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« on: July 28, 2010, 08:48:38 PM » |
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Hello All,
I've been reading posts on here for about a month now. I've returned to saltwater after being away for almost two decades-when I was a kid and really had no idea what I was doing.
As an adult I'll try to tackle this hobby with a little more information on my side. From reading on here I've already learned two early mistakes. I bought a fluval filter instead of a protein skimmer and I bought new equipment instead of peoples extra equipment in the for-sale section. Well it's been two months and I'll post where I was, and where I am now. My casualties of war include two cleaner shrimp and some yellow polyps-RIP.
Kevin
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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2010, 08:54:18 PM » |
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Day One.
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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2010, 08:56:26 PM » |
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Day two.
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2010, 09:01:25 PM » |
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Now we're getting somewhere.
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2010, 09:06:02 PM » |
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This is what happens when you bother your feather duster. I tried to ease him back into his tube but he wasn't having it. So I shoved his naked body into a crack in my live rock and nearly two months later he's doing great. It appears he has a new tube. Don't give up on your worm if this happens.
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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2010, 09:19:20 PM » |
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Jim and Pam (the king and queen of my humble 29 gallon).
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 02:02:16 AM » |
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 Looks great so far Kevin. Where you located? Is that a killer Aiptasia that I see? And some RPE's?
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2010, 09:18:30 AM » |
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I'm located in Troy next to HVCC. I picked up the zoa frag at healthy pet center (which is such a great quality store). I've been trying to figure out the anenome hitchikers I have in my tank. I read many posts of the
dreaded apistia but cannot find any decent pics to figure out if thats what I have. I love the big one I have pictured and feed it cooked shrimp several times a week. I think at this point I'd keep him even if he's a bad guy. I've got a couple peppermint shrimp in the tank so I'm not seeing any explosion of little anenomes. I'll take some pics of the other anenome hitchikers for ID.
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2010, 10:59:08 AM » |
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You feed that monster cooked shrimp?!? hehehe... I've never heard of anyone intentionally feeding an aiptasia before.  Tank is looking nice... do you still have the purple gorgonian? |
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Brains, stars, hogfish, angelfish... we need some non terrestrial fish names!
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2010, 05:55:44 PM » |
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yep, still have the purple gorg. Came attached to a piece of liverock from eddies aqu.
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2010, 07:58:36 PM » |
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Cool! It's very pretty.
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Brains, stars, hogfish, angelfish... we need some non terrestrial fish names!
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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2010, 09:27:29 PM » |
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Welcome. You'll find there are plenty of people here that really want to help and give good advice. The meetings are great too!
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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2010, 10:40:21 PM » |
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Welcome Aboard! I remember being a noob and staring into an Exotic Fish tank filled chalk a block with aptasia and loving them all.
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« Reply #13 on: August 02, 2010, 01:19:06 PM » |
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2010, 09:46:47 AM » |
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Looking good! Welcome to the club and we're looking forward to following your progress. |
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