William Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, NoOneLikesADryTang said: Thank you... She's actually living in our rock flower tank, which was specifically built for a mantis in mind. @EfrainChicagoDeepdish just created a build thread for the tank that started it all, restart, which will be an SPS dominant tank (If you look at the photo I posted this month, for the picture of the month contest, it's the tank on the left. It's contents got transferred to our 80 gallon tank, which is the build thread in my signature) and the rock flower/mantis tank is the tank on the right. You can see the tank keepers thread at: It's currently focused on the SPS restart tank, but I believe that @EfrainChicagoDeepdish will intertwine some of the RFA/Mantis tank in it as well, since they sit right next to each other. Sorry I’m a little confused, which tank is it? Since you have combined the build threads of multiple tanks into one it is kinda confusing. Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, William said: Sorry I’m a little confused, which tank is it? Since you have combined the build threads of multiple tanks into one it is kinda confusing. Sorry - it is confusing. We do not have a build thread on the RFA tank, that has the mantis in it. It'll probably get discussed in @EfrainChicagoDeepdish thread. All though, as I'm rethinking this, maybe I should create a thread of it's own for this tank - even thought it's all ready pretty well established. Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 53 minutes ago, NoOneLikesADryTang said: Sorry - it is confusing. We do not have a build thread on the RFA tank, that has the mantis in it. It'll probably get discussed in @EfrainChicagoDeepdish thread. All though, as I'm rethinking this, maybe I should create a thread of it's own for this tank - even thought it's all ready pretty well established. I have found that having a dedicated thread for each tank is best way to go, especially since there are two of you and multiple tanks. For someone not knowing your situation it is very confusing. You could just make a quick write up detailing the tank (similar to a tank of the month write up) and go over some of the history and where it is today. 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 10 minutes ago, William said: I have found that having a dedicated thread for each tank is best way to go, especially since there are two of you and multiple tanks. For someone not knowing your situation it is very confusing. You could just make a quick write up detailing the tank (similar to a tank of the month write up) and go over some of the history and where it is today. I’m beginning to think he has multiple personalities......why all this coded language @NoOneLikesADryTang ? 🤷🏻♀️ 1 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 So I decided to break up some of my KPA live rock before putting it I to my friends tank. this is what I found. 3 Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 54 minutes ago, WV Reefer said: I’m beginning to think he has multiple personalities......why all this coded language @NoOneLikesADryTang ? 🤷🏻♀️ Ooooohhhh... That'd be a fun twist... Sadly, it isn't true. Or is it? 5 minutes ago, William said: So I decided to break up some of my KPA live rock before putting it I to my friends tank. this is what I found. Dude!! Super cool. You keeping it? Which tank are you going to put it in? 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 2 hours ago, NoOneLikesADryTang said: Ooooohhhh... That'd be a fun twist... Sadly, it isn't true. Or is it? Dude!! Super cool. You keeping it? Which tank are you going to put it in? I think I’m going to put it in the mantis tank. The rock in that tank came from the same place so it’s highly unlikely there isn’t one in there already **** edit**** from my research this species eats coral, so I had to get rid of him. I probably have more of them but I don’t want to purposely add one. 3 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 Water checked out perfect again, and all of the test corals I have added are doing great. I decided to move the mantis Into his new home. He has made a home in the big rock . 4 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Any thoughts on the scape? Coral placement ? im considering doing ricordia around the base of the left rock and mushrooms around the base of the right rock. For the top of the left rock, I’m stuck between a few SPS (I have my infected green no name acro frag already there) or a black widow BTA. Other things I’m considering adding: RFA, mini-maxi nems, maybe some zoas Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I think the scape looks great! You’ve got a lot of green on the left rock, so I’d be conscious of that for future corals, and maybe try to break some of it up. Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 18 hours ago, NoOneLikesADryTang said: I think the scape looks great! You’ve got a lot of green on the left rock, so I’d be conscious of that for future corals, and maybe try to break some of it up. The mantis did not like the Ricordia next to his rock so I moved them to the right island. I fed him again today, he like PE Mysis. 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 I went ahead and added the Black Widow BTA (I will at least try it in here), as my partner wanted me to get the ugly DIY anemone box out of my main display. Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I look forward to seeing pictures of it in the Mantis' tank! I'm guessing they won't mind each other. Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I’m a slow learner... You AND your partner have tanks and are both members here? That’s neato. 🙂 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Pics of the BTA in the Nano 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 And a dirty, no filter pic of my main display 3 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Purrrfect placement for those gorgs! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 love the gorgonians. what's the green coral(?) at the very top of the big rock? 1 Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 Looking great! Something that encrusts, like a rainbow monti, or some sort of cyphastrea I think would look great on that rock to the left. 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 1 hour ago, mitten_reef said: love the gorgonians. what's the green coral(?) at the very top of the big rock? It’s a blue Acropora that has been infected with green fluorescent protein, so the tips are glacier blue while the body is fluorescent green. I have had this strain for a few years, it got infected with green fluorescent protein about 2 years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 Just stopped by my LFS, picked up some snails for the Nano. I also decided that the tank needed a fish. I almost let myself put a black storm clown in there, bud decided against it. So i picked up a smallish Blue Eyed glass cardinal. I also picked up a small red tube anemone for this tank. My LFS has a $5 “TLC” section and today it was full of browned out acros, so I picked up five. In the past I have been pretty successful at getting them to color up in my main display tank. 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Everything seems to be doing well. I am having a mild diatom bloom. The mantis is starting to become much more outgoing, though he is still very difficult to photograph. 5 Quote Link to comment
NoOneLikesADryTang Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 That rock is looking incredible. I love the RFA's put on it. How big is your mantis? 2-3"? 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 30 minutes ago, NoOneLikesADryTang said: That rock is looking incredible. I love the RFA's put on it. How big is your mantis? 2-3"? About 2” and thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment
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