The finger/tree leather seems to be happy. It went through a little growth spurt. Then shed a little. Then had to be retrieved from the sand because apparently it detached from the piece of rock I had epoxied down. :swear: But it put on enough growth that I was able to stick it into a hole in the rock so when it expanded again it basically locked right in and appears to be content to stay there.
Not sure if it was a temperature change (tanked dropped down to 70 a week or so ago during one of the cold snaps) or if I had something spike with water quality but we lost the other condy. It started looking stressed (walking around more then usual) then rapidly over the course of a few days fell apart and died (maybe it had already died and the falling apart was rotting?). Nothing else seems bother by the short temperature change. Probably won't try anemones again for a while since I'm not entirely sure we have the right setup for them just yet. Maybe once the upgrade gets done and running stable.
Decided to take a chance at retrying an old failure in the tank. One of the local stores had Sea Hares (the Dolabella-type) for rather cheap. We tried on in the past and it died overnight. But now that I see this new one I think the previous one we had was lost before it even went in the tank. The earlier once felt like a ball of goo, sort of like an anemone. It immediately went into hiding when it went into the tank. The new one is is the complete opposite. Feels solid all around. It immediately went to the rocks and started eating. The only bad side is it has already overtaken the urchins for "biggest poo-er in the tank". :rofl:
Now in hindsight I think the problem with the first Sea Hare was that it was either starved or had expelled its organs (or both). The new one seems to be doing very nicely and has already made itself at home in the tank.
And so ends much in the way of updates for this thread. We have decided on the upgrade plan. The plan evolved quite a bit...150g drilled on craigslist...120XH on craigslist...120XH at Petsmart... but basically came down to the fiancee wasn't happy with a used tank or a PVC overflow (the urchins eat the paint and make it look horrible) so we'll be expanding the budget for the project and ordering a new 125g drilled tank (either AGA or Perfecto, not entirely sure yet but leaning towards Perfecto for the black silicone) and starting a build on it. Figure the setup itself is still 2-3 weeks away since we use natural sea water and the right tide for harvesting is coming up too soon to set up the tank without rushing it. But that just gives me more time to get the stand right.
Not sure if it was a temperature change (tanked dropped down to 70 a week or so ago during one of the cold snaps) or if I had something spike with water quality but we lost the other condy. It started looking stressed (walking around more then usual) then rapidly over the course of a few days fell apart and died (maybe it had already died and the falling apart was rotting?). Nothing else seems bother by the short temperature change. Probably won't try anemones again for a while since I'm not entirely sure we have the right setup for them just yet. Maybe once the upgrade gets done and running stable.
Decided to take a chance at retrying an old failure in the tank. One of the local stores had Sea Hares (the Dolabella-type) for rather cheap. We tried on in the past and it died overnight. But now that I see this new one I think the previous one we had was lost before it even went in the tank. The earlier once felt like a ball of goo, sort of like an anemone. It immediately went into hiding when it went into the tank. The new one is is the complete opposite. Feels solid all around. It immediately went to the rocks and started eating. The only bad side is it has already overtaken the urchins for "biggest poo-er in the tank". :rofl:
Now in hindsight I think the problem with the first Sea Hare was that it was either starved or had expelled its organs (or both). The new one seems to be doing very nicely and has already made itself at home in the tank.
And so ends much in the way of updates for this thread. We have decided on the upgrade plan. The plan evolved quite a bit...150g drilled on craigslist...120XH on craigslist...120XH at Petsmart... but basically came down to the fiancee wasn't happy with a used tank or a PVC overflow (the urchins eat the paint and make it look horrible) so we'll be expanding the budget for the project and ordering a new 125g drilled tank (either AGA or Perfecto, not entirely sure yet but leaning towards Perfecto for the black silicone) and starting a build on it. Figure the setup itself is still 2-3 weeks away since we use natural sea water and the right tide for harvesting is coming up too soon to set up the tank without rushing it. But that just gives me more time to get the stand right.
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