Updated pictures

So here are a few pictures of the updates that took place awhile ago. I have been quite busy this summer and so the blog has been neglected.

this photo is the tank from the side showing the standpipe and the hose to the sump. The sump is a 40 something gallon Brute garbage can. I use an eheim return pump that is throttled all the way down and shot through the spray bar. I know is not the prettiest setups that I have seen, but it gets its job done. Also don't mind the slime algae, its finally getting under control now that I have added the skimmer. I am using an old ASM g1 skimmer I had laying around. I decided to add a spray bar from parts from HD because I wanted to add a little bit more uniform flow around the tank.




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Now some pics of the anemones. The pictures are kinda fuzzy since the anemones are in bad locations and the angles I had to use to get the pictures were horrible!

The first picture is all from the left side of the tank. The anemone that is on the left and the right side are the same anemone. I am trying out the anemone in the middle to see how the heal time is on it. It is the next one to be cut. It has a nice green tint on the tentacles and also the oral disc. It also has always had bubbles unlike the others that I am keeping. The smaller anemones are the ones that were cut before. They are starting to really expand with my feedings and are looking alot better.








This last picture kinda shows how large the anemones are, it is hard to get a good picture with the light reflection. The PVC pipe that is just below the bubble anemone in the middle is a piece of 2" PVC cut to about a 4-5" long section.

I hope you like the pictures and updates! I will be updating soon with my cuttings!

Sorry for no pictures...I know its lame!

For once I am very pleased with my anemone tank in the garage. I just got done doing a late night feeding and all 4 anemones are taking the new mysis shrimp very well. I usually feed PE mysis to everything in my tanks but I decided to try the Hikari bio-pure mysis shrimp. I promise to get some pictures of the difference between the two this sunday! Anyway, the Hikari brand mysis shrimp are tiny and I believe that the anemones and also my corals take to this stuff alot easier. Time will tell if they do better on the Hikari or if I will be going back to the PE mysis. I believe the smaller size helps the corals/anemones to take it in easier. I will update really soon with updated pictures and also a picture of the food. Thanks for looking!


Ian

Updates

So, not much has happened to the farm lately. The only news that is interesting is that one of the sleeper gobies jumped out of the anemone tank. So I ended up just throwing the other one in my main tank in the house. I will just focus on anemones and peppermint shrimp for now. I also just set up a new shelving unit in the garage to be able to grow my own phyto and rotifers for my tank and possibly in the future for fish larvae. I also have a larval trap on its way. I will post about it as soon as it arrives.

Ian