Ike's 65

Ike · Jun 2, 2007

This Acro is growing like a weed.

Just kinda liked this shot...

New anemone in Quarantine. I bought it knowing that it was bleached and needed some TLC. I got it for $25 with a good size piece of live rock and a bunch of hermit crab hitchhikers.

Not a good shot, but I found another A. polymnus. It was freak thing and at a store I really don't like giving my money to. They didn't have him labeled and they gave it to me for the price of a Clarki plus 25% off which was $8.99. I was expecting at least a little aggression, but it just didn't happen. I think it may be love at first sight

Ike · Jun 10, 2007

Came across an interesting PE colony at a LFS today. Only a few polyps were open, but they showed some promise. A lot more polyps are opening up and it should come around. Also, the colors are a are a little washed out due to the bright white color of the light over my frag/quarantine tank.

The new anemone is coming along slowly but surely.

You can see some dinos in the photo above. I have been feeding really heavy lately, plus I think my PH has been dropping thanks to switching to a faulty Salifert alkalinity test. Hopefully I can keep it from turning into something serious.

A couple of the mostly brown frags I picked up a couple weeks ago.

As you can see, I get some joy out of getting less than stellar pieces and seeing what they become. I guess it's just an old habit. I used to take home sick and dying corals all the time when I managed a LFS in high school, and some of those ended up being my favorite corals. Also, when I owned my fishfood business I brought home a lot of skinny fish that wouldn't eat. But, back then I had a fish room and over 30 aquariums so for now it's just the ocassional ugly duckling that I think has potential

Ike · Jun 15, 2007

Well, it has been a tough week for my tank... I had the Dino outbreak. The strange thing is it was mainly growing on polyp, clams, and even my fish. Yes, I said fish, my Firefish had dinos on their dorsal fins. After the outbreak one of the shafts on my Seio snapped and it went unoticed for a full day. A couple of my clams look stresed, as do my Duncans and anemones. The Dinos are withdrawing a little due to minimal feeding, but my plans to eliminate them by increasing flow (among other things) have been put off til tomorrow. Luckily I had ordered some Koralia pumps before the Seio failure. For those of you considering the Seio pumps I'd think twice, they're crap. Had I known it was the same people as the Rio pumps when I got them I never would have considered them in the first place. Hopefully I get out of this ordeal with no losses.

ecotoxlady · Jun 15, 2007

Very nice tank! Keep us updated as to the outcome of this dino outbreak. Hope everything recovers nicely!!

MarvinsReef · Jun 15, 2007

good luck with the Dino's... I'm sure you'll beat it...

Ike · Jun 16, 2007

Well, the Dino's are nearly gone. All it really took was cuting down on the feeding for a week. I also switched my 2 part back to recipe #1. The powerheads didn't arrive til today and hopefully they will help get rid of the few problem spots that remain. I think I went a little overboard with 2x Koralia 4's, but we'll see how everything looks over the next couple days.

Ike · Jul 16, 2007

Nothing really new going on, haven't added anything, but have some new photos to keep the thread current.

Random zoanthid colonies that were some of my first. They're sitting on the sand because I don't know what I want to do with them...

Update on the anemone, not getting as green as I thought it would. Maybe it's going to stay this color....

Update on the PEs from above

Random frags

Random zoanthid shots, the second ones are recovering from zoa pox

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