FishFrog Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 @#$^%! I can see huge amphipods eating our favia! It was looking a bit crap and we weren't sure why, but now I can see them eating it as I type this. Dipping the frag won't help as they are everywhere. I know some wrasses will eat them but I'm not adding one as our tank is too small. Will a YCG go after them by any chance? Link to comment
TigerLily Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 @#$^%! I can see huge amphipods eating our favia! It was looking a bit crap and we weren't sure why, but now I can see them eating it as I type this. Dipping the frag won't help as they are everywhere. I know some wrasses will eat them but I'm not adding one as our tank is too small. Will a YCG go after them by any chance? First the zoa pox and now this! You are not having good luck right now. I don't know the answer but I'm curious as well. I always thought pods were a good thing to have, but then I did a search and found this. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/299455-amphipods-eat-my-coralsphotos/ Seems you're not the only one. I hope someone more knowledgable pipes up soon! Link to comment
FishFrog Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 First the zoa pox and now this! You are not having good luck right now. I don't know the answer but I'm curious as well. I always thought pods were a good thing to have, but then I did a search and found this. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/299455-amphipods-eat-my-coralsphotos/ Seems you're not the only one. I hope someone more knowledgable pipes up soon! Yes its really lame I read that thread too and I really don't know what to think. No other corals seem to be bothered, so maybe it is just because the favia isn't doing well in the first place? We lost all the zoa's in the end. It turned out that all of the zoa's our coral seller had imported were affected. He did give us a full refund though, so we were able to pick up some other frags. I'm trying to glue them now and will add pictures soon! Link to comment
TigerLily Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Yay for pictures! I hope the favia turns around soon and the creepy crawlies leave it alone! Link to comment
FishFrog Posted August 6, 2014 Author Share Posted August 6, 2014 Yay for pictures! I hope the favia turns around soon and the creepy crawlies leave it alone! Thanks! I'll take some tomorrow Link to comment
FishFrog Posted August 18, 2014 Author Share Posted August 18, 2014 First of all, let it be known that I am an utter failure at glueing frags. Second, I used my smartphone, a blanket and a filter to take these pictures, to try and capture what the colours look like in real life. Its not great but you get the idea. We have recently started adding some Reef Pearls and the sun coral has responded really well. Also added a cleaner shrimp, who is an absolute delight. We are still working on getting our Mg higher - but it is slow going. Raised our SG a bit, that seemed to help. ~ Hester orange fungia blastos yuma Could not for the life of me capture the colours right. It is really pink with a green rim around the polyps. Hope it keeps those colours. FTS Hitchhiker shroom shroom rock micromussa sun coral Link to comment
FishFrog Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 The two red hermits mysteriously died at the same time. The two blues, the porcelain crab and the cleaner are fine. Seems strange that they would die so close together, we didn't even find any bodies so I think they were eaten by the others. Shame. Link to comment
FishFrog Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 We suddenly noticed our clowns have taken an interest in the duncans! Some quick pictures Link to comment
FishFrog Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi everyone, So we are still enjoying watching our clowns muck about in the Duncans a lot. The behaviour is really great to see Our water parameters are all back where they should be as well, so that is good. Speaking of hosting, Robbert found this on the internet: The only thing that is a little worrying is our green mushrooms. Ever since we added the red mushrooms, the greens have begun to shrivel. At this point they look bleached and tiny. First I though it must be the water, but since that is normal I don't know. I tried to find out if red shrooms give off chemicals but I couldn't find much. Really don't know what to do at this point, short of tearing them off the rock... Link to comment
acrab78 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi everyone, So we are still enjoying watching our clowns muck about in the Duncans a lot. The behaviour is really great to see Our water parameters are all back where they should be as well, so that is good. Speaking of hosting, Robbert found this on the internet: The only thing that is a little worrying is our green mushrooms. Ever since we added the red mushrooms, the greens have begun to shrivel. At this point they look bleached and tiny. First I though it must be the water, but since that is normal I don't know. I tried to find out if red shrooms give off chemicals but I couldn't find much. Really don't know what to do at this point, short of tearing them off the rock... Awesome pic..... Link to comment
