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  1. frankc

    My first (and perhaps last) Aqua SD order

    I got this order on Wednesday, and the results were mixed. The good: The order was shipped Tuesday afternoon and arrived at 10am Wednesday morning, so definitely happy with the shipping time. Three of the corals I ordered were as expected. The primary inspiration for making this order is they...
  2. frankc

    What is this mushroom doing?

    I have never seen one do this before. It looks kind of like the sweeper tentacles that some corals have, but I didn't think mushrooms have those. It doesn't appear to be dying, because it looks totally normal today. If it was sweepers, I would think this one would be doing it, since it is...
  3. frankc

    Maybe tang poop isn't so great after all

    The first part of this article is kind of interesting, until it mysteriously pivots to climate change for no logical reason other than it's MSN. I'm not sure how relevant it really is - putting poop on a coral in a jar with no current is quite different from an aquarium, let alone the ocean...
  4. frankc

    Our new Silken Windhound

    This has been a terrible year for us as far as dogs are concerned. In March we had to say goodbye to our oldest, one week shy of her 11th birthday, due to old age and almost certainly cancer. In August, we took our youngest to be spayed, and that night she came into the living room, lay down...
  5. frankc

    Very exciting news - first captive LPS spawning!

    https://www.reef2rainforest.com/2021/10/17/u-k-scientists-spawn-and-settle-scolymia-homophyllia-australis/ This is too cool, both because of reducing pressure on wild corals, and the possibility of mixing colors and creating "designer" LPS's.
  6. frankc

    What did you get at Reef Currents 2021?

    I had to try out the nifty orange filter that came in the goody bags on the new corals I got from FJW. This Cynarina is amazing. The center and stripes are more of an ice blue to almost white, but the camera got a little carried away with the blue. Just to hedge my bet, I also got something...
  7. frankc

    Alaska - (Sea) Lions and Puffins and Bears, Oh My!

    We got back three weeks ago from a bucket-list trip to Alaska. Well, part of it - the cruise part will have to wait one more year. We flew to Anchorage, then took a bus to Seward. There we took a nearly all day boat ride, which went by a glacier, and we saw lots of sea life. A couple humpback...
  8. frankc

    Any tortoise fanciers here?

    We found this beauty floating in our swimming pool. I know it's a box tortoise of some type and did not need to be in a pool where it couldn't get out, but I don't know exactly what type it is. It doesn't retract all that much when I pick it up, so I wonder if it might be somebody's lost pet. We...
  9. frankc

    If you're thinking of getting a yellow tang, better do it quick - Hawaii's fishery closed

    Hawaii's Aquarium Fishery Is Shuttered, Pending Review (reef2rainforest.com)
  10. frankc

    Let's see what you got at the December live sale

    Did anyone else get any treasures at the live sale last Saturday? I am almost never quick enough to get anything in the live part, but I lurk in the unsold section and got some good stuff. Frankies Neophobia. I have drooled over this one since it came out, but the $400+ price was more than I...
  11. frankc

    Infection, tumor, or ...?

    I had to take my Clarkii clown out of the main tank because he wouldn't stop harassing and biting the fins of my new yellow tang. Recently he developed a terrible sore on his mouth, and it appears to affect the inside and outside. He can't seem to totally close his mouth, and he is not eating...
  12. frankc

    Clown needs a time-out

    I have had my yellow tang almost two months now, and my Clarkii clown still won't stop obsessively harassing him and ripping his tail. I was wondering if anyone has ever taken an aggressive clown out of the tank for a month or so, put it back in, and had it behave better. I've seen on this forum...
  13. frankc

    LiveAquaria changes hands again

    I don't know if this is good, bad, or indifferent. https://www.reef2rainforest.com/2020/07/16/petco-to-sell-liveaquaria-to-third-party/
  14. frankc

    Random non-reef pic of the day!

    I think it's about time we have a thread where we can post pictures of our other hobbies or whatever strikes our fancy. I will ease into it by posting one with the tanks in the background. You think my dog is shedding enough? This pile of hair is just from a few minutes of combing and brushing...
  15. frankc

    Something's wrong with my foxface

    Unfortunately, I don't think this bulge in his abdomen is just from eating a lot. He has been swimming lately some of the time in a sort of nose-up position, say 30-45 degrees, but he can still point down to eat or whatever he needs to do. Today I've noticed he spends some time resting on the...
  16. frankc

    My cool new fish

    I just got this guy today. I hope it will be compatible with my tank - I really didn't do that much research on it. So far so good. It is not at all shy, and it will eat literally anything I throw in the tank, whether it's food or not. I got him from Lunatic Aquatics online, and this species is...
  17. frankc

    Leopard wrasse transitioning

    I got this beauty from @Luman01 not quite two years ago. Here is how she looked last August. The last couple months I started noticing more green appearing, and eventually it dawned on me that she was transitioning into a male. Here is what he looks like today. I wonder what triggered the...
  18. frankc

    To prune or not to prune?

    This ASD rainbow milli nearly died back when I had the issue with tin in my tank, but it is coming back nicely. Here it is in October, after it had started coming back. Here it is today. Not much PE, but I love the color and it's starting to grow up onto the larger dead piece. My question is...
  19. frankc

    Another Happy Thursday

    I have been having an issue with ich or something in my big tank. It started as just a few spots on the foxface that would come and go, and occasionally another fish might have it for a day. I have been just watching it, thinking if I keep the fish healthy maybe it will subside. This morning my...
  20. frankc

    How important is iodine?

    My LPS corals are doing terrible. My 16-year-old Lobo which has lived through all kinds of conditions has receded to where you can see about 1/4" of skeleton on the edges. Even my candy cane colony is all of a sudden dying. I got a Triton test back today, and the only real notable thing that was...
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