almost 35 year old reef pictures

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
Only when I step on blackworms

[moumda]

LOL.

[Paul B]

I can't get those bumblebee gobies to mate but the pair of blue striped pipefish just had another spawning. The male carries the eggs like a seahorse. They make a bump on the underside of the male.

This is an old picture from an old spawning, just make believe you diden't see it before because the fish looks the same now

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
I can't get those bumblebee gobies to mate but the pair of blue striped pipefish just had another spawning. The male carries the eggs like a seahorse. They make a bump on the underside of the male.

This is an old picture from an old spawning, just make believe you diden't see it before because the fish looks the same now

There could be some truth in this quote I posted earlier

"Even though they live in the brackish water, the addition of freshwater will induce spawning. The female will lay the eggs in the substrate beneath a root or rock where the male will fertilize them. After fertilization, the male will guard the eggs for approximately four days until the fry become waterborne. "

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...+978&pcatid=978

[Aquarist007]

Last January I replaced a 7 year old sand bed in a 40gal I had.
It was a tank that burst--so I just chucked the tank and sand out in the garage. Would there be any life left in that sand now that might be useful if I was to recycle the sand. I know it is extremely full of nitrates but I was thinking of adding a cup or so a month to one of the refuges if it was at all useful to do that.
Not to be cheap--just to revitalize the sand beds in the system.

[Paul B]

Capn, unfortunately I can not really add a bunch of freshwater to my reef to get these cute little suckers to spawn, they are just going to have to suck it up and spawn like any other "saltwater" fish.
I will have a talk with them

[Paul B]

Last January I replaced a 7 year old sand bed in a 40gal I had.

If the sand is dry there is no useful life in it (maybe just ants and termites ) and as long as it is not calcerious sand, you can just rinse it to get the nitrates out.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
Capn, unfortunately I can not really add a bunch of freshwater to my reef to get these cute little suckers to spawn, they are just going to have to suck it up and spawn like any other "saltwater" fish.
I will have a talk with them

just "chew them out" like you usually do to their sea food buddies.


thanks Paul---its really old argonite--almost dust----so its going into the flower garden to supply the roses with nitrates.
(mixed very sparingly so as not to create a sidewalk )

the sand bed in the display tank is looking kind of anemic---no signs of life other then photosynthetic bethnic creatures against the glass under the substrate.
I honestly do not know where to get live sand around here--its all dried in plastic packages----other then my two refugiums
If I took a couple of cups from the surface of them and added it to the display tank would that help?

[Paul B]

Call up your kids on the ocean and have them mail you some mud.
If I mailed it from here, it would get to Canada in a month and they would arrest me for sending toxic waste through the mail

Or you could ask Waterkeeper how to keep those wonderful workhorse creatures, working in a DSB. You know the ones that turn over the sand and let the water through.
Maybe you have to read to them

There's plenty of creatures in my tank, I wonder why.

Oh yeah, thats right, I almost forgot, I don't have a DSB, I almost forgot.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
Call up your kids on the ocean and have them mail you some mud.
If I mailed it from here, it would get to Canada in a month and they would arrest me for sending toxic waste through the mail

Or you could ask Waterkeeper how to keep those wonderful workhorse creatures, working in a DSB. You know the ones that turn over the sand and let the water through.
Maybe you have to read to them

There's plenty of creatures in my tank, I wonder why.

Oh yeah, thats right, I almost forgot, I don't have a DSB, I almost forgot.

they moved to Kingston Paul

with no other alternatives is it okay to be transfering some substrate from a refugium.?

[Paul B]

Yes it is, why would it not be? But do you think there is more creatures in the refugium than in the tank?
Is this refugium on the same tank that you want to transfer the substrait from?

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
Yes it is, why would it not be? But do you think there is more creatures in the refugium than in the tank?
Is this refugium on the same tank that you want to transfer the substrait from?

I would hope so---in the main tank for eg there is no sign of life in that sand bed---no bristle worms. In the refugium there are tons of bristle worms.
In after thought that may indicate that there is a predator in the display tank.
The sand bed in the display tank needs a 1/2 or so to build it back up----I just thought it would be a good idea to use the argonite from one of the fuges and replace the argonite in the fuge that I take out with new stuff---rather then just adding new stuff to the display.
I guess it doesn't really matter if the display tank sand bed(3 inches) is functional or not with two deep sand beds remotely in the refugiums all in the same water column.

[Paul B]

Capn the creatures in your fuge are constantly spawning and supplying life to the tank. It is obviousely getting eaten in there but I am sure the tiny stuff is still in your sand. You can add it from your fuge if you like as they are the same system anyway.

