Ben's Tank

[IIITYIII]

i got a wrasse the other day! i cant get pics hes to quick. he is a red flasher wrasse. the top of him is red bottom is white and he has blue lines kinda like yours.

 

[ben1987]

i got a wrasse the other day! i cant get pics hes to quick. he is a red flasher wrasse. the top of him is red bottom is white and he has blue lines kinda like yours.

They are really cool fish, very active, Mines always showing off aswel.

i'm in love with your Wrasse - a great video showing him displaying.

Seffie x



ps lovely Euphillia but doesn't look like a frogspawn to me

Thx Seffie, what do you think it is then?

 

[ben1987]

Acro frag is deffinatly dead...
The temperature must have dropped too much in the bucket it was in, that went in one with all the LR by mistake and not the fish on which had the heater.
All white and stringy now.

Will try another in a week or so i think. Seemed to be doing ok up til then. Should be even better now the bio-load is a lot less.

 

[seffieuk]

i got a wrasse the other day! i cant get pics hes to quick. he is a red flasher wrasse. the top of him is red bottom is white and he has blue lines kinda like yours.

They are really cool fish, very active, Mines always showing off aswel.

i'm in love with your Wrasse - a great video showing him displaying.

Seffie x



ps lovely Euphillia but doesn't look like a frogspawn to me

Thx Seffie, what do you think it is then?

Frogspawn Coral
Euphyllia divisa
Individual large polyps with elongated tentacles. Tentacles seem to branch towards their tips. - does yours have branching tips, if so it is a frogspawn

Hammer Coral
Euphyllia Ancora
Individual large polyps with elongated tentacles. Tentacles tips have a slight 'C' or anchor shape to them. Certainly not a hammer


Torch Coral
Euphyllia glabrescens
Individual large polyps with elongated tentacles. Tentacles are generally straight with a bulbous tip. No, branching tips then it is probably a torch

Seffie x

 

[ben1987]

Think your right seffie.

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Looks like that, which googles at Euphyllia glabrescens. Looks like some kind of torch then! Its green on the inside and like the pic on the outside

Cheers

 

[BigC]

Did your Acro bleach then Ben.

 

[ben1987]

Yeah. Went solid white. Where it used to extend its little hair like polyps, just hollow little holes were left. There were some string of algae hanign off it as soon as i put it back into the tank and then by this morning it had fully given up.

The new scape actually has a large shelf directly under the halide. My flow gets more than doubled tommorow so i hope to add some plating monti and a few nice acros soon. The one that died had little growth tips coming out all over so it must have been happy enough, should be even better now.

 

[BigC]

Ah yes, I've had a few DOA like that bleached and smelt rotten.
Anyway get some pics up of the new scape. Try Montipora digitata they come in various colours they are to too fussy about the lighting either as long as your in chemical balance. Are you going to use the chemicals I suggested or just stick with waterchanges.
Regards
BigC

 

[ben1987]

For one or two frags i will be sticking to water changes. I like doing my weekly water changes. I always nip to teh LFS then do my change. I have the chemicals stored for if/when i get into my sps. Been doing a bit of research on them. Deffinatly want one plating monti and i will look at some digitata.

Will try get some pics up today or tomorrow. Everyones still having a bit of a sulk though.

 

[ben1987]

Took a few quick ones. Theyre coming.

 

[ben1987]

Ok pics, excuse the quality. Phone pics...again.

Heres a growth comparison - then

Few days ago

All the above were form a few days ago. looked like teh acro frag was on its way out then tbh,

Next ones are todays
What happened to teh acro - has since been removed. God that D&D stuff sticks well

Softie section. Pussey coral and toadstool having a bad day though

Mid section

Right

Another

Sorry they were really rushed. Gives you the idea anyway

4 more posts til 1000

 

[BigC]

Like the new scape Ben much better IMHO. See you've discovered that you can aquascape not only left to right but from the rear to the front also, good work
You still strugglin with a bit of Diatoms there M8 or is it more sinister.

 

[ben1987]

Cheers BigC. The rocks are more 3D i suppose. Just needs filling out with corals. Tank looks bare without the chromis. The brown on the sand is whats left from before, i did turn it over while there was nothing in the tank. Just couldnt fully get rid. Hoping lowering the fish stock by 3 will help clear it all up asap. The increase in flow should help too.

 

[ben1987]

1,000th post

 

[BigC]

Congrats Ben...