Nc 12 Dx Start date 17/ 08/06 - First SW :D

[drty811]

man i love when s*** grows on the glass........ :mrgreen:

 

[reefermike]

that is definetly awesome... well heres a picture of my Anchoring of xenia to a small rock.. It was definetly a bit difficult.

 

[Anonymous]

small tupperware filled with small rocks with eggcrate or screen cover

 

[reefermike]

not a bad idea either. Well today i notice that it pulled itself out and way from my tooth pick and is somewhat attached to the LR piece its on.

Probally 4 -7 corals coming on tuesday.. coral pack i guess you can say..as well as a pair of clowns, snails, and possibly a shrimp i hope he doesnt ditch me again this time haha

 

[reefermike]

update on coral placement..

and coraline growth - Nov 05/06 (should of done this earlier

 

[reefermike]

By the way big als has zebra hermits.. 3 for 1.99 would they be any help in my tank?

 

[drty811]

i have zebras and bluelegs and they have been doing a great job.....as long as they are small. the bigger they get the more lazy they get.

 

[reefermike]

their the same size as the blue legs i think.. I mean that have to be if their selling them that cheap!

 

[reefermike]

Ok so i have a little problem. I have some well quite a bit of green hair algae in my tank. It always comes back. i take it out with a brush if its on my back wall or something and pick it off the rock with my fingers... heres the problem my nitrates and phosphates both read zero... why wont this stuff die. My lighting is on from 1 pm - 10 pm. I have a bag of chemi pure as well as cheato. Whats causing this stuff to live?

 

[reefermike]

By the way i noticed some deals at my lfs so i picked up A ocellaris clown for $18 and some astrea snails.

I would of got 2 but i think 3 fish is good for now. :razz:

By the way you can see the crappy hair algae.. hopefully these astreas will plow through it

 

[NemoNano]

Cool clowns :mrgreen:

by the way are you using R/O water? I have heard that you can get a lot of hair algee if you use tap water or well water.

Eric

 

[reefermike]

Yep i bought a unit off of ebay. I dont get it... all my parameters are in check and this stuff wont go away.

 

[drty811]

just a thought......i know you said you got it on EBAY, but do you know when the filters where changed or did you change them already?

 

[islandcreation]

Reefermike,

I'd scrap the algae off ASAP! I waited to long and it grew thicker, luckly I have a 66 gallon tank which is glass and used a metal razor (I know not to use a metal razor but the plastic razor wasn't sharp enough). Plus help with two yellow tangs which did a hell of a job eating about 50% of them or atleast trimming it down to the thicker portions. Since you have a 12 maybe a small tang could help as a more natural problem solver.... then you can sell him back to your LFS after everythings cleared out..... Good luck..

 

[reefermike]

The ro unit was brand new. The algae isnt spreading. It isnt growing fast at all either. its just not doing anything. Its just there. Maybe my snails will tackel some of it.. we ll see in a couple days.

 

[reefermike]

Wahoo 4 riccordia florida are coming for my tonight 1 pink with green fringe, 1 purple with green fringe, and 2 orange with green fringe.

AS well as i found this little crab dead in my tank. Any guessing what kind it was. It was orange/redish

And i have a small starfish in my fuge. Roughly the size of a thubnail

 

[drty811]

hard to tell what kind of crab it is, tough angle.

 

[reefermike]

well its dead.. i noticed it jsut laying on my LR today. Riccs will be here soon

 

[reefermike]

Alrighty then .. i received well more then i asked for. I had intentions at only buying 4 for $10 each and came out with 9 heads for $50 as well as about 5 or more feather dusters.

Group shot

The baby

Each orange and green is 2 heads

The middle child

The mom...3 heads

this is one of my fav corals.

:lol:

 

[reefman23]

Great buy! That is a great price. Nice rics.

Jesse