.Newman. Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 ouch, a eunice worm? are you sure? RIP emperor shrimp... Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Yea, I've seen the eunicid worm in the tank. But they are extremely hard to capture. I have already tried many times with the container with food in it to capture it but no luck. Last time I saw it was about a month ago. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Yea, I've seen the eunicid worm in the tank. But they are extremely hard to capture. I have already tried many times with the container with food in it to capture it but no luck. Last time I saw it was about a month ago. If there was a euncid worm in my pico I'd be dumping the tank out make a trap and bait it with a piece of shrimp. Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 I probably give the bait trap another go at. The problem with it, I always capture bristle worms and not the eunicid. Depending on the eunicid, sometimes they aren't that bad. It really depends on how large they get, the larger they are the more they will eat. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 x_x i hope your tank makes it. yes try to get it out at all costs. Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 lol, true. I wonder where it is, or even if it is still alive. I haven't seen any suspicious loses besides the emperor shrimp. I don't know how I will lure him out. I feed this tank heavily, and I believe most of the inhabitants are probably always well fed, even the eunicid worm at all times. Time to stay alert at night. Link to comment
andrewkw Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 lol, true. I wonder where it is, or even if it is still alive. I haven't seen any suspicious loses besides the emperor shrimp. I don't know how I will lure him out. I feed this tank heavily, and I believe most of the inhabitants are probably always well fed, even the eunicid worm at all times. Time to stay alert at night. Try scanning the tank at night with a red flashlight. Link to comment
jdl Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 those worms are tarpon candy during the worm hatch in the fl keys. i tie flies to mimic them. sorry for your loss though Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Today I felt the aquarium looked better than usual, so I decided to take out the camera and take some photos. I have a few flatworms here and there, will try to reduce population later on. So here are full shots of the tank Link to comment
.Newman. Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 o ****, those are red flatworms?! looks good. so unfortunate that you have flatworms of fire and the death serpent in this tank Imagine that thing growing to fill your entire tank with all those feedings (i'd rather not think about it) does it look like the classic bobbit worm with those black fangs for a proboscis? Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 lol, .Newman. "One step at a time, one step at a time", that is what I tell myself with all my hobbies. I believe I have a pic of the eunicid worm some where, at the moment it is of minor concern until I can find it or it begins eating my corals or more inhabitants. First concern are the flatworms, will try to limit their food. As long as they don't populate out of proportion, I'm glad they are there because of my feeding schedule. Link to comment
brandon429 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I always got my flatworms by draining the tank and wiping up with a papertowel, aka helminth vacuum for once a tank featuring those gorgs is actually feeding them the right way this is really a success. call me crazy but i cannot see one single flatworm mine were in the dozens on the front glass at times? tank of the month, obviously nice. I think those gorgs are called diodogorgia. For anyone to continually drip feed and change water takes dedication and the payoff is the support of animals exclusive in this hobby. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 true that. His flatworms are red/brown and are at the sand line in the front of the blue zoas and the zoas surrounding those. front glass. they blend in the pic. Link to comment
Mini-Dude Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Today I felt the aquarium look better than usual, so I decided to take out the camera and take some photos. I have a few flatworms here and there, will try to reduce population later on. So here are full shots of the tank Would you be willing to join the JBJ Club? Link to comment
.Newman. Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 also bryopsis on the waterfall of the HOB? I see a serious trend with regards to both my tanks lol. Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 lol, nope not bryopsis. Just chaeto. I havent seen bryopsis pop up in this tank. I do have several algae that stay under control, and add quite a bit of stability. The left side of the tank I usually leave with a film of that algae and remove some every so often. Tank is pretty darn stable for the amount of food I put in it, now about 1.3ml of microscopic liquid food and another 1 ml of dried microscopic food daily. Also, live bbs, a few grams of mysis, the occasional silverside and cyclopeeze. With that amount of food many would say I can crash several picos. Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Would you be willing to join the JBJ Club? JBJ club? Edit: Found it, sure ill join. Link to comment
.Newman. Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I bet my pico could handle that food I do feed 1/4 of a table spoon of Zooplankton powder and 1/3 of a frozen cube of cyclops to my tank in one day. the catch is that it only happens one day a week lol. Link to comment
jdl Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 awesome job pj!! this pico is def up for totm, no toty. Link to comment
pj86 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 Thanks, I appreciate the comments y'all. I believe the next major upgrade in this tank is coming very soon. Automatic feeding!!! I have a few things to purchase and already have the idea in my head. It will be a matter of finding the right price on things. If everything comes through I will be putting the details here. This is in preparation for me not being here during clinical rotations next year. So all upgrades will be toward making the system more automatic (weekly maintenance rather than hourly). Link to comment
pj86 Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 I think Im going to remove the Kenya tree on the right. What do you guys think? Link to comment
pj86 Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Seems like my thread as shimmered down quite a bit, lol. Link to comment
DaneMarx Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Kontrabootin to a Shimmering up of thread. I say trim and keep the kenya :-) Link to comment
pj86 Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 Sounds good. I'm starting to feel the urge to start a larger tank. Link to comment
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