OK Two new 75 Starfire tanks on the way and lots of possibilities and money.

[Basile]

Fish updates

Yes yes i know qt tanks, well these were from a friend who had them for a while and they were in perfect health. And the seahorses 6" in lenght well a local breather had them ,and in pairs of mates, already heating mysis and brine so how can you let this occasion pass by.

Sorry for the glare i'm still in the market for a lens in particular an orange lens for the blue tank glare.




Best buddies in their tank why not take the two of them right away...

What i like about these two fish is that they're buddies already , they swim together all the time . I'll find out in time who's the boss i guess

My schooling chromis

See the little red critter on the left side thats the one who poke my horse. i was very surprise.

The one in the fore front is a male with the smooth curved belly ; its the females who have a , well beer belly, round with a curved up pouch.

One of my Hammers

Frogspawn a rare one i was told.... they're all rare according to them lol.

The right side of my sculpture will be filled with diffrent Hammers and frogspawn.

The Tonga forest

The two flying away; When i get that lens it 'll make all the difference that shot.

Those aren't bubbles by the way its pods all over.

Seen the elegant urchin up there upper left.

Spike me lol; He's enjoying himseld and with impunity, the fish can't go near this thing now lol

Thats his best side lol

I'm flying , i'm flying.....he made that turn so quick that was a fluke!

The entry cave and they come out the other

And exit from the other

I love when they race and go around the stalactite thats why i made it so the fish can swim around it it validate my efforts, it so just so KOOL!!!!!

Mister, mister mister mister bubble!!!

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[whippetguy]

Super update, as always! Loving your tank.

 

[Wrangy]

Absolutely awesome update mate!!! The tank already looks absolutely stunning I can't even comprehend what it's going to look like once you've fully stocked it
You seriously do have one amazing setup!

 

[Basile]

Super update, as always! Loving your tank.

Thanks , i'll have better pictures when i get my new lenses, for my cam, i need to find a good orange or brown filter, that filters and brings out the true colors of the tank as we see it in real life. The digital cam doesn't render those real colors yet it need help. i can't really convey the colors of my corals to my friends for trade yet because of that. So i'm missing opportunities here. No its not cheating because when they see it in person noe they say wow they're not at all like the pictures, thats because i haven't my correcting lenses yet and the colors are flat. Specially when the actinis are on ; its all blue, you can't see the great colors, the filters will change that just like your eye do. Not too expensive a good lens, $ 90.

Absolutely awesome update mate!!! The tank already looks absolutely stunning I can't even comprehend what it's going to look like once you've fully stocked it
You seriously do have one amazing setup!

Right now i'm playing with currents, water flows and lighting periods, trying to find and understand my system i guess everybody goes through it .I've reduced my Razors to 60% to avoid tissu recession some other corals were not opening up as they should. The new lens available at Marinescape next week will spread the light at 120o and reduce the focal point and PAR a bit so it wont be as strong on the coral Keith explained to me. Better for the tank and corals.

 

[Basile]

Refugium Updates

Well asides from the new seahorses i made a getto feeding station for them plus i added a few new Macro's $307 worth of it, not cheap these macro's....


From a simple container with the hamerhead magnet, this thing has to do more than one thing at that price....... so its holding the feeding station.

This male Hippocampus erectus is waiting his turn has the female is vacuming the inside of the box.

This set up is perfect; i don't have to stop any pumps and the mysis is trapped inside the box. The waterflow can't blow it away. So the seahorses can eat at leisure all day as they would in nature. Its not terribly groovy looking but it works, so thats good for me.

This type of box was of ridgid plastic not suited for cutting really so it cracked badly. I'm a bit concern about safety for my horses but they seem vey proficient at grabing things and avoiding injuries.

As you can see, they're mituculus and deliberate in their search.

The waiting area a finger gorgonia. Grows fairely quick in the right conditions.

I had to give him a job he was making me nuts....

Here we go, told ya, not 5 minutes he's sleeping on the job!!

Oh here's the other trainee...

Coming out after 40 minutes

This guy's trying to get a free meal deal, what a tronc!!!

The new Macro's

Cymopolia Barbata

Ulva

Coraline hard

Gracilaria sp

Coraline soft

Dragon's breath

Seahorses side

Angler' side

Gracilaria parvispora

Codium, dead man fingers

Tufted Joint Algae Cymopolia Barbata

Eucheuma Spinosum Macro Algae

Ogo Macro Algae (Gracilaria parvispora)

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[Willie McDaries]

wow, Basile, you've came a long ways since my last visit, congrats man, everything is looking great, love the refugeum and the horses

 

[Basile]

wow, Basile, you've came a long ways since my last visit, congrats man, everything is looking great, love the refugeum and the horses

Thanks i'm now at $17 000 with this set up lol Just got my upgrade lens for my Razors the 120o to replace the 90o ones better coverage, wider, and the par gets from 38" to 31", my tank is 21" so i'm good plu my light are only at 50% cause i was bleaching , so no my corals are so expanded that i can raise them a bit to 55% and it'll be perfect.

