New 26g thanks to FRD and scissorsfishors

[JollyGreen]

Here are some pics:

Tank
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/tank.jpg>

Live Rock Setup
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/live_rocks.jpg>

Weird tiny blueberry like growths with a very small whisker that comes out to collect food.
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/blueberry.jpg>

Growth
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/growth.jpg>

Is this a Coral that might be trying to live?
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/possible_coral.jpg>

Feather Duster Hitchhiker I found, it wouldn't stay out for me to take a picture, but here is his tube/home.
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/feather_duster.jpg>


Let me know if you know what those blueberry like things are, or if you have any other info. Thanks for the tips and help guys.

Tank: 26g
Salinity: 1.025
pH: 8.1
Ammonia: 0
Nitrates: 10
Nitrites: 0

I used the SALTWATER MASTER Liquid Test Kit by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

[Reef_Dweller_69]

JollyGreen looks real good. Where did you get your rock?

[fishesRdelicious]

hey jeremy,
looking good
there will be a million weird things you find on the rock, it could be anything: sponges, algea, dieing coral.
if you have any questions post them in this forum and we will get back to you right away.
good luck

[fishesRdelicious]

forgot to ask, what lighting did you end up with?

[Reef_Dweller_69]

That looks like the sunpod with the HQI and moon lights (6 blue & 6 white), is that correct?

[MOX]

looking good keep us posted never seen any thing like the blue things

[JollyGreen]

I went with the 24" Sunpod. The tank is 21" deep so I figured MH would be the best for getting to the bottom. It was also very difficult to find lighting for the bowfront since with the filter in the back I only had about 9"-10" of width to work with to put lighting on top.

I might get FRD to make a custom hood with MH and PC lighting in the future, but for now I was in a hurry. :)

Thanks for the help again.
Jeremy

[JollyGreen]

Here is a pic of the feather duster out of its home:
<img src=https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/feather_duster_out.jpg>

Also, my tank is at 80 degrees, is that a good water temp?

15 lbs of Live Rock came from House of Tropicals in Glen Burnie, MD. They had a good selection of small, dense peices. Most of these ended up on the bottom of the tank.

Another 15lbs came from Wallys Aquarium in Alexandria, VA. These peices were big and cavernous, I really liked this place. They had two large tanks of Live Rock and all the peices seemed great for tanks. Most of these ended up on top of the small dense peices. Seems backward but I think it turned out pretty good.

Jeremy

[zooqi]

Jeremy, very nice and I like how you have rocks sit. I wonder if that is a coral or something else growing on that rock. Very nice and thanks alot for sharing. Like FRD said that you will see some live grow with time.

[fishesRdelicious]

wow that is awesome that you got metal halide. that is really good lighting for that tank and you can keep just about any coral in there

[zooqi]

I did not know there was MH on that tank and I agree with FRD . Thanks again for posting and it looks like we can make a page for you in reefnest website if you don't mind.

[JollyGreen]

I noticed the Feather Duster decided to turn his head today, and since I've got nothing better to take pictures of I thought I would try some of the photoshop techniques on <a href="http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/demo">Melev's Reef</a>.

<img src="https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/jflemin9/public_html/saltwater_tank/feather_duster_turn.jpg">

Just doing the Auto Levels makes the photos look 10 times better.

[zooqi]

nice photography in all of your pictures. Feather dusters drop the crown if they are stressed and they grow another on.

[Reef_Dweller_69]

JollyGreen what camera are you using? Also what did the rock run you from from Wally's, I didn't see any prices on their site? and I must say I really like how your tank looks. You think you can get a shot with the moon's on?

Mo, when do you think you can get some rock?

[zooqi]

I have nothing left at this moment and is time for me to get some more rock. I'm in the process of setting few tanks at home and a big 300 frag tank so i won't bring rocks untill plumbing and stuff done.

[JollyGreen]

The rock from Wally's Aquarium is $5.98 per pound, and it is Fuji Live Rock. I was quite impressed especially since it is in Alexandria.

At House of Tropicals it was $6.98 per pound, but they have the carribean rock, which is dense. It seemed to me like all their pieces were small or too large for my tank.

Yet another place, Aquarium Center, in Randallstown, Md had Fuji rock for $9.99 a pound. They had other rock, but I don't remember the price. I think they had 3-4 large tubs, I didn't look too closely as I wasn't looking for rock that day.

All in all, it seemed the best place locally was Wally's. They had one large tank, maybe 100-150 gallon with live rock all stacked on top of each other, the water was really dirty but some of those peices were good. But in a 100-150 gallon display, clean water, over by the fish, they had tons of nice pieces of live rock, which they said they were making into a star fish display but if I wanted live rock out of it, they would sell it to me.


I'm using the Casio Exilim EX-Z3 camera, it's 3.2 megapixels. It doesn't have all the nice camera features that some of the guys have in similar cameras, but it does a decent job.

I hope that helps you out.

[zooqi]

Those are good rocks and sometimes is better to pay higher for good rock than paying less for rocks that can cause problems or come with problems.