WVNeds's Tanks

[WVNed]

I need to clean my pumps

So far the XF 250 and XF 350 pumps have both worked perfectly for me.

The macro/softie/gorg/predator tank is coming along. So far no more cyano.
The eel is very pretty. I wish he came out more but if you feed him well you don't see him for 3 days. So far the fuzzy wont eat anything but live ghost shrimp.

I have bryopsis in the big tank. I am doing nothing about that right now.

Had another power outage yesterday. It's getting to be no problem. I put the generator up. Messed up my cords management a bit to get everything plugged in. I need to think on that a bit.

Got some cleaner shrimp

I need to do water testing. I upped the doser rates 2 days ago to 150ml a day for both Ca and Alk.
I am looking for a new trace package to add. I have used Kent Essental Elements for years. Once I did My shrimp stopped dying during molts. Saw a thread about adding a Trace system into the 2 part dosing and that is what I want to do. I think I am going to try Tropic Marin K+ and A- added into the 2 part.

 

[CasaReefer]

First Time viewing your thread... Just Awesome Beautiful Tanks.. And a Journeyman Handyman.. Awesome Fish Room;) The whole thing is Awesome Thanks for sharing... Bows at the feet of Greatness to kiss the ring...

 

[WVNed]

First Time viewing your thread... Just Awesome Beautiful Tanks.. And a Journeyman Handyman.. Awesome Fish Room;) The whole thing is Awesome Thanks for sharing... Bows at the feet of Greatness to kiss the ring...

LOL
Just a crabby old man.
8-10 different kinds
I keep pests.

 

[WVNed]

I was out feeding in the fish room and the crabs came out but they hid from the camera.

The new shrimp wonderland. They might as well be comfortable until I feed them to the fuzzy.
I hope they start making more.

 

[Fudsey]

When I kept Lionfish many years ago, mine would only eat live as well. Problem was, ghost shrimp were hard to come by. I had to feed live feeder fish most times. I had one that would take the fish from my fingers if I held on to the tail. This was a black Lionfish about the size of my hand if stretched out completely.

 

[WVNed]

When I kept Lionfish many years ago, mine would only eat live as well. Problem was, ghost shrimp were hard to come by. I had to feed live feeder fish most times. I had one that would take the fish from my fingers if I held on to the tail. This was a black Lionfish about the size of my hand if stretched out completely.

Mine wont look at fish yet. Not even small ones. I decided before I got him I was going to do it the right way.
so I read Lion Kings stuff and made a tank for him. I will probably add another one.
With the 20L set up I can buy them 100 at a time on eBay and keep them alive which is better than driving 2 hours to buy 3-4 dozen and have half of them die the next day.

This place extols the virtues of LED lights every day. I cant really get greens and reds to appear correctly under the Reefbreeders light. Everything looks kind of drab. I may add some T-5 to it.
and it looks so beautiful when I snap a pic. Yuck.
Someone is hungry

He will eat from a stick but I stopped doing that. I put the food in and make him go look for it.

 

[WVNed]

I need to go cook but I am having coffee and enjoying life.

The frag plug I got from LA with a tiny smear of zenia on it has finally made polyps.

 

[WVNed]

I did my water testing today. Everything looks okay. I increased the doser to 200ml/day Ca and Alk. I will test again in 3 days. It's just under 400 and 8.3.
The Tropic Marin came and I need to figure how much to mix into the next batch of 2 part. I guess I need 3 more jugs. 1 set to mix the 2 part which I have and 1 set with the trace added to top up the doser.

Everything is going according to plan. The tiny emperor angel got the crap beat out of him but he is hanging in there and eating well and the aggression seems to be less. The koran doens't spend all day hunting him now. It didnt eat for a week and did nothing but try to get the little guy.

growing macro is funny. It booms and then busts over about a month long cycle. My water paramaters arent swinging to match and I havent touched the lights so I dont know. It doesnt die all the way. There is a small amount that grows back but looks more colorful and compact. Maybe in a few years I will figure it out.
They look like this today.

Maybe the pods are eating the macro.

Jane went to the obstetrician and she is having a boy and a girl. I hope Jill doesn't spontaneously combust.

Little Paige is just beautiful. I wish Grant and Morgan didn't live so far away.
from zero to 3 grandchildren in a short space of time.

Louie is learning to sing opera. He is quite good. He is now a small cat.

Guess I better sweep again. I just did 2 days ago. Cant you tell? I dont even own a grey dog. The fine undercoat is coming out and they are getting a new one for winter. I need to go cough up a hairball now.

Life is Good

 

[WVNed]

end of a hard day of play.

Your doing it wrong Ned.

Now I need to wash the felt to get the salt out so I dont smear up the glass.

