Khemul's 40B
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Thanks Greech.
Newest addition. Not entirely sure yet on what it is, but it was 50% off it was hard to resist, and it isn't like care for these types of leathers varies widely. The store was thinking Sinularia based on the color, but the shape seems more like Lobophytum. Guess someone could have gone frag happy on it and chopped it all the way down to the base. :laugh:
Only down side to it is at 6-7" across it is not fitting anywhere. So I'm debating on leaving it like that on the sand and letting it grow from there or going frag happy on it myself. From what I understand of leather fragging it is just a matter of cutting them up into pieces and letting them regrow.
Newest addition. Not entirely sure yet on what it is, but it was 50% off it was hard to resist, and it isn't like care for these types of leathers varies widely. The store was thinking Sinularia based on the color, but the shape seems more like Lobophytum. Guess someone could have gone frag happy on it and chopped it all the way down to the base. :laugh:
Only down side to it is at 6-7" across it is not fitting anywhere. So I'm debating on leaving it like that on the sand and letting it grow from there or going frag happy on it myself. From what I understand of leather fragging it is just a matter of cutting them up into pieces and letting them regrow.
Will have to come up with some new pictures in a few days. Everything is just about settled down but will give it a little longer.
Did a small overhaul on the tank. It started with a rather nice bundle of Botryocladia. So now I have the branched and non-branched variety in the tank (the non-branched is sometimes considered a pest algae, but seems pretty easy to kill to me). Which meant the urchin had to go. He had recently expanded his diet to include Halidema so it was either HA or get rid of the urchin since HA is the only algae that'd outgrow the urchin's appetite.
That led to the HA spreading faster with nothing to kill it, which led to it intruding in on the new Botryocladia and the surviving Halidema. Which led to me working on eliminating it. The odd twist came when the Xenia colonies decided out of nowhere to collapse and break apart. I still have a few small pieces (and no clue what happened to begin with), but anything over a quarter inch simply broke apart and died. It hit the Silver Xenia especially hard. Think I have one single tiny Silver left, and a few Pink Xenia. So I figured, what the hell, can't do any more damage then that and annihilated the HA through nuclear peroxide death. Which appears to have worked. The leathers and Kenyas were all angry for awhile with all the detritus flying around, but they're recovering nicely and the leathers seem even happier now. The GSP especially seems happier now. Half of the Kenyas decided to take this opportunity to shed, so I think they'll go back to happy in another day or two. The Toadstool caught some detritus and formed a wound, but that seems to be healed up now and recovering. Now it is just a matter of knocking the detritus off the Botryocladia each day, and cleaning filter pads from the HOB every few days. Just about cleaned up and back to normal.
Also added a Pipe Organ and a few Tree Corals (either a Green Sinularia or Green Nephthea, they're the type that look VERY similar to both so not sure if I'll ever ID them 100%), which seem to be doing well.
Did a small overhaul on the tank. It started with a rather nice bundle of Botryocladia. So now I have the branched and non-branched variety in the tank (the non-branched is sometimes considered a pest algae, but seems pretty easy to kill to me). Which meant the urchin had to go. He had recently expanded his diet to include Halidema so it was either HA or get rid of the urchin since HA is the only algae that'd outgrow the urchin's appetite.
That led to the HA spreading faster with nothing to kill it, which led to it intruding in on the new Botryocladia and the surviving Halidema. Which led to me working on eliminating it. The odd twist came when the Xenia colonies decided out of nowhere to collapse and break apart. I still have a few small pieces (and no clue what happened to begin with), but anything over a quarter inch simply broke apart and died. It hit the Silver Xenia especially hard. Think I have one single tiny Silver left, and a few Pink Xenia. So I figured, what the hell, can't do any more damage then that and annihilated the HA through nuclear peroxide death. Which appears to have worked. The leathers and Kenyas were all angry for awhile with all the detritus flying around, but they're recovering nicely and the leathers seem even happier now. The GSP especially seems happier now. Half of the Kenyas decided to take this opportunity to shed, so I think they'll go back to happy in another day or two. The Toadstool caught some detritus and formed a wound, but that seems to be healed up now and recovering. Now it is just a matter of knocking the detritus off the Botryocladia each day, and cleaning filter pads from the HOB every few days. Just about cleaned up and back to normal.
Also added a Pipe Organ and a few Tree Corals (either a Green Sinularia or Green Nephthea, they're the type that look VERY similar to both so not sure if I'll ever ID them 100%), which seem to be doing well.
Pipe organs are such neat corals. My lfs sold one to me as a 5$ gsp. Unfortunately mine didn't survive the move.
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I had that happen with Sympodium. And I've seen one other LFS in the area toss Pipe Organs right next to GSP. I can see where it'd happen, since the variety of Pipe Organ I have looks just like a rather long, flowing GSP.
That Sympodium is a bit angry right now. Sleeper goby tried to kill it (multiple times...vindictive little creature...). Then I moved it, right into the focus of the detritus storm. You'd think it'd at least be appreciative that it didn't get hit with peroxide like some of the others in the tank (I still hear the Ricordea's cursing my name at night...time will fix that, and mysis shrimp). Hopefully it recovers.
If the Xenia colony continues to collapse I'll probably set aside its space to Pipe Organ expansion. Or Clove Polyps (the tank needs more invasive corals...).
