jamescstein Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Noticed a significant change in the appearance of my male Yahsa over the last few weeks. He's very reclusive and skittish, if I even walk into the room when he's out he ducks back into his hole. While I was feeding my wifes tank this morning I was able to snap this candid shot with my iphone from where I was sitting. The colors are bad due to the iphone and its grainy because if I had gotten up out of my seat he would have bolted. The male is the smaller/darker one on the bottom. 1 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Interesting video of my female Yasha feeding either her mate or their shrimp. She's catching food from the water column and then dropping it in the entrance to their home.\ 2 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 Better photo of the Yasha pair. In a week the female has started turning darker as well. Significantly. Female is the one higher in the water. 1 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 New FTS on page 1. Also some pics of a soft coral that was sold to me as a Lemnalia sp.. 2 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Added a new Tailspot Blenny (Ecsenius stigmatura) on Saturday. Still waiting for him to settle in before I try and snap a photo. New tailspot, perching on a frag off gena's grape monti 1 Quote Link to comment
Difrano Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Man I love your Cube! Awesome job with the goby/shrimp house Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 New FTS on page 1. Also some pics of a soft coral that was sold to me as a Lamenlia sp.. I love this coral!!! Cube is looking awesome. Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 I love this coral!!! Cube is looking awesome. I just fragged it. Once they attach and heal I'll be offering them up for sale. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I just fragged it. Once they attach and heal I'll be offering them up for sale. I will be on the lookout!!!! I definitely want some Consider me on the list! Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Yasha babies!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 I just fragged it. Once they attach and heal I'll be offering them up for sale. How are your frags doing?? i can't wait to buy one Yasha babies!!!!! That's really cool! Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 How are your frags doing?? i can't wait to buy one Lamnelia frags are doing well. They are all attached to rubble now. They got annoyed with me moving them so I'll take some pics tomorrow. New additions today Lime Green Zoa pictures tomorrow maybe.. dip pissed them off Green Center Blasto Dip pissed the blasto off as well Spider Sponge (Trikentrion flabelliforme) Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) 2 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 Yasha babies!!!!! None of the babies ever started eating. Of course we also left town for 2 days the day they hatched.. next time. Bad pictures of the Lemnalia frags.. Not sure what to list them for. As you can see I am not great at cutting consistent sizes. I don't think any are the same. All are attached to rubble,opening and look good. The largest is 2 inches and the smallest about 3/4" Also too a picture of a pair of green leathers I purchased months ago. 1 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share Posted November 26, 2015 Better pics of the frags.. Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 RIP squat lobster. Found him being feasted on by a gorilla crab. Not sure how I didn't see kong before. Kong was twice his size. Justice is hard in my reef. Kong is in the gorilla crab graveyard. Oh and I ripped his claws off first. Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Added a Yellow Fiji Leather today. It is still acclimating but the yellow polyps are already coming out. 2 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted December 11, 2015 Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 Yellow Fiji is settling in. Not looking very yellow. I think I need to move it up.. My Spider Sponge is also settling,.. polyps are starting to open. 1 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Tank is just over a year old now. Hopefully I'll get a new FTS this weekend. Spider sponge bit the dust. Melted away, guess the tank is too clean, my other sponges aren't thriving either. It's interesting watching the chemical warfare. My Fiji leather is stronger than my Lemenalia, where they are close the lemenalia is closed. Need to move them further apart. Before the lemenalia was torturing my gregorian. My Fiji leather also has sweeper tentacles. They are very thin and feathery, I've tried and failed to get a picture of them. I'll keep trying. Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I've heard the spider sponges are especially hard to keep and sponges in general need good dosings of food to thrive. Nice fiji leather!!!! Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted February 20, 2016 Author Share Posted February 20, 2016 Well I am officially dubbing my tank a RFA killer. I am not sure what it is, My red RFA that had staked out a position high in the tank disappeared. I think the way the water circulates and the rocks are setup that it traps them in the dark and they can't get out. I haven't torn the tank apart yet looking for it. Maybe I'll do that today. This is the 5th healthy happy RFA that has just disappeared in my tank. Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 Lo and behold the Red RFA reappeared yesterday. No clue where it had hidden but its now covering up and killing my blue sympodium. AH well. 1 Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Posted a panoramic video FTS of the tank on the front page. Also a new picture of my neon toadstool. You can see my lost but now found red RFA in the upper left. Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Received my snail order from Indo-Pacific Sea Farms. Strombus Nerites and Litorals Trochus Micro Turbos and mixed snails. Including some sort of cowrie Quote Link to comment
jamescstein Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Back in early December my Cocoa worm shed its crown. Just noticed Friday that its back. Smaller than before but seems to be happy. Glad to see that. Quote Link to comment
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