Based Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 screwed up my whole scape on accident, got to catch the mantis for i can make him a nicer home,hopefully i find the ricordea in this process Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 maybe he hates yellow and buried it lol how did you mess up your scape? Link to comment
Based Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 netting the mantis was easy, making a new scape is hard and the glue stop holding it and i could tell that it was becoming unstable so yeah Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 netting the mantis was easy, making a new scape is hard and the glue stop holding it and i could tell that it was becoming unstable so yeah What did you glue it with? Link to comment
Based Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 What did you glue it with? i think its called loctite or something its in a blue bottle and its shaped kinda like a triangle Link to comment
Based Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 new scape looks ok, got the base down so i let the mantis back in, will finish the scape when the water clears Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 i think its called loctite or something its in a blue bottle and its shaped kinda like a triangle Oh ya you can't glue rock with that, just frags. You would need to use epoxy to glue the rocks. Link to comment
Based Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Oh ya you can't glue rock with that, just frags. You would need to use epoxy to glue the rocks. people on here told me to use that to hold my rocks together. Well new scape looks ok, not the best, hulk likes it though, will get a couple pics once the water clears up Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 people on here told me to use that to hold my rocks together. Well new scape looks ok, not the best, hulk likes it though, will get a couple pics once the water clears up Well they shouldn't have It is fine for frags and small things but not rock-scaping Link to comment
jadedanime Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I use it on my rocks for quick jobs.... It's holding so far but I don't trust it to...lol just keeps one piece from breaking the hitching the thermostat on my heater to ninety... Really like why is there even a setting for that? Come on guys..... Link to comment
Based Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 I think i made my tank recycle, diatoms everywhere and the hulk has been acting slugish(however you spell it) lately. Pretty sure my yasha in my 28 is a goner, 1st time i havent seen him in more than 5 days Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 A lot of white specs on my glass moving, i can see body formation. Cannot be pods since rocks were dry and the sand was made for freshwater but could be used for saltwater as well. Could be hermit babies, but i would want to think it was mantis babies, no way i expect these things to survive because i do not have any of the right equipment. Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Well dont know what theyre, never saw my mantis with an egg sack so yeah. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 A lot of white specs on my glass moving, i can see body formation. Cannot be pods since rocks were dry and the sand was made for freshwater but could be used for saltwater as well. Could be hermit babies, but i would want to think it was mantis babies, no way i expect these things to survive because i do not have any of the right equipment. Normal part of cycle. I used dry rock too but had white specs crawling ALL over. Besides, you only have 1 mantis shrimp and its a male I thought? /bonk Here are some baby mantises though: Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Normal part of cycle. I used dry rock too but had white specs crawling ALL over. Besides, you only have 1 mantis shrimp and its a male. /bonk Here are some baby mantises though: Actually its a female, i never looked until it started acting strange, i dont think theyre pods, might be hermit babies, dont know for sure. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 How is she doing anyways? Done being sluggish I hope? Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 theyre honestly a tons of them, i would of notice these before, theyre on the glass, the rocks, and the sand. How is she doing anyways? Done being sluggish I hope? A little sluggish but shes climbing rocks and stuff, she seems a lot more stable. Really wonder what these are Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 theyre honestly a tons of them, i would of notice these before, theyre on the glass, the rocks, and the sand. A little sluggish but shes climbing rocks and stuff, she seems a lot more stable. Really wonder what these are Well that's how mine were, pods tend to have an explosion in numbers during/after a cycle and at some point their numbers stabilize based on # of food. Pods, hermit fry, mysis fry.. who knows Anything could have came on that coral. Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Well that's how mine were, pods tend to have an explosion in numbers during/after a cycle and at some point their numbers stabilize based on # of food. Pods, hermit fry, mysis fry.. who knows Anything could have came on that coral. Would pods be one the ricordea? I took the ricordea off the rock they were on, well one was already off the rock so i carefully took the second one off, the rock never made it into my tank Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Would pods be one the ricordea? I took the ricordea off the rock they were on, well one was already off the rock so i carefully took the second one off, the rock never made it into my tank Yes, pods often hitchhike on corals. Link to comment
jadedanime Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Pics or it didn't happen lol Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 my camera cant focus, some look like they could be baby mantises some dont, its probably pods, but i wouldnt think they would hitch hike on a softy, kinda really confused, but it is a female i believe, i dont see any sticks, so we need a proper name for her, shes still acting weird though but not bad, weirdness level is at a 5/10 when it was a 9/10 before. Still stumbling around and clinging onto rocks for support. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 my camera cant focus, some look like they could be baby mantises some dont, its probably pods, but i wouldnt think they would hitch hike on a softy, kinda really confused, but it is a female i believe, i dont see any sticks, so we need a proper name for her, shes still acting weird though but not bad, weirdness level is at a 5/10 when it was a 9/10 before. Still stumbling around and clinging onto rocks for support. They can easily hitchhike on corals In reef aquaria, harpacticoids are commonly the first small "bugs" seen on the walls of the aquarium shortly after it is set up. Often dense swarms of them may occur in the water, particularly if fish have not been added. Once the other benthic fauna starts to become abundant, the numbers of the harpacticoids drop as predators on them become more abundant and common. Link to comment
Based Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Yeah i feel like a idiot lol, so im guessing it was eggs then they hatched? Link to comment
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