JoJo's No Funny Business Office Tank Thread

[JoJosReef]

Genius! I hope my misfortune will amount to something useful haha Where did you find the mesh guard?

Is it bad if Caulerpa goes sexual? does it mean more friends?!

Congratulations on the Noopsyche!! I want a clam in the future for sure and am eagerly awaiting the day my tank's mature enough for one. Would you recommend a specific spotlight for one? What is the reflector for?

Sorry about fishies Sucks about getting the pre-quarantined ones is if something goes wrong there's a whole new waiting process. I am in the middle of one right now but Dr. Reef has been incredibly response and on top of it with updates. Hope it works out

Here are the mesh canvas sheet, usually used for embroidery:
I don't embroider. Originally got it to make a nem guard for an amazon powerhead. Works great for that overflow in the back--I used aquarium-grade silicone, and it stuck to the acrylic wall without a problem.

I noticed a ton of fuzzies growing on the glass after a few of the caulerpa leaves were going white. This is in my macro holding tank (IM 10g), where I'm keeping Caulerpa, Botrycladia and Crenulata while the main tank is getting Flux. I assume it was the Caulerpa going sexual. I didn't wait to see if all of those wisps turn into rooted macros--I scraped the glass clean. Still a bit of it in the sand, so maybe that will grow.

For the reflector, they make a 30 degree reflector for Kessil lights, and it basically beams the light right down like a spotlight with high intensity. If I can rig one up with the Noopsyche light, maybe I can put in a clam, blast just the clam with high PAR and leave everything around it alone--they'll bake at clam PAR levels.

 

[JoJosReef]

Two topics on my mind today, one a rant and another a soul-searching question.

1. My dosing system in the mini fridge is amazing, except for the doser. I wanted to love Reef Factory and thought the whole Reef Factory ecosystem was going to be a slam dunk. Maybe the rest of the ecosystem is. But I want to replace the doser as soon as it becomes feasible to do so. I will likely be looking out for a used DoS system or Red Sea doser. What I hate most about the Reef Factory doser is its reliance solely on wifi. It is constantly disconnecting to wifi and only connects for seconds at a time. I should be troubleshooting it and factory resetting it and all, but that's just a bunch of headache I didn't want. Noopsyche connects to wifi, but when that doesn't work, you can use AP mode to make modifications to the system. With this Reef Factory doser, if it can't connect to wifi, well sorry. With Red Sea, the doser can connect to wifi, can connect offline to a network or Reef Beat can connect directly to the device. For DoS, I don't know yet. In any case, major fail not having a backup way to operate the device.

2. What to do with my 2 turbo snails and my urchin??!! It is coming up on time to finish the transfer from the Evo to the 40g. But, I don't have any algae for the turbo snails or the urchin to eat. There's no algae in my Evo either, so I've been supplemental feeding them every other day with nori and algae pellets for months. I really love the urchin, and I really like the turbos too. They did a great job. And I know that if I rehomed them, they would be able to do a good job elsewhere, but also I'm sure that if I rehome them I'd end up with an algae outbreak in the tank ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The urchin is also wearing an entire zoa colony as a hat and doesn't want to let go:

How much do I love them? Don't want these guys to starve, but I also don't want to target feed them at work every day or two.

Tough choice.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Two topics on my mind today, one a rant and another a soul-searching question.

1. My dosing system in the mini fridge is amazing, except for the doser. I wanted to love Reef Factory and thought the whole Reef Factory ecosystem was going to be a slam dunk. Maybe the rest of the ecosystem is. But I want to replace the doser as soon as it becomes feasible to do so. I will likely be looking out for a used DoS system or Red Sea doser. What I hate most about the Reef Factory doser is its reliance solely on wifi. It is constantly disconnecting to wifi and only connects for seconds at a time. I should be troubleshooting it and factory resetting it and all, but that's just a bunch of headache I didn't want. Noopsyche connects to wifi, but when that doesn't work, you can use AP mode to make modifications to the system. With this Reef Factory doser, if it can't connect to wifi, well sorry. With Red Sea, the doser can connect to wifi, can connect offline to a network or Reef Beat can connect directly to the device. For DoS, I don't know yet. In any case, major fail not having a backup way to operate the device.

