Randy's Tank and Learn Thread

[tripdad]

I've been at this hobby since '83 and anemone's are the single most frustrating animal I have kept. Hope it finds a home for you.....soon!

 

[Freenow54]

This is an education. Have only heard stories . especially of them crawling into turning blades , so strange that.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

A half hour later and its foot is fully down and back to normal.

 

[bureau13]

He's just trolling you at this point

A half hour later and its foot is fully down and back to normal.

He's just trolling you at this point!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

He's just trolling you at this point

He's just trolling you at this point!

Maybe I need to show it who’s the boss. lol

 

[rishma]

Maybe I need to show it who’s the boss. lol

Superglue

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Superglue

Yes, that would do it. lol

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I don'tknow why my reply did not post earlier. I believe its female so forget it.

It was deleted by the owner of Reef2 Reef for being inappropriate. I deleted the repost. I suggest not posting such things.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Experiment Time!

Despite nearly losing its footing, the magnifica has been in the same spot for about 2 weeks now. It’s the lowest light area at the top of the tank, and also lowest flow. It looks good now, but I cannot help myself from experimenting. lol

It’s at the back top between the overflows and under the glass cross brace. I do not have any lights directly above it since some of that light would be wasted lighting the top of the overflows.

Stage 1. I pushed my light bars backwards so now a freshwater bar is directly over it and the coral pop is close by. This raises light on it (did not yet measure the change, but it was about 200 par before the shift) and lowers light elsewhere a bit.

Stage 2. Assuming nothing bad (or dramatically good lol) happens, I will return the bars to normal in a few days and place a grow light led on the glass brace facing down. That will give it more light without changing the rest of the tank. I’ll have to wait for them to come from Amazon, but the first one I’ll use is a 10 w dimmable bulb. The bulb is 4,000 k color, 92 cri. That will allow me to slowly raise the light.

This bulb:

https://a.co/d/as9bHQG

Stage 3. If stage 2 seems useful/desirable, I’ll replace the bulb with a 32 w nondimmable bulb like I use in my refugia, maybe slowly adapted with some sort of filtering cloth. This bulb also is 4,000k, 92 cri. This bulb:

https://a.co/d/9XIRp0f

Stage 4. If all goes well by this point (a big if, but I’m an optimist), I may replace that bulb with a better bulb with a different spectrum if I don’t particularly care for the color.

 

[jonelder68]

Thanks. I may trend back to glass if others fail too.

Have you tried BRS titanium heaters? Myself and others seem to have good luck with them. Most people replace them for preventative measures vs failing.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Leather Coral Recovery

A few weeks ago I bought a green polyp leather coral from a nearby reefer. It had to be cut loose from his rocks and did not seem to do anything but go down hill in my display. I moved it to my refugium, and to my happy surprise, it has very slowly been recovering. I’m going to leave it there a good while, then try again in the display.

Here’s a pic from today in the refugium.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Have you tried BRS titanium heaters? Myself and others seem to have good luck with them. Most people replace them for preventative measures vs failing.

No, only titanium’s I’ve used are the Finnex.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Before and after light bar movement, which is hard to see a difference with a camera that auto adjust for light level:

Before:

 

[Freenow54]

It was deleted by the owner of Reef2 Reef for being inappropriate. I deleted the repost. I suggest not posting such things.

My Sincere Apologies

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Preliminary Result of Lighting Experiment

At near the end of the first full day of higher light on the magnifica from the moved light bar seems to show it being more puffed up, though that is admittedly hard to see in the pics. It is usually less inflated near the end of the light cycle, but not so much today. Could be coincidence, but it may be a positive sign.

Yesterday 10 AM:

Today, 6:30 pm:

 

[NanoSteam]

I'm caught up with your anemone battle. I've got to say, I don't think there's anything wrong equipment, parameters... I think this particular anemone is just a dramatic diva

 

[areefer01]

Did you purchase that through Pacific East? If so, have you considered emailing or calling Dr. Mac and getting his thoughts on your light test?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Did you purchase that through Pacific East? If so, have you considered emailing or calling Dr. Mac and getting his thoughts on your light test?

Yes, I got it from Pacific East, but no, I have not asked them about it. :)

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

And Away We Go!

The 10 W led is installed. I have it at 25%. Here’s what it looks like at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100% power.

 

[twentyleagues]

And Away We Go!

The 10 W led is installed. I have it at 25%. Here’s what it looks like at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100% power.

Adds an interesting burst of "sunlight" to it. Interested to see how the nem reacts. I dont see it adding much in the way of par. Did you see if it did?