livingart Posted July 11, 2014 Report Share Posted July 11, 2014 Marine snail eggs come in all sorts of structual forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted July 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/s/uavafgkhhcz7t ... 120930.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted July 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/sc/0iodz6iufltr ... KDfUKOkAra can any one tell mewhat is growing on this shell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 First pic looks to be a sponge of some type. Second pic looks like a starfish if that is what you are referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Sponge probably a Tethya spp., pink strands maybe Corallina officinalis and green algae on shell possibly Enteromorpha spp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinnadian Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Looks like you still have mainly shore rocks (non porous) and not coral rocks? As livingart said earlier, these kinds of rocks can't support much bacterial life as they have very poor surface area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld4h5blbfj10a ... 182207.jpg hi thanks for the help. These just tuned up.5x Good or bad aptasia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted July 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Looks like you still have mainly shore rocks (non porous) and not coral rocks? As livingart said earlier, these kinds of rocks can't support much bacterial life as they have very poor surface area. I did try to buysome. No luck. So what are u to do.? I have a few peices in the sump along with ceramic tubes and bio balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted August 10, 2014 Report Share Posted August 10, 2014 Nice work so far Boom it's exciting watching stuff develop! Re the rock / bacteria thing, rocks from the sea will only support a low tank bioload, plus they will not be very good for nitrate reduction. Nitrate is reduced by anaerobic bacteria, so you need porous rocks with low oxygen areas inside the pores for these types of bacteria to live. Scoria does not cut it, because if you have a close look, it is full of lots of little bubbles. But they are not connected, for bacterial purposes it is not near as good as coral rock which in effect is full of little tunnels, perfect for what we need. The other thing that will reduce nitrate is a deep sand bed, a crude one can be made with washed beach sand, taken from an area with a larger grain size. If you get some uncured coral rock, putting it in the tank now might kill all your creatures. A good way for you is to go & drop it in a rock pool & leave for a couple of months, after that it is ready to go straight in the tank. Have used this method myself it's good because the rock is exposed to all kinds of salt water bacteria. There's lots of people around where I did it so found a deep pool, moved a few rocks on the bottom & put my coral rock in, then put the natural rocks back on top. Which also saved my rocks from getting washed out in rough seas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Thanks for the concern. My tank is fully running only coral I have is in the sump with ceramic noodles and bio balls I have paua s cray anemones Triple fins blemie star fish shrimp prawns kina camo crabs hermits cats eyes sweep. Vid on you tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 well done, how is the temperature going as weather warms up a bit? got a link to your vid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Planning on the halia chiller doing its job.17*c at moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 nice one, glad to see you have a chiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 https://www.dropbox.com/sc/hfj75rxmbhx9 ... 7W6C1TOfta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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