tips, care advice for them? please?

blood shrimp not sure on but the gsp most like lots of light and keep them away from anything u dont want covered in them they grow like weeds.

thanks. yeah i set my gsp on the top of my rock, hoping they would spread...if they grow out of control i'll farm them!

and the shrimp seems fine...walking about all cheerios~

did a quick search on each and got the standard liveaquaria type description y'know?

was hoping for more in depth tips and care advice.

For a pretty cool effect, place the GSP along the wall of your tank. They'll migrate to the glass or false wall and cover it. That's what is happening in my tank right now. However, my GSP hitchhiked, as did a number of my now prominent corals and it was just luck that it was placed against the false wall of my NC24.

**EDIT** I just noticed I never actually told you any care requirements of GSP. They're photosynthetic like most corals and require a solid lighting period of at least 6 - 7 hours per day. You can tell they're declining by a loss of coloration of each green to a bleached white. They do not require any special feedings. Direct or indirect flow has little effect on their overall well being although I do enjoy a intermittent direct flow on them. This causes them to sway which gives the impression of grass. GSP are considered an easy to care for coral simply because most standard PC lightings or better will maintain GSP.

Blood shrimp are cryptic in nature and tend to avoid the light. They're awesome cleaners though and very fun to watch at night if you've got a mild moonlight or a pen light with a red LED installed or some red filter. It's very cool. They're easy to keep although in smaller tanks (20 or less) I'd suggest dropping it a pellet or flake occasionally. I fed mine once a week and let it scavenge for the rest of the week. He did well up until he died two months ago, but I attribute his death to a harsh temperature swing, not starvation.

Also, they molt regularly from what I've experienced in the past. Twice a month sounds about average right of the top of my head, but I've got it all written down, so if you want a more accurate figure I can get it for you.

Hope this helps!

fabulous! One Eyed Bunny!

yeah my skunk cleaner shrimp molt like twice a week as well. the blood shrimp is a riot looking like a giant next to the skunk cleaner shrimp. so muscular~

and its cool that it looks like a lobster and hence has lobsterish charisma.

thanks for a super fantastic 'message' ol one eyed, with pancake on top of head

lol

thanks for the gsp care advice as well as the blood shrimp's

it fell off the rocks and is now laying on the sand, some polyp open, gonna leave it there for a while, and now seriously contemplating trying to get it to run up the wall.

hmmm....yeah....

GSP are super hardy, They cant be killed,you cant hurt them. I heard a story of a guy who was fragging his GSP and left it in a bucket without water in his garage for 10 hours where temps reached 95 then plopped it back in his tank and presto, 2 hours later it was opened up and happy

blood shrimp r usually easy to take care.....they mind their own business ...they r usually just like an ornament and look cool .....just clean water and regular dose of iodine be best for them...
i hve zoos in my tank...very hardy and easy to take care..they can tolerate even up to 83f of temperature and needs about 4 to 5 hours of light only.....but more light definitely keeps your aquarium healthy and clean depending upon corals and plants uve got..

"youngest reefer"... How old are you?

i am 13

That's good to know about GSP. I'm a beginner and jumped in head first and ended up with GSP from my latest order. I'll look for them to make it, so I can go ahead and get attached right?

I'm really trying to take good care of the tank as I'm sure most are, it's just such an interesting and exciting hobby it's hard not to go overboard.

I guess I should scrape the coraline algae from the back of my tank. I thought I had read that it was beneficial or at least benevolent to most all reef life.

That is coraline on the back of my tank? I was trying to figure out why half of it has turned white while the rest remains reddish in color. Any ideas?



Uh...if you didn't read this the first time...I'm looking for some help.

That is coraline on the back of my tank? I was trying to figure out why half of it has turned white while the rest remains reddish in color. Any ideas?

yes that coraline on the back of the tank. dont know that it realy benefits the tank but i like the look of it. when it turns white it usualy is dying. i wouldnt worry about it. it'll grow right back.