the Hoard

[Borderjumper]

Some pics.. Things are a tad off still from the switch to LED's and yes, I have cyano... But notice, NO MORE APTASIA!! Happy happy joy joy!

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[christyf5]

LOL, hoarder :wink: Isn't it a sigh of relief finally getting rid of aiptasia?

Stupid question, pic #2, are those BLUE mushrooms? That is some serious blue!

[The Grizz]

Wow, killer collection of ricordia & acans, very nice.

[gregzz4]

Wowee, I hope mine looks half as good in 3-4 years.
Is it just me, or does the Tonga-ish rock right back corner look like a Moose ?

[Borderjumper]

LOL, hoarder :wink: Isn't it a sigh of relief finally getting rid of aiptasia?

Stupid question, pic #2, are those BLUE mushrooms? That is some serious blue!
Yeah.. They are truly that blue! Still have red ones? Being me one and we can trade.

[Borderjumper]

Wowee, I hope mine looks half as good in 3-4 years.
Is it just me, or does the Tonga-ish rock right back corner look like a Moose ?
Haha never saw that before.. that's my chalice tree

[christyf5]

Yeah.. They are truly that blue! Still have red ones? Being me one and we can trade.

mine are orange, I might have some red ones in there somewhere though, I haven't seen those ones lately, I'll see if I can find one/pry one off. I'll warn you though, once the oranges are happy they reproduce like crazy :biggrin:

[lastlight]

Love the acans! Does stuff collect inbetween them pretty badly?

[Borderjumper]

Love the acans! Does stuff collect inbetween them pretty badly?
They are packed in there pretty tight.. So nothing much gets trapped.. Except cyano.:mrgreen:

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

When I bought some Hawaiian Volcano shrimp from J&L last month, I read that they feed on cyanobacteria. As a test (since I don't always trust what I read online:wink:), I took some small pieces of live rock with cyano and even turkey basted cyano into their 5 gallon tank. Sure enough, there's no sign of cyano anywhere in there. They just slurped it up. This is the link to the source of this original info:

http://www.aquabotanic.com/?p=723

Unfortunately, if you have fish in the tank, the Volcano shrimp will become expensive snacks much quicker than they will be able to perform their cyano biological control:sad: Looking again at your pics, it does look fish free.

If I come to the Victoria swap meet at the end of the month, I can pop into J&L and grab a few Volcano shrimp for you if you want and if they are still in stock.

[Borderjumper]

When I bought some Hawaiian Volcano shrimp from J&L last month, I read that they feed on cyanobacteria. As a test (since I don't always trust what I read online:wink:), I took some small pieces of live rock with cyano and even turkey basted cyano into their 5 gallon tank. Sure enough, there's no sign of cyano anywhere in there. They just slurped it up. This is the link to the source of this original info:

http://www.aquabotanic.com/?p=723

Unfortunately, if you have fish in the tank, the Volcano shrimp will become expensive snacks much quicker than they will be able to perform their cyano biological control:sad: Looking again at your pics, it does look fish free.

If I come to the Victoria swap meet at the end of the month, I can pop into J&L and grab a few Volcano shrimp for you if you want and if they are still in stock.

Thanks for the offer, but I have a tang, a six line, and a pink tail trigger in there that would finish them off overnight!

I've learned not to stress over the small things.. I just stir it up every other day or so.. :redface:

[argan]

those are some beautiful yellow Ricordea!

[fishytime]

+1.....I was admiring the ric garden too.....very nice

[sumpfinfishe]

Wow! that's some serious hoarding going on!
Beautiful colors, looks amazing!:biggrin:

[msjboy]

Wow..nice! How big is this hoard tank (gallons) and what kinda sump or filtration is it running?

Cheers

Msjboy