almost 35 year old reef pictures - Page 36

bebereef · 01/28/2009, 09:20 AM

"This summer I would like to ship some of this stuff to some".

I propose myself as a "beta tester"

Paul B · 01/28/2009, 09:23 AM

Well then, in a few months, PM or write to me and I will send you some mud, Read my disclaimer first though. I think I could ship this stuff priority mail very cheap.
I am curious how it will do in another tank.
As I said I have a container of it now and it has been on my workbench for a couple of months. I just have some snails in there, no filtration or airation. I just add some fresh water. It is crystal clear and the snails even reproduced

firsthesitation · 01/28/2009, 09:41 AM

wow thats awesome...

Paul B · 01/28/2009, 10:19 AM

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wow thats awesome...

Nick, whats awesome? The fact that I can write so much or stay awake long enough to write it?

Paul B · 01/28/2009, 12:10 PM

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I just thought I would let you know what great fun it has been following and reading your thread. I just love to see things when they are done out of the normal relm of things.

2_zoa, it is also great fun looking at your avitar.

eyesinthedrk · 01/28/2009, 03:11 PM

i still plan on replacing my un-miraclous miricle mud from my fuge with some natural mud, so if you decide you want to try some louisiana gulf coast salt marsh mud, let me know,

Paul B · 01/28/2009, 03:38 PM

If I was there, I would use it.

2_zoa · 01/28/2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally posted by Paul B
2_zoa, it is also great fun looking at your avitar.

HA, HA,

There is just something about the old pin up art. I don't know, I just love it.

Maybe it is the gender of model.

See..... I got side tracked, I had to edit.

Yea the soaking is what threw me there, I was hopping you had found some that didn't mess with the PH.

Trigeek · 01/28/2009, 09:36 PM

Thanks for the reply, Paul. When you talk of mud, are you talking about the silty sediment found in shallows or tide pools? I've added sand and rock from a reef, but never did the mud thing. I could see how it would be beneficial. I'm going snorkling this weekend (local reef about 50 meters offshore) to get some "diversity." I usually grab some sand and a rock, place it in the tank and hope something positive happens. Next time I go to the reef, I bring the rock back. At first I was nervous about adding something from the local waters to my tank. However, nothing bad has ever happenned. I may go find some salty "mud" this weekend and throw a container of it in the tank, too. Your inspirational powers have us hunting mud!

Paul B · 01/29/2009, 05:27 AM

Trigeek where you live you could just grab some rocks or sand.
Anything you find underwater in the sea would have diverse bacteria on it. Here up north we could do the same thing I just feel that mud (which a lot of northern waters have) have more bacteria in it because of all the organic matter. The stuff I have is mostly dead grass, shells and mud. It stays clear no matter what I do because of the bacteria. The stuff you get is great also because you can collect it more often. We are loooking for diversity, not just numbers. Go collect rock, sand, bottles, oldsmobiles or anything else you find underwater.

Paul B · 01/30/2009, 02:54 PM

I just found something wierd in my tank, a little wierder than the wierd things I usually find. I say a gobi biting this tiny thing and it looked like one of those tiny astria starfish that I have hundreds but on closer inspection it is something different and it almost floats.
I sucked it up and put it in a small container. The thing is less than 1/4" long and is sphirical. It is composed of four polyps, one on each side. I don't have any corals that look like it and I have never seen it before. It was just a fluke that I saw the thing. It is now in a seperate container in the tank and I want to see if I can identify it.

dwd5813 · 01/30/2009, 03:59 PM

maybe it fell off an oldsmobile

definitely get a pic and post it. sounds pretty interesting.

Paul B · 01/30/2009, 05:21 PM

It's a quarter inch, I doubt I can take a picture but I will try.
I was also thinking Oldsmobile

Aquarist007 · 01/30/2009, 07:26 PM

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Originally posted by Paul B
It's a quarter inch, I doubt I can take a picture but I will try.
I was also thinking Oldsmobile

I'll be interested in seeing the picture also--I have an old hub cap off a 67 olds but it doesn't resemble that at all.

