Hemmdog’s 90gal Seaciety and 40gal Vale of Shadows

[dantimdad]

Ya know, Chris, this all makes me want to try this again on a coral only tank just to see.

 

[crusso1993]

Ya know, Chris, this all makes me want to try this again on a coral only tank just to see.

Do it... DO IT... D O I T!

Would be a great experiment to run prior to the LFS. And it's not like you have anything else going on!

 

[dantimdad]

Do it... DO IT... D O I T!

Would be a great experiment to run prior to the LFS. And it's not like you have anything else going on!

Nope. I am so lazy and carefree it just doesn't make sense. LOL!

 

[Hella_Reef]

My frags that I got from the legendary corals giveaway are doing great!

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LC metallic red goni
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I think JF agent 420 cyphastrea
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I think sca creamsickle cyphastrea
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I think RK spitfire zoa and maybe JF polar collisions porites

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Not sure what these zoas are, they look like eagle eyes but nicer.

Maybe @Legendary Corals could chime in to confirm ID’s

Very happy that I won the giveaway! I never win anything! It feels great thank you Darwin and the dudes at Legendary Corals.

The guys at LC are good people. Met them a few times. Awesome selection of LPS.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Nope. I am so lazy and carefree it just doesn't make sense. LOL!

LOL, you have enough going on, stop coming up with new projects!

 

[Hemmdog]

Ya know, Chris, this all makes me want to try this again on a coral only tank just to see.

Do itttt! Lol. When you have time, haha.

 

[Hemmdog]

High pH was my first thought. I tested it and it was about 8.25 on average so no.

I think it was osmosis making them uncomfortable.

Contrary to the phrase "Drinks like a fish" they don't. They move water in an out of their body through osmosis. This is entirely dependent on the salt in their body being able to balance with the water around them.

I think that was what caused the issue.

Oh wow! Fascinating!

 

[tdlawdo]

Well I mentioned it because 1.025 is kinda low. There's a reason that calibration fluids are set to 35ppm / 1.0265, this is I believe the world average. With some being lower, and some being drastically higher (like the red sea at 1.029+)

Ya the Red Sea is about 36-41, Mediterranean is 38 (only place I could float) and the Dead Sea is over 300! And the great salt like I think gets over 400 in some parts!

 

[Hemmdog]

I need to do a rescape on the 90 badly. Rocks keep falling, last week my acan ate half my pc rainbow overnight. This morning I found another acan eating my fallen asd rainbow Mille. It’s really frustrating. I really am not good at scaping, I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

 

[najer]

I need to do a rescape on the 90 badly. Rocks keep falling, last week my acan ate half my pc rainbow overnight. This morning I found another acan eating my fallen asd rainbow Mille. It’s really frustrating. I really am not good at scaping, I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

Step 1 would be posting a current fts so we can all think about it!

 

[Hemmdog]

Step 1 would be posting a current fts so we can all think about it!

Lights will be on soon. Good idea. Haha

 

[JoshH]

I need to do a rescape on the 90 badly. Rocks keep falling, last week my acan ate half my pc rainbow overnight. This morning I found another acan eating my fallen asd rainbow Mille. It’s really frustrating. I really am not good at scaping, I’m not sure what I’m going to do.

I think you need to feed your acans a little more if they are munching on SPS for snacks Why does your scape keep falling down?

 

[Hemmdog]

I think you need to feed your acans a little more if they are munching on SPS for snacks Why does your scape keep falling down?

I’m not sure. Snails or my urchin must be making certain branches loose from the structure then at night things fall for some reason. I didn’t cement my rocks together they are just naturally stacked and now sealed with coralline. When I do the rescape I’ll use these cement stick things I got and haven’t used. This is just a much more daunting task with everything having coral on it and I’ll be on a time crunch to get it back in the tank. Tonga branches are particularly difficult to scape as well, but look so good if properly done.

 

[Rakie]

Black zip ties are your friend. UV resistant and make a big difference in holding rockwork together. Especially tonga.

Also a masonry drill bit helps to put zip ties through rock

 

[Hemmdog]

Black zip ties are your friend. UV resistant and make a big difference in holding rockwork together. Especially tonga.

Also a masonry drill bit helps to put zip ties through rock

Any special type of black zip ties? Normal Home Depot ones are fine?

 

[Rakie]

Any special type of black zip ties? Normal Home Depot ones are fine?

Yep. Any ones that are black are typically uv resistant.

 

[Hemmdog]

Yep. Any ones that are black are typically uv resistant.

Awesome. Thanks for that. That will be helpful. I’m going to attempt to rescape tomorrow.

 

[Rakie]

Awesome. Thanks for that. That will be helpful. I’m going to attempt to rescape tomorrow.

I used a bunch of zip ties and drilled holes, makes a big difference,a d coralline hides it quickly

 

[Hemmdog]

I used a bunch of zip ties and drilled holes, makes a big difference,a d coralline hides it quickly

I sure wish you lived in the bay lol.

 

[Rakie]

I live by the Newport Bay area lol