The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

waters clear! Got a bunch of bubbles on the side, but the flow with out my Powerhead in there is a bit lack luster with the stock pump. rated for 250GPH but i doubt its pushing 100GPH. but I have a Koralia 1 so that issue will be fixed!


on another note, does anyone have a powerhead they want to get rid of? I need one more for my cure/quarentine/hospital tanks, doesnt need to be fancy or pretty looking but just need one, if you have one PM me!

Thanks

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by darb85

waters clear! Got a bunch of bubbles on the side, but the flow with out my Powerhead in there is a bit lack luster with the stock pump. rated for 250GPH but i doubt its pushing 100GPH. but I have a Koralia 1 so that issue will be fixed!


on another note, does anyone have a powerhead they want to get rid of? I need one more for my cure/quarentine/hospital tanks, doesnt need to be fancy or pretty looking but just need one, if you have one PM me!

Thanks

Use to have a bunch of them.
You are about 9 months or so too late as I cleaned out and threw out.

PMed

[shilala]

I'm impressed with myself.
This whole thread has only cost me a mere $20 so far.

[shilala]

I just looked over and my buddies are hungry. They're all up at the top of the tank looking over the chair so they can see me.
That's their "feed me alarm". They're a trip.

[Blueface]

Originally Posted by shilala

I just looked over and my buddies are hungry. They're all up at the top of the tank looking over the chair so they can see me.
That's their "feed me alarm". They're a trip.

That is what they do 24/7, eat.
I don't think they know what it is like to be full.
If there is food, they will eat.
Signs of healthy fish.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Blueface

That is what they do 24/7, eat.
I don't think they know what it is like to be full.
If there is food, they will eat.
Signs of healthy fish.

Remember me complaining about that Lunare Wrasse throwing water out of the tank? I fixed that and didn't have to flush him down the toilet.
Instead of throwing the food on top of the water, I pinch it between my fingers and soak it, then let it go below the water level so it sinks.
End of problem.
I'm glad cause Kerri didn't want me to get rid of that fish.

I've been picking anemones out of my tank at about 50 to 100 per day since that last picture and it's starting to make a difference. I take out a rock or coral, hold it it a bucket of water and go at it with a plastic picking tool I made. The problem is that there are over 1000 in there and they divide rapidly. If I don't pick for a month they repopulate. There are some I will never get.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

I've been picking anemones out of my tank at about 50 to 100 per day since that last picture and it's starting to make a difference. I take out a rock or coral, hold it it a bucket of water and go at it with a plastic picking tool I made. The problem is that there are over 1000 in there and they divide rapidly. If I don't pick for a month they repopulate. There are some I will never get.

I have just a few tiny brown anemones on my live rock. They must not be the same kind because they don't spread.
What does spread at an alarming rate are the little with tubeworm fans. I have literally thousands of them in my tank and everything is covered with the little curlique calcium larvae thingies.
They're cool, so I'm okay with it, but they'd easily qualify as a scourge.

Originally Posted by shilala

I have just a few tiny brown anemones on my live rock. They must not be the same kind because they don't spread.
What does spread at an alarming rate are the little with tubeworm fans. I have literally thousands of them in my tank and everything is covered with the little curlique calcium larvae thingies.
They're cool, so I'm okay with it, but they'd easily qualify as a scourge.

My anemones started out as a couple of innocent little things. At first I thought they were cool, as they were not aiptasia. Aiptasia are slender funnel shaped and semi transparent with delicate tentacles. Majano are button shaped with more stubby bi-colored tentacles. Aiptasia will spread quickly from small pieces if you disturb them but die easily from injection. Majano divide readily but do not spread from pieces, They are resilient against injection. If you think you have majano I would get rid of them asap.
The little tubeworms stay in dark placed in my tank, like in the plumbing.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

My anemones started out as a couple of innocent little things. At first I thought they were cool, as they were not aiptasia. Aiptasia are slender funnel shaped and semi transparent with delicate tentacles. Majano are button shaped with more stubby bi-colored tentacles. Aiptasia will spread quickly from small pieces if you disturb them but die easily from injection. Majano divide readily but do not spread from pieces, They are resilient against injection. If you think you have majano I would get rid of them asap.
The little tubeworms stay in dark placed in my tank, like in the plumbing.

Mine are tiny and they've stayed tiny. I just went and looked and couldn't even find one, but I remember them being the same as the Majano's you described.
A bonus is that I found a coral that I thought was lost. It's a blue one, one that Steve (Fissure) sent me. I was really bummed about it cause I thought it was dead.
I'm going to the store right now to buy super glue gel.
I had been using the two-part epoxy and although I got some of the corals to stay put, it really sucks for the most part.
I have two corals that need stuck good and tight, and then this whole recent coral gathering adventure will be all done.

