Kat's Esoteric Biotope

metrokat · Sep 12, 2014

Yay for crappy tank pictures, lol
So maybe the GSP grafts are visible in this picture. Except for 2, they are all still ****** but coming around.

On the left is Sunny D, eagle eyes and pink hippo to the right.

metrokat · Sep 14, 2014

GOLDILOCKS JUMPED!

I found her yesterday evening on top of the filter floss still breathing. I threw her back in the tank. She was funky looking with rigor mortis for a few minutes before pffaffing off. Aiyayiyai.
She is still alive and ate some mysis. These fish I swear, they will give me a heart attack one day.

MrDJeep123 · Sep 16, 2014

I like the concept, following along.

ShippD · Sep 16, 2014

awesome looking

metrokat · Sep 16, 2014

Thanks. I'm waiting on the GSP to get happier on the branches. Then some more-moving-rescaping and some nice pictures to show it all.

Elysium · Sep 16, 2014

I love this tank. I'll add it to the list of 40 some odd other ideas that I want to try.

metrokat · Sep 16, 2014

Thanks again. The GSP was somewhat open so I took a peechur.

metrokat · Sep 19, 2014

I has sand. And crap. :behindsofa:
Had to put it all back in but rest assured the sand will be s(t)and alone.
:lol:

fishroomlady · Sep 20, 2014

looking great! I love the zoas in the pots.

metrokat · Sep 20, 2014

Thank you. As the tank has settled down from the sand, and the tree is "blooming", and well guess what. Every coral I ever grafted on there is blooming! Ha Ha. I was so upset when the blue cloves weren't doing anything but sitting in the very tiny bunches that I had glued but wow it has been 4 weeks and they look happy. They still haven't spread but they are still there. I'm curious to see which coral will outcompete the other between the GSP and the blue cloves.

metrokat · Sep 29, 2014

My update for this weekend is not a good one. Temperatures have been high this past week and then falling at night. It has been very difficult to keep temperatures stable in this little tank. Throw a fan on it and it cools rapidly to a low temperature, keep it closed with the lights on and it goes high very quickly. Evap has been nuts because of that too and in such small volume, the salinity has to be swinging madly.
As a result the corals are not happy and not opening up. I was really hoping to take some close-of-competition photos to round off my content entry but that didn't happen.

I'm going to try to keep everything stable tomorrow and hopefully that will give me some happy corals and pictures.

runswithscissors · Sep 29, 2014

I KNOW RIGHT!!!
Picos are tricky. This contest is the first time Ive ever done such a small tank... MUCH harder to keep everything happy.
I hope you get your pics, because Im DYING to see your tank all finished

Its one of my favorites. Lots of hard work. Good luck!:hippie:

metrokat · Sep 29, 2014

Ugh, tell me about it. I jury rigged this to help. I should win for best Ghetto setup.

bond300 · Sep 29, 2014

Very Nice!!!!!

metrokat · Sep 29, 2014

bond300 said:
Very Nice!!!!!

What, my ghetto fan and CFL? Ha ha.

metrokat · Oct 1, 2014

I feel some pictures coming on in a little bit!!!! I'm so sad to see the end of the competition, it has been so much fun putting this tank together.

skinz78 · Oct 1, 2014

Did somebody say pitures?:bump:

metrokat · Oct 1, 2014

:wink:

I promise you there will be pictures. I'm all set, just waiting for night fall. The tank faces windows and the glare is reflected. Maybe I can get a screen set-up to hide the glare in the mean time. hmmmmm

MrDJeep123 · Oct 1, 2014

What's your highest and lowest temps?

metrokat · Oct 1, 2014

Went up to 81.5 and lowest when the fan was on was 73.
I've been watching it like a hawk last few days and it has stayed between 78-79 give or take.
I turn the fan on or off, add a touch of water, do whatever needed to keep it stable. Corals have responded favorably and my neon is no longer threatening suicide.