Monday, July 14, 2008

Snags and Issues

Well, first of I ran into a snag with trying to frag Kenya Tree and attach it to a rock.
It wondered off (despite rubber band) and attached itself to a different rock. I had re-attached it to the one I want again this evening.

The problem is with my clamber light control strip. For the life of mine I can not figure out how to program the damn thing!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Fragging Kenya Tree, New Additions

Today I decided to experiment. I went out to Long Island Sound and picked up some stones and a closed clam (about 1" long).
I had acclimated the clam by changing 50% of water twice into a cup I brought her in. Then I dropped her and the rocks into the tank.
I tried to scrape off the smaller mushroom, but it started to leach out the slime and I left it alone. I tried to do the same with another coral and the story repeated itself.
Then I tried to tear off the smaller Kenya Tree. With a pretty big effort I was able to do so. I took a small stone from the tank and attached the fragged KT to it with a rubber band. We'll see if KT will attach itself to the rock in a week or so.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Maint Day (Long Overdue PWC!)

OK, today (2:27 AM on 7/7/08) I did the long overdue almost full bucket water change.
Resulting SPGa right after PWC = 1.024
Interesting thing noticed: I never looked at my tank at night before. Lately, since my timer is broken my light cycle is a bit erratic (Actinic is switched with 10K at different times and then 10K with Actinic and Actinic with night LEDs. However I do turn on my Actinic lights at around 7 AM every morning.
So, back to my discoveries: At 2:27 AM Kenya Tree (under two LEDs) looked "deflated," The mushroom was about 1/2 its daily size (about 1" in diameter during the day). Is this normal for them? - I don't know. Have to post this on a forum.

Salty First Attempt (Failed)

Salty First Attempt (Failed)
My Salt Water Tank Very few mods from how I got it.

Water weed bought 5/6/08

Water weed bought 5/6/08
red gracilaria (?) - Got either desintegrated or eaten

Moni Jr. on top of live rock!

Moni Jr. on top of live rock!
I have like 3-4 of these - turned out to be Petsts!

Moni Sr.(Haitian pink-tip anemone)

Moni Sr.(Haitian pink-tip anemone)
Largest Anemone in my tank RIP - (rock crashed on her during tank maint)