Rico's Reef - Page 6

nallender · #51 (**permalink**) 05-26-2008, 04:21 PM

any updates on the tank rico? and did you ever find out what your tongue on a rock was?

ricosuave · #52 (**permalink**) 05-27-2008, 01:49 AM

It was a sponge of some kind but it didnt make it. I wasted alot of ME trying to keep the water perfect but no luck. Did get some nice pieces of rock though.

ricosuave · #53 (**permalink**) 06-26-2008, 01:59 AM

Update:

The frags that I got from ChuckG seem to love my tank. They have doubled in size since I got them from him.

This is the green singulara

Here's the toadstool....nearly bigger than the plug now... I placed it in a fairly low flow area, with intense light near the top of the tank.

Here is the hawkfish from the collecting trip. He's already gotten bigger as well. He's about 2 1/2" long now(started at about 1 1/2"). Loves the tree sponge. Incidentally, I have finally seeing some growth from the tree since I got it. It's about 1/2" taller now.

I seem to be having a mushroom explosion. There are dozens of babies floating around in the tank while the parent ones take root elsewhere. This one decided to anchor in the output end of the koralia powerhead.

I need to clean the tank this evening then I will post some FTS so ya'll can see the overall progress.

P.S. - MDP for Emperor

ChuckG · #54 (**permalink**) 06-26-2008, 12:09 PM

Frags look great.

That's not a hawkfish. It's some kind of blennie. I only see mine every couple of days. He still hides pretty darn good.

ricosuave · #55 (**permalink**) 07-27-2008, 07:04 PM

Check out my new automatic mixing barrell scrubber. (My daughter Pollyanna) Aged seven years. Just place in barrell and VOILA! No more precipitate stuck to the sides.

ChuckG · #56 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 04:50 AM

Mine could use a good cleaning.

You rent her out? Will she work for food?

ricosuave · #57 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 05:20 AM

Works for food, video games, tv time. Not for rent, though. Ronda is small enough. I'm sure she wouldn't mind helping you clean yet one more fish thing.

ChuckG · #58 (**permalink**) 07-28-2008, 11:19 AM

I was looking for cheap labor. I'd have to pay Ronda in diamonds to do that.

ricosuave · #59 (**permalink**) 07-29-2008, 01:17 AM

LOL - Somehow I don't doubt that.

ricosuave · #60 (**permalink**) 10-02-2008, 04:24 AM

Update - It seems that I have to do some fragging now. I thought it would be cool to let some zoas and polyps grow all the way around a rock like the peak of a mountain. It's gonna make it difficult to get it split now.