kimberbee Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 I noticed the little goby right away too!! There were a couple at the lfs yesterday, but I came home with my fancy mandarin instead! Such beautiful and colorful pics! Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 The misspelling probably didn't help... does sound a little dirty now that I think about it. i didn't notice misspelling. was able to find definition asap. new word learned! I love the goby photobomb I noticed the little goby right away too!! There were a couple at the lfs yesterday, but I came home with my fancy mandarin instead! Such beautiful and colorful pics! FRED (ycg) photobombs at every given opportunity. it is pretty hilarious, actually. Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 hello friends! did another major weekly cleaning today. as i said, i'm feeding phyto feast to my naked worm (still squirming and taking up prime real estate in the front right corner) which is causing more algae on the glass for me. i finally threw away my acan and favia. i had been nursing them for months and they simply weren't bouncing back. checked back chamber for gbg, nothing. boo. otherwise, did another major killing of vermetid (sp) worms (they form the hard squiggly tube and shoot mucous into the tank to catch food) with my nose pliers, very effective. some corals still a little upset over the cleaning, but everything else seems to be doing well. Link to comment
Sancho Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Your gonna need a bigger tank! Then you could just sign your paychecks over to Will @ ASD. Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Your gonna need a bigger tank! Then you could just sign your paychecks over to Will @ ASD. no! no!! i need to sell more books and film rights too. ha! Link to comment
owenj Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Love the new FTS. I have algae on the glass growing like mad since I started dosing phyto everyday . And vermetid snails too . I didn't even notice them until I saw your discussion with Teeny about them. Now I notice them in my tank too! Gah. I may need to go invest in some needle nose pliers just for the fish tank. Link to comment
kimberbee Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Oh stop! Now I'm paranoid about my vermetid snails... Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 Love the new FTS. I have algae on the glass growing like mad since I started dosing phyto everyday . And vermetid snails too . I didn't even notice them until I saw your discussion with Teeny about them. Now I notice them in my tank too! Gah. I may need to go invest in some needle nose pliers just for the fish tank. it is very satisfying to twist the buggers off, i must admit!! the closest to actual violence i'll indulge in in my sheltered life. you have to get the root though, where the worm lives, so i usually chip away a bit of the rock too. there are still more on my live rock. i've also got the wispy white/clear strings overruning my tank. they are some type of jellyfish, i think? or a relative of. it's from overfeeding too, likely. Love the new FTS. I have algae on the glass growing like mad since I started dosing phyto everyday . And vermetid snails too . I didn't even notice them until I saw your discussion with Teeny about them. Now I notice them in my tank too! Gah. I may need to go invest in some needle nose pliers just for the fish tank. but jaime, now that clammy is RIP, why are you still dosing phyto? Link to comment
gena Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I've got vermetid snails (not that many), the little white wispy/stringy worm things throughout my sandbed (plague proportions), and now an explosion of yellow spongesin my tank. The sponges are pretty cool . What's next? Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 so i noticed this morn that the pink lobo has been receding. i'm bummed! i thought it was doing well. but i had only been feeding it oyster feast so far, and i don't know if that is meaty enough for it. (only because i see it extended at night, and am too lazy to defrost my coral frenzy.) but this morn, i saw some feelers out when i did phyto feast, so i fed it coral frenzy (frozen seafood) for the first time. it loved it! here's a foto. i would rather not dose with weekly water changes, but might if i have to to keep some brain corals. we'll see how it does with more meaty foods from now on. I've got vermetid snails (not that many), the little white wispy/stringy worm things throughout my sandbed (plague proportions), and now an explosion of yellow spongesin my tank. The sponges are pretty cool . What's next? i had a sponge issue too, on a single mushroom frag, but i think i've killed it off. it was white and spongy? Link to comment
kimberbee Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm pretty sure your lobo would LOVE more meat! Yum yum! Link to comment
