Eeeee! New Tank
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Sorry, got distracted! 
Photos... photosphotosphotos... i know!
Tank as it looks atm, cant wait for the rock to colour up nicely!
Coral assumed to be a riccordeaof some kind:
Unknown coral. Each disk isabout 10-11cm accross for the bigger ones when fully opened... Really happy coral wherever it is, its looking better now than when i took the photo.
This is going to be my first fish
(I seriously am kidding!!)
Am gutted... sold my gorgeous little tobacco bass, i loved him, he hand fed and everything... but i couldnt say no when he is now settled in about 800L lol.
Photos... photosphotosphotos... i know!
Tank as it looks atm, cant wait for the rock to colour up nicely!
Coral assumed to be a riccordeaof some kind:
Unknown coral. Each disk isabout 10-11cm accross for the bigger ones when fully opened... Really happy coral wherever it is, its looking better now than when i took the photo.
This is going to be my first fish
(I seriously am kidding!!
)Am gutted... sold my gorgeous little tobacco bass, i loved him, he hand fed and everything... but i couldnt say no when he is now settled in about 800L lol.
The first is a Ricordea yuma, you can tell because it has the bumps along it's mouth. Ricordea FL doesn't have the bumps on the mouth
The second is also a mushroom of some type. I'll get back to you later on it's id.
EDIT: The second is a rhodactis species, possibly a brownish morph of inchoata, but I don't know for sure.
The second is also a mushroom of some type. I'll get back to you later on it's id.
EDIT: The second is a rhodactis species, possibly a brownish morph of inchoata, but I don't know for sure.
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Why thankies!
Im really peeved
I cant find that ruddy snail!!
The skimmer is now working perfectly! its actually surprisingly good LOL
New Year Resolution.... find some patience!!
I was really annoyed, i started work a little later today but go in to find the rhodactis had stretched out (and forwards!) so much that it had unlodged its rock and fallen face down on the sand.
Will teach me to leave things alone as i kept moving bits about...
One of the mushies was going really slimey... like... proper... OMG dead slime! So i panicked and took it out, stuck it on the system adn by the end of the day it was right as rain.
Swapped it for another (oh the luxury!) but this one i checked first and it flouresces (sp) green!! So chuffed with that!
Argh... probably other stuff i wanted to say but i cant rememember...
God im having one of those days..
i decided i was sick of the fluidized sand bed running empty and slowly on the system.. so knowing NOTHING about sand bed filters or how they work, never having dealt with one yet... and no instructions... i thought it was time i took it apart and cleaned it...
Epic fail... repeatedly... ending with me getting the pipes the wrong way round and after 3 hours of dismatling it quickly and trying to get it back together... i turned the pump on only to discover that on the wrng pipe... it emptied the whole sandbed into the coral vat.... #138## genius!
I then had to siphon it all out again.... pick all the bits out and carefully and pain stakingly put about a kilo of sand back through the tiny hole 1 teaspoon at a time...
I swear things like this only ever happen to me!
Im really peeved
I cant find that ruddy snail!!The skimmer is now working perfectly!
its actually surprisingly good LOLNew Year Resolution.... find some patience!!
I was really annoyed, i started work a little later today but go in to find the rhodactis had stretched out (and forwards!) so much that it had unlodged its rock and fallen face down on the sand.
Will teach me to leave things alone as i kept moving bits about...
One of the mushies was going really slimey... like... proper... OMG dead slime! So i panicked and took it out, stuck it on the system adn by the end of the day it was right as rain.
Swapped it for another (oh the luxury!) but this one i checked first and it flouresces (sp) green!! So chuffed with that!
Argh... probably other stuff i wanted to say but i cant rememember...
God im having one of those days..
i decided i was sick of the fluidized sand bed running empty and slowly on the system.. so knowing NOTHING about sand bed filters or how they work, never having dealt with one yet... and no instructions... i thought it was time i took it apart and cleaned it...Epic fail... repeatedly... ending with me getting the pipes the wrong way round and after 3 hours of dismatling it quickly and trying to get it back together... i turned the pump on only to discover that on the wrng pipe... it emptied the whole sandbed into the coral vat.... #138## genius!
I then had to siphon it all out again.... pick all the bits out and carefully and pain stakingly put about a kilo of sand back through the tiny hole 1 teaspoon at a time...