2. What to do with my 2 turbo snails and my urchin??!! It is coming up on time to finish the transfer from the Evo to the 40g. But, I don't have any algae for the turbo snails or the urchin to eat. There's no algae in my Evo either, so I've been supplemental feeding them every other day with nori and algae pellets for months. I really love the urchin, and I really like the turbos too. They did a great job. And I know that if I rehomed them, they would be able to do a good job elsewhere, but also I'm sure that if I rehome them I'd end up with an algae outbreak in the tank ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The urchin is also wearing an entire zoa colony as a hat and doesn't want to let go:

How much do I love them? Don't want these guys to starve, but I also don't want to target feed them at work every day or two.

Tough choice.

You’ll now what to do I know you love your animals!

 

[Petcrazyson]

My dosing system in the mini fridge is amazing, except for the doser. I wanted to love Reef Factory and thought the whole Reef Factory ecosystem was going to be a slam dunk. Maybe the rest of the ecosystem is. But I want to replace the doser as soon as it becomes feasible to do so. I will likely be looking out for a used DoS system or Red Sea doser. What I hate most about the Reef Factory doser is its reliance solely on wifi. It is constantly disconnecting to wifi and only connects for seconds at a time. I should be troubleshooting it and factory resetting it and all, but that's just a bunch of headache I didn't want. Noopsyche connects to wifi, but when that doesn't work, you can use AP mode to make modifications to the system. With this Reef Factory doser, if it can't connect to wifi, well sorry. With Red Sea, the doser can connect to wifi, can connect offline to a network or Reef Beat can connect directly to the device. For DoS, I don't know yet. In any case, major fail not having a backup way to operate the device.

I’d go with RedSea I really like their dosing system. Have you thought of Versas?

 

[JoJosReef]

I’d go with RedSea I really like their dosing system. Have you thought of Versas?

I was this close to going with Red Sea from the start but thought that the Reef Factory Alkalinity monitor might be a future buy so decided to start with the Reef Factory doser. Now I want neither. A 4 head Red Sea doser would let me run 3 types of Reef Nutrition mixes into the tank. I currently have a single mix of 6 types and they do OK in suspension for a week or so. Would be nice to have the oyster feast/Roti feast/phyto feast in one suspension, arcti pods and pac pods in another suspension and the ROE as standalone. I also need bigger tubes if I want to feed Mysis Feast in, which I'm doing manually now.

 

[JoJosReef]

Down right aggressive!!! Yup, that space invader is after that acan

Moved the acan, but needed a place to light acclimate the new plate. It keeps moving closer to the pectinia (snails, maybe). Think I need a fence around this pectinia.

 

[JoJosReef]

More sad news, unfortunately. The Court Jester was found dead underneath the branching GSP. That makes 2 out of 3 that didn't make it (3 out of 4 if you count the extra court jester that was sent in the same bag that arrived dead). This was an unlucky shipment. I also haven't seen the yasha anywhere...

 

[Goaway]

Moved the acan, but needed a place to light acclimate the new plate. It keeps moving closer to the pectinia (snails, maybe). Think I need a fence around this pectinia.

Plates can move on their own. But that pectinia is really demanding space...

Must be living up to the name.

 

[Goaway]

More sad news, unfortunately. The Court Jester was found dead underneath the branching GSP. That makes 2 out of 3 that didn't make it (3 out of 4 if you count the extra court jester that was sent in the same bag that arrived dead). This was an unlucky shipment. I also haven't seen the yasha anywhere...

That's terrible. Hopefully yasha is ok.
Fish are so delicate.

 

[JoJosReef]

Today was an office cleanup day! I can see the floor again!

I also took the opportunity to clean up the sad bookshelf and make it useful.

And one last FTS for Friday:

 

[Petcrazyson]

Today was an office cleanup day! I can see the floor again!

I also took the opportunity to clean up the sad bookshelf and make it useful.

And one last FTS for Friday:

Looks amazing!

 

[JoJosReef]

Goal is to transfer these clowns by Friday. I'll admit, I'm a little nervous about adding them and how they will react to new fish after being the only fish in an Evo for 1.75 years.

Other concern is fish disease. I bought these clowns from an LFS unquarantined, and I know that clowns tend to be on the more resistant side to ich disease due to their extra mucous coat (or so I'm told)--but that may not be true of ich infection, i.e. they could be long-term carriers, no? @Jay Hemdal is that true? (@Jay Hemdal I'm not asking you to review the video below, unless you want to spend 30 seconds watching clowns beg for food [after already being fed], just your opinion on the risk of long-term carriage, thanks!).

