Smitty's Reef

[Smitty]

Thanks man, I will go check it out. Was looking at some on BRS's website. I need to get one really bad. I am just using the siphon method with a valve for on and off. it sucks and doesn't keep my water perimeters constanent.

Yeah, they are truly worth investing in.

 

[Smitty]

Very nice.

Thank you. :D

 

[hoopsdaddy]

Gotta love upgrades! Nice score on the ATO. That is $50 in this hobby you will not regret spending.

 

[Smitty]

Gotta love upgrades! Nice score on the ATO. That is $50 in this hobby you will not regret spending.

Thanks Hoops...very well worth it indeed.

 

[Smitty]

Welp, I'm down to 3 chromis' now. The other two literally disappeared into the rocks yesterday, never to be seen again. They were acting lethargic for some reason, even when I fed the tank, they'd just swim in one place. And those were the two that paired up and never swan with the school.

 

[little_fish]

how odd, i hope the rest of the school doesnt have the same bug :(

 

[Smitty]

I'm noticing that they hang/hover around my large hammer coral.. I'm wondering if they're being stung, and then dying from the injury.

 

[little_fish]

I dunno, could be

 

[Smitty]

I picked up a blue tuxedo urchin today from a local reefer for a trade of my pom pom xenia...

 

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[little_fish]

so, being the nerd i am, i just have to say that tube feet are the best things ever

 

[Smitty]

Hahahaha....

 

[ZyberGoby]

Awesome urchin Sir these guys are one of my favs

 

[Smitty]

Awesome urchin Sir these guys are one of my favs

Thanks bro...yeah, he's pretty cool. My first time ever having an urchin in any of my tanks, so I can't stop staring at him.

 

[ZyberGoby]

I had one a long time ago did the same thing much better than the Pencil urchin I have in QT that guy loves to move any thing not bonded down Christ I've had the pencil urchin for going on 3 years now when i first got it it was the size of a quarter and a veracious eater. Now its the size of a tennis ball and lazy. the same went for the tuxedo I had the thing go huge and stripped all my rock to the point of damn near starving it's self. So I gave it to a friend with a much larger tank than the 120 I had at the time. After the years of having the bugger never got board of watching it do it's thing.

 

[315hottuna61]

Urchins are awesome , i have purple pincushions and love them

 

[Smitty]

Urchins are awesome , i have purple pincushions and love them

Cool...I'm starting to feel sorry for the lil guy, because I think he's starting to run out of food to eat. I don't have any algae in my tank other than bryopsis.

 

[Angelajean]

How beautiful. How old is your tank?
Thanks,
Angie

 

[Smitty]

How beautiful. How old is your tank?
Thanks,
Angie

Thank you...it's about 1.5 years old now.