WV Reefer's 12 Gallon Long and Dirty: Home of The Worm

[WV Reefer]

1 hour ago, Snow_Phoenix said:

Hmm. Sounds like a pistol indeed - if the mantis is still alive, perhaps the pistol had a run-in with it (just a loose theory). 

I really miss seeing LR for sale at the store here. They do have dry rock which they submerge under SW in a huge tank on sale now, but since it started off dry, there's no interesting 'life' to the pieces. 😕

 

Few years back, the store used to sell huge tanks worth of LR which were full of live hitchikers. I remember seeing a 6" yellow-spotted gray cucumber (still alive) on one of the rocks. So cool! 

No pretty cucumbers in here so far but there are a few turd-ish looking ones out and about. 

[FISHnChix]

"Long and dirty down south" please tell me that was intentional !!!🤣🤣🤣🤙

[patback]

51 minutes ago, FISHnChix said:

"Long and dirty down south"

Reminds me of the toolshed days...

[WV Reefer]

1 hour ago, FISHnChix said:

"Long and dirty down south" please tell me that was intentional !!!🤣🤣🤣🤙

 

13 minutes ago, patback said:

Reminds me of the toolshed days...

 

good times 😊

[StinkyBunny]

On 11/30/2021 at 8:57 AM, WV Reefer said:

Not sure. I haven’t seen it again but I swear that I hear things in there at night.

I found a tiny claw on the sand recently and I wondered if maybe there was a pistol in there somewhere and maybe that’s the noise I hear….. It definitely wasn’t a mantis part. 

I want to say that there are 3 species of pistol shrimp in The Atlantic so you're probably hearing that. Look around the bases of the rock and see if there's any sort of digging. I know when we were bringing shitgobs up out of Florida they were alive with mantis shrimp. I've gotten a few pistols out of Indo and Fiji and just found a crab that had been living in the rock tank for 2 years. Dunno WTF he was eating because I don't feed rock tanks.

[debbeach13]

Two years just hanging out. So cool.

[WV Reefer]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CW9tPOIAuQS/?utm_medium=copy_link
 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CW9zrK5gR2m/?utm_medium=copy_link

Nudibrach out cruisin

sea cucumber eating

[WV Reefer]

Finally got a little bit better pic of the blue nudi:

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

2 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

Finally got a little bit better pic of the blue nudi:

 

So cool! 😮

[WV Reefer]

Evening vibes

 

The Eunice worm ate about half of the macro on the right side. 🙄
Dick. 

[seabass]

14 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

The Eunice worm ate about half of the macro on the right side.

I was wondering how you'd keep all that macro in check.  I'm sure the worm wouldn't prune the macro like you would, but it could be a good thing.

[TheKleinReef]

this tank is so cool.

everytime i see a macro algae tank, I really want to start one, but I'm only allowed 2 tanks 😞

[WV Reefer]

46 minutes ago, seabass said:

I was wondering how you'd keep all that macro in check.  I'm sure the worm wouldn't prune the macro like you would, but it could be a good thing.

Very true. I just hope it learns to take some food from me too so the macro can at least get ahead a bit……especially all the pretty red ones that are still tiny. 

[WV Reefer]

46 minutes ago, TheKleinReef said:

this tank is so cool.

everytime i see a macro algae tank, I really want to start one, but I'm only allowed 2 tanks 😞

Thanks.  I always wanted a planted salt tank and when I moved over the summer I knew this tank would be more of a complete reset than my other reef so I decided to just go for it. 

[Tamberav]

Damn you got some cool 😎 critters 

[WV Reefer]

38 minutes ago, Tamberav said:

Damn you got some cool 😎 critters 

IKR? First live rock experience has been a positive one. 

[WV Reefer]

Here is the caulerpa after being “trimmed” by the Eunice worm:

 

pretty orange duster

 

 

eunice worm tunnel

[debbeach13]

Love the pictures. There is so much life going on in this tank. Super cute feather duster. Thanks for sharing

[WV Reefer]

1 hour ago, debbeach13 said:

Love the pictures. There is so much life going on in this tank. Super cute feather duster. Thanks for sharing

Thanks Deb! 😊

[WV Reefer]

My “Miami Vice” lighting combo

 

 

I also discovered that the backlight has several programs you can run and customize but there is no on/off timer……… such a bummer. Not sure I can squeeze a timer back behind the books. 

[spectra]

I see no boat………plus where is Tubbs at…..

[StinkyBunny]

17 hours ago, WV Reefer said:

My “Miami Vice” lighting combo

I can almost see the bouncing boobs. 😄

 

[StinkyBunny]

[debbeach13]

Thats freaking funny! 

[WV Reefer]

And finally, the face of the algae slayer:

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve been attempting to coax him out more. ……Today was my first successful attempt with mysis. He seems to like the flashlight also.  I’ll have a video to post maybe tomorrow of the interaction.