OrionN's 320 Reboot

[OrionN]

Is there still anything in the DT? what about the nems?

Just a bunch of fat fish. No Anemones other than my Green Gigantea in my QT system.
I am getting it ship shape for invertebrates over the next few months.

 

[OrionN]

My wall of shame is no more. My frag tank is doing great. No treatment other than added herbivores (a baby Convict Tang and 8 snails) plus water changes and Ca, Mag and Alk supplements.
Everything is growing like gangbuster.

WAS:

 

[OrionN]

Got t home earlier today then most day. Light still on so I took some pictures with my cell phone.

I wanted to “do SPS again” so I got a few nice frag so I can trade for more. I cutie the frags few days ago. All doing great.
love to trade for more healthy SPS with reefers in South Texas and Corpus

1st flower of the season

Frag tank

I chopped this coral good and it is already healing

My beautiful cross species pair.

 

[OrionN]

My Tusk eat a lot, pooped a lot and already 2.5 inches.Started to color up a bit.

 

[OrionN]

I got an Anemone, under treatment.
I also got a lot of flower on my Black Mangrove

 

[OrionN]

No one ever guess that this main trunk in the middle of the picture here is only 4 or 5 months old. I think it started as a small shoot I. 12/2022.

My Black Mangroves with a lot of flowers

The Red Mangrove absolutely has no growth for 3 months so I cut off all the branches of the Black Mangrove above it to expose it to more light. Hope this will help. I am not sure what to do. I really don’t see any active tooth growth either.

I chopped off the top of this beautiful Acro so I have Acro to trade for more. It is growing back. Three or four branches instead of one.

My yellow Gigantea.

A good friend gave me some Berghia Nudibranches. I plant to start breeding them. Await heater to arrive so I can start a small low tech tank for them.

 

[OrionN]

 

[OrionN]

I am trying to raise some Berghia Nudibranch. I was keeping three adult I got in the a cup in the overflow chamber of my DT. Ordered heater and air pump to use to set up a aiptasia and breeding tank. I got everything arrived over the weekend. Finally set the contraption up. This evening, I was moving everything over and found this egg strand pictured below.
Wish me luck, please.

 

[OrionN]

My baby Convict
1/28/2023

4/22/2023

 

[OrionN]

Nice Mag and Gig if I have to say so myself.

Berghia is not in the tank but in my Berghia Farm. This guy is one of the adult at 1 inch

 

[Flippersflippinooah]

Gig and mag looking great!

 

[Eric R.]

I agree, nice nems! I really need to get a black mangrove this summer.

 

[Eric R.]

My red mangrove was growing nicely, until a student broke off a branch when it was in the greenhouse. That was a real bummer.

 

[Flippersflippinooah]

You have mentioned with carpets and other nems, that you have had no losses of fish to them for years, is it the case that feeding a lot is a great help to discourage that?

 

[OrionN]

I think large tank helps, and demise of the dummy.

 

[OrionN]

As long as Magnifica get enough light and flow and a flat piece of rock for attachment (water quality and stability is a given) they won’t move. These anemones have not move for weeks, very close to an MP10. This is typical attach position of these two species. Magnifica on a flat surface facing up and Gigantea on a vertical surface or at rock sand interface. both like plenty of flow and very bright light. Both are just a few inches below a Radion g3 pro. The light is about 8 inches above the water. Flow is provided by return pump with an MP10 on random lagoon mode. Both light and MP10 are at 100%. Even the tile is at a valley of the rock structures, the Magnifica is happy and does not move up.
IMO, both are doing well even if the Magnifica is fairly new in this tank.

 

[OrionN]

My new venture. Aiptasia farm and Berghia breeding.

Mommy with soon to be babies

Daddy with soon to be babies

and chow

 

[OrionN]

I got three animals. Each about 1 inch.
I love tiny animals.

 

[OrionN]

My friends and I pool together and got an order of clams from ORA through Ali, another friend of mine, of Amazing Aquariums & Reefs. The clams were send drop shipped from ORA to me and I getting them to the ones who ordered them.
Here are some pictures of these exceptional farm raised clams

 

[OrionN]