owenj Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 it is very satisfying to twist the buggers off, i must admit!! the closest to actual violence i'll indulge in in my sheltered life. you have to get the root though, where the worm lives, so i usually chip away a bit of the rock too. but jaime, now that clammy is RIP, why are you still dosing phyto? I went after all I could see with my bone cutters . There are still some on the backs of the rocks but I can't really get to them without fully removing the rock. Dosing the phyto mostly because I have so much leftover . I think it's good for the micro-fauna in the tanks too, and I have a lot of pods at the moment. I can see them running about on the rocks and glass. Tug is going to have a field day when he goes back in. so i noticed this morn that the pink lobo has been receding. i'm bummed! i thought it was doing well. but i had only been feeding it oyster feast so far, and i don't know if that is meaty enough for it. (only because i see it extended at night, and am too lazy to defrost my coral frenzy.) but this morn, i saw some feelers out when i did phyto feast, so i fed it coral frenzy (frozen seafood) for the first time. it loved it! here's a foto. I ran into the same problem with my scolys (and to a certain extent, the dendros), so I got some dry LPS pellets for spot feeding after lights out if they were closed up during the daytime feed. I've got Fauna Marin and the Coral Frenzy ones. I can send you some if you want to try them. Having some sponge problems in the 10g too . Hopefully that's taken care of for the most part after the boiling water treatment. I've also had these weird, white, soft, filter feeder looking things pop up all over both tanks. No clue what they are. Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 NEVERMIND! it's a clear flatworm, and it's more beneficial than the usual flatworm. yay! i found a great foto of it on this site, which is a good reference for hitch hikers: http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker/hitchhiker.shtml hey everyone! can i get an ID for this? i had seen it smaller and on the glass before, and today, it was by my asterina star (which hasn't bothered anything) moving around really fast and maybe grown twice as big. still tiny though. i had assumed that it was a clear/invisible stomatella snail. but the way it moves, those wisps (which i thought were antennas) are at the BACK of this thing. it really looks like a clear two legged squid, tbh. and yes, it's see through. any ideas? i think it's a slug or snail? Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Flatworm, and 99% it's an algaevore. Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Flatworm, and 99% it's an algaevore. thanks, ben! it's a good hitchhiker, right? yay! Link to comment
Maniu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Flatworm - Amphiscolops or similar thanks, ben! it's a good hitchhiker, right? yay! Feeds on detritus, algae and copepods Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 Flatworm - Amphiscolops or similar Feeds on detritus, algae and copepods thanks! i like him already! Link to comment
Maniu Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Keeper for biodiversity. One of flatworms you won't mind crawling about. A while back, I carelessly introduced flatworms (waminoa=bad) on colony that didn't get coral dip treatment. No big deal if you watch them closely and take some action to eradicate potential plague that could become a headache. Link to comment
0je Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 my favourite is black sand....pink lobo awesome. I have 3 orange ricordea florida..? need blue,green florida Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 my favourite is black sand....pink lobo awesome. I have 3 orange ricordea florida..? need blue,green florida thank you! i love ricordeas. i lost a yuma but might try again. what is the hobby like in istanbul? Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 NOTE TO SELF: the big duster in the zoa rock had its tube basically closed in the two weeks since it cast off its crown. today, i noticed that that tube is now open. have NO idea what this means. did the worm inside die? is it trying to get nutrients? Link to comment
DaveFason Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Tank is looking great! Still enjoying the light? -Dave Link to comment
cindyp Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 OMGOSH FRIENDS! i saw NEW feathers peeping out of the big feather duster. two weeks, and it's made a new crown for itself. only a few millimeters peeped out, mind. not extended. what do i do? what do i do? should i move it to a more quiet corner? or leave it be? the current spot is right below the wave pump, and i feared it might not have liked the flow. WWYD? would you just leave it be until it comes out and see what happens? or move it to a more quiet corner. eeep!! Tank is looking great! Still enjoying the light? -Dave yes, i am, dave! i especially love the dusk times. Link to comment
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