 

[Willie McDaries]

$17000, that's just pocket change......if you have really deep pockets LOL it's money well spent man, loving it

 

[Paul B]

I didn't spend that much in all my 42 years of reefing.

 

[Basile]

I didn't spend that much in all my 42 years of reefing.

Well slaving on a ship and retired i hough to myself, self your worth it, nobody else is going to give it to you, certainly not the goverment, so instead of the goverment stealing it from me , why not steal it from myself before the goverment does it anyway, no?, lol

 

[Mrsalt]

Basile, if its what you love then do it. People spend thousands on sports cars or worse. It's the same thing, its what you get the most enjoyment from. Money is only a means of trading your skills for enjoyment lifestyle of your choice.


http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/red-sea-max-owners-club/83315-als-red-sea-650-a.html[url]

 

[Basile]

Basile, if its what you love then do it. People spend thousands on sports cars or worse. It's the same thing, its what you get the most enjoyment from. Money is only a means of trading your skills for enjoyment lifestyle of your choice.


http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums...an accountant who pays attention to details..

 

[Wolffman64]

Re: The fish , the cats, the flow

Mate, love your simple way of "measuring the flow!!! I will go home and do the same tonight. Very clever and simple.

Love the "sculpture"!

 

[Basile]

Re: The fish , the cats, the flow

Mate, love your simple way of "measuring the flow!!! I will go home and do the same tonight. Very clever and simple.

Love the "sculpture"!

Thanks; got the idea from the car advertising actually when they measure aerodynamics in the wind tunnels lol.

 

[Basile]

Still on the pill

Those who think i've done this all by myself , are wrong, i had lots of help.I wanted to do this the natural way all the way , natural cycle 6 to 8 weeks bla, bla ,blah, but faith interviened and i was forced into a situation where i had to choose between loosing my seeding fuge and my first quarantine fishes or do the artificial insimination of the tank with a product called;
"Prodibio Start Up" . Which i did on Dec 27 and on dec 28 i was able to put my fishes in the tank. The tank had been seeded and cycled with bacteria and stabilised to receive fish. Of course nothing is that simple. I still have to dose a regime of bacteria for a few months until the system is completely stable. and flourishing on its own. This is what this post is about. No agent can claim to render your tank habitable within 12 hours without a follow up. Which i'm doing right now. The Prodibio is a very efficient merchandise and well thought product from France. http://www.prodibio.com/

After the initial dosage of 30 vials of the Start Up product to cycle the tank i'm following for 6 days with equal amount of Biotim ; which are Nutients for Marine Bacteria, and Biogest ; which are living Marine Bacteria .

Then i let 2 weeks past before dosing 5 vials of each for 3 cycles that means 6 weeks, then i dose the rest 1 vial of each every day , that will bring me to March . So the tank is still under a suppevised cycle regime if you will . With living creatures in it . And doing well i might say.



I just dosed this morning;

2 days worth

The Ulva is being disintegrated by the pods, they're eating it like crazy. Even after i dosed some Phyto.

I got some nice hard coraline cluster, just for the hell of it.

This is soft coraline algae cluster

When i received it some of them were very fragile, had to use the tools lol

Drying the rock with compressed air.

I have theses pictures in reverse don't i lol the set up.....

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[Willie McDaries]

Re: Still on the pill

I didn't know you were a fish dentist too, you have so much talent Basile

 

[Basile]

Re: Still on the pill

I didn't know you were a fish dentist too, you have so much talent Basile

Ya i've been observing the cleaner fish and said hey i can do that too ....lol; so for a few $$ i took that at Princess Auto and whent with it lol.:

 

[Basile]

Dying Starfish report

Whatch report;

[video=youtube;2_I_B6U0GtI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_I_B6U0GtI[/video]

 

[Basile]

Two products

Well i found these 2 products that are specific to macro's , helpfull to corals as well in some fashion but one is design for macroalgae.


This one contains, Manganese, not Magnesium as i had to tell the clerk 25 times and still couldn't spell it....Probably left high school too fast... Manganese for algae ( Mn) on the periodic table a transition metal, Magnesium for corals, (Mg) an Alki earth metal,

Well my research has brought me to these two components, their were others but over dosing is not a good idea. I've contacted the seller of my macroalgae and they're sending their parameters at which they keep their stocks to help me keep mine. Imagine that having water too clean lol.




And iodine and iodide for your red macroalgaes before they loose their bright red colors.

 

[Willie McDaries]

I use the Kent Marine Iron & Manganese periodically in my tank Basile, I have no way of testing for it's content in my water so I dosed sparingly but it seems to help with Chaeto, I have dosed Iodide too but again, I've never tested for it so I've only dosed it a time or 2 , I use the Kent marine essential elements too, and a bit more often than anything else, but still sparingly since I don't test for most of the things it's supposed to replenish....

I think Kent Marine makes some great products but if you can't test for the elements you are adding, use caution when dosing, all their bottles have a recommended dosage but I rarely ever dose that much of any of their products, I usually cut their suggested amount into 1/4 or 1/2 the dosage and dose less often than they recommend