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Jeremy, I may have seen your Hydno from Hell!

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Its been a long time since I last saw it, but I was at the Steinhart this morning, and on the secondary panel around the corner (not the main viewing one), I saw this really big hydnophora, it morphed into almost a big encrusting dinner plate, with some branches popping upward (maybe casualties?) but it was large enough that I think it might have been yours... really easy to see, about the middle of the panel near the bottom, oh and no corals around it :D
 
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Its been a long time since I last saw it, but I was at the Steinhart this morning, and on the secondary panel around the corner (not the main viewing one), I saw this really big hydnophora, it morphed into almost a big encrusting dinner plate, with some branches popping upward (maybe casualties?) but it was large enough that I think it might have been yours... really easy to see, about the middle of the panel near the bottom, oh and no corals around it :D


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Awesome! Matt said they didn't frag it per my request and that it was getting rather large, good to know. One of these days I might just get over there to check it out :)
 
Well it may not have been fragged intentionally if it had rather long branches may have just had them knocked off accidentally. But here it is with algae around it, other corals covered in diatoms/dinos/whatever and it's all sitting there green and glorious almost roaring :D

I haven't been bringing my camera when I've been going, I figure it's a million times better in person than to look at pictures, but I'm tempted to start a project and photograph every fish in the place (species that is), so I'll try to snap a shot later and you can verify or not.
 
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But here it is with algae around it, other corals covered in diatoms/dinos/whatever and it's all sitting there green and glorious almost roaring :D
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Are they having nutrient problems? I wonder how "filtered" the water is that they pump in...I can't imagine that water being pristine clean with the proximity to the outlet of the Bay/Delta.
 
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But here it is with algae around it, other corals covered in diatoms/dinos/whatever and it's all sitting there green and glorious almost roaring :D
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Are they having nutrient problems? I wonder how "filtered" the water is that they pump in...I can't imagine that water being pristine clean with the proximity to the outlet of the Bay/Delta.
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It isn't right off the beach if I recall. The water source isn't the problem, there is no problem really. It's cycling as it's only a couple months old now. Tanks of this size take WAY longer then your typical 55g to finish cycling.
 
What he said, all tanks need to cycle in some way or another. However that being said there is a lot of area in the tank for all sorts of lifeforms to pop up. The other day when I was there I had to see at least a dozen different types of herbivorous fish get near those clumps of green algae, and they'll pick around it but not at it directly... perhaps the fish just aren't hungry enough, although I did see at the bottom one of their gigantic clams was dead, so something is eating in there.

I am curious how often the water is cycled out of that thing though.
 
Shoot I forgot that stat but Rich & Matt told me at one point :)

They feed a ton to those fish I must say, nice to see :D
 
Yeah I'm not sure when the feeding schedule is, but I saw a couple times when about 90% of the fish in the tank would swim up toward one point on the surface within the span of an hour. Not sure if it was the air being sucked in that got their attention, or it was close to feeding time but yeah thems some trained fishies :D
 
That Hydno rocks!

Nothing eats bryopsis! As things close down at Howard, we will be scheduling more dives to remove it.

The tank gets fed several times a day. Air getting sucked in by that one jet does make the fish think they are getting fed.

IMO - its a new tank, things happen. :D
 
i went there for the first time on tuesday. they fed the tank at around 11:15 when i was there. i must say that tank is the most AMAZING potential. but right now it's a little sad to see all of the dead coral.

here is feeding time.
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and one bad video.
http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n48/_MF_LordHelmet/?action=view&current=MVI_0091.flv
 
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Rich. How often is the water cycled in and out of the tanks?
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From what I understand, the water goes through the Life Support every 90 minutes.

What is this teech m? :D

Give it some time guys. We are going to get it dialed in - the team working on that tank is amazing!
 
i love that tank. i must have taken a billion pictures when i went there. its got so much potential! ps- whats a hydno?? LOL i was too busy fighting with the little kids to get near the glass so i could get a good look at the corals n stuff.
 
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