Proudgeek Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Picked up a couple of pink mushrooms. And I moved the favia so that it can get more light to see if it helps... But I think it's on its way out. It never recovered from the arctic experience from last month. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Green banded goby. A very happy camper so far. Will take better photos over the long weekend after a water change. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 So I picked up a new frag tonight and got a bonus hitchhiker. It seems to be a baby arm banded brittle star. Any thoughts? Will it eat my goby when it grows? I'll keep it if it won't. Link to comment
dpoltsdsu Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Itd only eat the goby if the goby was really sick or already dead. It will be fine! Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Itd only eat the goby if the goby was really sick or already dead. It will be fine! Thanks! Link to comment
wildbill79 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Itd only eat the goby if the goby was really sick or already dead. It will be fine! I had a situation like this with my YCG. I believe that my clown was picking on him(especially during feeding time) and he would stay under one of my rocks a lot. He was probably getting weak from lack of eating. I have some brittle stars that started really small, but are really big now. I think they found the opportunity to grab the goby and when I got home from work, they were eating him. They do get big and are opportunistic. Mostly scavengers, but it the opportunity is there, I wouldn't put it past them to grab something that is weak. Just an opinion. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 So last night I go to feed the reef and I see something deep within the tentacles of the frogspawn. Upon closer examination, it turns out it was a blue legged crab with no shell. I have no idea how it got there. The reef goes on... Update: and no sight of the brittle star. Who knows what's going on with that! Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Hello again. I've been found guilty of OTS. The bad news: a handful of corals melted and have been battling some GHA for quite some time. The good news: I've been on top of the tank during the last 2 weeks and things have turned around. 95% of the GHA is gone thanks to peroxide and a brush and got some new corals which are thriving now that I am dozing every 2 days to maintain calcium and alkalinity at par. I also found a yellow clown goby who is already enjoying the company of my TP clown pair and the green banded goby. He is super tiny but will eat anything I throw in there. Finally, I just received an intank media basket with purigen and chemi pure elite which will go in during the next water change. More to come soon... Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Thanks. Will post after tomorrow night's water change. Nothing to brag about but will be doing some work in the next several weeks to make it pop. Very nice tank. Really digging your latest aquascape. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 I have family in town and have been busy with that and work. I did the water change but no photos yet. I went to feed the tank just now and my YCG did not come out he had been eating ok since I got him and I don't have anything big enough to eat him. If my green banded goby is still alive, so should he. Darn. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 The search and rescue mission for the YCG is now a recovery mission He has disappeared. While feeding the tank tonight, I found three blue legs on the sand bed.... I either have a red legged hermit crab going to town or God knows what. Let's hope hurricane Erika doesn't set me back with the tank. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 So today i came across a few red hermit crab legs on the sand bed. Something is grilling my clean up crew. Would it be the brittle star? I have one nassarius snail, a few astra snails, and the blue and legged hermits. Any thoughts? Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted September 4, 2015 Author Share Posted September 4, 2015 No more victims to date since the last body parts were found Here's the updated inventory and some TSs. Corals have been doing great since I began 2 part dosing. Fish 2 TP clowns paired at home 1 green banded goby GBG 1 citron clown goby (traded in for GBG) 1 YCG (still MIA) CUC Red and blue legged hermit crabs Astraea snails (endangered) Nassarius snail Corals Zoas Valentines day massacre Lucky charms Sunny d's Candy apple Punk rockers Assorted no name Zoas Others Clavularia Blue galaxea Lobo Blue Rainbow Acan Dirty panties rainbow Acan Orange ricordea Florida Green ricordea Florida Red mushrooms Green mushroom I had not glued frags to rock as I had been considering upgrading to a bigger tank and did not want to go mess stuff up in between not knowing what the new setup would look like. I just ordered a new IM fusion lagoon 25g so I will be very close depth wise on the 25g. I will begin moving corals to rock in preparation for the new tank. I will be going with a nano box duo so lighting will also be similar to the retro kit in the BC. I am returning the new media basket to Amazon as it is still NiB. Life is good. Pardon the mobile photos. Don't have time right now to deal with dslrs and photo transfers... Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 All livestock is doing well. Some zoas have 2-3 baby polyps so parameters and light intensity are good. The only exception is the lucky charm frag that is not opening as much. I will move to a lower light over the weekend to see how they do with less light. In related news, I ordered a new gen nano box duo for the new tank... Very excited about that build. The tank and stand will ship out by the end of next week. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 I decided to give some sps a shot so I got some strawberry shortcake and super blue turaki frags. Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted November 17, 2015 Author Share Posted November 17, 2015 This tank has been retired... Link to comment
ReeferLove702 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Did you ever find out what was killing your crabs?? Link to comment
Proudgeek Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 The female clown was the gladiator in there. She and her mate were traded in to the LFS some time back. Link to comment
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