches?

 

[Annetje]

Mister Mint

Mister Mint

Meet Mister Mint
the peppermint shrimp

He was added a week or three ago to put my mind at rest
For I had spotted a potential pest

Aiptasia for now is his only dish
No other meals till I put in fish :celeb1:

 

[Annetje]

The hot-house

The hot-house

In # 66 I told you about the problems with the high temperature under the cover above the LED-lighting.
I told you that my first approach would be to make holes in the cover.

So I made those holes, unfortunately in spite of this the temperature rose to 110.84 degrees Fahrenheit (43.8 degrees Celsius), way to high. :thumbdown

A next move had to be made. I've considered all sorts of possibilities including those involving mechanical ventilation but they were not to my liking, much to complicated.

Finally I came up with the following solution: 2 glass covers, one in front, one at the back, leaving the LED-tiles free to give off their heat.

I reckoned that the temperature of the tubes wouldn't exceed the 95 degrees Fahrenheit (= 35 degrees Celsius) and much to my joy they didn't, 86.9 degrees Fahrenheit (30.5 degrees Celsius) was the maximum!:celeb1:

 

[Danzig]

Another day passes:bounce1::bounce2::bounce1:

Can you tell me what kind of creature this is? A copepod?

 

[SerpentSlick]

Yeah!:spin2:

Tadaaahhhh, there it is, my custom made tank, 123 gallon.
Is'nt it beautiful??? :fish2:

It was placed on the first of july.

And for the curious amongst you some technical bladiebla.:celeb1:
Show tank: 123 gallon
length: 52 inch
high: 20 inch
wide: 28 inch
sump: 34 gallon with the possibility for a refugium and/or a RDSB.

Skimmer: red dragon Bubble king 200
Pump: red dragon mini 5000

Wow! That's amazing!! Hell, I just got my tank 3 months ago but I'm going to have to plan another one already! Dammit!

 

[Annetje]

Can you tell me what kind of creature this is? A copepod?

Hallo Danzig,
I'm no expert in this field but I do think it is a copepod.
This picture is an enlargement, so in real life it is about 2 mm small. :spin1:

Wow! That's amazing!! Hell, I just got my tank 3 months ago but I'm going to have to plan another one already! Dammit!

Haha, good to hear you like it! But if I may give you a humble advise; don't get carried away dear SerpentSlick, enjoy your tank and let it teach you all there can be learnt. :mixed:

 

[Annetje]

It's unbelievable, every now and then something new pops up!

It's unbelievable, every now and then something new pops up!

There are holes in the sky
Where the rain gets in
They are ever so small
That's why the rain is thin :spin1:
(by Spike Milligan)

 

[Annetje]

The sound of silence

The sound of silence

The things they don’t tell you when you start this beautiful hobby.....money, the bills, the abundance of light and sound, sigh...

So when I started this amazing addiction in all my ignorance I hadn’t reckoned that a marine tank would have a voice of its own.
I hadn’t taken into account that my tank would like to make its presense known by gargeling and murmering, humming, buzzing or just plainly making annoying noise.

Hmmm, that was quite a shock, especially to my family.
It took them some time to get just as addicted, and once under the marine spell they became more tolerant.

However, as I love the sound of silence I vowed that I would make my new tank as silent as possible.
So ik fabricated these silicone caterpillar bands for the return pumps.

And I fact, by this simple act they have shut up!

 

[Annetje]

All about elegance

All about elegance

Oh oh if I had to be a worm :bounce2:
I would like to have a lovely hat above my tube uniform :bounce1:
I would indeed feel soooo elegant :wildone:
and that they would call me feather duster would seem irrelevant :lolspin:

 

[Annetje]

A sudden move

A sudden move

Had a kind of wild day.
It started with some jobs that had to be done like installing a one-way valve on the return pump, stirring the sand, cleaning the windows, blowing of the dust of the rocks and as planned moving the corals from the RSM 250 into my new tank.
And all of a sudden I got carried away and found myself fishing, and as I must say with some succes, the first fish are swimming in the "˜flying fish'.
Finally after 6 months the "˜fish' is airborn.:bounce1::bounce2::bounce1:

 

[teamdulski]

nice stuff!

 

[Cptn Spaulding]

As for potential plagues, are you referring to the nudibranches?

Yes! I'm sure at least some of them will find certain corals as a tasty treat. Your english is quite good, so don't worry! Beautiful pictures, as always. Be sure to continue to take more!

 

[Annetje]

Finally, the great move!

Finally, the great move!

According to plan I today moved the remaining fish and other creatures from the RSM into the new tank.
It was a breathtaking job but all went well. :bounce2:
Five and a half months ago I started cycling rock and now finally I can populate it, and all because of her, this lovely Mandarinfish, photo taken in her new tank.

 

[csmfish]

uhm........ not too sure about that crab tho.

 

[Annetje]

nice stuff!

Thank you!

Yes! I'm sure at least some of them will find certain corals as a tasty treat. Your english is quite good, so don't worry! Beautiful pictures, as always. Be sure to continue to take more!

Thank you for your advise. I definitely will keep an eye on them.

uhm........ not too sure about that crab tho.

Although he looks quiet frightening this Chlorodiella nigra behaves like a vegetarian. So that's why I brought him along.

A picture of the new tank, the light is already fading.

 

[Annetje]

Make ends meet

Make ends meet

 

[Annetje]

Close up

Close up

 

[Annetje]

Polyps!!!

Polyps!!!

In #80 I've shown you a picture of the blue ridge coral (Heliopora coerulea?).
Today, after it has been in my tank for 6 months it showed polyps! :celeb2:

 

[Annetje]

A tiny beauty

A tiny beauty