YHSublime November 25, 2013 Author Share November 25, 2013 I'm not getting what you had to give up? Though I'm glad the fake ficus is gone...I didn't mind the chairs ... Too much... That's just it... I don't know what I had to give up either. I think it's the nano that she insisted I couldn't take to work, but she was squaking about it the other day because I started setting it up on our small dining room table. Let's just focus on the important parts for now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 See it's a woman thing.. We are like ninjas...he won't know until it's too late...he thinks he won a war but it was just a battle Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 See it's a woman thing.. We are like ninjas...he won't know until it's too late...he thinks he won a war but it was just a battle Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Until he's been married a while, then it will be like Charlie Brown's teacher, blah, blah, whah, blah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime November 25, 2013 Author Share November 25, 2013 Until he's been married a while, then it will be like Charlie Brown's teacher, blah, blah, whah, blah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 (edited) Lol..y'all are silly... And I hope you aren't setting it up in the middle of your table! There are no outlets close by,lol she will totally trip on it and blame it on you! Edited November 25, 2013 by smallreef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef November 25, 2013 Share November 25, 2013 Until he's been married a while, then it will be like Charlie Brown's teacher, blah, blah, whah, blah!!! he isn't even married yet...he has nooooooooo idea ha ha ha ha...shhhh don't tell him so he goes through with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 2, 2013 Author Share December 2, 2013 So my skimmer has been pretty loud overflowing water for quite some time. Finally went and got the plumbing to quiet it up a bit. Wish I did it sooner, as now all you can hear is the hum of the PSK-1000's and the faint sucking of air. I've been feeding the tank, so when I put the fish back in, it can handle the load. Well, I've been slacking here and there, and started feeding heavy again. Caused a huge algae bloom on my back wall, the turbos are happy, I'm not so much. I plan on doing a big water change before adding the fish back. While feeding without fish, it's really interesting to see some things. Like I notice my pistol shrimp darts like crazy to grab food and bring back to his burrows. He's got a few exits from his main manor, which is the GSP covered rock under my red scroling monti. It's cool to watch him pop out at different ends and places and pull food in. Two, I have a lot of bristleworms since removal of fish. I don't know how they hide, but some of them are getting real big. My Melanarus will have a field day upon his return. Three, I actually saw this, I'm not making it up. A pod came out from a rock and grabbed a small chunk of food that hit the sandbed, and pulled it back into the rock. I ordered some dosing pumps from BRK's black Friday. I also picked up a Alk Checker, didn't research the checker much, so I hope it's reliable. Built a frag about 2' long out of eggcrate, but my glue was not strong enough to my last magnet, so it trapdoored on me several times. After cleaning up frags off my tank floor, I shelled out for a large frag rack from black rock, which is on the way as well. I started adding Zeo K-Balance to the tank, see if I see a difference in color and polyp extension. I don't have a test kit for potasium (I know, don't dose if you can't test for it..) but I'm watching for burnt tips and I'm adding just slightly less than the recomended dosage. After I took these pictures I took most of the frags off the floor and glued them to the rocks. And I've put a lot of thought into it, I think I'm going to add a peacock mantis into my display. I know Rob has kept them before, and I think with a steady supply of snails or hermits, it will keep happy. I excpect backfire on this decision, as most people try to keep a Mantis out of their display! Some pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoelace December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Mantis in your display? Cool! Beat to your own drum. Stay ahead of the pack so the backfire is shot away from you, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 your photos (i'm assuming there are photos) are not loading for me on my phone. what did you do exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Oh isaac....must you learn everything the hard way? Put it in your nano Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 2, 2013 Author Share December 2, 2013 Mantis in your display? Cool! Beat to your own drum. Stay ahead of the pack so the backfire is shot away from you, lol. Haha, it's like adding a velociraptor into your kitchen cupboards! your photos (i'm assuming there are photos) are not loading for me on my phone. what did you do exactly? Same thing I always do, linked with photobucket? Weird? Try clearing your cache? Oh isaac....must you learn everything the hard way? Yes. Put it in your nano That is a good idea, see how it goes in there. I've often thought