The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread - Page 38

shilala · 05-21-2011, 09:33 PM

He's just a baby by the looks of him, Steve. He could probably turn into anything. Maybe I Sally Lightfoot? Hell, I don't know.

I went to Aquacon in Pittsburgh today. Got some D-T Phyto, some frozen Cyclopeeze, and 10 or 11 little frags out of the cheapo bin. I got a couple decent stalks of Pulsing Xenia, and we're thrilled about it.

I also got a big fat sea hare to do some cleaning. I stopped and got 3 bottles of super glue gel to fix all the stuff he wrecks.
We didn't see any big stuff we liked too much, and everything was covered with bubble algae and anemones. So we just passed on the few things we did like.

My D-D refractometer came today and I'm thrilled with it. It works great and you calibrate it with RODI water. My water was perfect.

SteveH · 05-22-2011, 04:11 AM

Nice - PICS

I need to get to the LFS today and get some pH calibrating fluid....Lost power two days ago for about 10mins and ever since my pH probe has been way off....I hope to pick up another mini-carpet 'nem they had there last week - looks really nice.

shilala · 05-22-2011, 08:46 AM

No pics yet, they're just sitting in the sand. The lights haven't even been on them yet. I'll probably check them for critters again tonight to make sure there's nothing on there that shouldn't be. Then I'll check them a week or so from now.
Everyone gets fed today, and that should pick them up, too. They should be a lot bigger for pics in a real short time.

SteveH · 05-24-2011, 07:57 PM

Came home tonight to a 'pod explosion ! Everything was jumping around; even the urchin was on the glass (something it never did before).

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

shilala · 05-25-2011, 08:09 AM

That is too cool, Steve. Thank You!!!

shilala · 05-25-2011, 11:23 AM

Hey guys, another question...
The frags I got Saturday, is it possible to take them off the ceramic discs, or better to leave them alone?
I can see that some are superglued on there pretty crazy, and I'll never get them off. Some I may be able to.
I guess I just want to hear "Leave them alone and just glue them to your rock" before I start killing them all.

05-25-2011, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shilala

Hey guys, another question...
The frags I got Saturday, is it possible to take them off the ceramic discs, or better to leave them alone?
I can see that some are superglued on there pretty crazy, and I'll never get them off. Some I may be able to.
I guess I just want to hear "Leave them alone and just glue them to your rock" before I start killing them all.

Just glue the disc.

SteveH · 05-25-2011, 12:43 PM

+1. Sometimes I'll take a small nail file and roughen up the disc...It helps with both glue and biological adhesion.

shilala · 05-25-2011, 01:19 PM

Thanks, guys. Will do.

SteveH · 05-25-2011, 01:59 PM

One more new addition....I actually was going to get this guy last week when I picked up the neon yellow one....But at the time this one was not being cooperative and wouldn't come unstuck. So we moved all the sand away from his foot; and once he moved the LFS snagged him for me.

shilala · 05-25-2011, 03:44 PM

The heck is that, Steve?
It's badass, but you have some kinda funkadelic lighting going on there.

Wolfgang · 05-25-2011, 11:12 PM

ITs a carpet anemone under 20k lights (just a guess)

SteveH · 05-26-2011, 06:58 AM

Yep, Carpet 'Nem.
Not sure what color temp the lights were....Im running AI LED's, where each puck is 1 warm white, one blue, and one royal blue LED. I was just messing with the color blend to find what made the guy pop out.

shilala · 05-26-2011, 07:23 AM

At the frag swap just awhile ago, the guys were running led's that made everything blue, but the corals would fluoresce. It gave everything a black light/neon paint look.
I didn't like it at all, but if you could mix in a little of that light like I guess you're doing, just to make the corals "pop", that'd be nice to bring out some definition.
Can you mix them up like that, or will one type of lighting overpower another and kill the effect?
Ahh, I think I get it. You have led pucks where you can just concentrate a spotlight?

SteveH · 05-26-2011, 07:37 AM

Scott -
Here's a link to the lights:
http://www.aquaillumination.com/sol/#intensity

Each unit has 8 pucks in it. Each puck contains 1 warm white, 1 blue, 1 royal. Each of those colors is operated on a different channel...So you can control on/off and intensity for each color. Dependent upon intensity, you can adjust the color temp. So if you look at the tank and think its too blue, you just bump the blue intensity down a little, and bring the white up a little (so you have the same actual PAR)...Or visa versa.

shilala · 05-29-2011, 08:51 AM

I woke up in the middle of the night last night convinced I need some of those lights, Steve. I must have been dreaming about them. I don't even remotely need any.

So, when I woke up, I came downstairs to have a pop tart. I grabbed my flashlight out of my drawer and saw great big sweeper tentacles coming out of the potato chip coral. That's a first time for that.
I also saw four snail looking things all hanging out together on the front glass down by the substrate. They don't appear to have shells, or they just have a flat shell like a turtle shell that blends with the whiteness of their bodies.
I saw one of them before, it came in on a piece of coral. I thought it was cool, and it was from a good source, so I let it be.
Any idea what those things are? They're about the size of a pinky fingernail (and smaller).

OLS · 05-29-2011, 12:55 PM

I thought once my chip coral was disintegrating in swirly aludge...it was only sweepers. Mine were only about 2 inches.

shilala · 05-29-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OLS

I thought once my chip coral was disintegrating in swirly aludge...it was only sweepers. Mine were only about 2 inches.

I fully expected mine to be in a giant knot this morning. It seems to have worked itself out.

