Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria - Page 33

Dentoid · 02-11-2009, 10:21 PM

Beautiful Mark! Do you still have your Black Long Spined urchin?

Octoman · 02-11-2009, 10:24 PM

Thanks Scott! I do, I've been keeping an eye on him since you mentioned that yours had been misbehaving, no trouble so far...

SeahorseBT · 02-11-2009, 11:31 PM

Very Nice! Great job, I love your avatar.

sambrinar · 02-12-2009, 12:43 AM

Wow it has definately been aaaa looonngg time!! Looking good!

Octoman · 02-12-2009, 12:56 AM

Thanks Blake! He was flexing his claws right after he dismembered his girlfriend shortly after I introduced them to the tank. Don't worry, her claws and legs grew back and now they are inseparable!

Hi Brenda, thanks! Yep, its been too long, I'll try not to let it go so long next time...

hma · 02-17-2009, 02:58 AM

Just stopping by Mark

Octoman · 03-20-2009, 02:32 PM

I promised more updates, so here goes.

Not much different in the tank. I added a little duncan last weekend. Seems to be doing ok so far...

Some new algae growing beside the millepora...

And a new FTS for today...

BigAl07 · 03-20-2009, 02:35 PM

GREAT Shots Mark!! Thanks for the pics! I LOVE those lil duncans

Octoman · 03-22-2009, 12:32 PM

Thanks Allen! I've gotta tear the tank down and move it all the way up the east coast to Connecticut in about two months. That should be fun...

Dentoid · 03-22-2009, 02:10 PM

Beautiful! That move is going to be complicated with that xenia all over the back wall. What do you plan on doing with that?

BigAl07 · 03-22-2009, 02:19 PM

Connecticut? That's one heck of a move! It would probably be better for the tank to just bring to Me and leave everything here

BarbMazz · 03-22-2009, 02:20 PM

He's going to send me a bunch of it so I can see if I can get it to grow this time.

Not really. But I'd buy a sprig, Mark, when the time comes.

Octoman · 03-22-2009, 02:42 PM

I'll be trashing the xenia on the back wall, I scrape a bunch of it off every couple weeks anyway, otherwise it plugs up the overflow. It grows back crazy fast.

I guess I could make a bunch of frags instead of tossing it out...

hma · 04-19-2009, 11:06 AM

Hi Mark ....just stopping by ...
your problem with the Xenias I know very well, You just have them removed, they are already back.

Octoman · 05-26-2009, 09:31 PM

Quick update. I moved the tank (and me). Everything made it fine and its all looking happy now! Currently the tank is BB and I'm not quite sure if I'm going to put sand back in yet. I'm thinking about trying to get a nice mushroom carpet growing on the bottom instead of sand...

I'll get some pics up soon. Still lots of settling in to do here, and I gotta find a job soon!

02-11-2009, 10:24 PM	#482 (permalink)
Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Thanks Scott! I do, I've been keeping an eye on him since you mentioned that yours had been misbehaving, no trouble so far... __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

02-11-2009, 11:31 PM	#483 (permalink)
SeahorseBT Golden Moray Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Libertyville, IL Posts: 2,279 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Very Nice! Great job, I love your avatar. __________________ -Blake My 34 Gallon Seahorse and Macro Tank-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...acro-tank.html My 46 Gallon LPS Tank-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-lps-tank.html My 120 Gallon Reef-http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...chronicle.html

02-12-2009, 12:43 AM	#484 (permalink)
sambrinar recovering overfeeder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 6,415 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Wow it has definately been aaaa looonngg time!! Looking good! __________________ Brenda Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music ~ George Carlin Original member of http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...eef-holic.html My addiction 75 gal glass http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ce-sanity.html

02-12-2009, 12:56 AM	#485 (permalink)
Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Thanks Blake! He was flexing his claws right after he dismembered his girlfriend shortly after I introduced them to the tank. Don't worry, her claws and legs grew back and now they are inseparable! Hi Brenda, thanks! Yep, its been too long, I'll try not to let it go so long next time... __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

02-17-2009, 02:58 AM	#486 (permalink)
hma Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 2,653 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Just stopping by Mark __________________ Heinz If you have a great hurry, go slowly. The secret of a successful reef-keeping is balance. Instead of doing everything faster, do everything at the right speed. The Seawater Encyclopaedia Brown Jelly Treatment The Balling Method My Chronicle and www.reefdreams.de as well as mobile.reefdreams.de

03-20-2009, 02:32 PM	#487 (permalink)
Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria I promised more updates, so here goes. Not much different in the tank. I added a little duncan last weekend. Seems to be doing ok so far... Some new algae growing beside the millepora... And a new FTS for today... __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

03-20-2009, 02:35 PM	#488 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria GREAT Shots Mark!! Thanks for the pics! I LOVE those lil duncans __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *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

03-22-2009, 12:32 PM	#489 (permalink)
Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Thanks Allen! I've gotta tear the tank down and move it all the way up the east coast to Connecticut in about two months. That should be fun... __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

03-22-2009, 02:19 PM	#491 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Connecticut? That's one heck of a move! It would probably be better for the tank to just bring to Me and leave everything here __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *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

03-22-2009, 02:20 PM	#492 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 4,054 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria He's going to send me a bunch of it so I can see if I can get it to grow this time. Not really. But I'd buy a sprig, Mark, when the time comes. __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

03-22-2009, 02:42 PM	#493 (permalink)
Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria I'll be trashing the xenia on the back wall, I scrape a bunch of it off every couple weeks anyway, otherwise it plugs up the overflow. It grows back crazy fast. I guess I could make a bunch of frags instead of tossing it out... __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

04-19-2009, 11:06 AM	#494 (permalink)
hma Golden Moray Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 2,653 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Hi Mark ....just stopping by ... your problem with the Xenias I know very well, You just have them removed, they are already back. __________________ Heinz If you have a great hurry, go slowly. The secret of a successful reef-keeping is balance. Instead of doing everything faster, do everything at the right speed. The Seawater Encyclopaedia Brown Jelly Treatment The Balling Method My Chronicle and www.reefdreams.de as well as mobile.reefdreams.de

05-26-2009, 09:31 PM	#495 (permalink)
Octoman 8 left feet... Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: West Haven, CT Posts: 1,960 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Quick update. I moved the tank (and me). Everything made it fine and its all looking happy now! Currently the tank is BB and I'm not quite sure if I'm going to put sand back in yet. I'm thinking about trying to get a nice mushroom carpet growing on the bottom instead of sand... I'll get some pics up soon. Still lots of settling in to do here, and I gotta find a job soon! __________________ Mark My tank thread... Octoman's 55 gallons of euphoria Tank build... 55 Construction

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