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Having 'puter problems @ home cant uplaod images.
I have been craming all kinds of stuff in here; 4 lbs LR, 5 new star polyp frags, more zoo's, a skunk clown for my LTA, new macro...
I have been dumping so much in the tank its too crouded and aquascaping is tough.
Upgrade is in the works once we figure out where we will live.
Prospects include 30L, 40B, and a 50L with the 20 as fuge or sump under the new stand. nice and quiet for my SO.
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Here is an old BTA Pic & a Skunk clown I had for a month and brought back because it was picking on my pair of false percs.
They were getting stressed out to the point I thought they had Brookanella but one FWD fixed that.
I am relieved that they are doing better now and swiming back to their rock which I upgraded with a bed of star polyps.
I was too excited that the skunk hosted I ignored the signs of agression she was just a big pink damsel.
Clowns still wont host, but I need to forget about pushing the limits in order to acheive relationships.
It was fun trying to get that shot I took 30 pictures, it was playing peek-abu with me . I thought of getting a mate for it, but that my have just increased aggression.
well I am not sure if one white spot counts as ich, as my female still has one. They seem to be doing ok, but I am keeping a close eye on them and feeding a a food w/ garlic. I may start doing fresh watter dips if it doesnt clear up. I had a a QT disaster when the heater exploded and shattered my 30H, there goes my deposit oops.
On the brighter side:
my cleaner shrimps finally spawned
my BTA split
and the Blue anthilia frags are taking off well.
but the tank still looks like a pile of rocks, oh well, I dont even know how much rock is in there anymore.
I will try to back this all up with some new actinic pics.
I just got a 20 watt marine glow actinic ant it makes everything super blue.
Im so busy its finals week and I am still haveing pc problems at home anyway just wanted to let you all know that I am still in this thing...
oh yea, I have been contemplating ditching the anemones and mushrooms to focus more on Xeina type corals and to free up some space.
Just got a frag of some clove polyps that glow red under actinics cant wait to get them off the disk they came on and onto a nice branch rock.
if they are on a smooth & solid disk can I carfully scrape them off w/ a razor?
Well... So much has been happening I don't Know where to start.
I would like to start off by saying this "Low-cost project" is a complete myth, even working at the LFS.
As my user name denotes I am a fish freak, with that being said I decided to add a Flame Angel, and a Filemented Flasher Wrasse.
I know, I know I am pushing the limits here a bit, but I am planing a upgrade to at least a 20H sump if not a whole new display tank.( which may push me out of the cometition)
I am also doing weekly water changes, arround 10-20% and testing.
Some of my new invert additions include:
Brantching Hammer
Blue Anthellia
White Anthellia
& Clove polyps
Xenia propagation has been paying off as it has helped me finance some of my recent additions, as did my mushroom rock.
I am not sure what to o next though, I want to upgrade, but dont want to spend too much on it.
My upcoming DIY project may be re-building my desk to acomidate my tank and a sump inorder to apease the GF's hatred of any skim noise.
the bottom two of the above photos show the progress of the star polyp propagation onto brantch rock and the female clown fishes cave.
This pick is the best full tank shot I could get before the batteries ran out.
Any tips on full tank shots would be helpfull.
