My LED light for the reactor was supposed to be delivered today...but it hasn't come yet unless the UPS guy threw it on the roof.
I just checked the reactor and chaeto is still green and obo is still red. So I assume they are still alive.
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I just checked the reactor and chaeto is still green and obo is still red. So I assume they are still alive.
Also I finally ordered a coral lens for my phone...so enjoy these blue photos while you can 
Kind of a bummer - I lost my cleaner shrimp 2 days ago and couldnt figure out why.
Today I dipped some zoas in Bayer and a few hours later noticed that my fire shrimp was acting weird. The correlation dawned on me about bayer & shrimp and after a bit of research I've pretty much confirmed that I won't be using any more Bayer to dip corals.
As far as the fire shrimp - I took him out and put him in a heated bucket and he seems to be coming back around. Fingers crossed.
I've just completed a 50% water change and also changed out the carbon in my media reactor.
As far as the Bayer - I used 4oz of water with 10ml of bayer. Removed coral from frag plug. Soaked corals for 5 minutes. Shook. Shot with a turkey baster.
Then I soaked them in tank water for 5 minutes and shook them around.
Glued the coral onto a piece of rumble rock and placed it in the tank.
I think whatever residual Bayer that was left on the corals was enough to effect the shrimp.
Today I dipped some zoas in Bayer and a few hours later noticed that my fire shrimp was acting weird. The correlation dawned on me about bayer & shrimp and after a bit of research I've pretty much confirmed that I won't be using any more Bayer to dip corals.
As far as the fire shrimp - I took him out and put him in a heated bucket and he seems to be coming back around. Fingers crossed.
I've just completed a 50% water change and also changed out the carbon in my media reactor.
As far as the Bayer - I used 4oz of water with 10ml of bayer. Removed coral from frag plug. Soaked corals for 5 minutes. Shook. Shot with a turkey baster.
Then I soaked them in tank water for 5 minutes and shook them around.
Glued the coral onto a piece of rumble rock and placed it in the tank.
I think whatever residual Bayer that was left on the corals was enough to effect the shrimp.
As a follow up - I think it ended up just being coincidence on the death of the cleaner shrimp.
The fire shrimp that was acting funny actually ended up molting and is fine now.
I have since replaced the original cleaner shrimp with a larger one and it is doing fine. And I have continued to dip corals in Bayer with no other losses. I think the original cleaner was smaller and may not have acclimated well.
The fire shrimp that was acting funny actually ended up molting and is fine now.
I have since replaced the original cleaner shrimp with a larger one and it is doing fine. And I have continued to dip corals in Bayer with no other losses. I think the original cleaner was smaller and may not have acclimated well.
Also as a side note - a rock fell and broke off about a quarter of one of my purple hammers heads. I tried glueing it back to the original head but that didn’t work so I ended up glueing it to a frag plug. Surprisingly, it seems to be doing well (bottom right)
Warm weather = worked on the pond today.
Poor my koi...they've been largely ignored by yours truly since I started reefing
Poor my koi...they've been largely ignored by yours truly since I started reefing
Wow. Those are beautiful. My mom loved Kois. She passed away 6 years ago from pancreatic cancer. I got a Koi tattoo in remembrance of her.
Sorry about your mom.
There's nothing better than sitting on the ledge with your legs in the pond and a beer in hand at the end of the day.
There's nothing better than sitting on the ledge with your legs in the pond and a beer in hand at the end of the day.
Fire shrimp molted again
Your koi are beautiful!
And cleaner shrimp today
I'm sorry for the loss of your mom, mine passed away July 2017 and it's still difficult. I'm considering a cardinal tattoo. Both of my parents loved cardinals.
Is this what I think it is?
lol coraline? and thats where i first saw mine appear on the return nozzle.
I think so...that’s good right?
yeah its a good sign...i think...but not to sure exactly what that sign means. lol
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Koi are one of the reasons I got into this hobby. Haha. When I was the GM of Front Page News in Midtown we had this amazing water fountain with five large koi in it. When I first started working there the water was so green and gross. After some research and learning about the biological cycle I dumped some dirt in the filter and two days later the water was crystal clear. I wound up installing these amazing color changing LEDs in the water. It was a masterpiece. 20ft tall. Just amazing. When I left there and went back to running The Nook I missed taking care of those fish. So here we are. Haha. I don’t have an outside area to house a koi pond. But one day soon enough I will 
Koi will always be my first love. But reefing now is a very very close second.
More purple stuff
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