 

[Fudsey]

Oopsie....... ;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

 

[WVNed]

I did a water change of 80 gallons or so yesterday. I have been doing one a month. Now I am going to stop.
We will see. I am dosing BRS alk, Ca and Mg. I have Tropic Marin Pro-coral part 1 and 2. I will start that when all the Kent is gone. I have been using that for years and am putting 40ml in every Friday. I am going to get a slave doser and start adding the Tropic Marin every day.

One of my Jebao Cor-20 pumps died so I ordered an MP-40. I really don't know anything about big pumps except they are expensive. I have used MP-10s for a long time. I know they are wonderful in a tank the right size for them. The Ecotech estimator says 2 MP-40s will be perfect for my tank so I may get a second one.

I can say my tank doesn't look exactly the way I want. I am operating on the bleeding edge of what I know how to do. I put a lot of fish in it and they have eaten everything they possibly can. Up close the tank has a barren look. Lots of sponges and not much else. This is how my tanks usually turn out and I had hoped to avoid it this time. I am contemplating a second small order of live rock and putting where the fish cant get it now that I have the ability to keep whats on it alive.

I see lots of posts that chromis dont get along. Mine do. I have 9 and they dont show aggression that I see.

My anemone is liking the pump being dead.

Louie was looking at the tanks with me this morning. We haven't had a lot of cats over the years but he is different.

I have been netting the large pods out of the 20 gallon and putting them in the 75. So far the cyano has stayed away.

I need to do my water tests today. I am watching for the biopellet reactor to come on line. It is still too early at 15 days but I want to stay on top of it. It isnt supposed to do anything for 2 months but that seems like a long time for bacteria to take off. The ozone may nerf it too.

 

[NY_Caveman]

Me-Wow!

 

[WVNed]

Had a nudibranch on the glass this morning.

By its coloration I would say it eats this and probably came on it. It's more than an inch long so it must be doing well.

My smear of xenia has grown polyps and started pulsing. After seeing some for sale for 70 dollars a stalk and paying 30 dollars to get the barest of smears on a frag plug I have factored growing this into my retirement plan finances.

Sponges are attacking
I have 4-6 different colors of sponges in various places.

Well Louie jumped in the tank. I have a mess to clean up.

 

[WVNed]

Just mucking around in the fish room.
The ghost shrimp tank shrimp has gone green and the plant has broken the water surface. I need to remove the fish but wont flush them. I guess I am a sap. They grew and are kind of too big for the eel.

Here is one of my pests. They do voraciously eat snails and conchs. I think it pretty nice looking as crabs go.

The worm culture is growing

I started a second one with coco fiber

I looked and my MP-10w was manufactured in 2011. I have replaced the wet side once. I had a second one but a puppy ate the wires.

Things are big today.

Back to Christmas decorating. Jill has more stuff than most Christmas shops.
Need more hooks for stockings

 

[WVNed]

sitting looking at small things.

Other things around the house today

Need 2 more stockings put up for the twins.

 

[siggy]

The life on your rock is amazing, Louie is getting big. I can solder new cables on your power head if needed, I just did my mp40

 

[WVNed]

The life on your rock is amazing, Louie is getting big. I can solder new cables on your power head if needed, I just did my mp40

Thank you but that happened well before I ever came here and it went into the trash. I don't even recall which dog did it anymore.

 

[WVNed]

Looking a bit on the internet. I have several stone crabs that came in my rock.
They get big

Don't think a 20 gallon tank is going to hold that. The large claw is harvested and the crab released to grow it back which takes a year. I guess I need to start feeding them more.

cool. To bad I am allergic. You never know what you will find in a basement in West Virginia.

 

[WVNed]

ORP at 402. I turned down the controller a tiny bit.

Pods are so cute. But in the end they are like tiny crabs. And there is a big crab in there. Where the small bivalve was looks like it was bombed. Everything in the 20 is being consumed. I am feeding the tank every morning.

Another pest I am letting go for now.

Shore shrimp is still doing his thing

The ghost shrimp tank is making flowers

It is a green tank which I am hoping is good for the shrimp

just because

The bryopsis urchin

The urchin that came on the live rock is still in there.

 

[WVNed]

Had a nice Christmas. I hope you did too.
Paige is 5 months today

Tank is doing okay. It could always be better.
I have been sick for a week and wasn't sure any were still in there until I cleaned the glass last night. It already needs it again.
Wow, crappy pics. Sorry

The Niger Trigger is very pretty. I am probably going to regret getting him in the end though. At some point I will have to move him to the big tank.

I am sick so of course my overflow acts up. Except it is simply draining too fast and is noisy. Don't care today.