A few of my SPS

[Big E]

5 years between honors..........c'mon step it up a bit:fun2:

Congratulations.........I've always enjoyed your pictures and contributions to the SPS forum over the years.:thumbsup:

 

[reefmutt]

Wow!! That first transition is amazing from awesome yellow acro to way cool multicolor acro. Very unexpected.
Great photos!
Was it your totm write up that you said you had added an army of peppermint shrimp way back to deal with aptasia?
I have known peppermint shrimp to be very effective 'sterilizes' for acros.. They will polish off every parasite on an acro in minutes, but I find that they will then polish off the acro, if it isn't removed promptly.
I have also known peppermint shrimp to completely ignore aptasia if they aren't reeeeeally hungry.
How have you found the remaining pep shrimp in your display? They leave the acros alone?
Do you have any aptasia left in the tank and do you have any other means of controlling aptasia like a copperband?
Sorry for the grilling..
I have an aptasia 'issue' and I know a copperband will work but I like the idea of peppermint shrimp because they eat all of the aptasia flesh, unlike the copperband which only keeps them cropped and out of sight...

 

[westreef]

Wow!! That first transition is amazing from awesome yellow acro to way cool multicolor acro. Very unexpected.
Great photos!
Was it your totm write up that you said you had added an army of peppermint shrimp way back to deal with aptasia?
I have known peppermint shrimp to be very effective 'sterilizes' for acros.. They will polish off every parasite on an acro in minutes, but I find that they will then polish off the acro, if it isn't removed promptly.
I have also known peppermint shrimp to completely ignore aptasia if they aren't reeeeeally hungry.
How have you found the remaining pep shrimp in your display? They leave the acros alone?
Do you have any aptasia left in the tank and do you have any other means of controlling aptasia like a copperband?
Sorry for the grilling..

I have an aptasia 'issue' and I know a copperband will work but I like the idea of peppermint shrimp because they eat all of the aptasia flesh, unlike the copperband which only keeps them cropped and out of sight...

I have had manjano and aptasia for over 15 years. I tried kalk paste to kill them. They always come back. This early March I bought a file fish from my lfs hoping that it would eat the pests. This fish did not eat anything except brine shrimp. So for the first 10 days, it did not touch any of the pests mentioned above. However, I went for 17 days vacation and my auto feeder only fed dry food. So I thought the file fish was in trouble. No, I was wrong. When I came back from vacation. It was fat and all manjano and aptasia were gone. I love this fish.

 

[reefmutt]

Thanks Bernie, I've thought about a file fish, I'm just worried about what other large polyp type animals he may decide to eat..
Which type of file fish did you get?

Sorry for the sidetrack, Greg!

I guess you'll just have to post a few new shots to get your thread going again!!!

 

[DavidinGA]

I have had manjano and aptasia for over 15 years. I tried kalk paste to kill them. They always come back. This early March I bought a file fish from my lfs hoping that it would eat the pests. This fish did not eat anything except brine shrimp. So for the first 10 days, it did not touch any of the pests mentioned above. However, I went for 17 days vacation and my auto feeder only fed dry food. So I thought the file fish was in trouble. No, I was wrong. When I came back from vacation. It was fat and all manjano and aptasia were gone. I love this fish.

That's been my experience too. I have a 210gal that "had" Aiptasia and a ton of xenia. Now I have zero Aiptasia and the xenia is slowly being eaten too! Love my filefish!

 

[westreef]

Thanks Bernie, I've thought about a file fish, I'm just worried about what other large polyp type animals he may decide to eat..
Which type of file fish did you get?

Sorry for the sidetrack, Greg!

I guess you'll just have to post a few new shots to get your thread going again!!!

Hi Matt, not to further hijack this thread, I have sent you a pm.

 

[Oldude]

That first one is craaaazy!!

Yeah it is a bizarre piece for sure.

Congrats Sir, very well deserved TOTM

Thanks Brett

The cerealis looks amazing but that color transformation is crazy Greg. I've seen my share of wild acros undergoing subtle color shifts in my tank but nothing that ever came close to that. :eek1:
Beautiful pics as usual mate

Thanks Andrew - that particular piece has really had a mind of its own.

