Paigee Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Do the first one with fishies!! Who needs savings? you can be a hobo with a sick reef tank Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Don't get a chili coral, they are nps and don't do well in aquaria. Replace it with another SPS or LPS. Link to comment
gena Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Do the first one with fishies!! Who needs savings? you can be a hobo with a sick reef tank There's a hobo in Burbank that has this solar power contraption that runs his radio and I'm sure other things. Only in California do the homeless have/use solar power technology Link to comment
metrokat Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Don't get a chili coral, they are nps and don't do well in aquaria. Replace it with another SPS or LPS. +1 Link to comment
msscha Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I shall live vicariously through your decision, whatever it is. Make it a good one. I need some vicarious living right now !! Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 So, did you make any decisions? No Don't get a chili coral, they are nps and don't do well in aquaria. Replace it with another SPS or LPS. Really? I assumed nps would be easy haha. There's a hobo in Burbank that has this solar power contraption that runs his radio and I'm sure other things. Only in California do the homeless have/use solar power technology Sweet! I shall live vicariously through your decision, whatever it is. Make it a good one. I need some vicarious living right now !! Maaaaybe I'll go with SeaLife Inc after my next paycheck. I have a $20 credit at Saltwaterfish.com but can't use it in conjunction with any other coupon code. So that'd barely cover shipping. I really want that stylo.... But I've also been lurking on my local reef forum cause local coral from other hobbyists is usually way cheaper, especially softies. Seems like everyone in Atlanta hates softies and measure their **** length in SPS. Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Photo dump while the bosses are at lunch I really hate this job I went to the aquarium last week. A manta ray pooped and all the tangs went after it. Travally. They had a nifty frog temporary frog exhibit. Funny looking spherical fish in the small coldwater tank that no one looks at (except me apparently) and it's health is declining. The second, larger coldwater tank has a pacific octopus and is overall much healthier. In all the time I've been, I've only seen the octopus once. The few live corals in their tropical diver tank are growing out. Not much to put this photo in perspective but these hairy shrooms were huuuuge. I want one. Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 And now, a photo dump from my tank last night. Have I mentioned how much I love my magnifying glass? Dern flatworms. I'll get Flatworm Exit one of these days. Baby yuma! The colors keep changing and I'm not sure if its good or bad. I'm pretty sure, though, that the brownish part on the front is algae. I moved my Koralia to the other side and pointed it directly at the monti. The little red monti is coming along nicely. Recovering from having no red whatsoever on it. I hope that spongey thing doesn't get bigger and affect my blastos. Also, I think I might rehome Pierre. He's a pig and makes all my coral close when trying to feed them. Shrimp organs. The Petco yumas have grown. See the few on the back row extending up? They closed when I was moving the Koralia. This is the only way I can attempt to count them. Definitely over 32. I always forget I have that cabbage leather stuff haha. This little guy has visited me at work for two days now. Now for the sad news. My porcelain crab has perished Not sure why. Maybe not enough food? It's harder to gauge if they're getting fed when you can't see them eat meaty food. He never came out much anyway. But I enjoyed examining it At first I thought it had molted... but the shell isn't translucent and I haven't seen it. Rawr And finally, a full tank shot. Link to comment
gena Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great picture dump!!!!!! Are you sure that's not a molt???? Looks like it to me. The way I tell is by crunching it and if there's no "meat", it's a molt. The molts aren't necessarily transparent. Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 The legs and claws feel like they have meat in them. I'll try dissecting it later lol. I haven't thrown it away..... Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Gena is right, as always. I still find it amazing how real the molt looks. Great pic dump! In all my life I have never seen manta ray poop. Link to comment
HVani Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Emerald crab molt Freaky real. When he did actually pass he smelled BAD. Hopefully yours is just a molt Link to comment
Paigee Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Great pics! Hopefully the crab didn't really die Where do you work? Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 In all my life I have never seen manta ray poop. Freaky real. When he did actually pass he smelled BAD. Hopefully yours is just a molt That is freaky real. Hmm... It's really hard to tell. I'll let y'all know when I get home. Where do you work? I am the creative director for a small manufacturing company. By small, I mean 6 employees; three in the office and three in the back make an alcohol product. They hired me, a graphic designer, before a marketer, and think they can just market themselves on their own and they can't and it's frustrating. In my position, it's a dead-end job. Link to comment
Paigee Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Oh... That's cool but kinda crappy at the same time. Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I had a good looking emerald crab that arrived DOA. I put it outside and it dried, didn't smell so I put a little AC glue in each joint and them sprayed a few coats of spar varathane. Kinda wierd, I know, but kinda cool too. Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 haha not weird. I'd do that too if I didn't just smash it to pieces. So what do y'all think? Dead or molt? Doesn't seem to be a lot of meat if I was stranded on an island. This is a few days old. If it's a molt, how could it have gotten out and left that honeycomb looking stuff inside? In other news, Stranger the hitch hiker crab has really gotten brave. Disregard the evil caulerpa. I've been busy. Link to comment
banshee Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Nice HH! Crabs are so funny! Link to comment
gena Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I'm going to stick with molt until there is further evidence...like, no sign of the crab for a few weeks Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 But... but... but... that's like impossible. I'm going with it's dead until I see it. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 This is Major Tom to Ground Control Link to comment
Spirofucci Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hard to tell but looks like there's meat in there. Glue him back together. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Also...that's a molt...I'm a crab expert....I dissect them a million times a summer when I eat them loo.... hard shell crabs like this can take up to 3 or four weeks to create a new shell and come out of hiding because they're new shell is soft....mmmm soft shell crabs Also...crabs are insects ;p and probably the best insect to eat lol Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 (ssskkk) 10-4 go ahead (ssskkk) I'm watching you (You're Dabnus Shamer, right?) draw an awesome penguin. I wish my phone was bigger and the touch screen more responsive. I need to get a new one soon. Mine is getting old. It's a great debate.... Link to comment
ScubaEthan Posted March 28, 2012 Author Share Posted March 28, 2012 hard shell crabs like this can take up to 3 or four weeks to create a new shell and come out of hiding because they're new shell is soft Well then... we'll have to wait 3-4 weeks to see what happens. I loooove eating crab. Especially crab cakes. Link to comment
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