ladyamanda Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 I ended up buying Anthony's Alife with some rock and stock...the Emerald crab expired, it looks like he fell onto his back and couldn't right himself...so I've added the peppermont shrimp, and a very cool piece of LR that had been a bunch of barnicales, the piece is fairly large, but very light (2.3 pounds) and came with some very nice mushrooms that seem to glow in the dark... It also has some small critter corals on it I can't identify, anyone want to take a guess? I alkso added a Xenia, but it seems to be lying down on the job right now.. here's a good shot of the mushrooms And here's the overall tank on day 5, the peppermint shrimp was hiding.. Link to comment
My Alife 7 Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Another member of the "Alife Club"... Your tanks looking very nice, those look like little polyps attached to those rocks... Link to comment
HuBu Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 nice looking tank. just wondering, did you just move stuff around in the tank or something, the water seem kinda cloudy. Link to comment
ladyamanda Posted June 26, 2002 Author Share Posted June 26, 2002 I had just done a water change, because I was worried about the Xenia...there's also lots of small white critters running about the tank, so they tend to sit on the glass, but I think most of it was stuff I kicked up doing the water change..... Link to comment
mysk Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Im starting to want an alife. they seem nice Link to comment
quiksilver5768 Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 No one else commented on the set-up time...so im guessing I missed somethin....But if that tank has only been set up for 5 days, you shouldnt have any corals in there... Link to comment
ladyamanda Posted June 27, 2002 Author Share Posted June 27, 2002 you missed something... I purchased Anthony's tank, already cycled, complete w/ live sand, rock, livestock, and water (I even toted home the same water) So while it may not be perfectly happy, it shouldn't be too traumatized... Link to comment
anthony812 Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Hi Jill, wow...the tank looks nice!! i think it looked even better than when i had it ^_^ you did a great job! i loev that LR you got there..even with striped shrrom..i think the little polyp like thing is anemone dusters or some type of hitch hicker polyps..but they look cool.. well..keep us all posted.. T_T sorry about the crab... Link to comment
anthony812 Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 IT's STick/Tree Polyp Quick Stats Family: Zoanthidae Origin: Indo-Pacific Color Form: Tan, Brown Ideal Supplements: Iodine, Trace elements Reef Compatible: Yes Tank Conditions: 72-78ºF; sg 1.023-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4 Water Flow: Medium Light: High Dominance: Semi-aggressive Placement: Medium Care Level: Moderate Acrozoanthus Stick Polyps are colonial animals with multiple tan or brown individual polyps attached to the discarded or dead tubes of tubeworms or fanworms. The colony is also referred to as Encrusting Stick Anemones, or Tree Polyps. The polyps have long tentacles and the ability to sting other polyps or corals, although the sting is not strong. Stick/Tree Polyps are semi-aggressive and need space between their own colony and other corals. They require a high light level combined with a medium water movement within the aquarium. For continued good health, they also require the addition of iodine and other trace elements to the water. They will reproduce in the reef aquarium on their own by budding (splitting off a portion of their base or mouth), if adequate water quality parameters are maintained. The symbiotic algae zooxanthellae hosted within their bodies provide the majority of their nutritional requirements through photosynthesis. The remainder of their nutritional requirements will need to be provided in the form of regular weekly feedings of micro-plankton or brine shrimp. Link to comment
Metznreef Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 great tank amanda. i too was wondering how you had all those corals in there after only 5 days. Link to comment
camustang Posted June 30, 2002 Share Posted June 30, 2002 Regarding your emerald crab, I thought I'd share something that I went through with my mithrax... ...I had him for about a week or two, and then noticed that he had "died", found him upside down in the tank. I retrieved him and threw him away. I didn't mention this to my wife. About two weeks later, she told me that she had found the mithrax crab dead, upside down (DARK green looking thing), retrieved him and threw him away. A few days after that, I noticed that I had a very large mithrax crab in my tank...happily eating away on this and that. I finally realized that the crab had moulted a couple of times, and that the shell was so dark (and I didn't pick at it) that it was really just the SHELL, and not the whole crab! Now, your crab may have actually died...but MAYBE the same thing is happening to your crab! Just a thought (and an interesting story, IMHO)... Link to comment
NaNO ReeFiN Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 ladyamanda, Do you think you could get an updated photo with your new frogspawn in it...? Link to comment
ladyamanda Posted July 8, 2002 Author Share Posted July 8, 2002 lol....actually have some new pics, and I hope to have a website up with the pics soon... Link to comment
Sahin Posted July 8, 2002 Share Posted July 8, 2002 Nice idea, buying a tank already setup. Link to comment
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