As of last night, all three of the Helfrichi firefish died. Perhaps it was pursued by the Mystery Wrasse; I really don't know. For those keeping score, one died in quarantine, one vanished, and the third one perished last night. I may not try those again. I"m still getting some strange brown stuff growing on the purple gorgonians, on the shells of Astrea snails, and it is visible in the overflow box. Since I don't know what it is but have a bad feeling about it being toxic (aka ...
I spotted this guy on the rock this evening. There are actually 3 or 4 of them. They are in a very difficult place to photograph so I did the best I could. The very middle of it is purple, the a pinkish ring, followed by a purple ring and the tips fluores green. My rather uneducated guess would be some sort of zoanthid. My live rock it Bali Alor rock. So, any guesses on what it is, and if it is a zoanthid the common name of it? ...
Quick update on the tank that's headed to my wife's office... Tank is currently cycling... has some sort of insane ammonia count.. the API test kit's color comparison reads up to 8ppm, but the color the test kit indicates is significantly darker than that, it's something like a deep forest green/teal... cocktail shrimp + a couple of doses of brine shrimp started that process, still waiting for the nitrite spike though... However i took this opportunity to make ...
Saw this last night on the sand in the refugium, so I quickly removed it with some forceps. You can watch this at 1080p, thanks to my iPhone 4.
Over the past two months, I've watched algae grow in the overflow. Since it is lit from the metal halides above, a cover was needed. Now that the fifth and final Durso was installed, the cover could be fabricated and placed over that area. I decided to make the cover big enough to cover the entire external overflow and overhang the teeth a little. It had to be drilled for the Durso caps, as well as for the Aqua Controller probes. Top side ...
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