Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[dantimdad]

BTW, salifert test kits for phos and nitrate arrive today. I am having an issue with cyano and SPS polyp extension. Calcium is 410, alk 9 and mag is 1330 (Those numbers are suspect because of the test kits but I don't think they are far off).

Ammonia alert shows fine. (Keep in mind I don't tell the colors, Sherry looks at the tests for me) ;)

 

[najer]

I was considering the earlier zoa posts, I could hardly give frags of this away because it didn't have a silly name, I bought them because I like them, I gave £5 or 10 for a few years ago. :)

 

[sfin52]

I like those.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

BTW, salifert test kits for phos and nitrate arrive today. I am having an issue with cyano and SPS polyp extension. Calcium is 410, alk 9 and mag is 1330 (Those numbers are suspect because of the test kits but I don't think they are far off).

Ammonia alert shows fine. (Keep in mind I don't tell the colors, Sherry looks at the tests for me) ;)

I use the Salifert teat kits. I cant distinguish on the phos. The color is hard to read at low levels.

 

[dantimdad]

Daniel left for basic this morning. :( and :)

I am so proud of him!

 

[norfolkgarden]

Daniel left for basic this morning. :( and :)

I am so proud of him!

Congrats! Tough but great!

Wish him well from us when you write to him.
[emoji846]

 

[dantimdad]

Congrats! Tough but great!

Wish him well from us when you write to him.
[emoji846]

Sure thing!

Thanks!

 

[Katrina71]

@dantimdad My heart goes out to you. You did an excellent job with him! Proud parent moments are also the hardest.

 

[Katrina71]

Andrew lost his Oregon tort. It got knocked over and stung by a chalice. His heart is broken.

 

[Katrina71]

Why couldn't it have been one of mine!?

 

[dantimdad]

Sorry to hear about the tort.

 

[12gallonsofhex]

Andrew lost his Oregon tort. It got knocked over and stung by a chalice. His heart is broken.

Bummer. At least it was accidental. I jumped the gun on a purple stylophora and it bleached out in 4 days. I am bringing it back to the lfs in hopes it survives, but I feel like a jerk. I knew not to try sps for a year.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Andrew lost his Oregon tort. It got knocked over and stung by a chalice. His heart is broken.

Not the tort! Of all things. It was doing so well too. He must be heartbroken.

 

[Fin]

Sorry to hear about the tort. I bought one once. I killed it before it got in tank. Bone cutters trying to cut it off of the stupid black hard plastic frag plug. It shot across the room and smashed against a wall and exploded into micro-frags. Sad ending for a nice coral. I now handle this procedure a little differently.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Sorry to hear about the tort. I bought one once. I killed it before it got in tank. Bone cutters trying to cut it off of the stupid black hard plastic frag plug. It shot across the room and smashed against a wall and exploded into micro-frags. Sad ending for a nice coral. I now handle this procedure a little differently.

I never buy corals on these plugs for that reason... they are from Rock Hard Reef.

 

[Katrina71]

We are leaving it in the tank. If anybody can have a miracle recovery, it will be him.

 

[Fin]

I like plugs that are crumbly (with just a little persuasion). Also prefer that my corals not come encrusted on something that looks like a pregnant golf tee. :-)

 

[Katrina71]

Tonight at scouts...they told Andrew they wanted me to go to camp as a leader. The look was priceless. I would be the first female leader to ever go to camp. I'm not going, but the look...

 

[Katrina71]

I'm not taking away his opportunity to be independent. Besides, who's gonna feed his tank?

 

[Katrina71]

Y'all will just have to post lots of pics while he's gone.