8 Gallon Nano Journal

[TheFighterFish]

I have the same thermometer as you do. Great start BTW and thanks for snapping pics.

 

[MrBungle]

looks awesome. I wanna do something like that for my 12g

 

[Helena21]

thank you both!
test results are:

ammonia: 0.25-0.50
nitrite: 0
nitrate: about 15
pH: 8.2

 

[FreddyJ]

I am just going to concur with everyone else. I like the new look of the rocks, nice caves and overhangs and I think it is smart not to glue them ALL together so you have some sort of flexibility for the future.

Personally I think it is a big improvement over the first rock arrangement.

 

[Helena21]

Thanks FreddyJ.
The tank is clear now, so heres a new pic...

 

[Big Vine]

I'm with FreddyJ...I like this new arrangement a lot better. *thumbsup2

BV

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Looks good helena, getting some brown algae i see...good sign. AND you are getting an algae bloom before katie. muhaha

 

[Helena21]

Thanks BV, and yeah matt i have a few patches of brown algae here and there, and also i can see some coraline growth on the rocks

 

[Lorna]

Once your coraline takes off you are going to curse having that rock that close to the glass as it makes it almost impossible to keep it cleared off.......just a tidbit.....but it does look great!

 

[Helena21]

thanks lorna...i can always turn the whole structure around abit to get to the glass, if i need too

 

[big54bob]

i like the rock work.
(Now to get your brother SW.)

 

[Stueyandspike]

It looks really nice, have you thought about some sort of background to kinda hide the heater and what not?

 

[Helena21]

yeah i might get a black background. Thanks for the suggestion *twirlysmi

 

[Helena21]

I found a little thing in a crevice in a rock, i poked it gently and it just retracted inside the rock. Its just about 6-7mm wide and its a grey-ish color.
Sorry to ask this dumb question but does anyone know what it is? im kinda new to all this, and its probably something really common, but i just want to know what it is for sure
pic:

 

[big54bob]

it looks like a tubeworm

 

[1979camaro]

it could also be aiptasia

 

[Helena21]

aw no! i really hope it isnt aiptasia, it doesnt look like one from the pics online, it doesnt look like a tube worm from what i've seen.

anyone else wanna guess?

i was just looking in other holes in the same rocks and i can definatly see another one now

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Maybe something like a christmas tree worm?

 

[Helena21]

Hmmm...i looked on the internet and i dont think it looks like a christmas tree worm either.

Im not too worried what it is, as long as its not aiptasia or anything else bad

 

[Mushroomman]

If its translucent and the tentacles are 'thick' its probably aiptasia. If its opaque and the tentacles are flat and feather-like its some type of fan/tube/whatever worm.