Put the other one in and call it the arena tank. Take vids.

and then add a mantis

I ripped some xenia out of mom's tank and dropped them into this one....... tank might be a xenia forest soon.. I should throw some gsp in there too.. hmm..

A tank FULL of pulsing xenia. Bet it'd look cool. Add a clean anemone shrimp just to give you something to eye hunt for.

By golly, I believe that's a good idea. GSP carpet, Xenia forest, and some pederson and white spot nem shrimp.... bingo!
Maybe even a pom pom crab.... always wanted one of those.. oh, and bumble bee shrimp.. hrm.

Actually, I think that sounds really cool.
I love those kinds of tanks.
Maybe I could even send you some Blue Xenia down the road...

yeah definitely get some different colored xenias and morphs of gsp. Also, blue cloves would fit in well.

Ooh, yeah, they would!!!
I also have some Encrusting Green Gorgonian, Encrusting Pink Gorgonian, and White Dot Star Polyps that go well with the whole theme.
DO EET!!!

I think we're on to something here!
The blue cloves I got from el fab aren't spreading in the 40br, for whatever reason, so I might put them in here too to see if they like it better.
Just got some white spot star polyps from Richie too..
Might hit you up for some other things, Weets. Btw, <3 you.

Hai, your tank is awesome, but you need more pitchuerz.

lol, the tank is butt ugly right now.... seriously.
I suppose I can take/post a pic tonight... be prepared!

<3 <3

I'm trying to overhaul a butt ugly system right now too...

mantis?

I swear i had the same idea of the xenia and green star polyps. I think it would look amazing.

Fugly tank!




(you can see my red mithrax crab and his deformed claw in this one..... )

Water changes lol?

ew.

You need to find a less defective mithrax.

But he's my buddy.

And I do water changes on the tank regularly... almost every week.

you could just get more crabs, and keep your little friend, too! That or snails, or an urchin, if you don't mind no coralline. Or a tang.

Ha, no tang.
I plan on getting more cuc, including an urchin, but need to let funds build up again before I do. *le sigh

sure, sure. At least that gives you time to prepare a welcome feast.

hey, wait...


thats mah cuc....

inorite?

Man I thought I had an algae issue.

Well, at least it's not bryopsis I'm battling that right now...and it's NOT fun. Is that green hair algae that's dying off? Looks like it'd be pretty easy to get off the sandbed.

Now that is just..........um..................

lol, yeah, and at least the dictoya alage seems to have died off finally.....
Progression pics!





Dictoya got worse... Took nems and shrimp out and turned off lights for a couple of months, I think.





I probably need to replace the bulbs...

Dictoya algae is a b****. I've been fighting it for a few months now.

Looks warm and fuzzy. Like a sweater. Or my beard if it were green...

emeralds eat it. i have proof on video in my tank thread.

also Lani, get about 10 blue-legged hermits and 10 nerites. problem solved in a week.

Yeah I know, the emeralds I had died awhile ago and I plan on ordering a few in a week or 2, whenever I get some spare cash.

cool... I have 2 of them and i'm adding 10 blue-legs soon. i love sealife inc rock, but that dictyota sucks.

Lights out for a couple of months would cure that.


I know what else would be warm.


Emeralds, nor red mithrax, ate the dictoya in my tanks. I just dropped a couple of hermits and an astrea snail in this tank a few days ago... they're already cleaning it up.

I HAVE PROOF!


*walk away mumbling to himself*

I have a feeling that my corals might not like me very well if I did that.

Suuuuure ya do.


Hmmm, that's always a risk.

*shakes fist*



it's my loch ness monster video

Can't believe people missed this one Then again, we are a bunch of 'Reef-Nerds'

Now you hazda fuzzeh rox Kim.

Well, the clownfish finally got his wish.... He jumped out of the tank, for the 5th time (totally serious) and I wasn't around to save him.. found him dried up next to the power strip last night and flushed him. He was suicidal from the beginning.. he even jumped out of the 40br a couple of times.
RIP ya little bastage.

emeralds eat dictyota, btw.

This tank is dead. Buhbye tank!