I swear things like this only ever happen to me!
Why thankies!
Im really peeved
The skimmer is now working perfectly!
New Year Resolution.... find some patience!!
I was really annoyed, i started work a little later today but go in to find the rhodactis had stretched out (and forwards!) so much that it had unlodged its rock and fallen face down on the sand.
Will teach me to leave things alone as i kept moving bits about...
One of the mushies was going really slimey... like... proper... OMG dead slime! So i panicked and took it out, stuck it on the system adn by the end of the day it was right as rain.
Swapped it for another (oh the luxury!) but this one i checked first and it flouresces (sp) green!! So chuffed with that!
Argh... probably other stuff i wanted to say but i cant rememember...
God im having one of those days..
Epic fail... repeatedly... ending with me getting the pipes the wrong way round and after 3 hours of dismatling it quickly and trying to get it back together... i turned the pump on only to discover that on the wrng pipe... it emptied the whole sandbed into the coral vat.... #138## genius!
I then had to siphon it all out again.... pick all the bits out and carefully and pain stakingly put about a kilo of sand back through the tiny hole 1 teaspoon at a time...
I swear things like this only ever happen to me!
Are you terribly offended if I say that I laughed aloud while I was reading this? I'm sorry, it was just very funny. It's like me when I had to do a bunch of crazy things at once.
Glad do know that the mushies are ok. They slime like that when they are irritated. A defense mechanism.
I want to see the new mushie, show me.
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OP
Awww lol... i only moved it 5 minutes before leaving work and im off tomorrow, it wasnt all open but should be by the time get back there on thursday
Gutted as i sold my red striped cardinals and clowns today so now there is definately *nothing* i can put in there! Unless i put the dogface in there or the undulated trigger LOL
Im contemplating looking around for frags locally as its my tank and i dont like other corals we have and i dont want to use whole huge bits of coral, just want frags.... but knowing how much retailers buy them for... and paying the RRP on them is killing me
EDIT: and that was me playing down the sand bed incidend... LOL i managed to make it chuck up its contents twice >.< lol
Gutted as i sold my red striped cardinals and clowns today so now there is definately *nothing* i can put in there! Unless i put the dogface in there or the undulated trigger LOL
Im contemplating looking around for frags locally as its my tank and i dont like other corals we have and i dont want to use whole huge bits of coral, just want frags.... but knowing how much retailers buy them for... and paying the RRP on them is killing me
EDIT: and that was me playing down the sand bed incidend... LOL i managed to make it chuck up its contents twice >.< lol
? What's wrong with you?!
Miss "we blew the budget until feb" cant order naff all
Blew the budget, eh? That's how I feel about what I've done. I've spent more money on this stupid aspect of the hobby, than in 23 years in FW!
Extremely ill. Go forth and read my journals.
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Have read one and 2 pages of the other, i have to go cook dinner now LOL
Bet you didnt blow budget by about 3K though lol. Will post photo evidence in the trop section later LOL.
Do you want to move this to journals? I guess thats what it is going to be!
Bet you didnt blow budget by about 3K though lol. Will post photo evidence in the trop section later LOL.
Do you want to move this to journals? I guess thats what it is going to be!
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OP
haha, what you dont realise is that the nuthouse is allllllll mine! your marines is just a room in it I know this is random but i saw someone refer you you as Lissette? If that is your name, its amazing LOL i heard of one person at collage with the name and i loved it!!! Sorry... i told you it was random!!
I know this is random but i saw someone refer you you as Lissette? If that is your name, its amazing LOL i heard of one person at collage with the name and i loved it!!! Sorry... i told you it was random!!
yes, Lissette is my name.
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Snapped these two photos on my phone today, got more on the camera which i am going to upload in the min of individual corals mostly.... wanted these nice tank shots, i love them!
I have added a few more corals as you can see and it is slowly starting to colour up and look better!
I have added a few more corals as you can see and it is slowly starting to colour up and look better!
Snapped these two photos on my phone today, got more on the camera which i am going to upload in the min of individual corals mostly.... wanted these nice tank shots, i love them!
I have added a few more corals as you can see and it is slowly starting to colour up and look better!
Those are cool, you're are favoring the reds.
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