Aquarist007 · 01/30/2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally posted by Paul B
Using a RUGF in a tub with larger crushed coral IMO will not do anything for water quality. I think the larger crushed coral has too large spaces between the grains so no de nitrification will occur.
It will only eliminate nitrate if it is large enough such as the entire bottom of a tank and I think the grains have to be smaller like the size of rice. I don't think CC will hurt anything, it just will not help with water quality except maybe for converting ammonia using aerobic bacteria but live rock will be sufficient for that.

I agree. I would just run 7 or 8 inches of medium grade argonite and use it as a remote deep sand bed. This way it will be very effective at reducing your nitrates.

iamthereefguy · 01/30/2009, 07:33 PM

Wow!!! very nice.

Paul B · 01/31/2009, 06:01 AM

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I would just run 7 or 8 inches of medium grade argonite and use it as a remote deep sand bed. This way it will be very effective at reducing your nitrates.

Yes, that is the theory.
I don't believe it but that certainly is the theory

Paul B · 01/31/2009, 08:33 AM

OK it was not easy, I took this picture through a jeweler's loupe and 2 magnifying glasses all hand held, try that sometime.
Of course here the thing does not have the polyps extended because I sucked it up in a baster looking thing and put it in a tiny dish. make believe the polyps are extended as they do in the tank.
I Lied, it is an eigth of an inch, not a quarter.
What do you think the chances were of me finding this in a 6' long tank?

dwd5813 · 01/31/2009, 08:42 AM

weird. it almost looks like a broken off piece of acropora or something. definitely not an oem oldsmobile piece. maybe aftermarket. what all do you have in the tank coral wise these days? is there any part of it that shows evidence of breakage?

Micki · 01/31/2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally posted by dwd5813
it almost looks like a broken off piece of acropora or something.

I thought the same thing. Cool find though! Makes me wonder what other things are in our tank that we never see.

Paul B · 01/31/2009, 09:35 AM

I only have a colt coral that looks nothing like it. It is not attached to anything and has polyps all around.

Paul B · 01/31/2009, 09:56 AM

I went looking very closely with a baster looking thing and found another one in a bottle. It was in this bottle

Micki · 01/31/2009, 10:09 AM

Whatever it is COOL Find!

Paul B · 01/31/2009, 10:12 AM

It reminds me of one of my old girlfriends.
It looks real cool with the polyps extended because there is no base and it rolls around.

Micki · 01/31/2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by Paul B
It reminds me of one of my old girlfriends.
It looks real cool with the polyps extended because there is no base and it rolls around.

That is one of the funniest things I've ever heard!!!

01/28/2009, 09:23 AM	#877
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Well then, in a few months, PM or write to me and I will send you some mud, Read my disclaimer first though. I think I could ship this stuff priority mail very cheap. I am curious how it will do in another tank. As I said I have a container of it now and it has been on my workbench for a couple of months. I just have some snails in there, no filtration or airation. I just add some fresh water. It is crystal clear and the snails even reproduced __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/28/2009, 09:41 AM	#878
firsthesitation Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Winona MN Posts: 165	wow thats awesome... __________________ Nick There's a reason why blood, sweat and tears are all salty. I have saltwater coursing through my veins. - Melev Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon RR, SPS dominated, Outer Orbit 2x250 (14k)MH 4x54 T5, Bubble King Mini160, Tunze Ozmolator 3155, Eheim 1262

01/28/2009, 03:11 PM	#881
eyesinthedrk Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Williamsport, PA Posts: 675	i still plan on replacing my un-miraclous miricle mud from my fuge with some natural mud, so if you decide you want to try some louisiana gulf coast salt marsh mud, let me know, __________________ Everybody knows you never go full retard. Current Tank Info: SPS dominated, 125 gallon dt with 3 Apollo reef LED pendants, Apex Controler. 100 gal basement sump, 100 gallon basement fuge, euro reef skimmer, reef octopu s cr140 calcium reactor. Phos an reactor.

