Saturday, January 24, 2009

Day after Intro

Evening temperature is around 80F
That is the upper limit for my corals.
The high temperature is the result of having the PC lights on during the day time.
The Katy & baby Kay are doing great.
Xenia seems to be OK in her new spot on top of the rock, she is pulsating, but not expanding her polips. I don't know if this is "normal" behavior or not. Will have to give it another day.
My parameters are not 100% good after all and she could be still stressed after short exposure to the air (in attempt to silicone her to the rock) or after being pinched by a rubber band when the sliconing attempt failed.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Got Xenia Coral - my second coral!

Got Xenia coral today.
Acclimating it by placing in a small box and squirting water out and in with a syringe.
1st 5ML
2nd 10 ML until I get 50% water changed.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Dumped some Chaeto

Got some chaeto yesterday and dumped it in the tank. Hopefully it will help with the brown slime on the glass and with hair algae on the rocks. Will arrange it tomorrow.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Attempt to re-wire the ballast

Opened ballast box.
Found 9v LL adaptor.
Will cut feeding cords from adaptor and replace them with the new feeding cord leading out of the box through a square hole.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

3rd Attempt on Kenya Tree Fragging

So I found a small branch next to my Katy. I picked it up. Then I cut a cork short and slit it in the middle. I opened the cut with a screwdriver and inserted the leg of a frag into the opening. The only problem was that the cork... well... it floats up! So I secured it at the bottom with a piece of rock. In the morning the frag was still there unlike in all other cases!
Hopefully it will grow big.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Both Frags found

This moring I found the cause of the high temperature in my tank: PC lights!
I also have found both frags of Katy. They do not get attached to pegs with the floss. I have to find another way. The polyps on both frags do not expand as they used to when they were still part of the tree. We'll see if they make it into new trees as people say KT is hard to kill.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Morning after Fragging

Morning t= 75.7
This time the frag remained in place. After the lights were turned on both Katy & Baby Kay were still shrug, I'll check on them in the evening.
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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)