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07-14-2007, 09:52 PM
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| Social Darwinism victim  | New zoo! OK, so I did things "right" and passed up the plate coral (boy it was hard!) and got some quite lovely zoos!!! They are acclimating fairly well I think, I dripped them with my turkey baster, stood there the whole time, like an hour and a half... now they are peeking out and looking around. On the downside, I think the #%%&# wrasse ate the peppermint shrimp I got!!!!
__________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang |
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07-14-2007, 10:03 PM
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| Brunt of all Jokes~  | Re: New zoo!  what you gain on the straits you lose on the roundabouts, hopefully the shrimpie has found something to do in the rock, congrats on passing up the coral, thats always a tuffie. Steve |
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07-15-2007, 12:17 PM
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| Social Darwinism victim | Re: New zoo! Thanks! I have him on the bottom, 24 inches from the 150W MH, but I see a little very light orange discoloration in the form of small dots on some polyps. Could I be bleaching him already? He's been under the lights for about 2 to 3 hours yesterday, about 5 to 6 hours today.
__________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang |
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07-15-2007, 02:15 PM
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| Pistol Shrimp  | Re: New zoo! When I first read the title of this thread I was thinking that you went out and got more birds....or a cat so your birds will have playmates.....  Congrats on the Zoas...I love the way mine have grown and spread.. I have some brilliant orange and green clusters that I got when I turned down a bubble... I think will enjoy them better than the plate...Let us see some pics of them in a few months when they start spreading....
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07-20-2007, 07:19 AM
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| Sunshine Reefer   | Re: New zoo! Very pretty colors! Congrats.
__________________ Peace LYNN  Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.  |
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07-20-2007, 07:36 AM
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| Tridacna maxima   | Re: New zoo! Congrats Kathy, they are beautiful! Other than matching temp, I just put my zoas right in the tank without a drip acclimation and they have always done fine. I placed my orange ones up high in my tank under a 250 MH (20K) from the beginning and they are doing fine. I doubt you are bleaching them from the light. I find the zoas take a few days to show their true color, but it's kinda like they are acclimating themselves.
__________________ Lorraine To BB and all Bluespots -  Journey of the 2nd Year ...The 2nd Year - Photoshow Check out Mr. BJ and friends... Mr. BJ's Aquarium - PhotoShow Please Donate to the American Cancer Society: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/lorrainerichards |
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07-20-2007, 12:19 PM
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| -CHAUVINIST PIG-  | Re: New zoo! those are nice!!! but i never really acclimate my zoos. i give em a nice warm FW bath, possibly w/ a lil iodine if they are questionable, then i just toss them in. never had any problems.  next time you might not have babysit for 90mins 
__________________ 18Gal Mantis Tank 28lbs LR 22lbs Black Sand D&D Typhoone Skimmer96W CL PC (10K + AC) 2 Rio 90 P.H., 1 Nano Korilla Bane the Mantis Shrimp (G.Smithii) LIFE LESSON 8/8/08: Dont Poke Squirrells... LIFE LESSON 8/12/08: Chicks dont dig comic books... LIFE LESSON 8/26/2008: Pain is relative... LIFE LESSON 9/13/2008: Sometimes you just gotta pee in the sink... LIFE LESSON 10/1/2008: Her eyes say more than her mouth... LIFE LESSON 10/1 B: In retrospect, the shooting range was a bad first date idea... LIFE LESSON 10/19/2008: Bleach doesn't work well with out DETERGENT... But with it, WOW! LIFE LESSON 10/25/2008: "You're Such a Man," isnt necessarily a compliment... LIFE LESSON 10/28/2008: RC Helicopters are not Bob Proof... LIFE LESSON 10/29/2008: Dont **** where you eat, UNLESS, you are the company pooper scooper...  BARB FREGGIN RULES |
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07-20-2007, 01:08 PM
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| Do I look as lost as I am  | Re: New zoo! Kathy I think you're going to just fall in LOVE with Zoas.... they add so much color to your tank. I know once I got my first batch I was all but ruined from that point on. Way to go Kathy-poo 
__________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!! Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC*.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!! Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten  BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef |
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