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And an update on the recently rescaped "Home for hated Critters Tank"
Need to build a small ATO for it and then cut a piece of scrap acrylic for a lid. It is at 1.027, so not bad for a few days, but still.
Other than that, the ulva has grown some, the aips are now all open and the lone zoa is open. It is reaching, so may turn light up some. It is only a kessil a80 that is mounted to the brace above it, so is a little high. I think it is at 40% or so, so have room to turn it up.
I still think it is a cute little 2.5 gallon tank lol.
Need to build a small ATO for it and then cut a piece of scrap acrylic for a lid. It is at 1.027, so not bad for a few days, but still.
Other than that, the ulva has grown some, the aips are now all open and the lone zoa is open. It is reaching, so may turn light up some. It is only a kessil a80 that is mounted to the brace above it, so is a little high. I think it is at 40% or so, so have room to turn it up.
I still think it is a cute little 2.5 gallon tank lol.
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Ulva sea lettuce on rocks?And an update on the recently rescaped "Home for hated Critters Tank"
Need to build a small ATO for it and then cut a piece of scrap acrylic for a lid. It is at 1.027, so not bad for a few days, but still.
Other than that, the ulva has grown some, the aips are now all open and the lone zoa is open. It is reaching, so may turn light up some. It is only a kessil a80 that is mounted to the brace above it, so is a little high. I think it is at 40% or so, so have room to turn it up.
I still think it is a cute little 2.5 gallon tank lol.
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yup.
I use old tank water to do a WC on the tank. It is also loaded with pods, so gives them a little food. In turn, the pods walk on the aips and it gives them food. Little micro ecosystem lol.
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The illusive possum wrasse is finally not that scared of the phone.
I plead the 5th!
They dont even call them modems anymore, they are gateways now which is what, a routed modem right..
This is why I dont do network admin work!
And again, This is why I dont do network admin work! Someone in upper management will always find a reason why you cant do whats needed and its always your fault when it goes south.
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All good points. And agree, no network admin work. Booooooo to that lol.
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So, I ordered some stuff from Gulf Coast Ecosystems (live-plants.com) a few days ago and it came in today.
Here is the list.
Halimeda Opuntia
Cryptonemia sp. (I will properly ID once I get it under some light)
Gracilliria sp. (looks like G. parvispora in the bag, another to make sure of when in light)
Halymenia durvillei (dragons breath)
Red Algae Sampler (no idea yet lol)
Udotea flabellum (or posibly U. caribaea. Will have to look at under light to be sure)
and the main reason for the order, 5x common RFA. I needed some common ones for the display sump.
As usual, Russ did a wonderful job on packing all of the items. Everything arrived alive and looks great, even after 2 day ground shipment (ordering from him before, I knew 2 days would be fine). The temp in the bags was 79, yup 79 even in this heat. But, being as my tanks run about 76-77, the bags are floating in the coral QT tank to get the temp down to where I want it. I wish I could tag Russ and GCE in this, but I do not believe they are on here. So, an email and text have been sent to him, as I do it after every order since the orders are always top notch.
Once that is done, the macro will be rinsed in RODI over a mesh screen thingy I made and all critters I want to keep will be quickly removed and placed in a bowl of old tank water.
From there, I will look through it all to make sure nothing funky (tons of orders and never any issues, but this is just me being me lol)
After that, the macro will get an iodine dip, scrubbed off, then a final RODI shower, and then put in the display fuge.
All while this is happening, the RFA will be placed into a container and flushed a few times, get an iodine bath (very light) and then be placed into the tank.
While I know that this may seem to be overkill to some and not enough for others, I feel this is just right for me and the chance of anything bad making it in is very low.
Pics will follow once I get everything situated and in the sump.
But for now, I am about to get going on the above lol.
Here is the list.
Halimeda Opuntia
Cryptonemia sp. (I will properly ID once I get it under some light)
Gracilliria sp. (looks like G. parvispora in the bag, another to make sure of when in light)
Halymenia durvillei (dragons breath)
Red Algae Sampler (no idea yet lol)
Udotea flabellum (or posibly U. caribaea. Will have to look at under light to be sure)
and the main reason for the order, 5x common RFA. I needed some common ones for the display sump.
As usual, Russ did a wonderful job on packing all of the items. Everything arrived alive and looks great, even after 2 day ground shipment (ordering from him before, I knew 2 days would be fine). The temp in the bags was 79, yup 79 even in this heat. But, being as my tanks run about 76-77, the bags are floating in the coral QT tank to get the temp down to where I want it. I wish I could tag Russ and GCE in this, but I do not believe they are on here. So, an email and text have been sent to him, as I do it after every order since the orders are always top notch.
Once that is done, the macro will be rinsed in RODI over a mesh screen thingy I made and all critters I want to keep will be quickly removed and placed in a bowl of old tank water.
From there, I will look through it all to make sure nothing funky (tons of orders and never any issues, but this is just me being me lol)
After that, the macro will get an iodine dip, scrubbed off, then a final RODI shower, and then put in the display fuge.
All while this is happening, the RFA will be placed into a container and flushed a few times, get an iodine bath (very light) and then be placed into the tank.
While I know that this may seem to be overkill to some and not enough for others, I feel this is just right for me and the chance of anything bad making it in is very low.
Pics will follow once I get everything situated and in the sump.
But for now, I am about to get going on the above lol.
PICS!!!
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Dips and scrubs done.
Can you all ID these? The sampler added a few not on the list lol.
Score!!!!! Tunicates in with the macro!!!!
Can you all ID these? The sampler added a few not on the list lol.
Score!!!!! Tunicates in with the macro!!!!
And no, definitely not..
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Yes, close and yes.
The homie @N1tew0lf1212 is the man and is cutting some dope glass for me for a Lost Fuge..
Imma have to give them a call when it's time to fill it.
Imma have to give them a call when it's time to fill it.
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Another cool tunicate.
A bit for the fishes. Well, it was a chunk 2 minutes ago lol.
A bit for the fishes. Well, it was a chunk 2 minutes ago lol.
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Russ is good people man.
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You know i got you bro looking forward to get it done this weekend.
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