Well done and congrats! Now you have something to shoot for in 2020!

:spin2: Thanks Peter. You are a funny guy.

5 years between honors..........c'mon step it up a bit:fun2:

Congratulations.........I've always enjoyed your pictures and contributions to the SPS forum over the years.:thumbsup:

Thanks very much - :beer:

 

[Oldude]

Wow!! That first transition is amazing from awesome yellow acro to way cool multicolor acro. Very unexpected.
Great photos!
Was it your totm write up that you said you had added an army of peppermint shrimp way back to deal with aptasia?
I have known peppermint shrimp to be very effective 'sterilizes' for acros.. They will polish off every parasite on an acro in minutes, but I find that they will then polish off the acro, if it isn't removed promptly.
I have also known peppermint shrimp to completely ignore aptasia if they aren't reeeeeally hungry.
How have you found the remaining pep shrimp in your display? They leave the acros alone?
Do you have any aptasia left in the tank and do you have any other means of controlling aptasia like a copperband?
Sorry for the grilling..
I have an aptasia 'issue' and I know a copperband will work but I like the idea of peppermint shrimp because they eat all of the aptasia flesh, unlike the copperband which only keeps them cropped and out of sight...

Thanks much. The peppermints were added to battle AEFW not aptasia.

 

[Oldude]

I recently added two file fish for mojano control but they only seem to want to eat my LPS so far.

 

[glaukos]

You're an inspiration buddy...nothing more to say:beer:
Congrats!!

 

[Oldude]

You're an inspiration buddy...nothing more to say:beer:
Congrats!!

Thanks Mike, that is a great compliment!

 

[reefmutt]

Thanks much. The peppermints were added to battle AEFW not aptasia.

Oops.. My mistake. They certainly must be good at getting eggs..
But regardless of the reason you added them, do you think you still have a significant population left and do you ever see them actually eating acro flesh?

 

[Oldude]

Oops.. My mistake. They certainly must be good at getting eggs..
But regardless of the reason you added them, do you think you still have a significant population left and do you ever see them actually eating acro flesh?

I haven't seen peppermints go after the acro flesh - I've heard that camel shrimp will do that but that hasn't been my experience with the peppermints. If you have a lot in a smaller tank with only a few corals they will climb on them and irritate the coral but as stated I have not known them to eat acro flesh. In fact I actually had a few starve to death in my frag tank after they ate the available aptasia I had in there. Keep in mind if using them for aptasia - they are scavengers and will likely only eat aptasia if other food sources are scarce (that includes eating small snails). Darn things won't even look at a mojano though.
Long story short is this is only my own experience and fish (etc) are pretty hit & miss so there are never really any guarantees they will act the same from one environment to another and it's always possible to get a rogue one that can teach others to misbehave. Good luck.

 

[reefmutt]

Food for thought...
Thanks, Greg!

 

[Oldude]

Food for thought...
Thanks, Greg!

You are welcome, good luck with your battle.

 

[Myka]

I recently added two file fish for mojano control but they only seem to want to eat my LPS so far.

I had the same experience. I had to remove "Fugly" from my LPS tank.

 

[cugly]

I had originally planned to add this transition sequence to my TOTM write up but never got to it.
I have a few versions of this strain of acro but take a look at how this one particular piece morphed - Who would have seen that coming?

This is beautiful always like seeing pics of your tank.

 

[biggles]

Did you get the memo about everyone rolling the dice on a big angel Greg....... :blown:

 

[lanshark]

Could we get the science or sample of the magic pixie dust you put on these corals to have them transition my few wild pieces are mostly brown ....

 

[plyle02]

Holy Crap Greg!
I did not realize that you just achieved another TOTM... Congrats man, I am completely stoked for you Now that is breaking the "spell", lol... Your corals are, have, and likely always be setting standards for health and coloration, I am so very happy for you! Keep it going, passion driving the hobby, what an honor, well deserved!!!