Ira Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 To distract everyone here's some current pictures of my tank. Not the greatest pictures, but I don't feel like taking a whole bunch of pictures at the moment. (Note to self, clean the glass better before taking more pictures) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetskisteve Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Thats a nice color Ira do you think those bulbs have "burnt" in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelfish Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 hi ira, nice tank! stupid question, but whats the red stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 What bulbs do you use Ira?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 IRA - Not sure the powerhead on the front glass gives the right 'look' While I remeber, you mentioned somewhere that you Hynophora isn't doing too well. Feel free to bring it back here, and I can hold onto it for a month or 2 until it recovers then you can just grab it back and try again. No drama for me. Nice to see some pics, looks like the cyno has all be gone? Pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 nice, what you gonna put in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Steve, I'd say the lights have definitely burned in. It's been, what? A month? Anyway, they're less blue and a bit brighter than the started out. Reef, They're Aquamedic Aqualine 16K kelvin bulbs. Angelfish, the red stuff is a macro algae, rodophyta or something like that. Pies, I'm not too worried about looks right now, at least as far as powerheads and things. Eventually I'm thinking I'll replace them with an oceans motions squirt or something. But for now...Well, I dunno, half of them aren't starting up when the wavemaker turns them on. I suspect the Hydno is probably a lost cause. It's looking MUCH better since all the hair algae and cyano practically disappeared after I treated the tank with flatworm exit. There's a few little patches of hair algae scattered around on the powerheads and the back still has a fine layer, but the rocks are pretty much totally clear, no cyano anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Just throw a tang in. Our one cleared a 4ft tank of inch long algae in a week. 9450 square centimetres of algae by my calculations. Eating machine and we were still feeding him!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Actually, I'd like to get a bit MORE algae for my lawnmower blenny to eat. He doesn't touch the algae on the back glass and doesn't eat anything else, getting a bit thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Algae looking better than last photos I saw. Love the red stuff I've got some but find it hard to grow to much light I think, its doing better in my small tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 yeah the red macro algae is nice, i dont have much and it doesnt seem to grow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 looking good Ira, nice to see progress from your last shots. halide bulbs have most definately burnt in. on average they take 100 hours to burn in, one month at around 10 hours a day is 300 hours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Peekaboo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 is that a sebae anemone? Guys, found a little mantis shrimp last night in my tank. It must of come in on a recently bought coral (in the rock). Bout an inch long. (Think it was a peacock mantis). I think i must of accidently put a shoe on and stepped on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pies Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 Perky - You killed the Mantis? What a shame. If anyone else comes across any matis shrimp let me know, i'll take em, pay postage etc. pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perky Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 he went for me. what can i say? they are dangerous creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 is that a sebae anemone? Ummm...Well...*Shuffles around* Yeah, it seems to be... :oops: But doesn't a sebae clown seem to go well with a sebae anemone? Even though I'd decided I didn't want a sebae anemone, I misidentified this one and bought it, stupid me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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