Anderson Family Reef - 1200 Gallon System

Anderson Family Reef - 1200 gallon July 31, 2013 Update

Anderson Family Reef - 1200 gallon July 31, 2013 Update

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dca22anderson said:
Anyone know what this dude is?
Well, it's a flatworm (planarian) ...

Here are a couple of pages for more info on polyclads:
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flatintr.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/sharkcage69/worm/flat.html

This one has been identified a few times in the past here on RC as being a predator of clams and snails. They are difficult to remove as they tend to tear apart and can then regenerate from the parts. Most people have found the only way to get rid of them is to remove all clams and snails and starve them out.

Any other good news I can bring you?

Dave.M
 
Posted on your thread...

Hehehe ... Just custom one off's for the fish buddies! :thumbsup: Hit me up when you are ready! :rollface:

Wife is interested in the feeder ring. She asked me to make one, and I told her about your design. How many orders you got ahead of me? PM me the details so we can work it out.
 
That was luck on your side catching that worm. Hope there arent anymore in your tank. Do you even have a clam? Just went back and saw that you did have one.
 
Ahhhhhhhhhhh so comforting that it makes me :sleep::sleep::sleep:

This tank relaxes me too! That's one of my favorite things about this hobby.

Funny thing is that my brother and I had a laugh at the fact that we enjoyed our tanks much more when we didn't have as much knowledge. We would just sit back and enjoy the fish swimming around in clean water. Now days I am always on the lookout for any signs of stress with any of the animals, looking for hints of algae, identifying what the next move is with the system...etc! :fun5:

very tranquil update lol!

Thank you! All things considered it is still relaxing and I love observing the radness. :thumbsup:
 
Well, it's a flatworm (planarian) ...

Here are a couple of pages for more info on polyclads:
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flatintr.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/mi/sharkcage69/worm/flat.html

This one has been identified a few times in the past here on RC as being a predator of clams and snails. They are difficult to remove as they tend to tear apart and can then regenerate from the parts. Most people have found the only way to get rid of them is to remove all clams and snails and starve them out.

Any other good news I can bring you?

Dave.M

Dave...Thank you buddy! I do lose many snails a week but my harlequin tusk swims around with a guilty face all the time so I just thought it was him!

Good man with good news!! I'm glad I didn't toss him back in last night!!!;)
 
Amazing FTS. I see you have corals growing on the return line. Was that planned? I am curious as to why there.

I planted them there and they do good except when I feed on that end of the tank. The big tangs have knocked them off a few times. I just glue them back up there. Next time I will just do some encrusting ones.

Wife is interested in the feeder ring. She asked me to make one, and I told her about your design. How many orders you got ahead of me? PM me the details so we can work it out.

Cool I'll ping you buddy.

That was luck on your side catching that worm. Hope there arent anymore in your tank. Do you even have a clam? Just went back and saw that you did have one.

I have a large clam but for some reason he was unaffected by that bad boy! :beer:
 
Have u had any probs with cleaning the acrylic and coralline algae or whats your trick to doing it safely? Thanks
 
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