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03/30/2006, 08:42 AM | #226 | |
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03/30/2006, 12:23 PM | #227 | |
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Yeah, that has been my experience as well. One day it skims great, the next day nothing. I've given up on mine and I'm going to install my new ASM skimmer as soon as I get a chance. I've had the thing sitting in my house for 2 weeks but school is so busy I don't have the time to install it Hopefully this Sunday, and my tank needs it, now that I'm feeding the tank every night (because I have leftovers from feeding the brains in the QT), the cyano is spreading. The good news is the the TBS brain that looked nearly dead to me is doing MUCH better. The flesh is getting thicker and it is repairing itself all over the place and is eating like a PIG! It even looks like it is forming 2 new mouths. The same friend that traded me that one decided to give me his other one as well that looks like it might be a different species of TBS brain. But it doesn't look too hot either so I'm going to feed it for a while and see if the appearance changes. Brian
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03/30/2006, 12:24 PM | #228 |
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Danielle,
You may not like the XM 10k's after a while. I had them and after about a month or so, I hated them. Made things look too yellow for me. They throw a LOT of heat too. I love having the 2x 250 watt MH, but just wouldn't go back to the XM 10k. I have a pair of Reeflux 12k that burned a nice white if you're not happy. I used them about 3-4 weeks but went to radiums instead. My daughters and I like the little hint of blue that they provide. If you aren't happy with the 10k, let me know and maybe we could work something out for the Reeflux if you're interested. Brian |
03/30/2006, 12:53 PM | #229 |
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brian, what do you feed your tbs brains? i never spot feed mine and one has doubled in a year, the other stays the same size. i always thought that was lighting
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03/30/2006, 01:26 PM | #230 |
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Richard sent me these pictures of his day today:
Going to work at 6:30am Heading out to work: Still Chilly in the mornings: Going between the Islands: more to come (RC won't let me post them all in one post)
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03/30/2006, 01:32 PM | #231 |
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Out into the open gulf on the rock site ready to dive It already has warmed up to T-shirt weather Heading home after diving Rock harvest 3/30/06 on the way home Susie, after diving Almost home on a gorgeous day on the Gulf of Mexico! Richard
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03/30/2006, 01:37 PM | #232 | |
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03/30/2006, 01:51 PM | #233 |
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Looks like nice weather for a change down there.
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03/30/2006, 02:10 PM | #234 | |
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I'm feeding them a mix of frozen baby brine shrimp and cyclopleeze soaked in selecon. They definitely prefer the baby brine shrimp over the cyclopleeze (go figure), but still eat both. The healthy ones in my main tank LOVE frozen mysis and will eat cyclopleeze as well. I'm going to be getting some newly hatched baby brine shrimp (live) for them to try out next Saturday. There are actually several species of "brain" corals that could potentially be found on TBS rock. Some of them could be more dependent on light or feeding. I have 5 of them now including the two sick ones and I might actually have 3 species based on visual characteristics. Once they are very healthy and larger I should be able to tell better. It could be your one that has doubled in size can utilize light more, or it could be it is in a better position in the tank to catch any food in the water. I would guess both would benefit substantially from target feeding. Feed them after lights off and turn off circulation so they can catch the food. To me it is very fascinating to watch them eat. It is AMAZING how much food a quarter sized sick brain can eat, let alone a tennis ball sized healthy one Brian
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03/30/2006, 02:39 PM | #235 | |
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Yup was a great day! saw two 300# jewfish on the site today, a refreshing view after a year of red tide and dead fish! TBS |
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03/30/2006, 02:43 PM | #236 |
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The real question is how is your rock holding up after the bad red tide? Must not have effected it too much if you are still seeing all the life on it.
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we are happy! TBS |
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03/30/2006, 02:49 PM | #239 | |
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He was not happy I was in his space...as his girlfriend was there also...he was longer than me, six foot! TBS |
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03/30/2006, 03:39 PM | #240 |
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OOooo - i wonder if my rock is in that bucket |
03/30/2006, 05:37 PM | #242 |
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Bad News!
Well I have bad news. I came home to a dark and quiet tank today. No power to the tank. Well for some reason the GFI outlet tripped, so no lights, heat, pumps or anything. The temp dropped to about 75. Everything seems OK with the exception to no signs of my angel, dead or alive.
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03/30/2006, 05:39 PM | #243 | |
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I'm sure the angel is fine and just hiding. 75 is not as bad as it could have been.....so I'm sure everything in the tank will be okay. You got it up and running again?
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03/30/2006, 05:40 PM | #244 | |
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03/30/2006, 05:43 PM | #245 | |
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The angel bit the dust. I just found her upside down behind the rocks. Now I have to figure out how to get her out. Everything is up and running again.
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03/30/2006, 05:45 PM | #246 |
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So sorry to hear that Dennis. I hope you can figure out what happened.
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Well now I have a reason to go the the LFS.
I'm going to go to Lancaster Saturday. Julian Sprung is giving a coral propagation seminar at 12pm at That Fish Place.
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Sorry to hear about the angel.
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03/30/2006, 06:28 PM | #249 | |
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really need the critters too - put in my 175W MH Monday and EVERYTHING in the tank is now covered in diatom algae - everywhere except the area shaded by the center brace *lol* drk70 - I'm planning to visit TFP this weekend as well, but do not know exactly when, as I may have to visit the airport at the same time as Julian's seminar |
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