.Newman. Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 yes, I am eying a small metallic GSP frag at my LFS. I hope they still have it when I go back in there this week Now I hope I found real Blasto at my LFS and not a single head of Favia or another Acan coral. I think one variety of acan is enough in a small tank like this... I'll post up a pic of this "Blasto" if and when I get it so that someone on here can help ID it for what it really is Also I'm thinking of a small margarita snail...but do these knock over frags? and will they just eat all the algae in my tank in a week and then starve out everything else in the tank including themselves? cuz the only thing I'm feeding right now is my Nassarius since that doesn't eat algae... Link to comment
RedMan25xl Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I have a banded trochus and it cruises all over eating anything in its sight. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 trochus snail eh... Link to comment
Aqualara Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 oooh. Blasto sounds good. I got one last week, and it's doing pretty well They're really nice. Link to comment
scythe Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 very nice! i dont know why your jealous of my paly's when you have ALL of THOSE zoa's and that acan! Honestly i think i have a total of only 10 polyps in my tank. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 lol I fed my palys today so hopefully they will recover and grow to be less shabby looking Today marked the first day that I fed my corals. I have to say it was an interesting experience. the feeding with plankton part was really boring, but everything got really fun when I got to feeding all the big polyps frozen brine shrimp. BTW I could not find any form of mysis shrimp in my LFS so I went with the frozen brine that I already had. All the acan polyps ate a shrimp, the bigger polyps actually wanted second helpings. The neon green ricordea ate a shrimp One random zoa I picked started eating a shrimp, idk when it will finish lol! Each of my Palythoa polyps got one shrimp . The rhodactis shroom proved inept at guiding the shrimp toward its mouth, so it failed to eat... I obviously didn't feed my zoas (aside from that one) with the shrimp cuz there are just too many. I will try to feed the acan with brine every 2-3 days now since it's so fun Link to comment
ALNN Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 seems like a fun night then glad everything is healthy and eatting pictureessss Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Pics will be up this Saturday/Sunday. I'm also thinking of getting a small margarita or turbo snail....idk which one yet Actually I'll just throw in a blurry night-time pic. the camera makes the moonlight seem much brighter than it is. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Tested the tank today before the weekly water change. Temperature - 80F pH - 8.3 Specific Gravity - 1.025 Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 0 Everything looked good so I'm going to get that Blasto, GSP corals and a small turbo snail tomorrow! Link to comment
Aqualara Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 be sure to post pics when they're settled in Link to comment
ALNN Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 finaly finsih cycling eh! let the fun begin! Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 lol, I think this tank had finished it's cycle after 2 weeks since I set it all up It has been stable now for 3 weeks, so hopefully it can handle some more livestock. And you bet I'll post pics when everything is settled (Sunday)! Link to comment
RedMan25xl Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 looking forward to it. I hope you do keep this tank for years, and not keep changing tanks like most imo Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 lol I hope so too Now the FTS before the additions: The acan hasn't lost much blue color, but it did become more silvery I think.... And a wacky pic with Flash: Yesterday I added a bright red/teal Blasto and a frag of GSP. I was also sold an Astrea Snail for the price of a turbo (99c) She is cleaning up the glass from brown diatoms. I wish she would get to the hair algae on the rocks soon... I'm probably going to feed my acan today with brine shrimp again. and I'll try to get a new FTS up later tonight Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 EDIT: Fed every big polyp with a brine shrimp again. even the Blasto ate one Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 FTS had been updated. This is everything after the additions yesterday: FTS: Also can someone confirm if this is an Astrea tecta ? I've been wondering this for a while, is there anything wrong with these zoas? Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 14, 2010 Author Share Posted March 14, 2010 The FTS was updated with a clearer pic... and Attack of the Astrea! Link to comment
ALNN Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 The FTS was updated with a clearer pic...and Attack of the Astrea! LOL! thats so awesome. you zoa, well in the picture it looks a bit white at the rim, maybe its just the photo Link to comment
bulldogpet Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Zoanthids look fine. Tank is looking better & better Link to comment
c_k_kuehne Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Zoanthids look fine. Tank is looking better & better +1 -- send me a frag Link to comment
Tanngu87 Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Very very lovely setup! =] Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 lol thanks guys! naw I wasn't referring to the white rim. but what I was referring to seems to have been just some white debris on the zoas near the mouths, that I mistook to be white splotches. all is good now I believe now I am DONE with new additions. I have added so much stuff so fast that I think it's definitely not safe. So I will wait for a long while now, feed everything, do water changes and see how things grow! Thank you everyone for your support! Link to comment
Aqualara Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Your tank is looking great!! Now you get to sit back and enjoy it Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 YES! I think I'm done stocking for a while now, so I can sit back and watch stuff grow Link to comment
.Newman. Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 I fed everything today with brine shrimp (and a shrimp pellet for Nas snail) and took some pics. Sorry I cant take good macro of anything with my camera. Also I might not be done stocking it after all...there was just this one leather coral that I had to have in this tank Link to comment
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