The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

[OLS]

Haha, I think I have 4 Blue legs, and everytime they smell food they start climbing the palythoas...they know!
Freaking theives, as bad as my shrimp.

[shilala]

Of these two that went for a toilet ride, one was the black and white striped kind that everyone has. Astrea, I think?
The other, I have no clue. He had a basically white, non-descript shell, with 70% of it being really nice purple algae.
The black and white ones were real sensitive to electric. They told me one of my skimmer pumps was leaking electric in the tank cause they kept crawling out of the water. I'd find them outside the back glass and laying on the floor behind the tank. The other snails didn't care about the electric at all.
The crab I tossed was as big as a ping pong ball, easy. The snail, you wouldn't believe it if I told you. The smaller of the two snails was a freak in itself.

I was just trying to take pics of some of my stuff, but my battery was dead. So now I'm gonna wash my car.

[shilala]

K, so I charged my camera battery yesterday. The lights just came on in the tank. In an hour or so, everybody is generally fully deployed. I'm gonna try to take some pics. Yay!!!

[Wolfgang]

FINALLY!

I picked up the nextreef reactor today and the guy sent me home with a colony of Green Star polyps, eagle eyes, and a purple lip green montipora.

Pictures when everyone is happy.

[shilala]

Where'd you get your reactor at, man?
I still didn't email Justin, I haven't stopped long enough to do it.

No pics yet, my guys still aren't ready. They're camera shy, I suppose.

[Wolfgang]

I picked it up directly from Justin. He had a factory second laying around (scratches on the clear tube) that's how picky these guys are with quality control. That's who I got the coral from too. I traded himself some of my stuff. Worked out well. I still need a pump for the reactor though.

[shilala]

I gotta email him. I'll try to do it tonight.

Rather than mess around with pics, I just took some video of my tank. It's a lot easier that way. So here it is...
Video of my Reef Tank.

[Wolfgang]

your tank looks great!

[shilala]

I think those are them. I'll look in my book when I get home. They're supposed to be real hardy and a beginner critter. I just like them cause they're yellow.

[Wolfgang]

If these are in fact the right ones I'll send you some I have a colony the size of a football lol.

[shilala]

I came home and looked, those are them. They're just called yellow polyps. They say they grow real fast and they're kind of a pain in the ass.
I was gonna go to Captain Larry's tomorrow, but he's closed. There's a place in Kent that's pretty lousy, I should have stopped there today to see if they had anything, although I'm kind of afraid to buy anything there.

[Wolfgang]

if you have a reason to be afraid I would avoid buying from there. Same as here in Cigar world. If A supplier supplies questionable sticks mold, fakes, bugs, whatever. Trust your sources.

[shilala]

The place looks like they suffered a flood, hurricane, and a fire, then college kids moved in for 15 or 20 years.
I didn't give their stock, the little there was, much of a look. I just wanted out of there before I caught something. Mind ya, this is from a guy who worked in sh1t most of his life.

Originally Posted by shilala

The place looks like they suffered a flood, hurricane, and a fire, then college kids moved in for 15 or 20 years.
I didn't give their stock, the little there was, much of a look. I just wanted out of there before I caught something. Mind ya, this is from a guy who worked in sh1t most of his life.

Girls in Birkenstocks?
Smelling like patchouli?
(not that I know anything about any of that...)


I would send you about 10 heads of Xenia if you think they would survive the trip. They are a beautiful weed in my big tank but I have not seen them grow anywhere else much.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

Girls in Birkenstocks?
Smelling like patchouli?
(not that I know anything about any of that...)


I would send you about 10 heads of Xenia if you think they would survive the trip. They are a beautiful weed in my big tank but I have not seen them grow anywhere else much.

They'd never make it, Lance. Thanks, though.
I found some in a place in Pittsburgh before. It's gone now, but the place across the street has been there since I was a kid and they have nice stuff. I found another place in Pittsburgh that has a HUGE selection, but we weren't looking for corals when we were there, just fish.
I'll probably have to head down there if I'm gonna have any luck.
The Cleveland/Akron area just seems devoid of any decent livestock places. I guess I'll just have to go across state lines to get the job done.

[shilala]

My replacement filters and membrane and DI cartridge came for my rodi unit. I got some tubing and fixed a leak, too. I got her all fired up and made my first 20 gallons of water. After feeding tomorrow, I'll clean some brown hair and start replacing a ridiculous amount of water for the next couple months until I get this hair under control.
When I was talking to the air, water, and ice girl, she asked if my system sat unused full of water. I told her no, then realized it sat around for quite awhile when I moved here. Apparently that's a very bad thing. It ruins your membrane and makes your RODI water smell like fish.
So there's yet another self-inflicted catastrophe I've set upon myself.
I'm glad it happened, otherwise I'd have never learned. My stuff is none the worse for the wear, and soon it'll get better.
I've learned volumes about reef keeping in the last month and keep reading constantly. Soon I may be able to keep stuff alive.

[shilala]

I've replaced 40 gallons of water and there's a DRAMATIC difference in the tank. The brown hair is starting to "sluff off" or slide off things, and it's puddling up on the surface a bit.
Despite my stupidity, my mushrooms are making babies all over the place, and the trumpet coral is dividing one of her polyps. She's turning from a five polyp lump to a six polyp lump.
The big mass of green paly's is making babies galore, and the radioactive eagle eyeball thing is five times it's original size, has picked up some color, and is dividing very rapidly. I couldn't be more pleased.

Question:
The trumpet fell off the small piece of cut plate glass she was glued to. Can I use super glue gel and stick her somewhere permanent?

[Wolfgang]

yes. make to use super glue gel. The thin stuff wont work. Gel is the key

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

yes. make to use super glue gel. The thin stuff wont work. Gel is the key

Thanks, brother. I have a whole bunch of gel. I discovered it because of the fish tank, and it's all I buy anymore. It works great.

[Wolfgang]

Good on ya. When I first started io used the thin stuff and it spread over the colony and they got glued shut. No bueno.