That Sympodium is a bit angry right now. Sleeper goby tried to kill it (multiple times...vindictive little creature...). Then I moved it, right into the focus of the detritus storm. You'd think it'd at least be appreciative that it didn't get hit with peroxide like some of the others in the tank (I still hear the Ricordea's cursing my name at night...time will fix that, and mysis shrimp). Hopefully it recovers.
If the Xenia colony continues to collapse I'll probably set aside its space to Pipe Organ expansion. Or Clove Polyps (the tank needs more invasive corals...).
That's amazing. It looks like silly putty mixed with velvet
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Few days, week. Same thing, right? :laugh:
The previous Thin-Stripe got picked off during a molt. He parked his shell, molted and vanished forever. I suspect the Lantern Bass, although it did happen in the Flame Cardinal's home. :irked:
Caught two of these while shrimp hunting. So far I've gotten as far as Clibanarius for an ID and ran into a wall. They should be Thin-Stripes. But they shouldn't be orange. Either way, care and warnings should be the same across the board for Clibanarius. And these cannot be eaten by anything in the tank (well...except each other...). :evil_lol:
So far they are bulldozers, but otherwise nice additions.
The GSP seems happy. Moved it to the front left (where the Xenia used to be). It seems to like the direct flow there a little better then the deflection it was getting on the right.
The Pipe Organ also seems quite happy. The little piece glued to the front of the rock in the first picture got torn off by a passing hermit, so it is now forming a new colony on a neighboring rock. Assuming the hermits leave it alone, but they've taken to avoiding that frag obstacle course.
What's left of the Xenia. Disregard the cyano. It comes and goes (goes away in darkness, comes back at end of light cycle) and doesn't spread past the two sand dunes, so I let it be.
The frag obstacle course. The Kenya's needed trimming. And since we are heading into contract on a new house I need to come up with ways other then 'cash' to buy new stuff for the tank... :laugh:
The new "Green Tree Coral". Because I have no idea if it is a Green Sinularia or Green Nepthea. Some of the softies are a royal pain to ID.
The leathers.
The Toadstool is acting a little weird. I think it is trying to adjust it's base after getting injured there somehow. Not sure exactly what its plans are really. Before it looked like a plant that fell over across the ground, then continue growing upright from where it fell. The part that lay flat on the rock got injured. Now it seems to be focusing on a stronger stalk on the upright portion and letting the portion that was flat on the rock shrink away.
The new leather. Seems to be doing pretty well. I do have to hit it with a turkey baster since it is a detritus magnet right now. But it seems to be doing okay. It turned old less green then it appears when closed up (not all that strange), but more of a pink then a tan or purple, so still good. Attempts to frag it haven't worked so far, but I think I went too small. Gonna let it grow a bit before trying again.
The smaller leather.
The previous Thin-Stripe got picked off during a molt. He parked his shell, molted and vanished forever. I suspect the Lantern Bass, although it did happen in the Flame Cardinal's home. :irked:
Caught two of these while shrimp hunting. So far I've gotten as far as Clibanarius for an ID and ran into a wall. They should be Thin-Stripes. But they shouldn't be orange. Either way, care and warnings should be the same across the board for Clibanarius. And these cannot be eaten by anything in the tank (well...except each other...). :evil_lol:
So far they are bulldozers, but otherwise nice additions.
The GSP seems happy. Moved it to the front left (where the Xenia used to be). It seems to like the direct flow there a little better then the deflection it was getting on the right.
The Pipe Organ also seems quite happy. The little piece glued to the front of the rock in the first picture got torn off by a passing hermit, so it is now forming a new colony on a neighboring rock. Assuming the hermits leave it alone, but they've taken to avoiding that frag obstacle course.
What's left of the Xenia. Disregard the cyano. It comes and goes (goes away in darkness, comes back at end of light cycle) and doesn't spread past the two sand dunes, so I let it be.
The frag obstacle course. The Kenya's needed trimming. And since we are heading into contract on a new house I need to come up with ways other then 'cash' to buy new stuff for the tank... :laugh:
The new "Green Tree Coral". Because I have no idea if it is a Green Sinularia or Green Nepthea. Some of the softies are a royal pain to ID.
The leathers.
The Toadstool is acting a little weird. I think it is trying to adjust it's base after getting injured there somehow. Not sure exactly what its plans are really. Before it looked like a plant that fell over across the ground, then continue growing upright from where it fell. The part that lay flat on the rock got injured. Now it seems to be focusing on a stronger stalk on the upright portion and letting the portion that was flat on the rock shrink away.
The new leather. Seems to be doing pretty well. I do have to hit it with a turkey baster since it is a detritus magnet right now. But it seems to be doing okay. It turned old less green then it appears when closed up (not all that strange), but more of a pink then a tan or purple, so still good. Attempts to frag it haven't worked so far, but I think I went too small. Gonna let it grow a bit before trying again.
The smaller leather.
Thanks. Still a bunch of steps to overcome before we definitely get it, but we are optimistic about it.
Still quite a ways off since, assuming we do manage to close, we then have to put a new roof on the place plus a bunch of other renovations, repairs and upgrades...and from what I've seen of the city's permit office, I doubt it'll go quickly...which probably explains why the previous owners didn't want to bother said office about such things. :laugh:
