kittenbritches' Reefing Journey

[jgirardnrg]

Okay. Actually going to GSD now. In the meanwhile, if anyone has any hot tips for getting the algae off my pipe organ, I'm all ears. It's being strangled to death.

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Mine I've done like 6 times now. Last time I tweezed off what I could then did a peroxide dip using 3% hydrogen peroxide and tank water. I did a strong mix probably 60/40 water to peroxide and left it in there for 15 minutes. So far no more algae growing out of that piece.

 

[kittenbritches]

Why TF do they even bother scheduling a date?

 

[kittenbritches]

Mine I've done like 6 times now. Last time I tweezed off what I could then did a peroxide dip using 3% hydrogen peroxide and tank water. I did a strong mix probably 60/40 water to peroxide and left it in there for 15 minutes. So far no more algae growing out of that piece.

I'll try that!!

 

[jgirardnrg]

I'll try that!!

Put it in a cup and try to keep the tips of the coral out of the mixture. Mine I just gambled and tossed it in submerged last time. It was pretty ticked off for a few days but it's doing better now. Here it is today:

 

[jgirardnrg]

Ignore the Aiptasia next to it on the rack... there's Berghia Nudibranch waiting in the next tank for that job once they've acclimated for a couple days.

 

[attiland]

I can put water in it and turn the pumps on... that count? The running tank next to it isn't a big mess either. Not as clean as the new tank but it's pretty organized.
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Ok let you off. Mine looks nothing as organised as yours. Maybe one day when I upgrade to a bigger tank.

 

[jgirardnrg]

Ok let you off. Mine looks nothing as organised as yours. Maybe one day when I upgrade to a bigger tank.
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Nothing wrong with yours either... I've seen way worse than that!

Full disclosure: I'm in IT and spend a lot of time organizing wiring in server rooms. Labelling ports and cables etc... So a tangled mess of wires is not going to happen here, my OCD simply wouldn't allow it.

 

[attiland]

Nothing wrong with yours either... I've seen way worse than that!

Full disclosure: I'm in IT and spend a lot of time organizing wiring in server rooms. Labelling ports and cables etc... So a tangled mess of wires is not going to happen here, my OCD simply wouldn't allow it.

IT here too and IT cabinets can be a nightmare but there is loads more space there most of the case than under my tank.

 

[jgirardnrg]

IT here too and IT cabinets can be a nightmare but there is loads more space there most of the case than under my tank.

There is never enough room under the tank. I could have an 8 foot tank and still want more room under there.

 

[attiland]

So how is the work going? We have started a social club here while waiting the news from you @kittenbritches

 

[kittenbritches]

So how is the work going? We have started a social club here while waiting the news from you @kittenbritches

Let's see...

• The pharmacy is out of my medication and I couldn't make myself drive to the next city to get it filled there, so we'll see what happens next
• I bought more Rice Krispy Treats, ice cream, donuts, Coke Zero, and pizza (I must have been hungry)
• Made the pizza, ate the ice cream
• Spent some time with the boyo showing each other our favorite TikToks
• And that brings us to now

I guess it's still early here, right? 2:40? Time to get to it.

 

[jgirardnrg]

Let's see...

• The pharmacy is out of my medication and I couldn't make myself drive to the next city to get it filled there, so we'll see what happens next
• I bought more Rice Krispy Treats, ice cream, donuts, Coke Zero, and pizza (I must have been hungry)
• Made the pizza, ate the ice cream
• Spent some time with the boyo showing each other our favorite TikToks
• And that brings us to now

I guess it's still early here, right? 2:40? Time to get to it.

 

[attiland]

Let's see...

• The pharmacy is out of my medication and I couldn't make myself drive to the next city to get it filled there, so we'll see what happens next
• I bought more Rice Krispy Treats, ice cream, donuts, Coke Zero, and pizza (I must have been hungry)
• Made the pizza, ate the ice cream
• Spent some time with the boyo showing each other our favorite TikToks
• And that brings us to now

I guess it's still early here, right? 2:40? Time to get to it.

in short then;
Snack is done
Chat is done

I guess more wait for us …
Guys we have time for the military stories too and get that beer on the ice too

 

[kittenbritches]

Hey all -- head on over to the thread I just posted and let me know what you think. Please and thank you.

 

[kittenbritches]

I got all frags inspected, a couple more aiptasias chopped and/or super glued, and a bunch of sneaky vermetid snails busted off of several corals. That poor pipe organ had the most, and I had to perform microsurgery with my tweezers to pull as much algae off as I could. It has a lot of new growth, despite the algae, so that's encouraging.

If you did me the favor of checking out the linked post above, you'll see I have some sort of $h1t all over my rocks in the tank as well as the live rock in the Brute. So...I didn't mount a single frag.

I did, however, get all of the SPS into a 5-gallon tank. I'll likely keep a piece or two in the RSR250, but the rest will go into my bedroom tank once I get it set up.

I'll leave you with my twerking shrimp...

 

[James_O]

Ignore the Aiptasia next to it on the rack... there's Berghia Nudibranch waiting in the next tank for that job once they've acclimated for a couple days.

Excuse me, hi, this is James from WWC. That thing is actually our signature ultra rare CHUNKY long tentacle Aiptasia that has been fragged from our mother colony:

Keep an eye out for it in our next sale, where it will most likely sell at the low everyday price of $399+ shipping&handling.

 

[James_O]

Cords are always a pain in this hobby. They're either way too short or WAY too long. I have managed to organize them on the new tank (so far) but there's still a mess behind the tank I need to velcro wrap or something. You can get those little cable organizer raceways off of Amazon and hide the wires under the stand. These ones stick on:
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I don’t know why I find cabinet pictures so appealing, but that is awesome!

 

[jgirardnrg]

Excuse me, hi, this is James from WWC. That thing is actually our signature ultra rare CHUNKY long tentacle Aiptasia that has been fragged from our mother colony:
View attachment 2393401Keep an eye out for it in our next sale, where it will most likely sell at the low everyday price of $399+ shipping&handling.

You can send all of that here... I need all I can get for the nudibranch to eat. Yes, I’m serious.

 

[jgirardnrg]

I don’t know why I find cabinet pictures so appealing, but that is awesome!

Thank you James... I’ll be happy when there’s water flowing through there.

 

[James_O]

You can send all of that here... I need all I can get for the nudibranch to eat.