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Cheyenne2747
Danielle9144
I can only dream about a marine aquarium...
Jacqueline5976
Beauty!!! The care of non-photosynthetic organisms is very challenging because in nature they feed 24 hours a day, and the current changes twice a day to the opposite. It is quite difficult to replicate this at home, especially the feeding (which contradicts water quality). It is frustrating that in most cases we have to witness the degradation of corals. Moreover, the better the conditions are in our understanding (over-skimmed, multiple feedings, etc.), the longer the degradation process lasts. In short, this is just poetry!!! Very beautiful!!! Good luck!!!
Tina
In the 5th photo, is it a Chilean sponge? How does it behave when it opens? What do you feed it?
Brandon4517
With such a diet and consistently high calcium levels, it is possible to successfully keep tube worms with various colored crowns. It will greatly enhance your beauty!!!! But you will have to remove the Helmonchik!!!! (It's a delicacy for him!!!)
Jessica5016
Helmonchik is unremovable!! I barely managed to fatten him up. I had to specially buy zPorites for feeding and recovery. Now he eats everything, but definitely not for the worms.
Guy
WELL DONE! Good luck.
Cheyenne2747
provide a detailed description of feeding and feeds!!!!!
Brandy1134
Can you tell me what this thing (зПоритес) is, and is it really possible to transfer хелмона to a dry one?
Mark
Porites lobata
For the first week, I only fed them and almost ate all of them. The main thing is to fatten them up.
Now I am feeding them thinly sliced raw tiger shrimp. The pieces are the size of a bloodworm, and in the evenings, when half of the fish are hiding, they eagerly eat the dry pellets from Red Sea.
Joseph2576
Porites lobata is an expensive treat for fattening... I was fattening it with moths and brine shrimp, but the bastard doesn't want to take the dry food...
Yvette209
Helmon and moray eel
Dendrophilia
Snowy Dendronephthya
Stephen5841
Very beautiful aquarium. I occasionally think about having an aquarium just for filters, but I can't bring myself to do it.
Sydney
fresh photos
John828
We are waiting!!!!!!!!
Derek7322
As far as I know, no one else keeps dendronephthya except for you.
Anne4851
Happy holiday!
So, did you get the fish?
David3217
feeding video >ogloids>
corals usually feed throughout the day in small portions
but sometimes they enjoy indulging in ice cream moths and artemia... and fish get some too
small size
Rebecca1419
Does the moray eel also eat Artemia?
Allison
Yes, sometimes it's just out of inertia. Otherwise, she eats tiger shrimp once a week.
Elizabeth882
Could you tell me what kind of lighting you have for Nps?
Destiny
You are reading the ray inattentively; in post number 1, I wrote: "light of 10 lamps of 39W actinics."
Joshua9340
Well, sorry, it just slipped away...
Jeffery7866
the light has changed a bit now
it's a bit gloomy with just the actinics
the light now is like this: behind, on the shimmering box, there's a 1 MH 150W light where the Mangroves live
in the center, there's a fixture with 2 x 150W suspended quite high
+ in front, there are 6 actinics of 39W each
on the bottom and under the rocks live NPS corals + at the very top, there will be carpets of mixed species of all colors of Zoanthus
it has created different light zones with their own shadows
Tasha
Well!
Christopher1252
It would be brighter - 39 actinics at 10 watts each.
Bethany
only more expensive
but in general, what is heavier, 1 kg of straw or 1 kg of iron?
Jenny
straw, of course! wet
Stuart
Straw, when its location is in the head! And iron, when it's in the body! (Let's not mess up the topic!)
Helen
as soon as any food gets into the aquarium, this happens....
recorded at 2-second intervals over 10 minutes
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Anthony
Gorgeous!
Brent7831
This is how stereotypes are broken.
Thank you.
David3217
The video is just SUPER!!!
Karen2578
What a beauty! A very successful shot!
Jill1815
Awesome! Is this really not 3D graphics?
Heather6148
this is HDR graphics
these are 3 frames taken with different exposures and then stitched together into one
as a result, it creates a huge dynamic range in the shadows
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Veronica
The side view sometimes appeals to me more than the main one; here, there is a sharply descending wall with its overhangs and grottos. In general, everything is like in nature. In the Red Sea, dendronephthya also hangs upside down on the rocks. In the photo, this is not so visible, but in reality, when you look at it, it seems that everything is just hanging in the air.
Denise
Chilean Sponge
Karen1649
Good day! Beautiful corals, excellent health, quite a bit of fish, and with all that, a huge input of feed! Can you briefly explain the filtration system? Has anything changed after the system was reconfigured for non-photosynthetic organisms?
Angela7060
Good ...! A relevant question. I'm also interested in the feeding of your corals. I understand that in addition to feeding them twice a day, they are also constantly feeding around the clock. How? Portion pumps?
