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My Duncan has 8 more visible baby buds.
That thing has gone from 3 heads to 26 in a matter of a few month.
My GSP started as a 2x2" mat- it's now 9"x 7" and Xenia has increased in size by around 500%.
I know they are considered 'weed' corals, but it makes me so happy seeing these guys thrive
That thing has gone from 3 heads to 26 in a matter of a few month.
My GSP started as a 2x2" mat- it's now 9"x 7" and Xenia has increased in size by around 500%.
I know they are considered 'weed' corals, but it makes me so happy seeing these guys thrive
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1.25pm: new acclimation box for Tomi arrived.
1.37pm: stole 15 minutes away from girls to assemble
1.50pm: stuck box to glass in dry sump chamber to test.
1.52pm: returned upstairs to hang out with girls
4.00pm: downstairs for afternoon QT check. New acclimation box in 3 pieces on bottom of sump
Uugghhh
Need to do some work with the weld On 4 after dinner.
1.37pm: stole 15 minutes away from girls to assemble
1.50pm: stuck box to glass in dry sump chamber to test.
1.52pm: returned upstairs to hang out with girls
4.00pm: downstairs for afternoon QT check. New acclimation box in 3 pieces on bottom of sump
Uugghhh
Need to do some work with the weld On 4 after dinner.
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@Victoria M : quick Q. I've had Tomi in observation with 3 mollies since 4/6, after hybrid TTM and 10 days NFG. Planning to Put her in display over the weekend. 2.5-3 weeks is long enough, right?
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I think the hybrid transfer method is pretty solid. And with black mollies as a canary in the coal mine I would think the QT’d fish is good to go. The extra few weeks is really extra diligence , right? One thing you could do is rub a slide on the fishes side and look for trophonts. If you are so inclined.
The yellow wrasse that died just got really skinny. No visible signs of parasites. I will tell you, I always thought the gills were the most vulnerable organ, but on the exam I did for my dead yellow wrasse the gills looked clear. Trophonts were on the scales.
I think the HTTM is the best we got without doing other methods which destroy the immune system.
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NNOOOOO! That sucks!
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Man! That sucks! Make a hook to hang on the glass rather than suction cups? I hate suction cups.
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was my fault- empty sump chamber, didn't torque down the suction cups. They come with a screw on cap that really gets them stuck right on
All fixed now. Thinking of moving Tomi to display on Sunday!
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Yeah.
$8 bog standard urchin vs a $60 6" pink and white coco and a $20 4" gold and brown feather.
Not happy.
Might just keep the more sensitive inverts in the macro display from now on
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Such a bummer. Sometimes I hate this hobby ;Facepalm
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So- just went downstairs to do aome more on the fuge scape- an i have no useable pvc pieces for caves. No 1-1.25" angles or caps, plenty of offcuts and unions and junk.
So frustrated.
I was going to make a couple of these sorts of things that would run back from the wall and into the grass mud substrate. Dont want to risk a cave in if i get a goby pistol pair or some other digger
Uuggh
So frustrated.
I was going to make a couple of these sorts of things that would run back from the wall and into the grass mud substrate. Dont want to risk a cave in if i get a goby pistol pair or some other digger
Uuggh
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Well, the price of the critter weighs on our minds too. No worries.
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Usps have failed me again... delivery expected Thursday
Anyway- a little progress.
What do you get of you mix a 12lb chunk of reef-saver rock, a hammer and a new set of headphones blasting Guns and Roses?
The orange bubble wrap is a 7"x 30" strip- telplate for tje wall. Mot quite enough. Took another 5lbs from another chunk-
Thats better.
Need to get a few pvc fittings from HD for tunnels, then i can foam it up. Not sure when that will be
Anyway- a little progress.
What do you get of you mix a 12lb chunk of reef-saver rock, a hammer and a new set of headphones blasting Guns and Roses?
The orange bubble wrap is a 7"x 30" strip- telplate for tje wall. Mot quite enough. Took another 5lbs from another chunk-
Thats better.
Need to get a few pvc fittings from HD for tunnels, then i can foam it up. Not sure when that will be
