Author Topic: Ashlar's 280 + fuge + fish room (Read 27757 times)

Ashlar · « **Reply #150 on:** April 22, 2013, 23:50:18 »

In my best mad scientist voice..

IT'S... IT'S.. IT'S ALIVE!

First life spotted on the fuge cams- tiny little nematodes that look like ferrets on crack crawling on boulders.

A couple of days ago, I dumped the 100ml container, algae and all, into the 2.5g tank, to seed the tank with some microscopic life.

It's working!

njrdc · « **Reply #151 on:** April 23, 2013, 00:12:46 »

I love all of the pitchers with the microscope that you are taking. I love the science in a tank

Twizted1 · « **Reply #152 on:** April 23, 2013, 07:15:31 »

Those are nice specs, lol. Are those visible to the naked eye?

Ashlar · « **Reply #153 on:** April 23, 2013, 09:38:07 »

Not really, no.. you can *almost* see that *something* is moving with the naked eye.

Twizted1 · « **Reply #154 on:** May 22, 2013, 17:31:49 »

Any updates?

Ashlar · « **Reply #155 on:** May 22, 2013, 17:38:40 »

Not tank related per se, no..

The wife and I have been hitting a lot of estate sales lately, and I've been keeping my eye open for reef / marine related art.

Twizted1 · « **Reply #156 on:** May 22, 2013, 17:52:23 »

Nice. I like the wall art.

Ashlar · « **Reply #157 on:** May 22, 2013, 17:58:50 »

As far as the little tank, I have spotted a lot more life..

Munid isopod

Harpactid copepod

Photosynthetic flatwoms

Twizted1 · « **Reply #158 on:** May 22, 2013, 22:38:31 »

Sweet, thanks for the pics. I love your camera set up. Takes amazing microscopic shots.

Ashlar · « **Reply #159 on:** May 22, 2013, 23:56:57 »

Feel free to check in on it at any time..

http://rowelab.com/fish/camera/fugecam.php

Travis8896 · « **Reply #160 on:** May 23, 2013, 00:10:09 »

Wow that's sweet what kind of camera do u use?

Ashlar · « **Reply #161 on:** May 23, 2013, 09:46:47 »

It's a little celestron hobby USB microscope-

Travis8896 · « **Reply #162 on:** May 23, 2013, 13:14:58 »

That's cool

charlieweaver · « **Reply #163 on:** May 24, 2013, 00:41:15 »

What magnification is the camera at just wondering saw some guys that looked really big compared to little red guys that were very tiny.

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Ashlar · « **Reply #164 on:** May 24, 2013, 10:44:07 »

It's about at 150x, the max. Last night I captured 30 seconds of video. How many critters can you see?

charlieweaver · « **Reply #165 on:** May 27, 2013, 23:19:45 »

Dang 150x!! So when you plan on starting the tank and all? Very excited to see you do this. I know it will be amazing.

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Ashlar · « **Reply #166 on:** May 27, 2013, 23:51:53 »

Got some more bills to pay down, but it shouldn't be too long.

chromiumlux · « **Reply #167 on:** July 28, 2013, 05:24:23 »

Quote from: Ashlar on May 27, 2013, 23:51:53

Got some more bills to pay down, but it shouldn't be too long.

Any updates on this awesome build?

Ashlar · « **Reply #168 on:** July 28, 2013, 09:55:00 »

Nothing spectacular, just clean-up for now. I replaced the pieces of drywall that I cut out in the adjoining room to run plumbing to the sink.

Work's been a bear and finances are tight, unfortunately.

As to the little tank, I've been observing a lot more life..

charlieweaver · « **Reply #169 on:** September 22, 2013, 00:15:22 »

Dang no tank yet. All this time in was hoping to see something amazing since ive been gone for so long.

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Ashlar · « **Reply #170 on:** September 24, 2013, 22:11:01 »

Had a few more unexpected bills pop up.

S'all good, it'll get filled eventually, hehe.

Learning_The_Hard_Way · « **Reply #171 on:** September 25, 2013, 10:35:23 »

I think your secretly building your tank and filling it with some amazing rock aquascape and going to blow us away!!!! come-on show us pics of the real system!!!

or make your wife get a part time job at night working to pay for all the items needed for your new system to finish it out, I am looking forward to it!!!!

bbtm64 · « **Reply #172 on:** September 25, 2013, 16:21:34 »

Ashlar · « **Reply #173 on:** September 25, 2013, 17:07:40 »

Hehe, nah. We have been doing some other projects though..

lazylivin · « **Reply #174 on:** September 25, 2013, 20:31:23 »

Your very creative. Everything looks really nice and well put together. Nice job

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