Snow's 10G Critters of Chaos (TOTM)

[Snow_Phoenix]

1 hour ago, Rabb.D said:

wow great tank but where in Malaysia do you buy those hermit crabs? and which store do you frequent? any suggestion for online delivery? please TQ...

 

I mostly frequent Puchong and SS15

 

beautiful tanks by the way

Hi, my primary LFS is NOA (New Oasis) in Mt. Austin in JB. I acquire all my livestock there. Hermit crabs come in every now and then. They have a FB page, and you can reach out to them for further enquiries. 👍

 

And thank you very much. 😊👍

[Snow_Phoenix]

My Zoa Garden today. Due for a WC tomorrow. I had to hold back any major clean ups because I've been unwell since yesterday. 😕

 

I did manage to clean the filter, replace the media and soak up some of the algae film using tissues though! 

 

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Finally WCed the tank today! Also managed to frag my lepto. I'll be leaving the larger piece (at the bottom) at my LFS the next time I head to the store:

 

 

I'm glad it came off in one piece though!

 

I also glued the new leopard discosoma frag on Mushroom Mountain:

 

 

Hopefully it'll perk up and spread out once it's settled. I did make a terrible mistake while I was siphoning out all the algae from the tank during the WC. Turns out I accidently siphoned out one of the free floating fancy tricolor rhodactises I purchased long ago, and by the time I'd realized it was missing, I'd dumped the wastewater (including the shroom) in the toilet bowl. 😕

 

Really sucks. One morph lost there. 😔

 

On the bright side, I managed to remove a lot of algae and also several pesky flatworms.

 

I also noticed my 3rd Zoa Ledge has grown out even more with new polyps: 😊

 

 

 

Also managed to get a pic of this recluse:

 

 

And get a topview comparison shot of my favias:

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

My main Zoa Ledge (#1) is doing quite well too. Thinking of fragging some of the Devil's Armors and Purple Monsters. 🤔

 

The Butt Munchers polyp accidently became detached while I was basting the rocks thoroughly, so I re-glued it - but chose a different spot near the Rainbows instead:

 

 

 

 

Overall topview. 🥰

 

[Xj reefing]

Just wondering how you frag your zoas? I am thinking about trying to frag some of mine that are being smothered by less desirable brown palys. The zoas are on a frag plug still

[Snow_Phoenix]

14 hours ago, Xj reefing said:

Just wondering how you frag your zoas? I am thinking about trying to frag some of mine that are being smothered by less desirable brown palys. The zoas are on a frag plug still

Usually just snip off a tiny portion of the rock the polyps are attached to, then glue the rock piece to either a frag plug (seldom) or larger LR piece (mostly). Took a bit of trial and error with the clippers, but I'm still not too good at it, unfortunately. 😕

[Snow_Phoenix]

My Zoa Garden today:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Merlettis:

 

 

Duncan with 12 heads:

 

 

Yuma pile:

 

 

 

New leopard discosoma:

 

 

Thinking of fragging this leptastrea patch soon because it's taking over the monti:

 

 

Sunny D cluster:

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Red fungias:

 

 

Fascination favia:

 

 

Pickle. 🥰

 

 

 

 

FTS today on 27/6/22:

 

[Nano sapiens]

Wonderful coral coloration and healthy looking! 

 

I noticed the B. merletti clearing space around it.  Blastomussa in general are supposedly to be quite mild, but on the other hand I've found Merletti to be quite the exception (even dominates Pavona when in contact).

[Snow_Phoenix]

10 hours ago, Nano sapiens said:

Wonderful coral coloration and healthy looking! 

 

I noticed the B. merletti clearing space around it.  Blastomussa in general are supposedly to be quite mild, but on the other hand I've found Merletti to be quite the exception (even dominates Pavona when in contact).

Thanks! 😊

 

Yeah, the merlettis pack quite a bit of a sting. I was quite surprised they started pushing the leptastrea back as they grew out. I'm leaving them as it is though. 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Crossing borders:

 

 

🦀

[Reefkid88]

Holy moly that is a colorful and PACKED tank. Hats off to you for making this tank look so incredible. 

[Snow_Phoenix]

6 hours ago, Reefkid88 said:

Holy moly that is a colorful and PACKED tank. Hats off to you for making this tank look so incredible. 

Thanks! 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Puffy. 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

Pineapple tree coral:

 

 

 

It's branching out rather nicely. 😊👍

[Snow_Phoenix]

Lady & Lily striking the same pose: 😅

 

 

 

Lady:

 

 

 

 

Lily:

 

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Chunky Foxy: 😅

 

 

Swimming together:

 

 

Blurry pic, but there was a lot going on in the shot, so I decided to stick it up anyway:

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

Sigh. Gotta love cross-posts. 🤦‍♀️

 

Anyway, here are some shrooms right after I turned the lights on:

 

 

 

 

 

And Harvey with his googly eyes. 👀

 

[debbeach13]

8 hours ago, Snow_Phoenix said:

Chunky Foxy: 😅

 

So happy to see this.

[Snow_Phoenix]

28 minutes ago, debbeach13 said:

So happy to see this.

Thanks! She practically eats everything I toss into the tank. 😅

[Snow_Phoenix]

New buffer bottle has arrived! 💦

 

 

I always purchase 1 or 2 buffer bottles (Ca, Mg, kH & ChaetoGro) in advance before the current buffers are finished. So this bottle will serve as a spare. 

 

Since the nano requires around ~3.5ml of kH buffer per day, I go through bottles pretty quickly. 👍

[Snow_Phoenix]

Fragging day! 💦

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you spot all the missing corals? 👀

[Snow_Phoenix]

After 80% WC & rigorous clean up today:

 

 

 

 

 

Most pieces are still very cranky. I rearranged the shrooms on Mushroom Mountain too. Moved the forest fire rhodactis up, the green bullseye down etc. Tank looks sulky, but things should perk up again in a few days. 👍

[Snow_Phoenix]

Tank is still waking up, so most of the corals are still shrunken. 

 

A closer look at the bicolored brain coral this morning:

 

 

Merlettis clearing a path on the rock:

 

 

Fungia: 

 

 

Acans:

 

 

I had to frag off the leptastrea-monti patch because the leptastrea was smothering the monti to death, and I wanted to save the monti. The frags went into my 60G. There's a few stray leptastrea polyps on the rock which I will remove during the next WC. As the monti, I'm hoping it'll grow out again from the 2 remaining patches on the rocks:

 

 

Truly loving all the new zoa polyps growing out on Zoa Ledge #3 :

 

 

Yuma pile hasn't fully opened up yet. My hand keeps shadowing the pile as I take a pic of it, so all the topview shots come off darker than usual. 😕

 

[Snow_Phoenix]

A variety of shrooms:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These ones are still shrunken because I just turned the lights on. Yesterday, I removed the green bullseye rhodactis from the rocks by trimming off a small portion of the rock it was attached to, and placed it next to the other rhodactises on the sandbed. 

 

I moved the frag plug of the orange rhodactis up and closer towards the leopard discosoma, and used the space left behind to accomodate my forest fire rhodactis:

 

 

All that shuffling around was necessary because the green bullseye rhodactis was slowly moving up the rocks and attempting to sting (?) the orange rhodactis. It's a bit odd, considering most shrooms tend to get along next to each other, except the hairy ones. 🤔

 

Either way, I didn't want to lose either coral, hence the shuffle. The shrooms are still sulky. But they *should be okay in a few days. 👍