Hey, what are the little string fingers called that come out of my live rock everywhere?
They're real long, thin and spooky. They stick way out, feel around, and then disappear back into the hole in the live rock.
There are so many things on my rock that I could go on an expedition for a year and never identify them all. Just noticed a whole colony of tiny red centered fans, too.
I'm almost scared to let the corals grow for fear they'll cover up all the cool stuff.
Oh, I found another big orange sponge and a new yellow sponge that'd starting, too.

Hey, what are the little string fingers called that come out of my live rock everywhere?

If they are more wormlike they are probable just borrowing worms that live in the rock and unroll like socks to eat detritus when it's quiet.

Sometimes it's good to trade some of your live rock in for new pieces just to get some new critters. You just have to be careful not to get any baddies. I have lots of bristle worms so I don't care about them, unless I find one by accident. Never seen a mantis shrimp, yet. I got a drilling snail once. It drilled holes in the shells of other mollusks to eat their insides.
I keep a flashlight and magnifier on the tank for exploring.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

If they are more wormlike they are probable just borrowing worms that live in the rock and unroll like socks to eat detritus when it's quiet.

Sometimes it's good to trade some of your live rock in for new pieces just to get some new critters. You just have to be careful not to get any baddies. I have lots of bristle worms so I don't care about them, unless I find one by accident. Never seen a mantis shrimp, yet. I got a drilling snail once. It drilled holes in the shells of other mollusks to eat their insides.
I keep a flashlight and magnifier on the tank for exploring.

I have zillions of bristle worms. They eat all the detritus and keep my tank nice and clean. I have tons of tiny shrimp, too. Don't know what they are.
When the lights go out the tank becomes a whole new world. Crabs and hermits and worms and shrimp are all over the place. It's incredible. Fun to watch, too.

[shilala]

Guys, I have a question on this super glue gel/sticking frags thing.
Can I apply the glue to the frag and then stick it in the water and onto the rock or do I have to take the rock out, dry it a little and apply it?
I was hoping I could do the whole deal underwater, but if not I can remove some water and pull the rock and do it right.
Should I place the rock in a bucket (with the water I've removed from the tank) and let it cure a little bit?
If I do it that way, should I throw the water away that I used to cure the glue?
Never used super glue gel ever, let alone to glue frags.
Thanks!!!

I use epoxy stick. Cut off a piece, squish it a bit, mold like putty, put back in tank. I'm curious about the super glue.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BC-Axeman

I use epoxy stick. Cut off a piece, squish it a bit, mold like putty, put back in tank. I'm curious about the super glue.

I've used it. It sucks.
If the rock that the frag is on is not big enough then I can't work the putty up around the edge to hold it.
It doesn't "stick", it just hardens. For little frags it's worthless. For big frags it's worked pretty good. I just had a big frag fall off that's been stuck for a month, so I'm done with epoxy altogether. I'm gonna see how the gel does.

[Wolfgang]

I will make an instructional video and post it on youtube tonight. The easiest way is to take the grad out and put it in a tupperware with enough water to cover it. Then take out the rock you want to glue it onto (dont take out big pieces of LR).

Another way with the superglue GEL (absloutly MUST be the GEL kind) put about the size of a small marble of super glue on the bottom of the frag the quickly place the frag where you want it i your tank. press firmly against the rock and twist back and forth.
Reason for this is when the super glue GEL hits the SW it forms a skin or layer on the top of it and by rotating the frag the skin breaks and lets the glue underneath adhere to the rock.

let me know if this helps. I am big into fragging.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

I will make an instructional video and post it on youtube tonight. The easiest way is to take the grad out and put it in a tupperware with enough water to cover it. Then take out the rock you want to glue it onto (dont take out big pieces of LR).

Another way with the superglue GEL (absloutly MUST be the GEL kind) put about the size of a small marble of super glue on the bottom of the frag the quickly place the frag where you want it i your tank. press firmly against the rock and twist back and forth.
Reason for this is when the super glue GEL hits the SW it forms a skin or layer on the top of it and by rotating the frag the skin breaks and lets the glue underneath adhere to the rock.

let me know if this helps. I am big into fragging.

That helps HUGE. Thank You!!!
I imagined it just like you said, I'm gonna go give it a try.
I got super glue gel. I have tons of super glue but never used the gel. That's why I figured I better ask before I kill all my fish with it.

[Wolfgang]

Originally Posted by shilala

That helps HUGE. Thank You!!!
I imagined it just like you said, I'm gonna go give it a try.
I got super glue gel. I have tons of super glue but never used the gel. That's why I figured I better ask before I kill all my fish with it.

Not a problem. Glad I could help. :-D

[shilala]

Originally Posted by Wolfgang

Not a problem. Glad I could help. :-D

It worked great. I stuck the two frags to surfaces that were all uneven and they stuck with no problems at all. If they're still where I put them after the snails come out tonight, I'll be a super glue gel believer.