Maggie's Mixed Reef Build V3, now a 75!

[tbrown]

Good to hear!

 

[fishguy242]

Good to hear!

Thought you were watching Oprah...

 

[tbrown]

Thought you were watching Oprah...

Opera! Don Giovanni. Actually, I'm not sure... They called it a symphony but they sang the entire time. Latin or Italian or something.... I swear I stayed awake the whole time though! At least I think I did...

 

[tbrown]

Thought you were watching Oprah...

No Oprah for me sir.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

So this coral, monti? Plating? I didn't know, it's green. Anywho, it's doubled or more in size since I bought it, even weathered nipping from my valentini for a week before I moved him, but today while cleaning the glass lids, I see from above that it's got a yucky spot in the middle. Turkey basted it off and it's bare skeleton. Is this normal once they reach a certain size? I imagine flow is difficult to get really down in there. I also know some hermits like to chill there, and I usually kick them out when I see one, but did they kill a spot from over chillin'? It appears to be forming a new layered spot over the dead area.

 

[tbrown]

Looks healthy and it does look like it's regrowing there. It's a possibility that there was something that settled there and caused decay. You can super glue over that spot if you think it's STN or something. That can help stop any spreading often.

 

[F i s h y]

Leng si montipora cap

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Hey @tbrown , you had a bunch of the sunlu filament, right? I'm looking for neon ones that look good around the tank. So many brands out there!

 

[tbrown]

Orange and Green Sunlu. Only 2 neon I have. They sure glow until coraline grows on them.

 

[tbrown]

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Did some dirty things yesterday. Bubble algea on the torch frag holder, and a variety of artifacts on the wave pump. It was unplugged for a few weeks, I forgot to remove it to replace with another type. Coraline even grew over the holes. I soaked it in citric acid several times yesterday, slowly picking away at vermetids. Gonna continue today.

 

[Stang67]

Did some dirty things yesterday. Bubble algea on the torch frag holder, and a variety of artifacts on the wave pump. It was unplugged for a few weeks, I forgot to remove it to replace with another type. Coraline even grew over the holes. I soaked it in citric acid several times yesterday, slowly picking away at vermetids. Gonna continue today.

Now that's a crusty pump.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Took a break from tank things and focused on duck things today. BBs are getting big and need more room for waddling.

Took a yard tour and found some old 2x4 scraps so i ripped them in half and made some fencing panels. Now I have six 3'x2' panels, and a 2x2 gate piece. I have a few new boards I can rip too, but I'll add wire to these first. After lunch.

Duckers 1&2.



Deciding if I should paint them now or let them stay "weathered". They'd be black if i paint them.


Chaotic wood shop/auto parts storage. I know how much my husband loves the wood dust all over, there's half a SuperDuty in here, new 24" wheels and tires, old Jeep parts we're restoring, old Chevy parts. Thankfully no engines or sensitive things that the dust will affect. He won't say anything about it though. Or I complain about all the truck parts overflowing to my wood shop.

 

[Stang67]

Took a break from tank things and focused on duck things today. BBs are getting big and need more room for waddling.

Took a yard tour and found some old 2x4 scraps so i ripped them in half and made some fencing panels. Now I have six 3'x2' panels, and a 2x2 gate piece. I have a few new boards I can rip too, but I'll add wire to these first. After lunch.

Duckers 1&2.



Deciding if I should paint them now or let them stay "weathered". They'd be black if i paint them.


Chaotic wood shop/auto parts storage. I know how much my husband loves the wood dust all over, there's half a SuperDuty in here, new 24" wheels and tires, old Jeep parts we're restoring, old Chevy parts. Thankfully no engines or sensitive things that the dust will affect. He won't say anything about it though. Or I complain about all the truck parts overflowing to my wood shop.

i wouldnt worry about dust near a Chevy engine anyway.

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Waiting for food to cook for the kiddos I decided to do a quick vac of this yucky stuff. I had water ready.

Before

After

 

[fishguy242]

Is that a stunner glued to back side on glass ?

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Is that a stunner glued to back side on glass ?

This?

On tippy top off rock structure, shading everything. I wonder if I should get it to an empty single frag holder on the back wall.... Then it could shade lower on the wall that no one sees anyway

 

[Mhamilton0911]

Ordered a UV light from Amazon. Only one plug in shown in this type so it'll be interesting to see what shows up

 

[fishguy242]

This?

On tippy top off rock structure, shading everything. I wonder if I should get it to an empty single frag holder on the back wall.... Then it could shade lower on the wall that no one sees anyway

they get big ,and fast, nasty long sweepers... you should send that to me...

 

[tbrown]

they get big ,and fast, nasty long sweepers... you should send that to me...

That's why I put mine in the corner.