[Paul B]

To update this urchin that re arranges my corals, he is becomming a real pest. I find the smaller corals all over the tank along with some fairly large rocks they are connected to.
I glued almost all of the corals on rocks to larger rocks but I think the extra weightlifting is making him stronger and he is carrying larger rocks .
I think I am going to put chains and anchors on the rocks to keep them in place

I removed a large rock and coral from his back just now and I could swear I heard him say......I'll be Back
with an Austrian accent

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
To update this urchin that re arranges my corals, he is becomming a real pest. I find the smaller corals all over the tank along with some fairly large rocks they are connected to.
I glued almost all of the corals on rocks to larger rocks but I think the extra weightlifting is making him stronger and he is carrying larger rocks .
I think I am going to put chains and anchors on the rocks to keep them in place

I removed a large rock and coral from his back just now and I could swear I heard him say......I'll be Back
with an Austrian accent

the urchin will have a lot more appreciation for the work it is costing you if you glue him to a rock

Paul whats your take on dosing vitamen C to increase the health of zoos in the tank.
I was at this guys house last night with a 300 gal tank and he was stating that his fantastic corals were the result of dosing vitamen c
(however I am sure 1500 watts of halides was making a difference als0 )

[Paul B]

Capn I used to dose all sorts of things including vitamin C but although I don't see anything wrong with it, if you can feed properly, extra Vitamin C in fish as in us should not do anything.
It is also hard to get into fish as it is usually a powder.
I don't think it will hurt anything and if it makes Us feel better then go ahead and dose it.

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
Capn I used to dose all sorts of things including vitamin C but although I don't see anything wrong with it, if you can feed properly, extra Vitamin C in fish as in us should not do anything.
It is also hard to get into fish as it is usually a powder.
I don't think it will hurt anything and if it makes Us feel better then go ahead and dose it.

this is dosing vitamin C for corals. In the wild how to corals get vitaminC
I am not in favour of dosing "feel better" stuff of any kind to the tank unless it is making up for capitivity shortages that they might have been receiving in the wild?

[Paul B]

Another update on this old thread. My bluestripped pipefish are again full of eggs which happens every month or so and that urchin again stole that coral, but this time he left it in the dark in a place where I can't get to unless I dis mantle the tank which I am not going to do. I think he will pick it up again and deposit it in a place where I can get it so I can glue it to an even larger rock.
Today before the lights came on I noticed a slug of some type about an inch long that had a small shell on it's back. I forgot what you call them but they are kind of a half snail and half slug.
As soon as I put the flashlight beam on him he ran away. Well slithered away. I never saw him again or that other nudibranch that I posted a month ago.
I also noticed today a large colony of fan worms. I first thought they were corals but they are red fan worms. I usually find these under rocks but these are up on top of the rocks so they may be a different type.
All 5 bumblebees are doing fine and they swim all over the place.
My bubble coral fell onto the green star polyps (no doubt with help from that urchin) and the bubble lost about 2 square inches of flesh. The star polyps look fine. Just one of the pitfalls of a reef.
I hope everyone is well.
Have a great day.
Paul

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by Paul B
Another update on this old thread. My bluestripped pipefish are again full of eggs which happens every month or so and that urchin again stole that coral, but this time he left it in the dark in a place where I can't get to unless I dis mantle the tank which I am not going to do. I think he will pick it up again and deposit it in a place where I can get it so I can glue it to an even larger rock.
Today before the lights came on I noticed a slug of some type about an inch long that had a small shell on it's back. I forgot what you call them but they are kind of a half snail and half slug.
As soon as I put the flashlight beam on him he ran away. Well slithered away. I never saw him again or that other nudibranch that I posted a month ago.
I also noticed today a large colony of fan worms. I first thought they were corals but they are red fan worms. I usually find these under rocks but these are up on top of the rocks so they may be a different type.
All 5 bumblebees are doing fine and they swim all over the place.
My bubble coral fell onto the green star polyps (no doubt with help from that urchin) and the bubble lost about 2 square inches of flesh. The star polyps look fine. Just one of the pitfalls of a reef.
I hope everyone is well.
Have a great day.
Paul

Things are also improving in my display tank and refugiums thanks to all your guidance Paul. Both the glass in the refugium and display tank are covered with amphipods. I've added some zoas and duncans which are really taking off too.
A little bit concerned about my regal tang. I am wondering if it is just pigmentation on the gill cover it has developed a large darker blue spot about the size of a dime? Its only on the left side which puzzles me

[Paul B]

New coloration on a fish is never a good sign, especially if it is only on one side.
These types of maladys are generally an internal sign of an incurable disease.

My new gobi

[stumpovrtyme]

I found my urchin stealing my coral. He diden't pay for it so I took it away from him.



And now there are 2 of these


Now thats funny

[sermech]

Here is a pic of paul givin us the wisdom of being in this hobby for so long. http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/...86DSCF4705.JPG

[Pacific Reefs]

Paul keep up the good work!

[sermech]

Thank you Pacific Reefs i tried but i don't post much so the pic thing got me.

[Paul B]

Wow, he's a good looking guy