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I've never seen anything on them that looks concerning, but I'm not an expert on fish disease...

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Goal is to transfer these clowns by Friday. I'll admit, I'm a little nervous about adding them and how they will react to new fish after being the only fish in an Evo for 1.75 years.

Other concern is fish disease. I bought these clowns from an LFS unquarantined, and I know that clowns tend to be on the more resistant side to ich disease due to their extra mucous coat (or so I'm told)--but that may not be true of ich infection, i.e. they could be long-term carriers, no? @Jay Hemdal is that true? (@Jay Hemdal I'm not asking you to review the video below, unless you want to spend 30 seconds watching clowns beg for food [after already being fed], just your opinion on the risk of long-term carriage, thanks!).

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I've never seen anything on them that looks concerning, but I'm not an expert on fish disease...

The clowns have been in your care for 1.75 years? I would say then that any disease risk from them is less than the risk of some disease getting through a standard quarantine protocol.
Jay

 

[Blopple]

Goal is to transfer these clowns by Friday. I'll admit, I'm a little nervous about adding them and how they will react to new fish after being the only fish in an Evo for 1.75 years.

Other concern is fish disease. I bought these clowns from an LFS unquarantined, and I know that clowns tend to be on the more resistant side to ich disease due to their extra mucous coat (or so I'm told)--but that may not be true of ich infection, i.e. they could be long-term carriers, no? @Jay Hemdal is that true? (@Jay Hemdal I'm not asking you to review the video below, unless you want to spend 30 seconds watching clowns beg for food [after already being fed], just your opinion on the risk of long-term carriage, thanks!).

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I've never seen anything on them that looks concerning, but I'm not an expert on fish disease...

dang, man, really sorry to hear about the fish. I know that hurts.

I'm having a tough time adding more fish to my tank after losing the clowns. I feel like anything I add is just gonna die, and I don't want that, but also my tank is empty.

All the K7minis look great together. The one odd AI was looking kinda weird for a while, but obviously necessary. Super clean now!

 

[JoJosReef]

Happy to report that the Yasha came out of hiding today! I noticed the blenny whirling around on the left-hand side of the tank. Looked down and the yasha was poking her head out of a little hole. Got a quick photo of the reflection in the glass to not scare her. Turns out she's not too skittish in any case. Dropped way too much food around her cave and she began exploring and ate a little bit. The brittle stars went nuts.

 

[Tcook]

Moved the acan, but needed a place to light acclimate the new plate. It keeps moving closer to the pectinia (snails, maybe). Think I need a fence around this pectinia.

They inflate and deflate to move. My tongue coral also does this. Try a small piece of LR between them. I had to do this to separate a torch and large trachy.

 

[JoJosReef]

Look who's out and about this morning! She's now sitting right next to the glass staring at me. Blenny seems a bit jealous.

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[Goaway]

This just in! Now gotta finish cementing the scape, making water, and rinsing the sand so that I can get this all wet!

I used that mud for my old reef system. I cannot believe how much it costs now. Yikes!!! It did it's job though.

 

[JoJosReef]

Big transfer day! The clowns are leaving the Evo for good!

So are the pitho crab, pistol shrimp, blue porcelain crab, snails and the bright red RFA that I finally got under its foot.

Right, so I wanted to get the pistol shrimp in the hole that I last saw the yasha goby. Haven't seen her in two days, but here's hoping she's still under that rock and alive. My ingenious idea:

10 minutes later, "why won't you go down!!?" So I got a metal rod to tap outside the tube to scare him out towards the hole.

And he's on the run now. Nowhere near the hole. Despite these setbacks, I shepherded him with the metal rod right back to the hole and he went in. Success! He's already blowing sand out.

Meanwhile, the blue porcelain has cozied right up to the montis.

And I placed the bright red RFA right between two others, below the torch. Put its foot down immediately.

Cleaned the glass and took a few Friday FTS-ish shots:

Back side still needs some work:

Hopefully the yasha is alive and pairs up with the pistol soon! Maybe get to see them more!

 

[JoJosReef]

In the acclimation box! We'll see if my clowns are murderous or zenlike!