TheClark

Interesting, I wondered myself.

That was one heck of a wet windstorm.  Power stayed on here surprisingly and thankfully.

When it does go out for me, its not quite the luxury experience you guys have.

I have to go out, start the generator, run the extension cable, engage the interlock and selectively turn on circuits.

However, the tanks never go without power for more than 5 minutes if I am home, feels good.

Of course I am looking at this thing thinking "I can 3d print one!"

"When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail"

2 hours ago, shaywood said:

Purchased live brine shrimp from a LFS, which all the fish certainly love.  Anyone tried this hatchery?  Looks like folks with smaller, freshwater fish use the most.

Amazon.com : Brine Shrimp Hatchery Dish + 3 Months Supply of Brine Shrimp Eggs : Pet Supplies

 

Looks great!  I have been feeding decapsulated brine just for fun, this looks like a better value 

That was mean of me, sorry reef people!  Title should have been "OMG Look At That Wild Hammer Colony!"

5 minutes ago, Danik said:

Broken 

Sadly I could not find it on youtube...  Added a screen shot though...

Please see video for mother colony pics 

https://fb.watch/2UTnf3Wg4E/

😂

On 1/6/2021 at 12:32 PM, Gumby said:

I replaced a bunch of whites on my ocean revives. They have really color on my frag tanks.

Same here, just over Christmas break!  One fixture a night, I am slooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww

13 hours ago, jadams7 said:

That turned out awesome!!! And she’s got a few backups in case she gets really addicted to more fish like the rest of us haha

She already wants to spin em up, but we haven't told mom yet 😉

31 minutes ago, jsawyers33 said:

Glad it looks as though the tank isn't too bad off and thanks for sharing your experience.  Any idea what the name of the coral you got from @Gil&Fin?  That color is so different than most out there and very beautiful

Thanks!  Same, so glad it turned out ok so far.

No, sorry, she did not recall the name when we picked it up.  Its a birds nest of some type, with purple polyps, and a green base.

Thanks again @jadams7, she loves it.  Probably one of her favorite gifts ever.

Quick Update:

- Plate corals lost flesh, probably goners but will hold out hope for babies.

- Pretty much everything else looks good

- Alk is in the high 10s range

Glad to have some decent survival pics to share

(A beauty from @Gil&Fin growing well, with the massive hydno in the back)

Big old torch coral that serves as a host for an old, old clown.

Had a chance to stop by and see @Jorge and Jeff at @CuttleFishandCoral

Picked up this hottie, thanks guys! 

Tough to get the colors right, will have to dig out some filters   It's a stunner (to me).

On 12/25/2020 at 5:34 PM, Manny Tavan said:

I have an automated calcium reactor so I’m running my co2 at Max saturation anyway

Like a DaStaco?

On 12/23/2020 at 3:13 PM, Parzifal said:

Now that the spawn is crawling, I have found he desperately wants two things:

1) bathroom toilet brush

2) fireplace anything

Easy enough to keep the bathroom door closed, but the fireplace is a bit harder.  
I'm thinking some birch branches/logs cut up and placed in there would look good.  If you have some birch branches, I would like to buy them!

 

filling up the fireplace would really help me so I don’t have to watch him and can spend all my time on the aquarium.

Thanks,

Aaron

I can dig around this weekend or next week.  Have some large pieces of birch trimmed this summer that are probably still great.

What are people using now?  I am down to my last 44 lbs of the OG.

3 hours ago, Manny Tavan said:

New reborn media is trash...literally 

Dang!  What are people using now?

34 minutes ago, albertareef said:

Glad to hear it's looking like you avoided the worst fallout.  Hopefully the plates will perk back up eventually as well.

Thanks Sean.  Secretly I am hoping they will partially die off, then recover with a baby plate factory!  So cool!!

52 minutes ago, Manny Tavan said:

Also by preban prices I was referring to $50-75 days 

Yep, those prices.  Wasn't that long ago even.  With no bans, I just don't get the current pricing.  Something else will get 'hot' again and see its prices soar I suppose.

Updates:

- Alk has dropped rapidly, almost 2.0 dkh in 3.5 days.

- All but the plate corals seem to be doing ok

- Some coral is showing rapid growth

- I plan to lower the reactor PH to slow the drop as we near 12.0

It is a relief to be getting back to an acceptable range, even if on the high end.

Dt last night

BTW, 17 days into this experiment, still no coral deaths surprisingly.  So maybe this will turn out ok....

24 minutes ago, EMeyer said:

This is a really interesting experiment. Looks like you rapidly corrected the pH but are leaving the alk extremely high, and reducing it slowly. Do I have that right? 

I think I would have also rapidly adjusted the alk back down, for the same reason as the pH (better to get it back within range quickly rather than let the damage accumulate). But I can see arguments in both directions. 

I am not sure which course would be better - I'll be curious to hear how your corals do over the next couple weeks. 

For sure, an unplanned experiment.

Good to know, I like the discussion for sure. 

Not sure why I went this route.  Probably because I am allergic to rapid alk down swings!  

By the seat of my pants for sure at this point.

6 hours ago, obrien.david.j said:

Glad you were able to jump on it Fast.   

Me too!  Maybe that is what made the difference?  Data, for others, at the least...  I sure don't plan on repeating this ever!