01/28/2009, 03:38 PM	#882
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	If I was there, I would use it. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/29/2009, 05:27 AM	#885
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	Trigeek where you live you could just grab some rocks or sand. Anything you find underwater in the sea would have diverse bacteria on it. Here up north we could do the same thing I just feel that mud (which a lot of northern waters have) have more bacteria in it because of all the organic matter. The stuff I have is mostly dead grass, shells and mud. It stays clear no matter what I do because of the bacteria. The stuff you get is great also because you can collect it more often. We are loooking for diversity, not just numbers. Go collect rock, sand, bottles, oldsmobiles or anything else you find underwater. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/28/2009, 09:20 AM	#876
bebereef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sorel, Quebec, Canada Posts: 280	"This summer I would like to ship some of this stuff to some". I propose myself as a "beta tester"

01/28/2009, 09:36 PM	#884
Trigeek Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Broward County, FL Posts: 638	Thanks for the reply, Paul. When you talk of mud, are you talking about the silty sediment found in shallows or tide pools? I've added sand and rock from a reef, but never did the mud thing. I could see how it would be beneficial. I'm going snorkling this weekend (local reef about 50 meters offshore) to get some "diversity." I usually grab some sand and a rock, place it in the tank and hope something positive happens. Next time I go to the reef, I bring the rock back. At first I was nervous about adding something from the local waters to my tank. However, nothing bad has ever happenned. I may go find some salty "mud" this weekend and throw a container of it in the tank, too. Your inspirational powers have us hunting mud!

01/30/2009, 02:54 PM	#886
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I just found something wierd in my tank, a little wierder than the wierd things I usually find. I say a gobi biting this tiny thing and it looked like one of those tiny astria starfish that I have hundreds but on closer inspection it is something different and it almost floats. I sucked it up and put it in a small container. The thing is less than 1/4" long and is sphirical. It is composed of four polyps, one on each side. I don't have any corals that look like it and I have never seen it before. It was just a fluke that I saw the thing. It is now in a seperate container in the tank and I want to see if I can identify it. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/30/2009, 03:59 PM	#887
dwd5813 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 813 Posts: 2,827	maybe it fell off an oldsmobile definitely get a pic and post it. sounds pretty interesting. __________________ order some golf shoes, otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. what can i say? in dog beers, i have only had one. - dublo8 Current Tank Info: 40B aiptasia farm

01/30/2009, 05:21 PM	#888
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	It's a quarter inch, I doubt I can take a picture but I will try. I was also thinking Oldsmobile __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/30/2009, 07:33 PM	#891
iamthereefguy Moved On Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Atlanta Posts: 252	Wow!!! very nice.

01/31/2009, 08:33 AM	#893
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	OK it was not easy, I took this picture through a jeweler's loupe and 2 magnifying glasses all hand held, try that sometime. Of course here the thing does not have the polyps extended because I sucked it up in a baster looking thing and put it in a tiny dish. make believe the polyps are extended as they do in the tank. I Lied, it is an eigth of an inch, not a quarter. What do you think the chances were of me finding this in a 6' long tank? __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971 Last edited by Paul B; 01/31/2009 at 08:39 AM.

01/31/2009, 08:42 AM	#894
dwd5813 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 813 Posts: 2,827	weird. it almost looks like a broken off piece of acropora or something. definitely not an oem oldsmobile piece. maybe aftermarket. what all do you have in the tank coral wise these days? is there any part of it that shows evidence of breakage? __________________ order some golf shoes, otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. what can i say? in dog beers, i have only had one. - dublo8 Current Tank Info: 40B aiptasia farm

01/31/2009, 09:35 AM	#896
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I only have a colt coral that looks nothing like it. It is not attached to anything and has polyps all around. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/31/2009, 09:56 AM	#897
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	I went looking very closely with a baster looking thing and found another one in a bottle. It was in this bottle __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971

01/31/2009, 10:09 AM	#898
Micki Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 7,163	Whatever it is COOL Find! __________________ Micki... Western Ohio Reef Club Click the red house for my 125 progress! Current Tank Info: 125 gal. reef, 90 gal. sump, 10 gal. fuge, 40 gallon. 150 gallon fish only.

01/31/2009, 10:12 AM	#899
Paul B Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 15,549	It reminds me of one of my old girlfriends. It looks real cool with the polyps extended because there is no base and it rolls around. __________________ I used to get shocked when I put my hand in my tank. Then the electric eel went dead. Current Tank Info: 100 gal reef set up in 1971