+BobcatReefer Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 hmmm....might have a baby torch growing in the fuge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 hmmm....might have a baby torch growing in the fuge? Looks like it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christyef Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Awe! It's cute Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Dangit!!! Worm sighting!On the plus side, my pods be poppin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Nice, you got some mysid shrimp as well in there. They are the saltwater version of the freshwater mysis we feed our fish. Leave the bristle worm, he's a beneficial cleaner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 Pretty sure it's a bearded fireworm. Doesn't look anything like the worms I had before - these (pretty sure the pic and vid are separate worms) are red w/ white fuzzies. Not sure how I'd try and remove them anyway - no way to easily access that depth of the fuge. This is a pretty spot-on ID of what I have now, vs what I had previously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_KbY2-hV_4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Don't worry about the fire worm. They are cuc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Oh yikes... Can you build a worm trap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyGuy Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Your build looks great, lots of attention to detail (old Navy term). Quick question, did you put sand in your QT tank? I'm going to setup a Qt tank and could use some pointers. Thanks, John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Thanks John - all the things I've done are because of what I've read and learned on here. Even though I've had a FOWLR for 15+ yrs, I was/am clueless to the reef world. I chuckle a bit at you saying how I have an attention to detail, when I didn't take my QT seriously until all my fish died of disease because I didn't QT. Pretty much everything I'm doing right today, is because I screwed it up yesterday.Anyway, no sand in the QT: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Aaaand definitely fireworms, and definitely in my DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Aaaand definitely fireworms, and definitely in my DT. That guy looks more like a bristleworm... it has the bicolor body, Bobcat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 After snatching it up out of there, I can confirm it's a fireworm. Or, at least it's not the same type of bristleworm I was dealing with previously. Shorter, fatter, considerably slower - this guy was easy as hell to catch. Definitely had the fuzzy cilae, which those others didn't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 After snatching it up out of there, I can confirm it's a fireworm. Or, at least it's not the same type of bristleworm I was dealing with previously. Shorter, fatter, considerably slower - this guy was easy as hell to catch. Definitely had the fuzzy cilae, which those others didn't have.He looks more like the giant unicolor red fireworm in the video than the bicolor, smaller worms in the video you posted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 He looks exactly like the one in the vid of the worm in my sump. Cameras and flashes and water and glass and all that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 Is the big Superman on the top left trying to die or reproduce/split? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KimP Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Is the big Superman on the top left trying to die or reproduce/split? That's about what mine look like when they're about to split. Although, is there white stringy stuff on it? The pic is too blurry to tell on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 It's neon green stringy stuff and appears to be part of the mushroom. I tried to siphon it off with a turkey baster last night, and it's definitely part of the shroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 Looks just like mine when it split, including green stringy stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerTy Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 That's it "guts". They'll expel it when ticked. I don't know much of their mannerisms but seeing how only one is doing that, it seems to be not anything environmental and probably has to do with it about to split like everyone has mentioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Alrighty...little update time. Started dosing 2 part a couple of weeks ago. 15ml of each, every other day:Alk started around 7.3-7.5, hit a high of 8.68 the 2 or 3 days ago, and was 8.18 today.Just got a Ca checker last week and it was 461 today.What should my target range be for these?pH is 7.78Phosphates at .05 Feeding AquaVitro Fuel and Reef Chili every 4 days (Fuel - 2pt - Chili - 2pt - repeat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Swapped out the bulbs that came w/ my light for ATI ones - 2 blue +, 2 coral +. Probably a bit too blue and might pick up a white to swap out. We'll see how things look in a month or 3 when fish are back in the tank. Was picking up a purchase at another poster's house and he offered up his UV filter when he heard I had some disease issues, so I have that hooked up now: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Corals have been doing really well. The Wall Hammer bit the dust pretty quick from the brown jelly disease, but other than that, everyone seems pretty happy. I'm definitely getting better at gluing/epoxying/mounting frags w/ practice! Probably running out of room soon, but I have my eye on a couple more... I think it's pretty cool that most all of my corals have come from other posters on here. Just another reason this place is great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Acro from the ARC meeting at Just Reef Monti (pretty sure it's from Just Reef)Branching Hammer (Wes Daniels)Acans - hopefully they all grow together eventually. Some from Just Reef, some from another ARC poster (can't recall screenname)Alien Eye Chalice from IsaacBubble Coral from same ARC member I got some of those Acans from. Right 1/3 has been grumpy for a while - hopefully it cheers up soon.Frogspawn from Wes -seems fairly cheery these days.Lonestar Leather from JuicemanDuncan from KimP, GSP from WesRogue Pocillipora branch I knocked off the colony (phamily) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BobcatReefer Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Screaming green birdsnest from Juiceman The paly/zoa zone. Far left are from Just Reef, Candy Apples from scubasteve, ones on the right from Dan - Scrambled Eggs and ?? Idea is to have that whole area grown in over time. Might need to add another frag or two.Red monti (?) from the ARC meeting at Just Reef - ended up breaking it, so there's 2 frags back there.Peach Toadstool Leather from JuicemanBlue fuzzy schooms from PeeperKeeper and Superman Rhodactis, the big one that is splitting from ozarkawater, other 3 from Wes. Blue shrooms from Wes, think the zoas are from Just Reef.Mystic Sunset Monti from DanTyree Undata, also from Dan. Hoping it encrusts that whole wall.Palmer's blue Mille from Juiceman (not bleached out - just the pic)(??) monti from Just Reef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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