Islandoftiki Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Lol, it's a "planting" montipora! I see what you did there. Quote Link to comment
owlbassboy Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 this little tank is still stunning mate! a real credit to ya Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Are you ready for this? This is the first major update and video in months, so I took a little extra time to make it better than average. Enjoy! 7 Quote Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Lol, "Gimmie mah zoah!" Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Do you like how the crab made that paly cough up that food pellet? "Give it up, bitch! That's my pellet!" He's like a honey badger. 2 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Geez, that claw is enormous!! He'd be able to make me give it up too. I love all the crabs and the flowy movement. Quote Link to comment
llama roadkill Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Are you ready for this? This is the first major update and video in months, so I took a little extra time to make it better than average. Enjoy! You make Majanos look good! I really want some, but I wish they weren't harmful. 1 Quote Link to comment
Kiwi Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 How do you feed the mantis while you're not at home (hollidays) you made me want one all in all: great tank Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 This little tank is awesome! I like the crabs. They are totally cool to watch. Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 How do you feed the mantis while you're not at home (hollidays) you made me want one all in all: great tank Mantis shrimp only need to be fed every two to three days, and they could easily handle 5-7 days more more without food. You could also provide them with some live snails or hermit crabs to snack on if they get hungry. They're easier to keep than fish in that respect. Quote Link to comment
Wendy Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Wow!!! This little tank looks so cool! Quote Link to comment
thesmallerthebetter Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 awesome concept turned into a great tank Quote Link to comment
Nocturnal Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I love how you started off dumping a bunch of "junk" into the tank but then it turned out to be beautiful. Kinda reminds me of this. The same sort of issues arise in regular gardening. Many of the "weeds" can actually be quite pretty and obviously are way easier to grow. Sometimes I'll be doing some yard work and wonder at the idiocy of my babying of a certain species of flower, while fighting to block the spread of another that just appeared. I've come to appreciate wild flowers as well as the cultivated varieties. 1 Quote Link to comment
new-b-reefer Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Love the pest tank idea. Turning out to be an awesome tank. Following along Quote Link to comment
Chew_Magna Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 I'd love to see a "pest tank" on a larger scale. Something like 10-20 gallons. That would be really neat. Then again, all you have to do is look through craigslist to find some full on pest tanks that are much larger... 1 Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well folks, all good things must come to an end. Today was the last day for the pest tank. I broke the tank down and gave all of the livestock to my good friend Jack who also took stewardship of my 7 gallon pest crab tank a while back. He will be combining all of the pests from my pest tank into his 7 gallon tank of oddballs and strange things, so everything will have a nice home and will be well cared for. The two gallon pest tank had been up and running happily since March of 2012. I haven't had the time to manage all three tanks as well as I like, so it was time to let it go. I don't have any plans to set the 2 gallon tank back up any time soon. It was a really fun project. I hope everyone learned a little something from it and challenged their opinions of what a pest really is and what is needed to successfully run a pico tank with it's various challenges. The pest tank was an overwhelming success and one of the most enjoyable projects I've done. At this time, I'm down to the 25 gallon G. Ternatensis mantis tank and the 30 Gallon Peacock mantis tank. I'm planning to move the 25 gallon tank into the living room where the pest tank was so that we can better enjoy that tank. Cheers! Islandoftiki 4 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 OH THE FEELS Good that it is going to someone that will care for and love it for what it is, despite being 'pests' 2 Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Hey, I've been doing some digging through the internets for correct anemone IDs. Do you think this might be the correct ID for your pink tip "majanos"? http://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/cnidaria/anthopleura-elegantissima.htm Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted December 30, 2013 Author Share Posted December 30, 2013 Hey, I've been doing some digging through the internets for correct anemone IDs. Do you think this might be the correct ID for your pink tip "majanos"? http://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/cnidaria/anthopleura-elegantissima.htm No, definitely not, but that's a really cool nem there. Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 hmmm, cuz I was digging through the genus that majanos are categorized under, looking for a species I have. Not only is you species not a majano, but it's in a whole different genus at least! Since we're on the subject, do you have any clear up-close shots without actinics? It would make it easier for IDing the correct species Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 hmmm, cuz I was digging through the genus that majanos are categorized under, looking for a species I have. Not only is you species not a majano, but it's in a whole different genus at least! Since we're on the subject, do you have any clear up-close shots without actinics? It would make it easier for IDing the correct species If you do a google image search for "Anemonia majano", you find many pictures of the same thing I had. Not sure how to classify them any more specifically. Quote Link to comment
hypostatic Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 When you search that in google you get a whole variety of things that are not majanos, including zoas, palys, mushrooms. In the hobby things are often misclassified, misidentified, and misnamed, and I believe this is one of those cases. Quote Link to comment
Islandoftiki Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 When you search that in google you get a whole variety of things that are not majanos, including zoas, palys, mushrooms. In the hobby things are often misclassified, misidentified, and misnamed, and I believe this is one of those cases. Well, let me know when you figure out what it is. They're known as green majanos with red tips. Other than that, I don't know what else to suggest. They look exactly like any of the brown or green majanos except that the tips of the tentacles are red. I suspect it's just a color morph of some sort. I suspect it's like a lot of things in the ocean that aren't well classified. I doubt anybody has bothered to break down the majano anemones into more specific subspecies. Anyhow, they look and behave exactly like any of the various brown majanos or green majanos. These just have red tips. They're equally un-killable. They're not terribly invasive either. Probably less invasive than the brown varieties on average. The brown ones never went totally crazy either. For what it's worth, many of the brown ones have different patterns and designs on them, so there are obviously multiple subspecies of them as well, but they're all just lumped into one category. It's too bad that they aren't better understood, they probably hold the key to some really interesting knowledge. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Went back and watched that video again... I love how that crab bullys the paly to give up the pellet. lol 1 Quote Link to comment
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