Bongo Shrimp Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and thought a good way to start out would be to start a thread about my tanks. This is my 29g Biocube Reef 29g Oceanic BioCube (About 6-7 months old) Oceanic BioCube Protein Skimmer 4 Nova 20" T5 Fixtures (in hood) 4 White LED Strips (9 bulbs per strip) 150wtt Visi-Therm Heater Modded filtration with liverock instead of bioballs Approx. 3-5 lbs of livesand Approx. 21 lbs of liverock Fish: x2 Tank-Bred Ocellaris Clownfish x1 Helfrichi Firefish x1 Green Mandarin x3 Copperband Cardinalfish Inverts: x1 Blood Shrimp x1 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp x2 Sexy Shrimp x1 Grey and Orange Feather Starfish (2yrs old in captivity) x1 Muscle Coral: Green and Grey Cyphastrea Meteorite Cyphastrea Purple Polyp Cap. Pink Edged- Green Montipora Montipora Sp. Kenya Tree Rhizotrochus Typus Darth Maul Porites Mind Bender Chalice Red Fungia Plate Brain Coral Orange and Green Acan Lords Green Tipped Toadstool Green Star Polyps Tan Star Polyps Neon Green Candycane Coral Pink and Green Candycane coral Purple Tipped Table Acro Acro Sp. (a few) Orange Digitata Pink Milli. Milli Sp. Blastomusa Wellsi Tubbs Blues Zoas Watermelon Zoas Green Zombie(?) Zoas Sunset Zoas Red and Black Japanese Palys Purple and Yellow Japanese Palys A few unknown tiny frags I picked up for free. And probably a few that skipped my mind for the moment. FTS: Fungia Plate: Feather Star: Now, before you go crazy about this, take into consideration that he is over 2yrs old IN CAPTIVITY. Darth Maul Porites: They look like this up close: (not my pic) Copperband Cardinals: (there are three and this is a bad pic) Rhizo: What do you think? Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Here are a few more pics: Link to comment
reefdan Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 i like it. i like it a lot. awesome starfish and fungia. do you really like that colt and athelia? looks like a lot of prime real estate there... you don't have any bongo shrimp... Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 i like it. i like it a lot. awesome starfish and fungia. do you really like that colt and athelia? looks like a lot of prime real estate there... you don't have any bongo shrimp... Sorry but which corals are you talking about "colt and anthelia"? I think you are mistaking them for something else. And I do happen to have two bongo shrimp- see here: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...p;#entry2533381 Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Ok, one last pic for now: Link to comment
Nemo Niblets Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 FEATHERSTAR! What's your secret? Link to comment
SbCaes Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 FEATHERSTAR! What's your secret? serious! ^^^^^ let us know please. (i've always wanted one AND i have a bc29) Link to comment
1337TANKHAX Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Wow you have some incredible livestock. It all looks so happy too. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 I got the feather star from my LFS's wholesaler who had it in a display for about 9 months. We (my LFS, their wholesaler, and I) believe that it eats cyclopeeze. I also feed rotifers and DTs. It is just a freak thing that it is able to live in my tank. All feather stars (distinguishable by different colors) eat something different. Therefore it is almost impossible to keep one. Even if you found the exact same one I have, you may not be able to keep it alive for whatever reason. I really truly wish I had a "cure all" solution for how to keep a feather star. But I do not. I know it is tough seeing that I am able to keep a feather star, but I and I'm sure many others agree that you should not try to keep a feather star. It is just a lucky, freak thing that I am able to do it. Please feel free to ask me any questions about the feather star and I will do my best to answer them as fully as I can. Link to comment
got2envy Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 You had me at feather star and red fungia Beautiful collection!! and reef!! Link to comment
imcosmokramer Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 is that a reverse sunset monti? Link to comment
Nemo Niblets Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Oh okay, thanks for the info. I love your rhizo by the way. Where did you get it? And do you mind me asking how much it cost? Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 I believe the monti is a tequila sunrise monti. I got the rhizo at a LFS and I got a good deal on it. Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I enjoy seeing this tank.... keep it comin' Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 26, 2009 Author Share Posted November 26, 2009 Just bought a pair of Coral Croucher Gobies from Liveaquaria! Will post pics when they get here. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Just bought a pair of Coral Croucher Gobies from Liveaquaria! Will post pics when they get here. Your Tank is AMAZING!!! I LOVE the feather Star! When u said on ur other tank thread u let the Bongo Shrimps out of there cages, did u mean u put them in this tank? And u got 3 more for ur other tank? Anyways, both ur tanks ar absolutely amazing!!! BTW: Coral Crouchers are really Awesome! I know somebody who didn't see them for a year at a time. SO if they are gone for a year don't think they are dead. Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted November 29, 2009 Author Share Posted November 29, 2009 Wow thanks. When I said I let the bongo shrimp out, I meant I let them into the other tank, the lagoon tank. They were being kept in a specimen container so I could oversee them but now they are in the main display tank. I was getting three but one died before they were shipped out so now I will be getting two more. They will be going into the lagoon tank along with the others. The only thing I'm worried about with the coral crouchers is getting stung. Although I heard it is unlikely to happen. Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Wow thanks. When I said I let the bongo shrimp out, I meant I let them into the other tank, the lagoon tank. They were being kept in a specimen container so I could oversee them but now they are in the main display tank. I was getting three but one died before they were shipped out so now I will be getting two more. They will be going into the lagoon tank along with the others. The only thing I'm worried about with the coral crouchers is getting stung. Although I heard it is unlikely to happen. cool! I LOVE Bongo Shrimp even though i've never seen one until i saw ur threads. I wouldn't worry about gettin stung by them. They hide a lot especially when u are doin mainteneace. If they do sting u just wash it out with warm water and soap. It hurts no more than a bee sting. Link to comment
therman Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Very cool tanks. I'd never heard of coral crouchers OR bongo shrimp until I read about your tanks. Thanks -Tim Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Very cool tanks. I'd never heard of coral crouchers OR bongo shrimp until I read about your tanks. Thanks -Tim http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_di...amp;pcatid=1425 Coral Croucher Link to comment
Bongo Shrimp Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 So here are the Crouchers! Link to comment
animalmaster6 Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 So here are the Crouchers! How did they do their first nigh? Link to comment
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