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[thetedinator]

Good news Ted, maybe she will be ok. How is your valonia situation since adding the ARID?
Love the video, is that a sunset rose?

Joe

I snagged the Clownfish before the lights came on and have her in a 10g tank. Now her mate is getting hounded and is in hiding. I will catch him eventually and put them together.

The Valonia situation is not good. I tried your suggestion of using a brad and puncturing and siphoning. Maybe too early to tell. I got test results from Triton on Friday and the Phosphorous and Phosphate levels (0.00211 ppm and 0.006 ppm) are lower than called for in the Triton method.

 

[thetedinator]

Lost the male yesterday morning. Found him this evening in a filter sock. Both clowns are sharing temporary quarters.

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[ChefZilla]

Awwww... such a beautiful Fish too.

 

[thetedinator]

Awwww... such a beautiful Fish too.

So there is no confusion...Both the male and female designer clowns (purchased at the MASLAC Frag Swap) are alive and well and co-habitating in a 10g tank along with a small RBTA and some Clavularia.

 

[ChefZilla]

So there is no confusion...Both the male and female designer clowns (purchased at the MASLAC Frag Swap) are alive and well and co-habitating in a 10g tank along with a small RBTA and some Clavularia.

Ohhh nice. Soon I'll have some frags ready for a new home

 

[thetedinator]

Ohhh nice. Soon I'll have some frags ready for a new home

That's cool. LMK.

 

[thetedinator]

Fish Pics

Fish Pics

Misbar Goldflake Angel


Dispar Anthias

 

[Joe Kelley]

Nice fish! What camera Ted? Only under radion?

 

[thetedinator]

Nice fish! What camera Ted? Only under radion?

Thanks Joe. These were shot with an older Canon DSLR. I keep my Radion's at essentially 14k. I created a custom white balance for shooting my tank. The white balance correction makes the photos look more natural.

 

[thetedinator]

Top Down Video Tour of My Valonia and Grape Algae

Top Down Video Tour of My Valonia and Grape Algae

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Enjoy

 

[thetedinator]

Another Video...

Another Video...

I shot this video after spending the day migrating control from my Apex Classic to the Apex 2016...not simple but not rocket science. I made the switch because I wanted to move to WAV pumps instead of the 7 year old Tunze power heads I had been using. I also replaced my TO pump with the Neptune Systems PMUP. I have not been running any of this long enough to be able to offer a review.

Any here is the video. Sort of longish...enjoy.

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[thetedinator]

Equipment update

Equipment update

I thought I would update this thread on equipment changes i recently made to the system. Sorry...no pictures for this post.

The short version...I upgraded my Apex set-up to the Apex 2016. I now have the 2016 brain, 2 EB832, 5 WAV power heads and 1 PMUP for ATO. I am no longer running my 10 year old Tunze streams and I replaced a maxi-jet 4o0 with the PMUP.

In October there was an Apex deal where you could get the Apex 2016 plus 2 WAV pumps at discount. Then for the black Friday week there were deals to be had on WAV Starter kits, single WAVs, PMUP and EB832. I ended up buying a WAV starter kit (2 WAVs and a 1-Link), a single WAV, a PMUP and an EB832. I bought the WAV starter kit so that I would have the 1-Link as a backup in case the Apex 2016 brain fails (I will use my old Apex brain and the 1-link to run the system including 3 of my 5 WAVs and the PMUP).

I had an issue with the first Apex 2016 brain but Neptune System customer service was excellent. Kudos to the customer support crew for communicating with me over a weekend and shipping the replacement unit out Monday.

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

 

[thetedinator]

A video is Worth a Thousand Words

A video is Worth a Thousand Words

A short video of three of my Clownfish hosting in my reef. The bonded Clownfish pair are hosting in a Rose BTA. The single Clownfish is hosting in some Clavularia that I have grown out from a frag that Dave B. (o2manyfish) gave me. I explicitly asked Dave for the Clavularia since I had seen Clownfish hosting in Clavularia in his system. The single Clownfish is using the Clavularia for protection as you can see when the bonded pair try to intimidate him/her.

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Enjoy.

 

[dodgerblew]

Great video Ted. Is one of the Banghaii Cards holding?

 

[thetedinator]

Great video Ted. Is one of the Banghaii Cards holding?

Thanks Rik. Two of my 5 Banggai Cards have paired up but the male is not currently holding.

 

[thetedinator]

Video update

Video update

Here is a one minute video of all of my fish (including 16 A. occellaris) playing nice.

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[BeanMachine]

Great videos. Very nice.

 

[thetedinator]

Great videos. Very nice.

Thanks Cody. Nice build BTW. Santa must have thought you were a good boy this year.

 

[thetedinator]

It's Been One Year - Thank You o2manyfish

It's Been One Year - Thank You o2manyfish

Well, it's been one year. A huge thank you to Dave Botwin (aka o2manyfish).

 

[dodgerblew]

Congratulations! It looks great