Vanessa
In the latest video, the helmon looks like Buratino.
Anne
a little Mangrove for the mangrove area
I plan to acquire a couple of dozen stems in the future
Katie5500
Out of nowhere, Euphyllias began to appear and grow on the dead rocks. It's unclear where they came from. Interestingly, they are a bright white mutation. It's one thing when zoanthids and all sorts of weird stuff show up, but to have Euphyllias resurrect from the void is something I've never heard of. In short, this is what life-giving supplements do!
Joseph6461
FIRE SCALOP
Kimberly3727
Is it a bivalve mollusk? What does it need electricity for, for defense or for attack? I wonder how it swims?
Nicole7268
The current only scares fish and predators, but they don't approach it. It swims by rapidly opening its shell.
Martin3206
Yes, the creature is amusing, but everyone immediately hid behind the rocks and rarely came out, and then they disappeared altogether. I understood it was from starvation.
P.S. Are you sure that's a discharge? I observed it - it looks like some kind of luminescent undulating membrane. I think it's pumping water with it.
I believe that if the mollusk could generate a visible discharge underwater, it would have shaken everyone up quite a bit!
Mariah
It says that the page cannot be opened!
Alec9378
Oh, how beautiful it is, beautiful!!!!!
Patricia1746
Yes! From the heart! And most importantly, it's fresh! You don't see that often! Well done!
Diana7891
Tyunz vs. Sea Cow
I always thought that Lactoria Cornuta doesn't like strong currents; my one can hang under the pressure of the pumps for hours.
Up there, the current is so strong that it's even hard to keep your hand steady, and only Surgeonfish and this wonderful creature swim there.
Tammy
Cool creature. Why did you tie it with a string to a stone?
Alyssa1438
Yeah, like a kite. I thought my old-timers would be interested in her, but no! All the fish are ignoring her, even the Artemia don't take her.
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Jeffery
She is high on life. She eats algae from the refugium very well, any kind. In general, you still have a baby; they have a problem with food, as all the other animals take it away, resulting in the lactoria not living for more than a year. I also have one like that at the site, 15 cm long. Out of hunger, she nibbled on the sacrophyton and made huge holes in the sand (precious DSB) while looking for little worms, and she also spits water!
Yolanda
Can you provide a description of your system: lighting, flow, sump design, protein skimmer - or is it a secret?
Joshua8425
secret
Emily
...and they also want marine aquaristics to develop...
Russell8484
I agree. DOWN with the information deficit!!! It's time to create a union.
Matthew
Why develop marine aquaristics?
So that marine life cannot be bought.
Fewer people, more oxygen.
P.S. I will describe what I have today.
Lynn4242
Today is Aotero's holiday! He is celebrating his Birthday! Let's all congratulate him! - "Happy Birthday!" Wishing you success!
Amy
Congratulations, I wish you well and all kinds of success!
Andrew4194
My sincere congratulations!!!!
Tracy4603
Thank you !!!!
Anne
A little late, but I also congratulate you on your Birthday, wishing you health and success!!!
Daniel132
a bit from my collection of Polyps
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Jennifer7578
The first photo shows the effect of full immersion.
Jennifer5784
Awesome polyps. I'm just crazy about them. I only have a few species growing myself. Where did you get them? From Rey? By the way, how is your Chilean sponge doing? Mine probably won't open anymore, it seems to be done for; it just has the stem and that's it, not opening at all.
Daniel
Oh, yes, everyone has a little bit of everything, and I don't remember, there are some polyps that came in green and turned blue, for example.
The Chilean sponge is the same, red with white flowers, but I see it can't tolerate light at all, so it lives at the back on the wall. It's really not an interesting inhabitant, and like all sponges, it doesn't live very well in aquariums. I notice that the same Dendronephthya live better than sponges.
Richard
Well, feeding is quite important... I still don't understand what magical formula he uses to feed his animals. By the way, how is the white euphyllia doing???
Christopher4125
It seems she is not doing well at all. I must have lost her somewhere after rearranging the sand and stones. Or maybe she got buried under the sand after the Tyunze storms; there was a tiny little stone there. It's a pity... it was such a new hybrid. Nothing, she will still grow something.
Brent8919
It's a pity, I also had a white one, it was a long time ago, it disappeared after the new sand was added.
Stefanie9771
just super!!!!!!!!!!
Debra8438
I used to have 2 Dendronaphthies. I planted them close to each other about a month ago. Now they have fused together. Now there is one thick plant.
Kenneth7210
Interesting. I didn't know that could happen.
Andrew7823
Aren't you afraid that the cow will poison the aquarium in case of stress or sudden death (it happens to them)?
Adrienne
Everyone says that this can happen, but I personally haven't heard of such cases, and it's only 3 cm and doesn't grow at all. It's unlikely that it can do anything bad.
