scarf_ace 1981's 40br w/ 30g sump

[scarf_ace1981]

many were browned out since reefoman was moving them around in his tank while he was selling most of his stuff. they look nothing like the pics.
believe me it's the piece of s*%^ camera. plus they were in 250w and i have 400w. they need to adjust. wish i could get true colors w/ my nikon.

just read the pavona like strong light and current. i'll move it up in the tank. thanks for the heads up

 

[jackson6745]

turn the flash off and take pics with the exp setting to -1.0 (with all halides on)

 

[scarf_ace1981]

thanks man

 

[Tonyscoots84]

turn the flash off and take pics with the exp setting to -1.0 (with all halides on)

rich would u no if that exp. setting could also be called EV Setting.. cause thats what i see on my camera when i hit menu... it has a range from 2.0ev - -2.0ev does that seem right

 

[scarf_ace1981]

this is what they look like w/ a better camera

 

[masterswimmer]

scarf, much better dude.

 

[stingnyc]

i love the aquascaping of your tank. i'm glad most of reefomans corals went to a good home.

-steve

 

[scarf_ace1981]

thanks that's quite a comliment coming from you.

this is gonna be a long weekend.
i have to redo my sump and put my euro-reef skimmer in to replace my remora. and i'm moding my hoods and stands.

 

[Quang]

i love the aquascaping of your tank.
-steve

I agree! Good work dude. Btw, on page 2, some of the pics dont show. :type:

 

[scarf_ace1981]

Btw, one page 2, some of the pics dont show. :type:

yeah i don't know what's going on w/ photobucket lately. i know the pics are there

 

[scarf_ace1981]

made some small changes. took out some LR, more swimming space for my fish. added a big bubble coral and some new fish and shrimps. i must kill or get my peppermint. i don't want him to go after my pregnant skunk cleaner.

 

[DevIouS]

i must kill or get my peppermint. i don't want him to go after my pregnant skunk cleaner.

Why do you think the Peppermint will kill the Skunk?

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i've just hear stories of pepps going after feather dusters and other shrimp. i had two blood fire shrimps w/ him, the bloods died and he survived. looks like an acomlice to me. i just want him out.

 

[DevIouS]

:lol2:




My Cleaners spawn almost every month like clock-work.
No problems at all with my Peppermints. The only thing I hate is that they snatch up food from my corals....:irked:

They will also pick at stressed corals.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

:lol2:
The only thing I hate is that they snatch up food from my corals....:irked:

i'm gonna take your word on this one and let the skunks out. i hope they don't die

 

[masterswimmer]

They will also pick at stressed corals.

DING DING DING.....We haaaave a winner.
IMO, Peppermint Shrimp are the devil in disquise. There will NEVER be another one in any of my tanks. :skull:

Every time we introduce a new coral or fish into our systems, they are stressed. Just by nature of their journey and being in a plastic bag, they experience some degree of stress.

Peps are opportunistic feeders and will prey on stressed coral/fish, like you said. If everything we introduce into our system is stressed, we give them less of a chance for survival with peps in there.

I've had too many losses due to a coral being healthy for the most part, just stressed from shipping. The peps just never gave them a chance to recover from basic stress. They'd pick at it till it was a goner. Well my peps are the goners now.

My most blatant loss was three out of seven polyps on my red blastos, eaten. I got the peps out before they finished off the other four polyps. My pix of this same blasto are in another thread to show just how good they recovered without peps in there.

BTW, in case there was any question, I HATE PEPPERMINT SHRIMP! :headache:

swimmer

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i'm trying to take two things out of my tank. the pepp and my coral beauty. my coral beaty is just too much. he started harrasing my CBB, carpenter and rainford goby as soon as they went in the tank. strangely enough he gets along w/ my scissortail.

i even tied a piece of silverside on a string. worked for the scissortail but he is just way to smart. as soon as i would step away from the tank he would eat the silverside but as soon as i stepped forward he would stop.

i think the silverside on string might work for the peppermint.

 

[scarf_ace1981]

pic of my fan w/ grill for my hood. hood still not completed.

here's the moonlight under the fan

fox coral frag

 

[masterswimmer]

Hey scarf, your linky no worky :lol2:

swimmer

 

[scarf_ace1981]

i can see them