40 gallon Reef Journal

[Cichlid-Man]

How was the camping trip? I hope you didn't get eaten by a lion or bear....because i think we need an update. Hows the Acan doing, man you got a nice piece there. Rics look good as well.

Thanks. So basically theres fairly continuious water going into the jug and you just add more kalk mix when needed? Well i plan on using Pickling Lime but same difference...

 

[TRe]

to make the coraline spread faster u could scrap some off and what u scrap off will float away and where evr it lands itll start growing there

 

[jumpfreak26]

c-man-lol OMG i woke up this morning to find a bear turd literally 5 FEET away from the entrance of the TENT! i just about made another turd when i figured that out. whew. finally home. but you know that saying, its only goes wrong when your gone? true. 3 month old MH bulb burnt out. gotta order a new one, im thinking reeflux, or another 14k. so no updats till new bulb gets in, no other light source. still waiting on those freaking zoas from the dude on RC. i need em this week or my money is coming back. it was such a good deal too.......oh yeah, i also fragged the acan into 4 smaller peices, all doing well.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice. What brand was that bulb?

 

[jumpfreak26]

reefgrow? came with the fixture. cant beleive it burnt out. what causes it to burn out?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Ah. No idea. Thats weird. I've heard good things about the Reeflux and of course i use the Phoenix and love it.

 

[jumpfreak26]

K, got my bulb in a couple days ago, hardly 14K, more like 10. I thinkill have to invest in some t-5' supplemental lighting. Anyways heres the pics! see the color on the acan c-man? thats why i dont think its gonna be white, could be wrong tho. I also noticed to day before my water change, that the acans were puffy looking....thoughts?

PICS

Enjoy!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice looking angel there. Not sure about that species of Acan, but as far as Acan Lords go, puffy is good. Shriveled, or showing skeleton is bad. Your acan being that its all together and not individual heads like a Lord, it could be different.

 

[jumpfreak26]

Well it looked like...inflated. There still kinda puffy, like the part around the mouths kinda..inflated.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'd say inflated is good. Mine seem to be normal when inflated. Deflated the just look bad and pissed.

 

[jumpfreak26]

Yeah, looks like there relaxed lol

 

[jumpfreak26]

heres an updated FTS, i got a few goodies comin in the mail.i wonder what they could be........

Enjoy!

 

[Cichlid-Man]

heres an updated FTS, i got a few goodies comin in the mail.i wonder what they could be........

Enjoy!

Bah pulling a Matt and not telling us huh!

 

[jumpfreak26]

eh, pretty much lol

 

[jumpfreak26]

So the other "stuff" has yet to come in, but while I was at the only lfs (or should i say distant fish store) within 2 hours of me, i picked up some nuke green zoas and nice little frag of a pink pocilliopora. ill post pics tomorow, lights are off now.

 

[jumpfreak26]

oh yeah, all for 30 dolla! that place had some good prices too, also had some clams, i think i might grab one next time ......

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Nice! I love my Nukes! I'm up to 5 polyps now with a baby. My clam also, still going strong.....maybe the worst is yet to come but going on 2 months for mine 2-3" and it seems to be thriving?

 

[jumpfreak26]

Yeah i got a rock with i woud say about 15 polyps on it for 10 dollars, i grabbed it

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I hate you. LOL

 

[jumpfreak26]

they had whole rocks of em for 60 lol