The build thread: 430gal. display
- Thread starter Ummfish
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A full-tank shot from today. It's still lacking in the coral department. After losing several acros to my last low-pH thing, I'm still trying to make sure that things are stable before bringing in any more frags. Corals other than acros were fine and a couple of the acro colonies showed no problems. **Shrug** The algae is pretty close to gone with large patches of concrete in places. Coralline has started putting in appearances in places.
I had a big screw-up the other day. Thought I'd turned off the top-up hose and moved on to feeding the seahorses. Apparently not. I guess I pumped about 80-90 gals. of freshwater into the system. Doh. Fortunately, that was only enough to move me from 1.025 to 1.023. No big.
And here's a seahorse kid on day 8.
I had a big screw-up the other day. Thought I'd turned off the top-up hose and moved on to feeding the seahorses. Apparently not. I guess I pumped about 80-90 gals. of freshwater into the system. Doh. Fortunately, that was only enough to move me from 1.025 to 1.023. No big.
And here's a seahorse kid on day 8.
Dad seahorse gave me a few kids this morning! Looks like 8-10 of 'em. He's still huge, though.
I made a quick little video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AavmIAkNYc
I made a quick little video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AavmIAkNYc
I want to say up-front that I have _not_ given up on the sixlines. But they are being difficult right now (everything's set up and ready and they stopped spawning). So, in an effort to encourage them to get their act together I decided that I would try collecting some other larvae and see if I can make them jealous.
So, I set up the monster of a larvae snagger:
And got some gobies, first night. I need to tweak the placement a bit as the catch was a bit disappointing. But the live ones went into the larval rearing tank. This little guy didn't make it, but bravely volunteered to go under the microscope for me:
So, I set up the monster of a larvae snagger:
And got some gobies, first night. I need to tweak the placement a bit as the catch was a bit disappointing. But the live ones went into the larval rearing tank. This little guy didn't make it, but bravely volunteered to go under the microscope for me:
Well, I have a tub full o' rots. I got a bad collection of gobies. The sixlines still aren't cooperating. So, the file female was looking ready tonight. I watched her like a hawk for two hours. And then ... they spawn into a powerhead intake. Zero eggs collected. Sigh. I'm catching no breaks.
But, here's a still from the video:
And here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mgnGgyNYG4
Day 229 in my care and 169 days since the last time they've seen a coral.
But, here's a still from the video:
And here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mgnGgyNYG4
Day 229 in my care and 169 days since the last time they've seen a coral.
I finally figured out what was going on with the sixlines. They are now spawning around three hours later than they used to, so I just wasn't leaving the collector in long enough. I only managed a few tonight as I watched sans collector. I caught these by just shoving a jar under the overflow output. I will try again in earnest starting tomorrow.
