lkoechle Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 Live rock! More to come in a couple weeks. This is mainly for the cycle. Red Porcelain Crab. Going to try to catch it and move it to the contest tank so she doesn't get eaten. Same with this Nass. Something inside the coral skeleton... maybe new coral? With a limpet. 12 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 18 minutes ago, lkoechle said: 1 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 That live rock is something else 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 So this tank is going to be a pico predator tank apparently. lol These snails are awesome and pretty and I dont have it in me to "dispose" of them. So they will live with the mantis. I am pretty sure the mantis will be too small to do damage to them and the snails will be more interested in the feeder snails and mysis than the mantis. So i think they will be good tankmates. 4 Quote Link to comment
metrokat Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 I thought olive snails were good? I think I may have paid to buy one. Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 3 minutes ago, metrokat said: I thought olive snails were good? I think I may have paid to buy one. It seems to be up in the air. I couldnt get concrete info one way or the other. some eat nass snails and others leave them alone but the internet can't seem to agree on if they're too predatory for a reef. lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Look at that gutsy little white hermit! 4 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 4 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Look at that gutsy little white hermit! Those dudes are crazy. They are like on a sugar high all the time and run around like nuts. 2 Quote Link to comment
Coral_chef Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 My little hermits don't move nearly that fast. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 21 minutes ago, lkoechle said: Those dudes are crazy. They are like on a sugar high all the time and run around like nuts. Haha I bet they are hilarious! And they were just hitchhikers? Wonder how big they get? They're pretty neat looking even if they are spazzoids lol. 2 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 2 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Haha I bet they are hilarious! And they were just hitchhikers? Wonder how big they get? They're pretty neat looking even if they are spazzoids lol. yeah sand hitchhikers. from my research they're full grown. tiny little dudes with big attitude. They are always fighting each other for no reason. lol Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 22 minutes ago, lkoechle said: yeah sand hitchhikers. from my research they're full grown. tiny little dudes with big attitude. They are always fighting each other for no reason. lol Oh wow, that's awesome! They about the size of dwarf ceriths? I'd totally set up a pico just for something like that. It'd be like a baby hermit Battledome! Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 28 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Oh wow, that's awesome! They about the size of dwarf ceriths? I'd totally set up a pico just for something like that. It'd be like a baby hermit Battledome! http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/pagurus_longicarpus.htm 2.5 cm and smaller is adult size 1 Quote Link to comment
Mariaface Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 2 hours ago, lkoechle said: yeah sand hitchhikers. from my research they're full grown. tiny little dudes with big attitude. They are always fighting each other for no reason. lol I need dis. 3 Quote Link to comment
skoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 New addition freshly removed from the contest tank. There is still another gorilla crab inside one of the rocks that is being stubborn about being captured. 6 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 We are almost done cycling! Ammonia- 0 Nitrites- .1 Nitrates- 5 4 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 This tank is getting wetter. Ordered the inTank media basket from Marine Depot. So thats exciting! Yay! The Evo comes with this giant sponge thing that's meant to be your media basket too. That's dumb. The hole in the back wall is still there so I don't know, I might super glue something there later to plug it up. but I'll see how the flow goes first. 3 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 I've been getting .05 nitrites and 10 nitrates for the last two days. I am pretty sure its because of the giant ass sponge fluval gives you for your media basket. Like the sponge IS the media basket. Which is retarded. I am going to do a 50% water change either today or tomorrow to bring the levels down and call it good for animal arrivals on Friday. I have an inTank media basket coming whenever Stevie decides to ship it... And I expect the nitrites to be gone after that. I am 90% sure its because of the damn sponge since the contest tank is zerod on nitrites. The only difference between the two at this stage is their filtration. I am also going to be siliconing some BRS netting over the hole in the EVO 5 lid to keep the mantis in. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 30 minutes ago, lkoechle said: I've been getting .05 nitrites and 10 nitrates for the last two days. I am pretty sure its because of the giant ass sponge fluval gives you for your media basket. Like the sponge IS the media basket. Which is retarded. I am going to do a 50% water change either today or tomorrow to bring the levels down and call it good for animal arrivals on Friday. I have an inTank media basket coming whenever Stevie decides to ship it... And I expect the nitrites to be gone after that. I am 90% sure its because of the damn sponge since the contest tank is zerod on nitrites. The only difference between the two at this stage is their filtration. I am also going to be siliconing some BRS netting over the hole in the EVO 5 lid to keep the mantis in. What, you don't want him coming after the betta for a snack? 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: What, you don't want him coming after the betta for a snack? My betta might be able to take him. Mizuchi is pretty mellow, but he dont take shit from anybody. lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, lkoechle said: My betta might be able to take him. Mizuchi is pretty mellow, but he dont take shit from anybody. lol Bettas can be pretty hardcore when they want to be! My husband said my sweet boy Bojangles passed during the night. He was about 2.5 years old and came from a Walmart cup! He used to dance and wiggle to say hello anytime you came near his tank, and was very small for a betta. 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 1 minute ago, Lula_Mae said: My husband said my sweet boy Bojangles passed during the night. He was about 2.5 years old and came from a Walmart cup! He used to dance and wiggle to say hello anytime you came near his tank, and was very small for a betta. Aw sorry about Bojangles. 2 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, kimberbee said: Aw sorry about Bojangles. Thanks! He was a goofy little dude. Loved his wiggly little self lol. 3 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Lula_Mae said: Bettas can be pretty hardcore when they want to be! My husband said my sweet boy Bojangles passed during the night. He was about 2.5 years old and came from a Walmart cup! He used to dance and wiggle to say hello anytime you came near his tank, and was very small for a betta. Awww I am sorry 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Just now, lkoechle said: Awww I am sorry Thanks, it wasn't unexpected but is always sad to lose a pet. 1 Quote Link to comment
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