FishFrog Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 Looks like we suck at keeping shrimp reef safe. I think the cleaner just ate all four hermits since it was added. First thought they might have killed each other until I just spotted him munching on Sjaak, the last of the pack. Makes me sad because two of the hermits were in there for almost a year Link to comment
Steelen Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Sorry to hear about the struggles. Minor setbacks, dont worry about it. Do you think you can do without the shrimp? Link to comment
FishFrog Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sorry to hear about the struggles. Minor setbacks, dont worry about it. Do you think you can do without the shrimp? Yeah it sucked. I think we can, although we did really enjoy him and don't really know why he would go for the hermits. There is plenty of food in the tank, especially with feeding the sun coral etc. Link to comment
FishFrog Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Oh God. I bought a huge aquarium 2nd hand. It was cheap and looks good, with a stand. Now I have a 34G standing in my living room. What have I done Link to comment
Angel<3Nanos Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Awesome corals you have here! love your tank. Link to comment
FishFrog Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Awesome corals you have here! love your tank. Thank you, that is really nice to hear My boyfriend and I have decided to break up, which really sucks. I have moved out and wanted to take the tank with me, the other option was to sell everything. Then it seemed like a good idea to get a bigger tank. I went online and being stupid bought something very quickly. So now I have a 34g instead of a 10g in my mother's living room. It looks enormous. I'm just really scared I won't be able to manage. He did all the technical stuff and I just took care of the animals and we did water changes together. Its a Sera Biotop 130l (34g) which is basically the big brother of the other tank, with a big ass skimmer, a stand and two pumps with an unused Koralia controller/wave maker. The previous owner also added blue leds to the hood, so its PC lighting like the last tank plus some blue leds. I have no idea about how strong they are. Feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. Don't know how I'm going to get 34 gallons of water in there using just my bicycle. Also, I suppose I should get new sand? And more rock. We now have about 17 pounds. I think it is best to get cured and dry sand, so there is no new cycle. Then I'll somehow get the water here, add a grate, some new dry rock, sand, and water. Then some water from the old tank and then the LR and last the coral and fish?? I see a lot of biking with jerrycans in my future. Oh God have mercy. Link to comment
TigerLily Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'm so sorry to hear your news, but you are going to be just fine with the tank. Just come here with your technical questions, there's lots of helpful and supportive folks. You already know how to take care of the animals... Your tank looks great. You're on your own with the jerrycans on the bicycle though Good luck with the move. I would get new sand and more dry rock. If you move your existing rock over quickly before any die off can happen you shouldn't get any cycle and you will keep your bio filter. Keep us posted! Link to comment
FishFrog Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 I'm so sorry to hear your news, but you are going to be just fine with the tank. Just come here with your technical questions, there's lots of helpful and supportive folks. You already know how to take care of the animals... Your tank looks great. You're on your own with the jerrycans on the bicycle though Good luck with the move. I would get new sand and more dry rock. If you move your existing rock over quickly before any die off can happen you shouldn't get any cycle and you will keep your bio filter. Keep us posted! Thank you so much, I hope you are right. But everyone has always been very helpful so I guess it will be okay. It is hard atm but I need to look forward, so I suppose setting the tank up will help keep me busy. I've seen some RO/DI systems on the Dutch Craigslist, for about €20 so that isn't too much. Maybe I will get one because I can really only take so much water on my bike. I'll buy some buckets so I can take the LR out of the tank and immediately into a bucket of water. Only two rocks have coral attached that I can't remove. The duncans and hammer can be glued back on later. Will there be die-off if the temperature in the buckets drops a bit? Life is easier with a car. Link to comment
FishFrog Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 New tank, new thread: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/353044-fishfrogs-new-34g/ Link to comment
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