John3142
A 25-liter container (NOT an aquarium) can be filled "with ease" by 3 cm of cow along with all the neighbors and itself in just a few minutes. In an aquarium with filtration, charcoal, a skimmer, etc., I think everything will be fine. I have had cases where sea apples were sent to a large heavenly aquarium, with their insides being turned out and other "special effects." In a 600-liter aquarium, no one even raised an eyebrow.
Jeremy3637
I'm curious under what conditions a cow releases toxins.
Christopher1252
A calf and a cow are slightly different things.
Bethany
Yes, and the cow that came from the ocean is 20 cm, of course, it is poisonous! Planting it in the reef is extremely risky, unlike the little body.
The little body is so tiny, what can it do! If it grows in the aquarium and survives to such sizes, it simply won't have any toxins!
But planting freshly bought large-sized body cows is really not allowed!
Daniel132
Oh! I have a cow swimming at my site, or rather walking, 15 cm long - it's been like this for six months now. The little belly lets me scratch it. It munches on everything - from caulerpa to dry flakes.
Justin
Once, in the old aquarium, my shrimp died and for 2 days it was stuck to the pump, and nothing happened in the 200 liters.
Alec9378
A loud and, it must be said, responsible statement! Considering that people may make decisions after reading it.
On what basis is this assertion made?
- Based on scientific research? It would be interesting to know the reason for the non-toxicity of cows raised in captivity and to read about it.
- Based on a comprehensive study of the practical experience of many aquarists. I would like to see a reference to such an analysis.
- As a last resort, based on personal experience in raising these fish in captivity.
Andrew419
I read a long time ago on the RIF central that a person had a cow for about 2 years, and it grew three times. It loved to hide in the blades of the current pump when they were turned off during feeding. Somehow it got stuck there, and the cow lay dead in the aquarium for a day. Nothing was lost.
I once had a little fish that also got sucked into the tunnel, and it lay there for a couple of days.
There was even a link somewhere.
Amy1672
You apparently haven't read my question.
It's completely unclear what your answer is about. I have an acquaintance who fell from the fifth floor and didn't break anything. But that doesn't mean that falling from the fifth floor is safe.
Thomas
No one says that cowfish and cows are non-toxic. After all, marine aquaristics is one big risk. I once had a cantigaster Valentini for about six months. I gave it away because it seemed to be eating worms from the DSB. It's a poisonous creature. I also had a slug that ate all the plants and died—there was nothing wrong with the aquarium. I had a sea cucumber too, but only for a month—it was disgusting and red, yuck. Right now, the cowfish has been in the tank for six months. It's not a long time, and of course, there is a risk, but how can you avoid risk?
Beth3383
I also read here, but I think it's not necessary to blindly believe everything that is written on the internet. The internet does not provide accurate answers to all questions, but it offers a whole range of contradictory information from which one can choose something valuable. In any case, it's also advisable to use your own brain.
Cynthia6578
Did a person leave somewhere far away? Or is this a moderated thread without spam? Why is there no continuation?
James1625
The participants of the interesting discussion disappeared as quickly as they appeared. Many of them are no longer on the Forum... A lot of water has already passed through the samps... How is Aotero doing, where has Omm gone? Where is Tulip?? Or is the sea already somewhere in the past? I wasn't on the Forum at that time, and, to be honest, I now look at Aotero's aquarium and am amazed. Well done.
Chad
Aotero has long disbanded the aquarium due to relocation (moving out of the country). The inhabitants and equipment have moved to Luhansk.
Melissa1838
So that's it. I didn't expect that. What a pity... Well, what about the others who were mentioned? Did they also go abroad... respond if it's not so...
Ashley5975
Oh, Tulip, what is that! But we haven't heard from Tkach in a long time...
Katie5500
Tkach has his own forum and he "rules" there :-)))
Rebecca
Apparently, some of your thoughts regarding our... Well, never mind...
Travis572
That forum has been gone for a long time... I used to visit it, a year ago there were statistics like 10 new messages a month... Now I can't even remember the address.
Brian6895
It's a pity... I really wanted to ask questions about "non-photosynthesis." Feeding, current, light. I want to "propagate" the tube. New polyps are appearing. But I want it to transfer to others like "in nature." Or am I asking for too much?)))
Marie5735
No, just a little bit... I wouldn't refuse that either... mine is also producing new polyps. But she has only one specimen. And now try to find a new one in our little town...
Rita
My manager Igor hooked me up with such a gorgeous tube back then... mmm, delicious. A stone with a good-sized man's hand completely covered in polyps. Beautiful! Let me find out from them - maybe we can attract some colonies. Or are there better non-photosynthesizers?
Justin
It's hot right now, it's scary... otherwise...
Larry9400
Well, recommend me another animal from this series) We'll order it for autumn.
Jesse3979
In September, you can... Something from cool LPS...
Jessica
This one - ? The statistics have always been small there.