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System Update:
So far so good! Most corals are showing some growth, with the exception of the Green Polyped Leather that has been closed and shriveled for about a week now. It went through a molt and has started to put some polyps out on occasion but still not nearly what it was before. I'm hoping it comes back to full splendor soon. The Blue Tort Acro frag we acquired is growing and has developed dark blue polyps and bright green/yellow tips - very cool! We also added a Hi-Fin Goby to the system at the request of my daughters who thought it was "so cool and cute" at the LRS! LOL! Plus a fluorescent green candy frag, pulsing xenia frag, and a cyphastria(?) frag.
Tomorrow we will be looking to add the following fish to the system that have been in quarantine at our LRS:
(8) Blue-Eye Anthias
(1) Sunkist Anthias
(1) Marine Beta
(1) Leopard Wrasse
(2) Firefish
(1) Green Manderine
(1) Blue Hippo Tang
Plus a large pink monti colony if it is still available. This will use the remaining funds for livestock for the year, so I have started a go-fund-me account to raise funds and acquire additional mother colonies for the students to research, experiment with, and propagate new colonies with. If you would like to support our program please visit:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/coral-pr...dium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1
Here are some pics of the current system!
So far so good! Most corals are showing some growth, with the exception of the Green Polyped Leather that has been closed and shriveled for about a week now. It went through a molt and has started to put some polyps out on occasion but still not nearly what it was before. I'm hoping it comes back to full splendor soon. The Blue Tort Acro frag we acquired is growing and has developed dark blue polyps and bright green/yellow tips - very cool! We also added a Hi-Fin Goby to the system at the request of my daughters who thought it was "so cool and cute" at the LRS! LOL! Plus a fluorescent green candy frag, pulsing xenia frag, and a cyphastria(?) frag.
Tomorrow we will be looking to add the following fish to the system that have been in quarantine at our LRS:
(8) Blue-Eye Anthias
(1) Sunkist Anthias
(1) Marine Beta
(1) Leopard Wrasse
(2) Firefish
(1) Green Manderine
(1) Blue Hippo Tang
Plus a large pink monti colony if it is still available. This will use the remaining funds for livestock for the year, so I have started a go-fund-me account to raise funds and acquire additional mother colonies for the students to research, experiment with, and propagate new colonies with. If you would like to support our program please visit:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/coral-pr...dium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1
Here are some pics of the current system!
The tank looks spectacular! Thank you for going the extra mile for your students.
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Updated picture with the new fish and corals added. Really looking great! Have the following coming tomorrow:
(2) Fighting Conch Snails
(1) Yellow Head Sleeper Goby
(1) Lg Pink w/ Yellow Tips Birdsnest Colony
(1) Lg Watermelon Green w/ Purple Tips LTA
(1) Lg Tiger Tail Cucumber
Going to try to propagate cleaner shrimp in the refugium - anyone have any luck doing this?? What should we feed to the babies??
(2) Fighting Conch Snails
(1) Yellow Head Sleeper Goby
(1) Lg Pink w/ Yellow Tips Birdsnest Colony
(1) Lg Watermelon Green w/ Purple Tips LTA
(1) Lg Tiger Tail Cucumber
Going to try to propagate cleaner shrimp in the refugium - anyone have any luck doing this?? What should we feed to the babies??
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Welcome to You and Your Whole Class... Thank You for your service in the class room and thank you for sharing this great hobby with a bunch of " Sponges " Your Kids... and for the record... I think you have a lot of Class....
Reef Update:
Received the two shipments from Live Aquaria yesterday but the tigertail cuke and high color BTA were DOA - not sure what happened as the heat pad was still warm, but the BTA was a pile of brown and white goo and while the cuke looked ok, it never moved in 4 hours after arrival. Everything else was ok from the other facility and seem to be doing great so far.
Received the two shipments from Live Aquaria yesterday but the tigertail cuke and high color BTA were DOA - not sure what happened as the heat pad was still warm, but the BTA was a pile of brown and white goo and while the cuke looked ok, it never moved in 4 hours after arrival. Everything else was ok from the other facility and seem to be doing great so far.
**Reef Update**
The good, the bad, and the ongoing...
Bad news first: we couldn't get the anthias to eat and all but the one who would eat have perished. We also lost our hi-fin goby, 2 chromis, and the midas blenny for some unknown reason.
The good news, is that everything else seems to be thriving, and we are starting to see decent growth in the corals. Our alkalinity has dropped from around 9 to 6 so we are starting to dose with B-ionic solutions to stabilize the system and get the alkalinity back up. starting on Friday last week, we added 65 ml of each part, then did so again the last two days. The alkalinity is on the rise and as I saw in previous systems, if you let the alkalinity drop and then raise it back up, rose bulb anemones will often split. Well, our RBA followed suite and split last night! The copepods are reproducing now and the mangroves have sprouted leaves as they continue to grow.
Ongoing, we continue to monitor the system and fine tune things. We have acquired two pairs of cleaner shrimp (one in the main tank for the fish, the other in the refugium for possible reproduction). We are going to see if we can get them to reproduce in the refugium - anyone know what the baby shrimp feed on?? Our phosphates keep creeping up and we have started to use PhosRX every couple weeks to help keep them down. All other levels are good.
We are also going through a ton of phytoplankton, so we are looking to set-up our own phytoplankton production system. Right now we are going through roughly 12 fluid ounces per week. Anyone have any experience with this and know what fertilizer works best?
The good, the bad, and the ongoing...
Bad news first: we couldn't get the anthias to eat and all but the one who would eat have perished. We also lost our hi-fin goby, 2 chromis, and the midas blenny for some unknown reason.
The good news, is that everything else seems to be thriving, and we are starting to see decent growth in the corals. Our alkalinity has dropped from around 9 to 6 so we are starting to dose with B-ionic solutions to stabilize the system and get the alkalinity back up. starting on Friday last week, we added 65 ml of each part, then did so again the last two days. The alkalinity is on the rise and as I saw in previous systems, if you let the alkalinity drop and then raise it back up, rose bulb anemones will often split. Well, our RBA followed suite and split last night! The copepods are reproducing now and the mangroves have sprouted leaves as they continue to grow.
Ongoing, we continue to monitor the system and fine tune things. We have acquired two pairs of cleaner shrimp (one in the main tank for the fish, the other in the refugium for possible reproduction). We are going to see if we can get them to reproduce in the refugium - anyone know what the baby shrimp feed on?? Our phosphates keep creeping up and we have started to use PhosRX every couple weeks to help keep them down. All other levels are good.
We are also going through a ton of phytoplankton, so we are looking to set-up our own phytoplankton production system. Right now we are going through roughly 12 fluid ounces per week. Anyone have any experience with this and know what fertilizer works best?
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Wow everything seems to be great with the exceptions of your losses. Welcome to R2R also lol
BeejReef
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I wondered about that as well. My very first coral, a mushroom, had never split. Bad bottle of reagents saw my alk trend down. On the rise, the mushy finally split. Cool!
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