Starting 90g Reef Tank Build... Finally!!!

[raen]

BTW.....only,always teasing, nothing harmful! Its actually quite cute!

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
OMG Capn....That freakin stinks! I have watched that thread and think it is great! BUMMER!!!!! You know, there is always going to be a looser in this world that trys to bring everyone else down to their miserable level!!!!!!

Debbie (DC) is doing something about it--I emailed her

See how we need the support of women around here

[raen]

You got it babe! Girls rule....boys drool!

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
You got it babe! Girls rule....boys drool!

there ain't no use in denying it

Debbie wiped the post out--great eh?

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
You got it babe! Girls rule....boys drool!

what did you decide to do about the 10gal--are you going to go bigger

[raen]

Yes! I hope people will continue to post nicely! Hey BTW. please so tell more about feeding produce. I am very interested. I read the above posts, but am a bit nervous to just throw banana chunks in the water. Just wash and slice?

[raen]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
what did you decide to do about the 10gal--are you going to go bigger

On hold. I did pull the volcano this weekend, and did the Nanogurl pvc setup. I added about 50lbs more LR, and a WHOLE bunches of bruises to my inner bicepts. So far looking great. Everyone back in the tank, a bit cloudy so no pictures yet, later. I am happy with it, but, I hope that the PVC will cover nicly soon. I have a few small areas of pvc exposed.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
Yes! I hope people will continue to post nicely! Hey BTW. please so tell more about feeding produce. I am very interested. I read the above posts, but am a bit nervous to just throw banana chunks in the water. Just wash and slice?

very little bits of banana and not too much
some veggies like brocholi I think you boil them first to soften them up

IMO you should be very selective of how much and how often--just the occasional treat
its not like your making vegetable soup for them

What I have been feeding for about 3 months now is silversides
They are a frozen minnow which you can either chop up or feed whole to the anemone. The advantage of this food is that it the fish are been feed the guts in all which are loaded with fish oil and vitamens that lack in flake food ect.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
On hold. I did pull the volcano this weekend, and did the Nanogurl pvc setup. I added about 50lbs more LR, and a WHOLE bunches of bruises to my inner bicepts. So far looking great. Everyone back in the tank, a bit cloudy so no pictures yet, later. I am happy with it, but, I hope that the PVC will cover nicly soon. I have a few small areas of pvc exposed.

not sure of the nanogurl setup?

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
not sure of the nanogurl setup?

bicepts on a women make me nervous

[raen]

I tried silversides, and they would spit them out whole! I gave $15.00 to our local trash dump! She seems to like aquid, chopped. Since the move they are at the bottom of the tank ( thier choice) I hope they move up higher soon. I am 5'2 and reaching the bottom, even with tongs, is tough. So, a once a week treat of fruit.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by raen
I tried silversides, and they would spit them out whole! I gave $15.00 to our local trash dump! She seems to like aquid, chopped. Since the move they are at the bottom of the tank ( thier choice) I hope they move up higher soon. I am 5'2 and reaching the bottom, even with tongs, is tough. So, a once a week treat of fruit.

you chop them up or do the blender job to them--soak them in garlic guard for an hour and then feed to everyone.
shrimp, snails ect go nuts over them
As soon as they hit the tank water the nessarius snails come to the surface of the substrate looking for what's behind the smell

[Al Bendiksen]

Hey Capn,

I tried seeing what the fuzz was on your thread. But when i liked on it a message pop up and it did not allow me to see it.

Btw, awesome backyard!

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
designed constructed and maintained my lazy ol me













the best helper in the world--in charge of mice, rabbits and squirrel irradication

Very nice, and that's a great 4 legged helper you have there

I love dogs, and can't wait until I have the time and space for one. We always had large dogs growing up, and am thinking about Alaskan Malamutes

I'm not sure how much Petey will like it though

[D to the P]

Originally posted by Al Bendiksen
Hey Capn,

I tried seeing what the fuzz was on your thread. But when i liked on it a message pop up and it did not allow me to see it.

Btw, awesome backyard!

I'm glad it wasn't just me that that happened too. I thought there might be something wrong with my account haha.

