NatureGuy Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 I think a shroom is splitting! Either that or something is very wrong lol Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 I guess there’s two now? Tbh I can’t really tell 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 1 hour ago, debbeach13 said: At least 2. Maybe more. They’ll divide into more than halves? Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I see 2 mouths clearly. I my experience they also sometimes drop or leave little babies when they move. 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted April 19 Author Share Posted April 19 The zoas seem to get grump when I pump up the nitrates, but the cloves seem to love it. Currently at about 25 ppm. Hopefully I can get the does right and find a happy medium The red mushroom has started showing its mesenterial filaments a lot 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 Last time I went to my LFS they had some huge shrooms. The picture doesn’t do them Justice, they’d barely fit in the pico 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 NatureGuy are you actually a girl and I never realized it… or you just rockin some stylish polish? I had an ex boyfriend who liked to wear black polish. Those look like some big shrooms! They had an enormous carpet anemone at my LFS this past weekend too… it was the size of the tank it was in, which was like a 15 gallon. 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 10 minutes ago, banasophia said: They had an enormous carpet anemone at my LFS There’s always something so stunning about huge corals/other cnidarians in tanks. Reminds me of a yt video I saw a while back with some huge toadstools (I’ll add a screenshot) I am indeed a guy rockin stylish polish lol. I find it adds a nice bit of characterization to simplistic outfits. I’m also into other guys and think it’s a nice way of subtly indicating that without being to on the nose 2 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Yeah that tank is gorgeous. 32 minutes ago, NatureGuy said: I am indeed a guy rockin stylish polish lol. I find it adds a nice bit of characterization to simplistic outfits. I’m also into other guys and think it’s a nice way of subtly indicating that without being to on the nose Oh, nice. My ex with the black polish was bisexual actually, and so am I for that matter, but I’m married to a guy now so it’s not that apparent anymore, but still thought I’d mention it since it seemed relevant to the conversation. When I was single I always had to figure out how to drop the subtle hints. 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Before and after water change I may’ve waited a bit too far on this one lol 3 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Wow those are some dramatic before and after shots… must have been very satisfying! 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 On 5/20/2023 at 1:21 PM, banasophia said: Wow those are some dramatic before and after shots… must have been very satisfying! It was! It’s crazy how fast the algae grows, I should probably get of my ass and look into getting some sort of cuc I just set some coffee down next to the jar. I can feel the chic lol 2 Quote Link to comment
natalia_la_loca Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 If you have a good LFS near you, I’d try to find the littlest Mexican turbo snail you can, give it 2 weeks to mow down that hair algae, then return it to the LFS and get a money cowrie and/or a banded trochus snail for maintenance. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Yes, agree, turbo snails are awesome! 1 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 Flatworms on the move after being disturbed also, got a pic of the filaments 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Did you pick up some cleanup crew yet? Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 20 hours ago, banasophia said: Did you pick up some cleanup crew yet? I haven’t yet, I need to get on that 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 I took a video showing how I feed the coral but it uploaded with terrible quality, I’m not sure why the shrooms are always fun to watch. The last picture shows how they somehow manage to funnel all the food that comes in contact with them into their mouths; Idk how that works. It appears stick in string like shapes first so maybe it’s bound by mucus or something 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted June 4 Author Share Posted June 4 I uploaded it as a short and the quality is better, could only fit half the video though Edit: annnd never mind this one’s blurry too, maybe my wifi is just bad 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefGoat Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Be careful with those flatworms. Those appear to be Red Planeria, a very large population at that. I've read that sometimes the population will randomly crash even without intervention by the reef keeper. Their deaths will then release toxins into your tank. You having such a small volume of water would probably crash your entire tank. It's crashed bigger tanks than yours for sure. I think a lot of people siphon out as many as possible while doing water changes and run carbon and do water changes while running Flatworm Exit or some similar treatment. It can be very hard on the setup. I apologize if you already know all this. I just never saw where anyone addressed it in your thread. 2 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Yeah or you could try a trap for them… not sure if we talked about it in this thread because I think a couple of people have flatworms right now. Never tried it for flatworms but worked great for bristleworms in my tank and they are designed for planaria. @debbeach13 is also using for bristleworms in her tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 On 6/4/2023 at 2:38 PM, banasophia said: Yeah or you could try a trap for them… not sure if we talked about it in this thread because I think a couple of people have flatworms right now. Never tried it for flatworms but worked great for bristleworms in my tank and they are designed for planaria. @debbeach13 is also using for bristleworms in her tank. Can I just use fish flakes as bait, or would I need something specially desighned for this purpose? Quote Link to comment
NatureGuy Posted July 14 Author Share Posted July 14 It’s been a while so here are some pics. The green rodactis shrooms have both gotten huge and have drifted significantly to the left. Still no cuc 😅 Quote Link to comment
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