20L tank build.

[Moonstream]

thats a nice looking tank. how is the care of the flower anemone? hard? lighting requirments? how long does it stay in one place? feeding? what is the livestock in the tank? nice clows by the way.

 

[Chad Vossen]

the flower anemone has been so easy for me. i got it when it was the size of a quarter. it has battled its way through two tank crashes, and an interstate tank move. it grew just fine under 80 watts PC, and is expanding huge under my halide. it only moves on me when it doesnt get light or if it have to much flow on it. otherwise it usually stays where i put it.
i have
micromussa (red)
favia (neon green centers)
maze brain (neon green center)
pink palythoa
dragon eye zoanthids
xenia
hammer coral
green star polyps.
two monitopora caps and one digi (green, orange, and red)
flower anemone
false percula (2)
ricordia
feather dusters, amphipods, isopods, mini starfish, bristle worms, and tiny oysters.

 

[Chad Vossen]

updates

 

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[racksteris]

Nice Work..

 

[Chad Vossen]

 

[Chad Vossen]

added a 2nd cleaner shrimp today. its 1/3 the size of the one i already have and they are always right next to each other. paid 9$ for the new shrimp

i might be getting a 3rd cleaner for 10$. does anyone see a problem with 3 cleaners in a 20 long?

 

[saltyshoe_nano]

I donno about the shrimps but thats a nice tank setup, deffinately unique 2 thumbs up

 

[Toygrr]

im not a BB kind of guy, but yours is awesome looking, keep it up!

 

[cherubfish pair]

armagedon48, is that a hermit in your avatar, or a mantis shrimp hidding under something that looks like a shell?

 

[Chad Vossen]

its a Hawaiian reef hermit (aka: zebra hermit at the store) that was slightly covered by my ricordia. i was taking pictures of the ricordia and noticed a cool picture of the hermit. that picture was taken in my 10 gallon tank before i had the 20 long setup.

 

[cherubfish pair]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11395570#post11395570 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by armagedon48
added a 2nd cleaner shrimp today. its 1/3 the size of the one i already have and they are always right next to each other. paid 9$ for the new shrimp

i might be getting a 3rd cleaner for 10$. does anyone see a problem with 3 cleaners in a 20 long?

I don't see a problem with a third cleaner. If they don't get enough food from cleaning they'll scavenge. I had one that climbed up a tube and ate flakes right off the surface of the water.

 

[Chad Vossen]

some updates, i trade my hammer coral for 4 SPS corals. 3 acros and a poccilliopora.

 

[cherubfish pair]

What kind of red algae is that?

 

[Chad Vossen]

i have no idea what their names are. i have been slowly collecting red macro algaes over the years and i have found some nice ones.

 

[Chad Vossen]

well, looked them up.
i have:
botryocladia uvaria
Halymenia sp.
Lomentaria articulata (bubbled leaf form)

those 3 are the main plants.

 

[new_world_disor]

3 Cleaners should be ok. but mite get hungry

 

[Chad Vossen]

a growth picture taken today.

thats about 10 days growth compared to the photo above.

 

[saltyshoe_nano]

lookin good!

 

[Chad Vossen]

this morning i woke up to a skimmer that needed to be emptied.