Tswifty, the yellow headed jawfish can be kept in a small aggregation of like 3. They are not aggressive, but I guess I could see them either stealing, or wanting share against the gobies' will. I would think that there is enough room in a 90 gallon for all of them.
As far as maxima clams go, or any tridicana clam for that matter. The clam has the ability to get just about all of its needs from photosynthesis even at a very young age. Apparently (as I've been told by people like mbuna, and at least one or two others) there is a misconception that one must supplement the clams diet with phytoplankton when it is younger, or under some certain size like 3". I know people still do add phytoplankton, but I don't know that it does anything more than just help the clam grow faster(?). Cool thing is he, or someone else, had a couple of links to scientific papers that had studied whether or not the clams were able to get all of their needs met from photosynthesis at really young ages. Very interesting read but unlike the always prepared Capn' I don't have a link

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
how far out of buffalo off the interstate.

Mapquest says Buffalo is 4 hours away up I-90.

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
Debbie (DC) is doing something about it--I emailed her

See how we need the support of women around here

Glad to see that was handled quickly... That was just ridiculous.

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by capn_hylinur
not sure of the nanogurl setup?

Great thread, that just split again...

...and to boot, NanoGurl did a great job summarizing everything thus far in her first post after the split. So any newcomers could get up to speed rather quickly. Awesome idea

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...=&pagenumber=1

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by D to the P
I'm glad it wasn't just me that that happened too. I thought there might be something wrong with my account haha.

Tswifty, the yellow headed jawfish can be kept in a small aggregation of like 3. They are not aggressive, but I guess I could see them either stealing, or wanting share against the gobies' will. I would think that there is enough room in a 90 gallon for all of them.
As far as maxima clams go, or any tridicana clam for that matter. The clam has the ability to get just about all of its needs from photosynthesis even at a very young age. Apparently (as I've been told by people like mbuna, and at least one or two others) there is a misconception that one must supplement the clams diet with phytoplankton when it is younger, or under some certain size like 3". I know people still do add phytoplankton, but I don't know that it does anything more than just help the clam grow faster(?). Cool thing is he, or someone else, had a couple of links to scientific papers that had studied whether or not the clams were able to get all of their needs met from photosynthesis at really young ages. Very interesting read but unlike the always prepared Capn' I don't have a link

Yeah I could see that, it's not like they take up a lot of space in the tank. I figure there is going to be a risk with any bottom dwelling fish that I eventually decide to add.

Thanks for the information, I have just heard that Maxima Clams are difficult to keep and was wondering why. I have some great shelves in my rockwork where I would like to put some, but am a little nervous to do so because of their difficulty. Also ,Maximas come in such bright colors.

My first clam addition will more than likely be a Derasa clam if I can find one with coloration I like. However if I order online, then it becomes worthwhile to order 2 or 3 at once due to the high cost of shipping.

[kar93]

Originally posted by Tswifty8
Glad to see that was handled quickly... That was just ridiculous.

This thread is so active, I missed have missed a few pages. Could anybody fill me in?

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by kar93
This thread is so active, I missed have missed a few pages. Could anybody fill me in?

Well apparently:

[Tswifty]

Originally posted by kar93
This thread is so active, I missed have missed a few pages. Could anybody fill me in?

The initial post was referring to the thread Capn started in the Reef Discussion forum for people to post pictures of their kids.

A member made a riduculous comment, which the RC Staff took care of very quickly, and hopefully booted that member for good.

[D to the P]

Tridicana clams aren't that hard to take care of. I had a maxima in my 10 gallon a few years ago under 9.6 watts of PC and it did wonderfully...until my (fighting?) conch decided to come out of the sand and eat the crap out of it. It was soo weird to watch, but unfortunately I came in when it was too late to see the conch destroying the clam. Needless to say that conch had his up and comings. The next day he went back to work to become trigger fodder.

They aren't that hard to care for. They just LOVE light. Really that's about it. They don't need that much flow, they don't need many other supplements (but they do suck up the calcium), and don't need that much food either. I would think a Derasa clam would do great in your tank, but I wouldn't be scared of the other types. A maxima should do great in your tank, and maybe even a crocea but I do know that the croceas like to be abused by light. I would try to find mbuna, (I'll try to remember the other guys) and get his opinion. He seemed to be a wealth of information about them (not that people who have currently graced this forum aren't, but I know I've seen mbuna in many clam threads).

[kar93]

Originally posted by Tswifty8
The initial post was referring to the thread Capn started in the Reef Discussion forum for people to post pictures of their kids.

A member made a riduculous comment, which the RC Staff took care of very quickly, and hopefully booted that member for good.

Ok, Thanks for clearing that up.

[tmz]

A Stombus alatus (fighting conch) will not attack a clam. It was probably just cleaning up the mess as the clam was dying. Sorry yuo fed it to your trigger fish.