ninjamyst Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Nope, I'm getting them from your neck of the cement, Woos. All Paly/zoas. It's a pain to fill up this one because it's behind a door and the section that needs the filling it's awkward to get to to pour the water in every morning, after work and bedtime. lol, i had the gold ones in my cart for 2 days. I was wondering who bought them =P. Glad it was you. Link to comment
gena Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 LOVE those grandis . They are one of my favorite coral! Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 LOVE those grandis . They are one of my favorite coral! Do they like less light? I thought you mentioned that once. I love my order. Can't wait to see them. These have that little whie trim I didn't remember. Arriving next Tues!!! Can't wait for my order tomorrow!!! LOVE those grandis . They are one of my favorite coral! God knows I have loved yours for sooooo long. When I finally saw something that kinda resembled them I had to buy them. Link to comment
gena Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Do they like less light? I thought you mentioned that once. I love my order. Can't wait to see them. These have that little whie trim I didn't remember. Can't wait for my order tomorrow!!! God knows I have loved yours for sooooo long. When I finally saw something that kinda resembled them I had to buy them. Yours look prettier than mine. Mine go up and down with coloring it seems. They just recently went through a shedding process and now that they are open they are more brown. But they eventually color up to green. I think it's probably too much light, but I don't know for sure. Can't wait to see yours in the tank!!!! Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Just got them but trying to decide where to put them. Think I'll put them on the on the rock on the right side, anything else will be too direct. I have to let them out of the bag now. I'll wait & see how they like that area first before I glue anything. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nice choices in zoas/palys! Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Here are some early pics. One of them is still too small for me to photograph correctly. The orange one has like 10 heads on it, the pink maybe 4 or 5. Hopefully I'll have a pic of the tiniest one tomorrow. So far I see orange center, then yellow then green. Maybe in an hour I'll try again. This one has 3 heads, maybe a tiny 4th starting. And then w/ the better camera- wasn't sure which pic was better. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 My SealifeInc/KPAquatics order came in. All are happy in the 60 and they sent me 2 red mithrax instead of 1 so I also put one here in this tank! Here she is! And here are some recent shots. St Thomas loves it on the backside here of the gorgonian. Link to comment
owenj Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Nice new inhabitants. What's the deal with red mithrax? Do they stay smaller than the green ones? More reliable on being reef safe? Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 I know the 2 I got today are younger than the green one I had because they're smaller. But SealifeInc says this..... Red Mithrax crabs, Mithrax ruber, are very close relatives to the green emerald crabs, Mithrax sculptus . The red mithrax crabs tend to be more of an offshore, reef dwelling crab, so I think they are actually more suited for a reef tank than the green crabs, which tend to be more of an inshore, non-reef dwelling crab. Both crabs will clean bubble algae, and hair algae, and both will clean other unwanted fleshy macro algae from your tank. Link to comment
gena Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 LOVE them . The grandis look just like mine. Can't wait to see them explode with growth in your tank!!!!! I still love that chalice . One day I need to get one. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 LOVE them . The grandis look just like mine. Can't wait to see them explode with growth in your tank!!!!! I still love that chalice . One day I need to get one. That chalice is growing really well. I wasn't sure where it was going and even when I put it there behind the rock I wasn't sure. Glad I did. Has so many wonderful bright green mouths. Reminds me of potato eyes. I think the grandis will be on the left side, where the St. Thomas is, where the weakest flow is, sitting off the rock from the yellow gorgonian. I think itll be too bright on the right side. Link to comment
gena Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 That chalice is growing really well. I wasn't sure where it was going and even when I put it there behind the rock I wasn't sure. Glad I did. Has so many wonderful bright green mouths. Reminds me of potato eyes. I think the grandis will be on the left side, where the St. Thomas is, where the weakest flow is, sitting off the rock from the yellow gorgonian. I think itll be too bright on the right side. It really is a wonderful looking chalice!!!! It has such a fun/whimsical look to it...I think that's why I adore it so much. That's exactly where I would put them. I was going to suggest under the yellow gorg! Give lots of space for those giant polyps to grow . Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Those palys are awesome! The white dotted outer skirt is very unique. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 It really is a wonderful looking chalice!!!! It has such a fun/whimsical look to it...I think that's why I adore it so much. That's exactly where I would put them. I was going to suggest under the yellow gorg! Give lots of space for those giant polyps to grow . Glad you concur with where to put them. I appreciate that since you have so much experience with yours. How many polyps did yours have to start with? Those palys are awesome! The white dotted outer skirt is very unique. I thought so too, I didn't remember seeing any with those before or maybe I didn't notice. Link to comment
hey Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 love those grandis, my lfs only ever has the cinnamons. i have small kids and for some reason the idea of having them scares me too much to commit to buyin em. Link to comment
gena Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Glad you concur with where to put them. I appreciate that since you have so much experience with yours. How many polyps did yours have to start with? I'm pretty sure this was taken around the time when I got them and there were two plus a baby . I picked them up from a local reefer. edit..going through my photobucket right now. THIS is when I first got them. My gosh...look how intense green they were . Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 I'm pretty sure this was taken around the time when I got them and there were two plus a baby . I picked them up from a local reefer. I love yours, still. I have 4 heads, only one of them big, the other is smaller than a dime, another even less and one hasn't opened. But for $28 I couldn't pass it up. Link to comment
gena Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I love yours, still. I have 4 heads, only one of them big, the other is smaller than a dime, another even less and one hasn't opened. But for $28 I couldn't pass it up. That's a good price. I can't remember what I paid...maybe like $20 or $25? Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I'm pretty sure this was taken around the time when I got them and there were two plus a baby . I picked them up from a local reefer. edit..going through my photobucket right now. THIS is when I first got them. My gosh...look how intense green they were . what's that blue / yellow thing to the left of the paly??? Link to comment
gena Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 what's that blue / yellow thing to the left of the paly??? LOL...Caribbean porcelain crab . Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted September 26, 2014 Author Share Posted September 26, 2014 I'm pretty sure this was taken around the time when I got them and there were two plus a baby . I picked them up from a local reefer. edit..going through my photobucket right now. THIS is when I first got them. My gosh...look how intense green they were . So do you think it was too much light that lightened them up? Link to comment
Mirya Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 It is usually not enough light that causes them to lose the green. Mine lost their green under my MaxSpect, but have re-greened up since I got a NanoBox. Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 udpate! This one's doing well, there's another head in there about to open!! And lastly, do you think I should let the blue trail down? or frag? same w/ the greenish brown? Oh, and I love the encrustation of those war corals is it? Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 Video w/ music this time! Makes it a little better. Link to comment
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