JoJo's No Funny Business Office Tank Thread

[JoJosReef]

They holding out on you Jojo ?...
You holding out on "us"?...

When you see the high end stuff coming in, you'll know!

 

[JoJosReef]

Goals for the week:
1. Continue war campaign against Aiptasia
2. Take final measurements (again) and order light mount/bracing!
3. Start using that silicone, glass and plexiglass I spent so much time getting right
4. Buy new Salifert kits
5. Knock down the 'ates back to normal levels
6. Finish pumpkin and costume

 

[JoJosReef]

Would just like to say that I made #1 Featured Threads and #1 Trending Threads in the R2R emailer.

Bucket list, one step closer to completion! Thank you @revhtree #MODS !

 

[Slocke]

Maybe one step closer to

 

[JoJosReef]

Big group buy at Salty Bottom Reefing Co. arrived today! We hit $300 among five of us, so we got free shipping and only split the $9.99 boxing fee. Not bad.

However, one of the buyers is out of town till Friday, so I have to keep his CUC alive till then. Bucket. Mesh screen. Duct tape. Heater. Weak sauce powerhead. Boom.

Keeping those hermits well away from the snails and conches. They're already trying to climb up the mesh.

For me, I ordered two pepps. One of them looked like it had a tumor.

Fearing a parasitic isopod, I decided to attempt surgery. It did not go well. I couldn't clearly make out any parasite, but I probably messed up its innards pretty badly. It died post-op :-(

Leaving me with one pepp.

Better stay clear of my acans, pepp, or you'll wish I had put you on the operating table!

Also got a pitho crab, trochus, bumble bees and, drum roll, a yellow sea cucumber! But those will be for another post. Gotta keep you folks on the edge of your seats!

 

[JoJosReef]

Meet Harold if you haven't already!

 

[JoJosReef]

Frag zone

Neptune is starting to come in. Plate is showing nicer colors. Scraped off all the bubble algae sticking to its skeleton yesterday.

More shrooms

Put the GHA covered macro on the sand bed next to the conch. Next day no GHA.

For reference, here it was before.

Pencil wrasse is improving. Out more and eating. No longer diving into the sand or trying to jump the second someone walks into the office.

And someone is almost ready to come to his new home...

 

[JoJosReef]

I don't know why I sometimes let myself get in it with people.

 

[Stang67]

I don't know why I sometimes let myself get in it with people.

That's what we are here for. Just come vent to us.

 

[Slocke]

I don't know why I sometimes let myself get in it with people.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Black Widow looks like it needs to split!

Careful you’ll end up with a Frank problem

 

[JoJosReef]

Careful you’ll end up with a Frank problem

Nah, my black widow likes to grow to dinner plate size before splitting. Takes forever. The RBTA does about three splits for every one BW.

 

[JoJosReef]

Weekly goals (this should be sounding familiar):
1. Order T slots for light mount and tank bracing
2. Pick up acrylic sheet
3. Cut and glue refugium black-out
4. Silicone the extra refugium weir wall
5. Kill aiptasia
6. Start making more saltwater
7. Actually do these things

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Weekly goals (this should be sounding familiar):
1. Order T slots for light mount and tank bracing
2. Pick up acrylic sheet
3. Cut and glue refugium black-out
4. Silicone the extra refugium weir wall
5. Kill aiptasia
6. Start making more saltwater
7. Actually do these things

7 is my favorite

 

[Slocke]

7 is my least favorite in practice

 

[Reefing_addiction]

7 is my least favorite in practice

I don’t make list because I usual ignore them after I make them

 

[JoJosReef]

As shown in my daily thread. I did a thing:

Nano is at zero nitrates (and dinos), 40 is at max nitrates (100+ ppm) with a couple of algae issues, but nothing horrible. Weird thing is that the 40 has historically been borderline 0ppm for most of the tank's life.

 

[JoJosReef]

Oh, and here's the pencil wrasse sleeping:

 

[Reefering1]

Put a rock or some sand, from the 40, in the nano. See what happens

 

[JoJosReef]

Put a rock or some sand, from the 40, in the nano. See what happens