about adding a fuge just to keep one. I've already got so much shuffle on my sandbed with turbos, sea stars, etc, that I can keep anything organized. They are, in my opinion, the most fascinating animal of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkiboy December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 (edited) Same thing I always do, linked with photobucket? Weird? Try clearing your cache? haha, no i meant, what plumbing changes did you make not how did you post it, haha. Edited December 2, 2013 by monkiboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoelace December 2, 2013 Share December 2, 2013 Along with the flamboyant cuttlefish, I think the peacock mantis is one of the craziest alien creatures from space. But when it comes to getting or caring for a mantis, I'm all thumbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 2, 2013 Author Share December 2, 2013 haha, no i meant, what plumbing changes did you make not how did you post it, haha. Oh, gotcha, haha. The effluent pipe that drained the water and held the airline tubing and silencer was super loud. I placed the silencer up on the back of my plumbing using some heavy duty velcro, and ran two elbows off the pipe and back into the water. This keeps the constant trickle of water from driving me nuts. Skimmer is still performing like a champ. Along with the flamboyant cuttlefish, I think the peacock mantis is one of the craziest alien creatures from space. But when it comes to getting or caring for a mantis, I'm all thumbs. I agree, it's one of the things that first got me into the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 3, 2013 Author Share December 3, 2013 Meet Rupert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkey18 December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 You're nuts. I hope you're not too attached to your fish! Can I come see your tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 3, 2013 Author Share December 3, 2013 You're nuts. I hope you're not too attached to your fish! Can I come see your tank? Haha, although I named it, it's in a partitioned area in my sump for the moment. I am on the edge about being a game changer keeping a mantis in my display... so far, I like Rupert more than my fish, constantly peering out, and will rush over to the glass if I come close. I'd love to have you over, let me know what works for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoelace December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 RUPERT is EPIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallreef December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 I'm voting or the 10 or 20 ontop of the sump...that way he's high enough to see all the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 Keep him out of your display....trust me. For once...lol Stop bring stubborn Isaac...keep him in his own tank Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 3, 2013 Author Share December 3, 2013 RUPERT is EPIC! I'm rather fond of him as well. I'm voting or the 10 or 20 ontop of the sump...that way he's high enough to see all the time! Yeah, I toyed around with that idea I rambled about to you today. I'm not smart enough to figure it out, although I have some ideas of how I want it to happen. I will post up a thread and see if somebody can help me make it work. Keep him out of your display....trust me. For once...lol Stop bring stubborn Isaac...keep him in his own tank I was so close to just tossing him in the display, I just heard you saying "I told you so" about a week later. I've made a nice little 10 gallon or so home for him. He really needs bigger, I've got some ideas about how to make it work. I'm still teetering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sachabballi reef December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 I was so close to just tossing him in the display, I just heard you saying "I told you so" about a week later. I've made a nice little 10 gallon or so home for him. He really needs bigger, I've got some ideas about how to make it work. I'm still teetering. Stand firm....no teetering...have i steered you wrong yet? Give him his own crib with pretty glass rocks from Michaels...see what his favorite color is..if anything goes wrong or you change your mind etc it's an easy fix. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieReefer84 December 3, 2013 Share December 3, 2013 (edited) bye bye fishes... (not sure why it didn't embed) Edited December 3, 2013 by YHSublime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 4, 2013 Author Share December 4, 2013 Don't say I never did nothing for ya. Lots of talk about the Avast CS3 today, decided to post up a pretty bad video of mine doing some work: Tank: Some pictures, might as well try and grab some nice shots before I get the fish back in. So I know I might have mentioned that I wasn't crazy about Acans... things changed. What is this, btw, anybody know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Rhoads December 4, 2013 Share December 4, 2013 Dude, are you talking about the Hydnophora? I gave that to you a few months ago. Good looking shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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