Poseidon
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looks good!
looks even better in person though, pics dont really do it justice
looks even better in person though, pics dont really do it justice
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Poseidon link said:
Thanks. Yeah I can't replicate how it really looks... ah well
waldo
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That is impressive!
curiousphil
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Looking great really is stunning in person though
really is stunning in person though
Darryl_V
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Looks great.. nice work glen. Its suck a masterpiece.
teebone110
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Looking sweet!
Keep things stable and I will be over for your next harvest!
Keep things stable and I will be over for your next harvest!
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Reef Hero link said:
I hit them with the bayer and a round of coral rx and set them right in. They are the last two frags in the photos. I really didn't want to risk them to my frag tank
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Salty Cracker link said:
I hit them with the bayer and a round of coral rx and set them right in. They are the last two frags in the photos. I really didn't want to risk them to my frag tank
[/quote]yu dipped em with 2 solutions? at same time ?....how did yu go about that?
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Petercar link said:
I hit them with the bayer and a round of coral rx and set them right in. They are the last two frags in the photos. I really didn't want to risk them to my frag tank
[/quote]yu dipped em with 2 solutions? at same time ?....how did yu go about that?
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I did ~10 mins in the bayer+tank water, then rinsed in about a gallon of clean tank water, then I did a gallon of tank water+coralrx and a powerhead for ~15 mins. I rinsed again and set them in the tank. That was 2 days ago, they seem pretty healthy in there today.
I am just dipping in bayer for now and then putting them right into my dt too. Only thing that worries me is will the dipping also kill any eggs? When i use interceptor on the whole tank it does not but this stuff must be stronger since u cannot use on the whole system. I know it smells like pure chemical death lol. Its hard to believe the frags even make it out alive. My wife makes me use the bayer outside now and probably best....
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I have a bad feeling that not dipping my stuff is gonna bite me in the ass one day.....
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theyangman link said:
Tony,
Not dipping your frags is definitely a poor practice in this hobby....eapecially if you are growing out acros and zoos. I dip everything and have still got red bugs. Those are not such a big deal imo but aefw can be a nightmare. Honestly, dipping is so cheap and easy that it should not be a step any reefer should overlook.
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The only wway to spot them easily is on a smooth skin acro. They are extremely small and rather fast moving for their size. Really hard to spot unless you know what you're looking for (acros will stop extending polyps, and generally do poorly if they have a good infestation).
Killing them involves a "nuke it from orbit" approach, and coral rx doesn't touch them, so I'm happy to use the bayer. I've never had flatworms, but I can imagine they are annoying and destructive too. I don't know if the bayer gets the eggs, I doubt it, but you would hope that a frag doesn't have 20 generations on it. Colonies would be more likely. Wildcaught too, I don't think there is any pest removal done to specimens from the ocean to the lfs...
I had a tiiiny stowaway crab on a frag once, 15 mins in coralrx just made it angry. I had to kill it to get it off the acro. It may have been harmless, but I think I found out it was an acro eater (black tips).
If anyone that keeps a lot of sps tells you they've never had red bugs they're either a) lying b) unaware they have them or c) luckiest bastards on the planet.
Killing them involves a "nuke it from orbit" approach, and coral rx doesn't touch them, so I'm happy to use the bayer. I've never had flatworms, but I can imagine they are annoying and destructive too. I don't know if the bayer gets the eggs, I doubt it, but you would hope that a frag doesn't have 20 generations on it. Colonies would be more likely. Wildcaught too, I don't think there is any pest removal done to specimens from the ocean to the lfs...
I had a tiiiny stowaway crab on a frag once, 15 mins in coralrx just made it angry. I had to kill it to get it off the acro. It may have been harmless, but I think I found out it was an acro eater (black tips).
If anyone that keeps a lot of sps tells you they've never had red bugs they're either a) lying b) unaware they have them or c) luckiest bastards on the planet.
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Considering my luck there will be a mutant strain of super red bugs in my tank as we speak.
I had a super small black/grey crab get into my tank once too and it started feasting on my efflo....
Tony, the red bugs are most likely to go for acroporas. Melev has said that they seem to like smooth skinned acros the best but that could only be his observations or perhaps the bugs he had preferred them better or like salty said, maybe you can just see them better on smooth skinned ones. Most smooth skinned acros have very little polyps and small extension on what polyps there are so the bugs may very well prefer them the best. I know from personal experience that i have only ever spotted the bugs on my smooth skinned acros.....however after dosing i find everything looks better. You should have bought the avengers acro from dave. It is a prime candidate for red bugs and if you do have them then im sure you would see them on that acro frag. I find the bugs dont come out as much to see them when there is good flow in the tank. Turning off all flow in my tank has helped me see them come out and move around more.
Yes, i will admit i have noticed red bugs a couple times now in my tank.....i dosed and have not had them around now for quite a while. But honestly red bugs are not a major concern of mine since its easy for me to dose my tank with interceptor at any given moment. What scares me is aefw, nudis, or other unknowns that interceptor will not cure. Well maybe it does cure nudis....not sure....anyone know? I know bayer kills em ! Lol
Tony, the red bugs are most likely to go for acroporas. Melev has said that they seem to like smooth skinned acros the best but that could only be his observations or perhaps the bugs he had preferred them better or like salty said, maybe you can just see them better on smooth skinned ones. Most smooth skinned acros have very little polyps and small extension on what polyps there are so the bugs may very well prefer them the best. I know from personal experience that i have only ever spotted the bugs on my smooth skinned acros.....however after dosing i find everything looks better. You should have bought the avengers acro from dave. It is a prime candidate for red bugs and if you do have them then im sure you would see them on that acro frag. I find the bugs dont come out as much to see them when there is good flow in the tank. Turning off all flow in my tank has helped me see them come out and move around more.
Yes, i will admit i have noticed red bugs a couple times now in my tank.....i dosed and have not had them around now for quite a while. But honestly red bugs are not a major concern of mine since its easy for me to dose my tank with interceptor at any given moment. What scares me is aefw, nudis, or other unknowns that interceptor will not cure. Well maybe it does cure nudis....not sure....anyone know? I know bayer kills em ! Lol
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i wonder if the stores over in usa like lowes home depot menards are soon goin to pull that bayer off the sheves for the season. so if anyone goes over to usa go to one of them stores and get yur bayerReef Hero link said:
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Good lord, those super-mega-big-gulp jugs should last 100 years lol. I dose 10ml to 4 cups of tank water.... At that rate I should have some left over to put in my coffin at 99 to keep bugs off my corpse
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What do you use for whites and how long do you run them?
I'm doing an experiment tonight. Turned off my neutral whites to see what things look like under just blue, "uv", and ocw. And the corals seem to love it, getting mad polyp extension.
I'm doing an experiment tonight. Turned off my neutral whites to see what things look like under just blue, "uv", and ocw. And the corals seem to love it, getting mad polyp extension.