Building From Scratch

[ShakeyGizzard]

I lost my Rhodomonas Lens phyto colony (red). My fault due to contamination. The Tetraselmis Chuii is just fine. Will be ordering some red or brown phyto here shortly. I did add some half gallon jars to make it easyer to keep them clean and sterile when harvesting and starting a new batch. Just harvested yesterday, the pic is the new batch.

 

[kevgib67]

I lost my Rhodomonas Lens phyto colony (red). My fault due to contamination. The Tetraselmis Chuii is just fine. Will be ordering some red or brown phyto here shortly. I did add some half gallon jars to make it easyer to keep them clean and sterile when harvesting and starting a new batch. Just harvested yesterday, the pic is the new batch.

Sorry about the loss of the red but the rest looks great!

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Tried my hand at close up pics, don't think my phone cuts it for real quality pics.

 

[kevgib67]

Tried my hand at close up pics, don't think my phone cuts it for real quality pics.

I think they look great Jimmy!

 

[fishface NJ]

Nice!

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

I was looking for a way to keep detritus or uneaten food from getting in my sump. It appeared to be coming from the trickle of water coming down my emergency drain. I figured I would try this for a couple of weeks to make sure there is no negative effects. The sock holder is off Amazon and came with 2 socks . Have to keep a watchful eye on my nutrients to make sure they don't bottom out.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Getting geared up for culturing copepods, not doing all three jugs at the same time just just have three so I have a clean jug when I start a new batch.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

I have had crew of Mexican Turbo snails for over a year, they have doubled in size easily. One of the snails has always had a bump on its shell, I passed this off as a deformity in the shell. Well that's changed, I finaly got a good look at him and low and behold, a clam hitchhiker.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Been checking out my new mag stirrer, works great. should make mixing AFR, BRS magnesium, and making small batches of saltwater for the phyto easy. The beaker kit will make sanitizing the phyto water easier . Have a 2000 ml beaker on the way. Everything was fairly cheap, but the 2000 ml beaker cost me $20

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Bringing the crab tank back up, cycle is complete, used some rubble rock from my DT sump. This is causing early signs of the uglies

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Been checking out my new mag stirrer, works great. should make mixing AFR, BRS magnesium, and making small batches of saltwater for the phyto easy. The beaker kit will make sanitizing the phyto water easier . Have a 2000 ml beaker on the way. Everything was fairly cheap, but the 2000 ml beaker cost me $20

Now that is something I might consider getting whenever I set my tank back up!

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Been culturing pods for about 2 to 3 seeks now, Been adding them to my DT and the crab tank. The pods have cleanned up the crab tank quite well I would say.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Picked up a few new corals from TSA, no decent pics yet but do have one under blue light.

Green Goblin Zoa

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Picked up some frags from SBB a few weeks ago, the freebie he sent me was a shroom. The shroom came with a freebie of its own. Looks to be a paly or zoa of some sort.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Coraline algae is basically 2 colors at the moment, Green and purple. I thought the green was not coralline, but it is hard and crusty like the purple. I have cleaned it off the powerheads, front and side glass. Its a slow growth but I have patience . cant tell the colors in the pic under blues on my phone, what looks orange is purple, what looks blue is green. Its on my weir

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Still trying to determine if the clam on my turbo snail is still alive. May have to tap it gently to see if it closes up.

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

I do know now that the clam is alive, just shinning my flashlight on it made it close up. So I have an odd hitchhiker and a good dose of coralline algae that came in with my turbo's over a year ago.

 

[kevgib67]

I do know now that the clam is alive, just shinning my flashlight on it made it close up. So I have an odd hitchhiker and a good dose of coralline algae that came in with my turbo's over a year ago.

That is really cool Jimmy!

 

[ShakeyGizzard]

Against my better judgement, wife wanted a long nose hawk fish, and she brought one home from LFS. I guess until he gets bigger he will be just fine. My 40 breeder might be ok

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!