The Adventures Of A Marine Newbie...

[xxBarneyxx]

I would imagine its as simple as attaching two probes to be a big old battery and jabbing them with it Just have to make sure you get steel tipped probes and that there are no copper wires showing (otherwise you could end up putting copping into the systme through electrolysis).

Personally I would just use joes juice. I have electrocuted myself enough to not want to do it again Not to mention my clown fish would end up getting himself zapped because he always attacks me when my hands are in the tank (he almost ended up cutting his nose off when I was fragging my xenia!!)

 

[kj23502]

Great pic of the fish cleaing going on. Sorry to hear of the losses. Are you going to replace them?

 

[SkiFletch]

I would imagine its as simple as attaching two probes to be a big old battery and jabbing them with it Just have to make sure you get steel tipped probes and that there are no copper wires showing (otherwise you could end up putting copping into the systme through electrolysis).

Yup, its exactly that easy. If you use thin gague wire, the amount of copper released in to the tank that is not burned and oxidized to a crisp will be un-detectable

 

[jennybugs]

Great pic of the fish cleaing going on. Sorry to hear of the losses. Are you going to replace them?

I would love to get another trachy but while I still have the shrimp I am loathe to send another trachy down the same route

I deffo want more mushrooms and am holding out for really nicely coloured ones rather than plain browny ones like I see in my LFS.

I'm off to the LFS tomorrow to have a mooch, but they won't have had any more stock in since before Christmas, so waiting til after the New Year may prove fruitful

 

[jennybugs]

Just a small update...a new large turquoise blue ricordea to add to the ric garden

 

[kj23502]

cool..different color of green

 

[jennybugs]

I'd like to get a big carpet of them in different colours...that's why we swooped on this new one at my LFS as I'd not seen one like that there before

They still haven't got any different coloured mushrooms in at the moment so I'm going to be trawling around for them at different shops too.

 

[jennybugs]

I am smitten by Alfred. It's fantastic how he changes his markings! He's wearing his moustache here

 

[kj23502]

You take really good pictures. You have a DSLR?

 

[xxBarneyxx]

lol gonna creep jen out now by telling you she took it with a Fujifilm finepix S9600

Agree there are some great photos though

 

[jennybugs]

I've mentioned what camera I have on here before Barney, but I just bet you're one of these people who can 'decode' a photo to find out what date it was taken on etc?

I do indeed have a Fuji S9600 and it's what's known as a bridge camera...in between a compact and a fully fledged DSLR and I love it. It's got a great mega zoom on it and the macro settings are nice. I'll progress to a DSLR one day as I am so mad about macro photography!

 

[xxBarneyxx]

but I just bet you're one of these people who can 'decode' a photo to find out what date it was taken on etc?

Yes im a geek

Its a great camera though (as proven by your photos).

 

[jennybugs]

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!

Seeing as it's New Years Day, I've come over all reflective and will review the things I have done so far - good and bad!

Good

Bought a D-D Nano tank mid September

Bad

Found out it doesn't hold anywhere near 24 US gallons and measurements extrememly generous in the capacity department

Good

Found someone breaking down a mature tank so got beautifully matured LR and chaeto for a good price

Bad

Ended up playing Tug O War with a crab who nearly won the battle!

Good

Got my first fishy livestock - 2 lovely tank bred Percs

Bad

Housework becomes a thing of the past almost forcing OH to use washing machine himself

Good

Got free red mushroom coral with LR rubble - try not to panic as it's in so early

Bad

Spot aitasia on LR and fail to kill with The Big X so have to purchase peppermint shrimp

Good

Get open brain coral and hammer coral

Bad

Peppermint and cleaner shrimp nibble on it and it eventually dies Same goes for free red mushroom. LEARNING CURVE 1

Good

Accumulate more fish gradually - coral goby and starry blenny

Bad

Return Battlestar Galaxea - sweeper tentacle city that one! LEARNING CURVE 2

Good

Get some stunning ricordeas and soon add a montipora digitata and a stylophora. Start monitoring magnesium levels as well as everything else once Salifert test purchased

Bad

Find out montipora not so healthy as once thought - reverse side suffering some tissue loss where I couldn't see it. Need to purchase better, more accurate test kits urgently, test water and begin water additive route once results analised. LEARNING CURVE 3

Good

Hopefully I may be able to save the montipora by self fragging

Bad

I start the New Year with a problem of sorts

Good

I remain undeterred and positive - I have learnt so much already and, barring a sad case of ambitious shrimp activity, lost nothing to bad water quality yet! I have no intention of letting this coral die and will do all I can to rectify the issue I face at the moment

Always try to end on a high note

 

[jennybugs]

I am still in awe of Walter the giant ricordea. It is indeed an utter beauty!

 

[xxBarneyxx]

The rics all look lovely! Want to get a couple myself soon but they are quite hard to source down this area. Cant believe how quickly you tank has come together, looks amazing