Carey's LAST Build- 125g Reef

[coffeetwitch]

sounds like watching paint dry is only slightly less entertaining than catching the worms.

 

[carey]

It's actually kinda awesome. lol They most of the time try to go in, or get half way in and then they shoot backwards and out. It's like a battle of wits. i swear these things know something is a miss, smart little buggers

 

[mr_X]

i've said it a zillion times and i'll say it again: just cut back on feeding and the bristle worm population will decrease on it's own.

 

[carey]

I know, it's so hard though. My babies always look hungry. But seriously, I have cut back but I still need to remove the ones I have. I'm scared to death to stick my hand in the tank to move the rock as it is now.

 

[SwimsWithFish]

Bristle worms scare me.

 

[mr_X]

you are removing the things that are helping your tank, and eventually you are going to have a problem with the excess nutrients.
they aren't going to hurt anything, trust me. you are killing things for nothing. they aren't like aptasia.

 

[carey]

If I don't get stung then it's worth it. I have been on the 20g as far as overfeeding and water parameters. I will try to catch a few outta the 125g but I don't stress working in that tank as much since it's so large. lol I don't ever move the base of the rock structure so I don't run into them as much.

 

[mr_X]

it's not "stung". it's like working with fiberglass insulation. i've been hit probably 50 times. no big deal.

 

[coffeetwitch]

wasnt there supposed to be a vid of something? did i miss it?

 

[carey]

LOL I never got to it. But maybe today after I get some more corals. I have a frag/reef club meeting in about an hour so I'm hopeful to come back with some goodies!

 

[coffeetwitch]

best of luck and have fun at your frag/reef club meeting.

oh not that it matters i found out that there is one here in springfield that meets the first sat of the month. think its worth going to? i have no idea what its all about.

 

[rdnelson99]

best of luck and have fun at your frag/reef club meeting.

oh not that it matters i found out that there is one here in springfield that meets the first sat of the month. think its worth going to? i have no idea what its all about.

I think you woule find it very worth while. Getting to know others in the area and trading stuff back and forth. That is how I got the 4 free frags.

 

[coffeetwitch]

hahaha i was looking around trying to find some info, i think i became active on this site when you only had 5xxx? posts.

 

[coffeetwitch]

I think you woule find it very worth while. Getting to know others in the area and trading stuff back and forth. That is how I got the 4 free frags.

we will see, i think i will join the forum site they have set up first and do some snooping around. ive missed the november meeting. december??? man where did the year go???

 

[carey]

I wul;d for sure check out a meeting, you never know....this is my forst meet so I'll tell you all how it goes. i look forward to talking fish and corals for the next 3 hours! I can't wait

 

[rdnelson99]

I joined the one here in Atlanta and I am happy I did. The forum gets a bit crazy with off topic discussions but it is nice to connect with some local people. I went to the October meeting which was a frag swap and that was fun. They have the November meeting which has a guest speaker Leng Sy - Inventor of the EcoSystem Method. This guy was a kid in Cambodia and Viet Nam and barely escaped with his life. Should be interesting but I am not sure if I can make it or not.

 

[leftyfish]

You should have brought your bristle worms, someone would have snatched those babies right up.

 

[carey]

Had a great time at the bbq/frag/reef club meeting! Mt lots of nice people adn got a nice bunch of corals and a fish too! I bought a firefish for my biocube and 3 different zooas, an orange fungia, plate coral adn a blue polyp rocxk that I now forgot what it's called. lol Pictures below, if you guys know what the blue one is please let me know!

Thanks!

 

[carey]

This is the one in question

 

[redsea]

Had a great time at the bbq/frag/reef club meeting! Mt lots of nice people adn got a nice bunch of corals and a fish too! I bought a firefish for my biocube and 3 different zooas, an orange fungia, plate coral adn a blue polyp rocxk that I now forgot what it's called. lol Pictures below, if you guys know what the blue one is please let me know!

Thanks!

Everything looks so awesome! Especially the Firefish. Just a quick question, how come you don't quarantine fish that are not going in your reef tank?