SeaFurn Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Baby snails! So awesome! I'm sure you totally freaked out when you realized the pumps had been off. Newb here would have been in a panic!! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 On 8/8/2017 at 11:13 AM, Mariaface said: RFAs. Spawning and babies in your future!! I agree! Penny - this tank is gorgeous! I love it. I'm sorry about your shrimp my tank has been on auto pilot as well and I neglected trimming the macro for a few weeks and today it was an absolute jungle! 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 5 minutes ago, stellablue said: I agree! Penny - this tank is gorgeous! I love it. I'm sorry about your shrimp my tank has been on auto pilot as well and I neglected trimming the macro for a few weeks and today it was an absolute jungle! Thanks Rachael. Love yours too-Funny how similar they are! I loved my shrimp, especially the anemone shrimp. I should probably trim some macros. No point in putting any RFA's or anything else in right now as you'd never see them! 13 minutes ago, SeaFurn said: Baby snails! So awesome! I'm sure you totally freaked out when you realized the pumps had been off. Newb here would have been in a panic!! Hopefully some of the snails make it. They probably wouldn't survive if I took them and put them in my QT , but their numbers are dwindling as I type 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Pjanssen said: Thanks Rachael. Love yours too-Funny how similar they are! I loved my shrimp, especially the anemone shrimp. I should probably trim some macros. No point in putting any RFA's or anything else in right now as you'd never see them! Hopefully some of the snails make it. They probably wouldn't survive if I took them and put them in my QT , but their numbers are dwindling as I type They do look similar, don't they?? I think it will be fun to continue these together and see if they end up staying similar or if certain changes make them go different ways 2 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 No babies left this morning, glass is can as can be (maybe some in the sand or rocks or something ). Had I been more prepared, I could have put them in some kind of nursery/frye set up. Maybe next time. The snails are always laying eggs these days. 1 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 12 hours ago, Pjanssen said: So I was looking at my tank this evening after doing the dishes and i noticed all of these little white spots all over the tank. I don't dose this tank, so I know it's not calcium precip like in my 29. So I get a little closer and realize OMG! I forgot to turn the pumps back on this morning after feeding-10 hours with no circulation . So I turn 'em on and get back to inspecting what looks like flecks of sand on my glass. Can't figure out what it is, so I take a piece out, get as close up of a shot as I can with my iPhone, and low and behold, it's a BABY snail. At least some of my critters were doing what they were suppose to be doing in the honeymoon reef Baby snails by Penny, on Flickr Baby snails by Penny, on Flickr Oh that's awesome!!! And yeah, I woulda totally panicked after having pumps off that long. 20 minutes ago, Pjanssen said: No babies left this morning, glass is can as can be (maybe some in the sand or rocks or something ). Had I been more prepared, I could have put them in some kind of nursery/frye set up. Maybe next time. The snails are always laying eggs these days. You know what type of snail the babies were? I know that having the Macros in there helps with them surviving longer. I had baby Cerith snails at one point, but I haven't seen them again since moving everything into the 40B. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 7 minutes ago, Weetabix7 said: Oh that's awesome!!! And yeah, I woulda totally panicked after having pumps off that long. You know what type of snail the babies were? I know that having the Macros in there helps with them surviving longer. I had baby Cerith snails at one point, but I haven't seen them again since moving everything into the 40B. I don't know what kind of snails. The ceriths are always laying eggs so possibly them. But the shell looked more astrea-ish. There may still be some hiding in the macros, didn't have time this morning to look closely. 1 Quote Link to comment
gena Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 On 7/27/2017 at 3:08 PM, Pjanssen said: Tank looked really pretty when I walked in from work today so I took a quick shot Untitled by Penny, on Flickr WOW! This is my favorite so far . 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Okay, so I broke down and bought a couple of things. You'll have to wait till everything is acclimated and happy before I take pics though. 4 1 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Yeah waiting to see new things 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 AAAAAAACCCCKKKKKK! Ok, so one of the new things that I was going to impress everybody with this afternoon doesn't look good. It looked awesome in the LFS yesterday, and just as good this morning in my tank, but this afternoon when I got home from work it looked bad-upside down and expelling crud. See for yourself and tell me what you think RFA by Penny, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 This is what it looks like out of the water. Untitled by Penny, on Flickr Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Swish it around gently to get some of the mucus off of it. Sometimes when I can't get them to stick to a rock, I'll place it on a small rock, then lift the rock and anemone out of the water and leave it for a few minutes. Then I shut off the flow and return the rock (and anemone). After a half an hour or so, I'll start the flow back up. Sometimes this is enough to get them to stick where I want them. Otherwise, I'll just prop them against a rock and let them figure it out, or find a nice depression in a rock that I can place them in. Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 1 minute ago, seabass said: Swish it around gently to get some of the mucus off of it. Sometimes when I can't get them to stick to a rock, I'll place it on a small rock, then lift the rock and anemone out of the water and leave it for a few minutes. Then I shut off the flow and return the rock (and anemone). After a half an hour or so, I'll start the flow back up. Sometimes this is enough to get them to stick where I want them. Otherwise, I'll just prop them against a rock and let them figure it out, or find a nice depression in a rock that I can place them in. The mucus is all gone. Strange thing is is that it attached easily yesterday and seemed fine this morning. I have it in a little separate container right now with some rubble to see if it will attach, but it keeps turning upside down. Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Try sticking it on a rock then removing it from the water. It won't be able to turn over outside the water. It might not work, but I'd give it a shot. How did the LFS remove the anemone? Any possibility that it got damaged? Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Just now, seabass said: Try sticking it on a rock then removing it from the water. It won't be able to turn over outside the water. It might not work, but I'd give it a shot. How did the LFS remove the anemone? Any possibility that it got damaged? I'll try that. It was just in the sand, so I don't think it would have gotten damaged. Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I hate to see their guts exposed like that. Got my fingers crossed; good luck! 1 Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I feel ya Penny. These RFAs are so frustrating. I've got my fingers crossed for you too. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 Just now, SeaFurn said: I feel ya Penny. These RFAs are so frustrating. I've got my fingers crossed for you too. Yea, you've definitely gone through it with RFA's. Thanks Quote Link to comment
StinkyBunny Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 If you have an iodide based dip, you could try a 5 minute dip just to make sure it's not a bacterial infection. How long had the LFS had it before you bought it? 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 17 minutes ago, StinkyBunny said: If you have an iodide based dip, you could try a 5 minute dip just to make sure it's not a bacterial infection. How long had the LFS had it before you bought it? I'm out of lugols, do I went to PetCo and all they had was Fluval iodine/iodide. I put 2 drops in about 1 cup of water for about 5 minutes. i don't know how long the LFS had it. I never think to ask that :-/ 2 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Ugh want an rfa after the contest, guys but yall keep scaring me. 1 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 12, 2017 Author Share Posted August 12, 2017 9 minutes ago, lkoechle said: Ugh want an rfa after the contest, guys but yall keep scaring me. I have one in my 29 that I've had for awhile with no issues Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 So here are 2 of the 3 new inhabitants. I hope the 3rd pulls through, but it's not looking good right now. A yellow NPS gorgonian New inhabitants by Penny, on Flickr Anemone Crab (Came with the Anemone ) New inhabitants by Penny, on Flickr I really hope the RFA pulls through. 4 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 I've been thinking about the yellow. But I'm not sure if it's more difficult to care for than the red finger gorgs. So I'm waiting a couple more months to see how the red fingers hold up. 1 Quote Link to comment
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