[eldalote2]

im between getting a royal gramma and a black cap myself. love them both though! they are less aggressive than the dottybacks am i right??

I do have someone here in gaiensville that is interested in trading coral frags, i just fragged my peanut buttercup zoas along with some mystery zoas which i am planning to frag them both again in the next few days. i also have a small frogspawn that I would like to trade or sell. I am all about growing corals up from a few polyps, its just really cool and i only have a 20 gal so they fit in my tank.
Also, if i do get the job at aquatropics, i will get a discount on livestock and i will be getting small frags to grow and frag for trade. I will keep you updated on the corals i have, im going to be in gainesville for a long time so there is no rush!

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Great! As you get started let me- I would like to meet a fellow reefer! I'll come down and you can help me pick out the best frags! Mario....pics are coming! Yesterday was the service for our grandmother- so I am getting back to normal this week, I hope. (It is time consuming trying to pack away someone's entire life, their home,etc---let alone to do it with twp family members back-to-back) so bare with me! My gramma is hiding? Does anyone else's do this? Hope he's ok. Haven't seen him today at all. Baby clam is doing well. Xenia: ? looks like something walked over a small portion of the rock, trampling on it. I moved it to a different location. We'll see what happens.

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Ok- I am going to load (try to ) a pic of the velvet red that is on the right side of my tank, now a friend thinks might be 'red slime'?? Any guesses?
Also here are a few real quick. going to Gainesville tomorrow to get something in way of coral. Hopefully they will have some of what is on my list!

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

my xenia, baby crocea (about 1 yr old found out!!), royal gramma, star

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more....

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Can anyone tell me what they think my anenome is?
Store says bubble tip - but it is really peach in color, and rarely extends its arms- very very rarely shows a bulb! More often leaves its top 'open and flat' like a big flat umbrealla. IS it a bubble tip?

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

By the way- the purple blotchy wall you see is the back of my tank after blennie 'kissed' it to death!! He is always on that wall!
And --- anenome goers: mine has moved from the right side of the tank all over until it is now lodged itself on the left side on glass/rock. He 'expels' regularly- almost every other day- normal?

[plecosword]

YOur tank is looking awesome!
what do you mean "expel"?

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Basically 'binge and purge' - he eats then throws it up in a string of white or clear 'mucous'

[plecosword]

ohh Ive heard of that, I remember in one of those cases, the anemoney died shortly after. Hopt he makes it.

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

WHAT?!? What are you talking abut Mario? Are you trying to give me a heart attack! AAARRGGHH!! I am not dealing with any more dyeing of 'anything' for a long while (lol) - no the anenomes have the same opening for a mouth and 'waste'. so what goes in does come out, the same opening. - Ok- today I brought home a hammerhead corsal (7 blooms), a sebae, a condy, a hippo tang, 2 mexican turbos (to eat at the red slime)

[holiday]

How about a whole tank shot? Or did I miss it if you posted one recently?

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Sorry, Noel- will get one in this afternoon- trying to get the sebae to 'STAY PUT' but he keeps catching a current and........WHOOSH! He's rolling. We tried putting him inbetween rocks, per the pet store. Didn't work, We then tried putting him in a pvc tube large enough for his foot, then covered the outside with a mound of sand. Like 'planting' him in the sand-per the fish store again- they have really good ideas!-but that worked until this morning found him on the other side of the tank. My condy is GREAT. How does one get a sebae to stay put?

[e_baer]

Just takes time for them to find a good foothold. Not much you can do. It might help to turn all the current off for an hour or so and put the sabae on the rockwork.

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

As promised:

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Sorry- can't seem to get a good clear pic of my hammerhead/xenia-but they are pretty!

AND!!!!!!! I moved my xenia to the back wall (because I want it to 'crawl' along the back of the tank for a LIVING background---and in the spot where it was...... I have 1 baby xenia bloom!!!!!
I'm so excited!!!! This is the first thing that has grown by itself without me putting it there!
(silly, I know-but I don't care...I'm excited over a 1/"2 bloom!!)

[plecosword]

that last one reminds me of a pom pom crab lol
its looking awesome!

[REEFMASTER]

like the pic of the footstool. I thought I was the only one with that "Tall Tank Problem".

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

HAHA! Sorry bout that, meant to take it out of the way, but forgot. It's the only way I can get into my tank. And I'm 5'6" so it's not that I'm short!
Mario- thanks for the comments! Keep 'em coming! I am planning on focusing on zoanthids next trip- but want to wait awhile for the anenomes to settle in.
The hippo tang I got, at the LFS we noticed 2 small 'nicks' in the top fin, 'mike' said it is because of the bigger fish in the tank,nipping at him. I am hoping to get him 'regeneated' as I let my hubby talk me into getting him.
(I think I will go by myself next time, as hubby and son get soooo excited, we leave with a couple hundred $$ worth of stuff every time! And they are not sticking to my list!)
It's a good thing I only go every other month.
Has anyone used the melafix I've seen? Does it work? Is it safe to add to my tank?

[REEFMASTER]

not safe at all for reef tanks. only in a QT tank

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Thank you - I will not ever add it to my tank. I will set up a QT instead. WHEW! I do not want to jeopardize anything in there! Thanks Anthony!
OH WAIT!! What about Essential Elements? I have been adding that to my tank, and noticed that when my yellow tang had a 'nibble' from the damsel, the fin grew back perfectly - is it the E.E. or is it just nature? Will E.E. work for the hippo also?

[WhatReef]

if i was you i would invest in some more flow in your tank that red slime is a good sign that your not getting enough flow and also i would try aiming your power heads and returns if different directions ever once in a while to change to flow a lil cause on a real reef the flow is always changing and is doing that i thing will help get rid of the red slime i find the more flow you have the less algae and red slime you will have, have you ever considered a wavemaker.

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Thanks. I have directed the flow into that area, and the snails are actually eating it. (chestnut turban) I'll keep you posted, but more flow is always a good idea, right now I am pondering the fate of my condy, he is shriveled - again- seems to do it after 'every' feeding, whether he is directly fed or not. I may bring him back to LFS after hearing what Bob Fenner had to say about them. I didn't really want it, trying to make hubby happy- but it is my tank, and I do want corals. If the condy will sting them- he goes!

[eldalote2]

Hi michelle, I probably actually saw you at aquatropics but im not sure...

[michelle's ocean fantasy]

Hey girl! If we were there at the same time I wish we could've known it! Just as a fyi for future - I am about 5'6" - long blonde hair, and will be accompanied by my husband and son calling out: "Ooooh what about this, can we get this? Can we put that in your tank? How 'bout this?!" HAHA - gotta love them!