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Had one a while back before adopting it on.
Here's the article that I turned to for info...
https://reefs.com/magazine/aquarium-invertebrates-sea-cucumbers-part-ii/
Thanks for asking D. All seems well. She's still a bit tired after minimal activity, but fevers are gone and cough diminished considerably.
Just concerned over going out over next week or two as we're hitting infection apex.
But garage is clean, tank is getting many water changes, Jeep is fixed...
Simple Sump V2 in testing.
And! I just realized I can literally take a pic for posting!
For the past many years I’ve been downloading to my computer, processing, and uploading.
/Facepalm
An FYI on silicone.
Check the expiration. Apparently the hardening portion loses its ability over time.
36 hours after making the sump I went to test it and the silicone hadn’t hardened in the least.
Had to break entire thing down and uncured silicone is nearly impossible to remove from acrylic.
Female is on top of a frag, tail in air, scratching abdomen.
Every few seconds a very small thing, about the size of a copepod detaches.
Are these live births?
I'm in no position to start a nursery, but if raising them is simple enough I may drop her in isolation if I can catch her.
I went from TV drug deal at Raptor's...
'The box is on the porch.'
'OK, I got it, the money is in an envelope in the planter.'
To TV hostage exchange at Madreefer's...
OK, you put the ATO on the table and back away.
I'll put the corals down right here...
Rap,
Frags look great. Everything...
I did this on a previous tank and it worked incredibly well.
Just needed a scraped up piece of plastic mounted in the sump near a light source.
https://www.njreefers.org/threads/diy-easy-cheap-algae-scrubber.98113/
I also did an upflow that I'll look for the links for.
If you're worried about a spike, I wouldn't sweat it.
I've done both bare bottom and sand. I prefer sand, looks nice, give the animals something to play in, etc...
I've always used special grade reef, aragonite based. I put it in a 5g bucket, fill it halfway with tap water, stir the c$%^ out of...
Mushrooms are pretty easy, mild to moderate light and flow, same with most zoanthids (which I'm a huge fan of).
They can handle fluctuating water conditions fairly well and can even grow in water that is slightly off (dirty, high parameters, etc).
Most soft corals, including leathers, are very...
Well.
Let's start with the stand. I have zero to no experience in this, and I'm going to do it by ear.
I found some old luber in the garage rafters, think its 1x2 or so. Found about 6-8 8' pieces, so theres my frame.
I'm guessing I need a frame.
So I made these, 24"x12"...
Then I took 4...
HA! I great minds or marketers, at least, think alike.
Its still in there and seems quite happy.
Have a green rock anem in another one and it also seems cool with it
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