Wolfgang · 05-29-2011, 12:59 PM

Sounds like a stomatella Scott. Dont worry about them.

shilala · 05-29-2011, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

Sounds like a stomatella Scott. Dont worry about them.

I checked pics, Mark. That's what they are.

I suppose they were probably all gathered together making sexy time last night. Any babies that eat stuff I don't want in there are okay by me.

On another front, my big, fat sea hare made an appearance this morning, right after I told Lisa I hadn't seen him for a couple days.
The pic sucks, but it'll do...

05-21-2011, 09:33 PM	#1
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread He's just a baby by the looks of him, Steve. He could probably turn into anything. Maybe I Sally Lightfoot? Hell, I don't know. I went to Aquacon in Pittsburgh today. Got some D-T Phyto, some frozen Cyclopeeze, and 10 or 11 little frags out of the cheapo bin. I got a couple decent stalks of Pulsing Xenia, and we're thrilled about it. I also got a big fat sea hare to do some cleaning. I stopped and got 3 bottles of super glue gel to fix all the stuff he wrecks. We didn't see any big stuff we liked too much, and everything was covered with bubble algae and anemones. So we just passed on the few things we did like. My D-D refractometer came today and I'm thrilled with it. It works great and you calibrate it with RODI water. My water was perfect. __________________

05-22-2011, 04:11 AM	#2
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Nice - PICS I need to get to the LFS today and get some pH calibrating fluid....Lost power two days ago for about 10mins and ever since my pH probe has been way off....I hope to pick up another mini-carpet 'nem they had there last week - looks really nice.

05-22-2011, 08:46 AM	#3
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread No pics yet, they're just sitting in the sand. The lights haven't even been on them yet. I'll probably check them for critters again tonight to make sure there's nothing on there that shouldn't be. Then I'll check them a week or so from now. Everyone gets fed today, and that should pick them up, too. They should be a lot bigger for pics in a real short time. __________________

05-24-2011, 07:57 PM	#4
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Came home tonight to a 'pod explosion ! Everything was jumping around; even the urchin was on the glass (something it never did before). https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

05-25-2011, 08:09 AM	#5
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread That is too cool, Steve. Thank You!!! __________________

05-25-2011, 11:23 AM	#6
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Hey guys, another question... The frags I got Saturday, is it possible to take them off the ceramic discs, or better to leave them alone? I can see that some are superglued on there pretty crazy, and I'll never get them off. Some I may be able to. I guess I just want to hear "Leave them alone and just glue them to your rock" before I start killing them all. __________________

05-25-2011, 12:43 PM	#8
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread +1. Sometimes I'll take a small nail file and roughen up the disc...It helps with both glue and biological adhesion.

05-25-2011, 01:19 PM	#9
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Thanks, guys. Will do. __________________

05-25-2011, 01:59 PM	#10
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread One more new addition....I actually was going to get this guy last week when I picked up the neon yellow one....But at the time this one was not being cooperative and wouldn't come unstuck. So we moved all the sand away from his foot; and once he moved the LFS snagged him for me.

05-25-2011, 03:44 PM	#11
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread The heck is that, Steve? It's badass, but you have some kinda funkadelic lighting going on there. __________________

05-25-2011, 11:12 PM	#12
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread ITs a carpet anemone under 20k lights (just a guess) __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.

05-26-2011, 06:58 AM	#13
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Yep, Carpet 'Nem. Not sure what color temp the lights were....Im running AI LED's, where each puck is 1 warm white, one blue, and one royal blue LED. I was just messing with the color blend to find what made the guy pop out.

05-26-2011, 07:23 AM	#14
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread At the frag swap just awhile ago, the guys were running led's that made everything blue, but the corals would fluoresce. It gave everything a black light/neon paint look. I didn't like it at all, but if you could mix in a little of that light like I guess you're doing, just to make the corals "pop", that'd be nice to bring out some definition. Can you mix them up like that, or will one type of lighting overpower another and kill the effect? Ahh, I think I get it. You have led pucks where you can just concentrate a spotlight? __________________

05-26-2011, 07:37 AM	#15
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Scott - Here's a link to the lights: http://www.aquaillumination.com/sol/#intensity Each unit has 8 pucks in it. Each puck contains 1 warm white, 1 blue, 1 royal. Each of those colors is operated on a different channel...So you can control on/off and intensity for each color. Dependent upon intensity, you can adjust the color temp. So if you look at the tank and think its too blue, you just bump the blue intensity down a little, and bring the white up a little (so you have the same actual PAR)...Or visa versa.

05-29-2011, 08:51 AM	#16
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I woke up in the middle of the night last night convinced I need some of those lights, Steve. I must have been dreaming about them. I don't even remotely need any. So, when I woke up, I came downstairs to have a pop tart. I grabbed my flashlight out of my drawer and saw great big sweeper tentacles coming out of the potato chip coral. That's a first time for that. I also saw four snail looking things all hanging out together on the front glass down by the substrate. They don't appear to have shells, or they just have a flat shell like a turtle shell that blends with the whiteness of their bodies. I saw one of them before, it came in on a piece of coral. I thought it was cool, and it was from a good source, so I let it be. Any idea what those things are? They're about the size of a pinky fingernail (and smaller). __________________

05-29-2011, 12:55 PM	#17
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread I thought once my chip coral was disintegrating in swirly aludge...it was only sweepers. Mine were only about 2 inches.

05-29-2011, 12:59 PM	#19
Wolfgang Back from the dead Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl Posts: 2,541 Trading: (14)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Sounds like a stomatella Scott. Dont worry about them. __________________ You probably wont remember that test you failed, but you'll never forget the girl you were with the night before, when you decided not to study.