ESHOPPS Mariner 70 Build

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Everything arrived alive and I have them floating. Heading into a meeting now...

The Megachrome and Sweet Tooth Montis are stupid bright!

Lithos (sorry, didn't grab the lens kit)

PPE

Montis

Zoas

I promise, better pictures will be coming soon! But first, meeting, then Phyto/pods.

 

[Goaway]

I must of missed something, did you win something from tsa?

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Can’t wait to see them in the tank

 

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I must of missed something, did you win something from tsa?

This was from the Mariner of the Month.

 

[Goaway]

This was from the Mariner of the Month.

BIG CONGRATS!

 

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My "like" emoji is the only emoji working right now...

 

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Restarted Chrome and we're back!

 

[Goaway]

My "like" emoji is the only emoji working right now...

My phone does that too. Not sure why. But rebooting is the only real fix. And sometimes I can't even click them. It asks "copy, past" generic command options.

But super excited to see how they color up wherever you place these frags!

I think i talked myself out of getting the bubble coral, they are super stingy and I don't want to risk injuring Eli. So maybe I might go into the encrusting monti route. The beach bum looks really nice!

 

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My phone does that too. Not sure why. But rebooting is the only real fix. And sometimes I can't even click them. It asks "copy, past" generic command options.

But super excited to see how they color up wherever you place these frags!

I think i talked myself out of getting the bubble coral, they are super stingy and I don't want to risk injuring Eli. So maybe I might go into the encrusting monti route. The beach bum looks really nice!

I had a Beach Bum once - back when I got Monti Eating Nudibranches. It was a lovely Monti but extremely slow growing. And then it got eaten.

 

[Slocke]

I also had a beach bum once but it was eaten by sand flies

 

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Phyto is bubbling, pods are bubbling. For the record, I don't recommend buying these for use a culture - my particular bottles were bottled on the 11th so not super fresh.

Montis and Lithos plus Cyphastrea are acclimated and added to the racks, another meeting commences. :face-with-rolling-eyes:

 

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@Fish Styx - look into Sweet Tooth Montipora and Thornberries Litho for some beautiful orange colors.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

I also had a beach bum once but it was eaten by sand flies

 

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Corals are doing mostly good.

The Galactic Burst Zoas haven't opened yet and they're tiny - not too excited about their survival potential?

The Vulcan Blood Zoas are small polyps as well but there's like 15 or 20 polyps, mostly all open.

The Angel Eye Zoas are open and look similar to my old Pandoras except a little different. Hopefully they grow like the Pandoras did. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

The Hydra Lady Dragons are another small polyps. 3 polyps on the plug, 2 are open. I hold out hope for them still.

JF Freak Hair Litho has almost doubled in size??? It's almost covering the frag plug and on Thursday it was just covering the middle half of the plug. Looking forward to seeing this one grow.

Thornberries Litho is bright and beautiful. Super orange.

The Montis are all happy and the PPE Cyphastrea is looking pretty. No pictures, just a quick update before we head out to be cultured - Phantom of the Opera tonight.

Also, the Copepods have a few living in there swimming around, but pretty sure all 3 of the new Phyto crashed. I'm going to strain the junk out this evening after the play and give it a week to see if they start coloring up.

 

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And Nanno is doing AMAZINGLY. Stupid dark right now. I have to dump about a quart into the tank... I should probably bottle some for my buddy.

 

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Ok, Nanno is dark green... Definitely time for a cut. I'm going to bottle up 16 oz for my buddy at work if he's coming in tomorrow and then feed my tank another 8-16 oz.

Tetra is still alive and finally gaining some color.

Tiso is golden brown again so it's alive. I ran it through a 200 sieve (about 75 micron) and there's still a lot of little clusters spinning around the jar.

Rhodo is almost clear still and not anything really settled on the bottom of the jar so I'm not sure. No smell, little color (very light tan so maybe?).

Tisbe have a few swimming and crawling on the jar that I can see. Still green tint to the water.

 

[Fish Styx]

Ok, Nanno is dark green... Definitely time for a cut. I'm going to bottle up 16 oz for my buddy at work if he's coming in tomorrow and then feed my tank another 8-16 oz.

Tetra is still alive and finally gaining some color.

Tiso is golden brown again so it's alive. I ran it through a 200 sieve (about 75 micron) and there's still a lot of little clusters spinning around the jar.

Rhodo is almost clear still and not anything really settled on the bottom of the jar so I'm not sure. No smell, little color (very light tan so maybe?).

Tisbe have a few swimming and crawling on the jar that I can see. Still green tint to the water.

You're not thinking about feeding 8 - 16 oz. in one shot, right?

 

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You're not thinking about feeding 8 - 16 oz. in one shot, right?

Maybe... I was going to pour off 16 oz into two separate bottles. I usually feed about 4 oz at a time.

 

[Fish Styx]

Maybe... I was going to pour off 16 oz into two separate bottles. I usually feed about 4 oz at a time.

The bulk of that will be skimmed out of the water column before it can be utilized by the system. Another consideration would be any unused fertilizer left in the culture spiking your nutrients. Four ounces at 30ml per liquid ounce is roughly 120ml, and about a right-sized dose, IMO. I think that 8 - 16 oz. Is pretty high for your sized system. Just my 2 cents. Others with more experience may have different opinions.