FarmerTy Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 This is not the anemone you are looking for... Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manny Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 I hope to have the fortune one day of seeing your tank Ty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Aww! Have you been playing baby making music again? First the pods and now this...suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Quick update. Some of my SPS seem to be on the road to recovery. I am starting to get polyp extension and some coloration back. It's nice to see that after a month of no polyps and everything looking brown. I am sure there are several reasons that caused my SPS to react poorly to the upgrade but the main reason I have deduced has to be my sky-high salinity. It was sitting at 1.032 for a week before I realized how off it was. Either way, I'll take my losses and work on growing some of those giant colonies back over with some new 1-2" frags down the road. I'll stick with my policy of not buying colonies for the tank and just grow small frags. I know my system was successful before so I just need to repeat it. It will actually be kind of nice to repeat the process again since it was so fun to see my little frags turn into colonies over the years instead of just having giant colonies already. Maybe out of the misery of watching some of my SPS die, but I found a new appreciation for LPS/softies and my fish community. I very much enjoy watching my fish swimming around the tank and even look for the random inverts and other life forms I have added to my tank in place of my thriving SPS population. I added two sea urchins (orange and blue tuxedo), a pink and black sea cucumber, two cleaner shrimps, 5 emerald crabs, and a couple of rock anemones. Very interesting to observe their behavior within the tank confines. I'll post some videos of the fish in a bit once they upload. Fun thing to observe is my once isolated 7th chromis has been welcomed back into the group. He was spurned for the last 6-7 months but maybe the extra room in the new tank calmed them all down a bit and they welcomed him back into the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 If lifting all those buckets of water is going to make me Tybio, then it might make it somewhat worth it. Don't start planting the LED bug in my ear ckyuv. We at least gotta have one old school 400 watt MH guy on the club. I think I really am the only person on the club with 400 watt halides. Ty, I have both 400W and 1000W MH. I use them in my sunlight growout systems during the winter as a heat source and as supplemental lighting for reduced winter sunlight. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I'm glad that everything is calming down and you're enjoying the tank again. The pink and black sea cucumber is also known as the Hawaiian. They don't hide like the tigers and you should see him all day, every day. The Waikiki Aquarium has one in every tank. I like them a lot, but never had any luck getting one. If I tried now then I would have to clean half my sandbed of frags. LOL! Chromis are great fish to watch. I'm glad that you're are doing well. Everyone complains about their school dying off and that may be because the tanks are too small. I still have my original pack and haven't had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Here's my fish video I took last night. Count them... 7 chromis' still! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Want to know how to shoot awful videos with cheesy background music like me? Here you go! http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/30857-how-to-post-a-video/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 i thought the cbb was banished from the land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 tank looks great ty. but jeeper liking softies, LPS, and fish. i'm having that "victoly got a display macro" feeling again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 i thought the cbb was banished from the land he's got it in water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 It was the filefish that got banished for being a zoa eater. The CBB wrote an impassioned letter about how having the benefits of an aiptasia eater was more beneficial to me than clams. He is on temporary parole for now. He's quite the convincing fish regardless of his glaring faults at penmanship (fins and pens... who knew?). Planeden, I'm just trying to make lemonade out of lemons. If you think those rock mounds aren't going to be towering with SPS colonies in about 1-2 years, then you don't know me at all! I'll resign my ARC club membership and turn my 210-gal into a betta haven with fields of plastic plants as far as the eye can see and a spongebob squarepants treasure chest bubbler as the centerpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo662 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 LOL...and we'll see Ty sitting in the corner rocking back and forth staring off into nowhere because he has no more projects to work on on the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Time to break the 210 down guys, I've run out of projects! Haha. Maybe I'll just get into crocheting so I can sit in front of the tank and watch as I do it. Who wants exclusive handmade TT filter socks? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake112005 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Ill take 2! Lol Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 By the looks of your DIY skimmer, you could probably just build a robot to make you those filter socks Jake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake112005 Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I think I'd make a robot for tank maintenance first, then work on one for filter socks! Sent from my HTCONE using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 Can you make me one that empties my skimmer for me while you're at it? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Can you make me one that empties my skimmer for me while you're at it? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Plumb in a waste line to your cup and dump it into your house waste line. No robots necessary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 I'll route it to your bedroom closet. Honey, what's the smell? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobR Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Tank is looking great Ty!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planeden Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 hey, if you get bored, there are a couple of tanks here you can piddle with . no sense starting a new hobby when there is enough work in the one you love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoly Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I'll route it to your bedroom closet. Honey, what's the smell? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk That would be a long hose ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 So I come home from an out-of-town wedding and caught my sea cucumber red pink-handed! Snapped my ORA Jeremy's Digitata in half! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Also, recorded this video the other day when I turned on the sump light and found all of these amphipods running around! Sorry for the video quality but I didn't have time to clean the glass before they all scattered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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