Ghostryder's 24G DX NC

[Ghostryder]

Here are some pics of my humble unmodified 24G DX.

 

Full tank shot.

[Ghostryder]

Curly cue hitchiker on LR with nice purple coraline algae

 

Zoos

[Ghostryder]

Xenias (couldn't get a clearer shot )

 

Unknown coral (if anyone can help me identify, thanks in advance!) on another LR with purple coraline algae

 

Nicky the clown (foreground) and Max the firefish(background)

[Ghostryder]

Fan worm

 

Plate coral (not doing so well )

 

I actually moved the plate from another tank in the hopes of saving it. As you can see, a part of the flesh is receding. Any advice on what may have caused this? Can it be saved? I was told that sand covering the flesh can cause it to recede.

[Ghostryder]

Rose brain coral with "Scooter" mugging for the camera.

[daves new nano]

Great tank ghostryder, the brain and plate are really nice.

 

i hate to be the bearer of bad news but i think the curly cue hitch hiker may be aipatasia which are a pest and a pain to get rid of ive been battling them for two weeks now.

 

i found this link which has some good pics of them http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/aipatasia.htm i hope this helps because if they are they can be difficult to eradicate.

 

still got a great tank (nicer than mine)

 

Cheers Dave

[daves new nano]

ive just been done a quick google search for curly cue anenome, and it turns out there of the aiptasia family so i think we both may be right, check this link out http://www.nautilusreef.com/html/tbs_live_...ck_index_1.html

 

cheers Dave

[Ghostryder]

Thanks Dave!

 

I read that the curly cue is in the aiptasia family but have heard that they are not as bad as the garden variety aiptasia that spread like wildfire, which I have a few of.

 

Still trying to determine my mode of attack, peppermint shrimps or joe's juice, etc.

[daves new nano]

its all good, ive only been at this marine game bout a year so im still somewhat of a nooby but i try to help were i can,

 

ive been using joes juice and haveing some sucess, ive been lucky tho i only had one of them to start with which i zapped then a few days later a baby apeared on the same rock so that got it to.

 

glad i could help.

 

cheers Dave

[Ghostryder]

hey dave, you've been at it longer than me, I've only been doing this for 5 months, so I am a total newby!

 

i appreciate all the advice i get on this forum. seems you can never know enough in this hobby.

 

any pics of your tank?

[daves new nano]

yeah this forums great, coming from the UK like i do its almost inpossible to find advice on keeping nano size tanks so this sites been a god send.

 

this is a link with a pic of my tank before moved house and decided to change the set up as well http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/showthread...&threadid=55404

 

ive gota a 12g boyu cube now which is the same tank as the nanocibe 12g jst the european version, its not as good tho it only came with 18w of lighing so i had to mod the lights straightaway, im battling with a huge cyno out break at the mo so ive goy no pics of it, when ive cleared it up ill post some.

 

Cheers Dave