[quote=“matchu627, post:39, topic:1817”]
thats a pretty nice lookin tank dude! i like the aquascaping.[/quote]
+1
[quote=“michaelangelo, post:40, topic:1817”]
really? tanks i was a little embarrassed to show it off. i really appreciate that[/quote]
You have nothing to be embarrassed about - great looking rock work. Can’t wait to see it covered in coraline.
k a couple days in my tank, i think its looking a little better and i ask bc it could just be that im hoping!!
heres some new pics from today 1 hour after lights on
Still not looking great, but then again not looking worse. Like I said before these things hate to be shipped around, so unless it’s looking worse I would just keep things consistent and let it be.
While your waiting it’s not a bad time to double check all your levels. Just don’t make any sudden changes.
Everything’s been pretty constant, havent added anything, done 1 WC since aquiring it; i turned the PH off to spot feed and scored these pics,
:~S PoM :-(" >::: verdict_in :BEER :BEER :think)
ok I am happy to report still alive!!! Here are more pics. its cool to see the progresion, even though right now it isnt much but it will one day!! lOl
Well i havent posted pics in a cpl days, so here we are…Improvments? also is the new cesp from Gordonious, met with him earlier today and well opinions of progress would be awesome.
I think it may be time to try to find a place for the one you bought a while ago and place it in higher light.
Can you take a video of the flow again?
yea when the lights come on at 9, ill wait an hour then take some vid. So it stil looks like poop? It actually got alot bigger and is attaching to rock i placed behind it. but as for looks … it doesnt look like good polyp extention and color, the two little ones underneath and irradesant purple andlook great,
you think higher light would make it look healthier and perhaps open up? also since it hasnt really shown signs of dying would you consdider it stron, i ask because its on a little piece of plastic container, nothiung i can really move anywehere other than sticking it in the sand bed especially bc the two little ones are on teh side, you think somehow i could get them off the side atach to a piece of rubble? I dont wanna try that unless its gonna be A ok. lol and bc the big colony is now overshadowing the one and im afraid itll melt any way. Thanks
also its 13 inches from the light under this light http://www.hellolights.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=6
ive heard that the most harmless way to remove them is shoot water at the base with a coral feeder or a turkey baster. have you tried out actinic lights? the blue spectrum penetrates the water better and will really brighten up those colors like a black light display.
the lights i have are half actinic. so i have 2 actinic bulbs 2 daylight bulbs ( need to check spectrum i forget)
i may give that a try the baster, i just moved them , i would like it to settle a cpl days then i may try it
yeah ive never tried it personally, but my brothersaid it works like a charm.
Power compacts are old new inefficient lighting unfortunately. Your using a good amount of electricity and at the bottom of the tank there really probably isn’t enough light for Cespitularia to grow quickly. It will do much better higher, but might be ok there for now.
For time being I would take a lose piece of rock and stick it near by and perhaps a little above it so it will grow up onto it. Most corals in this family, including Xenia, grow up faster then in any other direction. If they can reach up and grab something they will grow faster.(but you also don’t want to block light of flow) Tricky I know… I’ll try to post an image later if I can find one.
I moved it up, at first i turned power head off, and they started perking up looking ok, then i moved the power head so they arent right in front of it and they look like they got bloated. here is a pic. dont know what to do now. they dont look like they are dying but they dont look like they are propering yet either. also where they were they were attaching to a rock i had placed next to the foot it grew, it came off. i will put a new piece next to the foot again but is the placment now much better? Also my MH tank is almost ready. But nothing is yet in there, would that be more suitible? or if i tried to take a tiny stem like from the side of teh container and put it in there would that be worth a try>?
Slow down with the camera moving a little bit, lol. Making me sea sick. I think the higher up location will be better for that one. I would leave it where you moved it to.
As far as the MH tank, I haven’t read any other threads if you have talked about it there. If the tank is well cycled it probably wouldn’t do great. You also can have too much light, so you have to be careful with placement. About that far under the PCs is probably a good spot good. When your other tank is fully ready it would be a good idea to have at least a small piece in the other tank. Then if you have a problem with one of the tanks or a melt down in one of the tanks you’ll still have some to grow back.
[quote=“Gordonious, post:54, topic:1817”]
Slow down with the camera moving a little bit, lol. Making me sea sick. I think the higher up location will be better for that one. I would leave it where you moved it to.
As far as the MH tank, I haven’t read any other threads if you have talked about it there. If the tank is well cycled it probably wouldn’t do great. You also can have too much light, so you have to be careful with placement. About that far under the PCs is probably a good spot good. When your other tank is fully ready it would be a good idea to have at least a small piece in the other tank. Then if you have a problem with one of the tanks or a melt down in one of the tanks you’ll still have some to grow back. [/quote]
sorry bout the camera lol, i was in a rush. The MH tank is my AQ24 its in the thread with my other tank in members tank section. Its still cycling, i had a plan of waiting at least 3 months b4 i put anything in there, and just let the algae consume the tank. let the pods flourish with no predators, and snails after the 2 or 3 months mark. but if itll save my cesp id put it in. however its still going reading today as followed, PH 8.3 ALK a little low, AMM .25 NITRATE 20ppm. So Still pretty deadly in there, The green hair is really picking up though. Yea I do want to put a little from all the xenia in both tanks. Hey they could do good in both. When i had this tank The 24 set up the first time the xenia was brilliant looking and growing. but all in do time. The good news is nothing looks as if its dying, just not fully happy. Me n my GF are thinking of reaquascaping so were not fitting stuff in where it fits rather than where we want it. Its water change day so i think itll happen ill post pics
I wouldn’t place any either the Xenia or the Cespitularia in the tank that is still cycling as the chemistry is too unstable. Zoas and mushrooms might possibly be ok in the other tank if you had extras, but that’s about it.
yeam i’m not gonna add anything till at least sept, clean up crew in august. until then the 6 gallon is fine. the bio-load i dont think is high, everything is looking at least good if not great, so def no rush, cept the fact i cant wait to get some LPS!!! softies n zoa’s r nice but … well you alll know
hey jon, do you think that purple talk is efflatounaria?
Very wordy answer, but I hope you’ll take the time to read it.
It is a shame you missed my presentation this past January. This may help clear up some things and help you to get to know your animals a little bit. Remember back to high school biology…(or if that was painful just think of this as something coral related and has nothing to do with high school biology 
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King Philip Came Over For Good S**.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Or if you prefer:
Keep Pouring Coffee Or Forget Getting Sober.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
Now all the names we are talking about are Genus in the family Xeniidae. Most soft corals are very difficult to identify down to the species level.(and those that are often times are misidentified or reclassified) This is why you often times see things described as “Genus sp.†like “Cespitularia sp.†It is described this way because it has been identified to the genus, but the species is not known.
Here is a modified image I used in my presentation.
Now that we have that background, my answer to your former question:
That is actually the guy I bought my Cespitularia from three years ago.
“Description: another cespitularia specie.”
I wish he wouldn’t call it Efflatounaria if he knows it is Cespitularia, but I bet the clients in his area now know it by that name. Just like many people know Cespitularia as, “blue xeniaâ€ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ. If you take a look in your Borneman book you’ll see a picture of what Efflatounaria looks like and it is far from the animal you are I are now keeping. Efflatounaria is very different and I don’t think I have ever seen it in captivity. It is rumored that Sonja was the one who originally called the purple Cespitularia “Efflatounaria”.(Perhaps this is why you got to the lighting expert for lighting questions and the Marine biologist for biology questions, lol)
If you want I can try to explain again or reword things in person at the next DRC event.(check the news link at the top of this page)