bennerkla's 5.5 AGA Nano Reef Diary (Lots of PICS!!!)

How long have you had the pseudochromis? If I remember correctly, mine took like 3 days before he started becoming even interested in food. Also, I replaced him with a royal gramma later because I had heard they eat "ornamental shrimp." He rarely came out so it was better off that way anyways.... good luck catching him if you put him in your 75. I had to remove 80% of my rock to catch mine.
 
What kind of algae are you talking about that they wont eat? Pics would be nice since your thread says "(Lots of PICS!!!)". Hermits usually do ok at algae. But they do climb all over everything and close up the polyps. You've gotta weigh the benefits and the disadvantages to having them though. Some of your polyps closed up, or no algae? Hmmmm.

I'm not really sure what would be a good fish addition for your nano. Clown goby or something? One little damsel? A neon goby or two? A yellow and a blue one! Who knows? I like Royal Grammas but I think they need some swimming space.
 
I had a royal gramma, took him 6 months to even come out, died in 9 months. Been there done that. I think I'd like a yellow goby.

I'll get a pic for you soon.
 
I am in the same boat as you Ben, trying to decide if I should add a fish or not to my 5gal nano (I got some pics in my thread BTW). I have a peppermint shrimp in there now, but he is NEVER out, but he did do a good job of eating the aptasia :) I am going to take him out and put him in my 75 and was going to try a coral banded shrimp in my nano. I had a friend that had one in a 20gal and it was ALWAYS out..... Hopefully mine will be social too.. I am still up in the air about fish.. I really wonder how a firefish would do.. I really like the look of those fish.. even if it is just a standard one, not purple... Keep us posted on how your tank is doing.. and like always, we enjoy the pictures...
 
A coral banded might not be a bad idea. I would love the idea of never having to feed the tank, though, with just corals. Only MicroVert a few times a week for my duster. I'll see if my purple pseudochromis has any interest in eating yet today, and I'll let you guys know what I'll do. I think trying to get him to eat would be easier in my 75 because it can handle a lot more food in its system.

I'm heading over to Doug's house today to maybe get some more corals, I still need to decide what else I'd like to put in this bad boy.

Cya guys,

Ben
 
Ben- How is your plate coral doing under your lights? I would really like to get one for my nano but don't know if I have enough lighting (29w 10K, 9 w actinic) over my 5 gallon.
 
My bad.. Why did I think you had a plate.. need more coffee :) Since you mentioned it, how does the brain do? What do you feed it...
 
I haven't checked up on your thread for awhile, I'm glad to see that you're tank is maturing well looking from the updates. :) Thank you very much for the reply Ben, I'm heading out to Home Depot right now to purchase the materials.
 
spe934- My brain is doing great. I'm still trying to figure out how to feed him, I think I'm going to try that "Clypooplease" or whatever the heck it's called.

vsny2k5- Glad to help. Let me know how it turns out.

Sorry I haven't updated in awhile; I'm so fired up from this Yellow Tang thread on the Reef Discussion forum. Stuff makes me so mad even online. I really want to go on a rampage against some of these reefers. Luckily I play football :)
 
No one agrees with me but I don't care; I feel so strongly about my posts there if they don't agree then they don't agree.
 
Their tank.. If they want to kill everything, that is really their problem.. Too bad the livestock has to suffer though.. :(
 
Ben, this is the larger bar of the stuff:

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However, you should feed your brain Mysis instead. It has a little more meat to it. You have to feed it at night when the lights are out and the coral has extended its feeding tentacles. A mouth should be visible as well. And keep your shrimp away, even if you have to put a dome over the coral for 1 hour. Don't forget to take the dome off or you may suffocate the coral though.
 
So what, when feeding an open brain mysis, put like a plastic dome over the top and then take it off after an hour. Reason why i ask is because i have two shrimp(in my signature) and want an open brain once i get my light
 
Our club does group buys of this stuff once or twice a year, and order in something like 20 packs frozen. It think it ran me $35 or $40, but the small bar at the LFS ranges from $5 to $8 typically.

For the sized tanks you guys are feeding, that will be plenty. With my gigantic tank, I need more and at any savings I can muster.

If you'll look at your brain coral at night, it should extend some feeding polyps. Use a flashlight instead of the tank lights. If you see them, that is the time to feed. Usually about 1 hour after the lights turn off. Now you can feed the coral, but turn off the circulation to avoid it blowing away. If you have shrimp (aka thieves), cover it with the top half of a 2-liter bottle. This will allow you to feed through the top with a syringe or turkey baster, and keep the bandits away.

If you think you'll be forgetful, drill some holes in the bottle to allow a little bit of circulation in the dome.

And once the dome has been pressed down around the coral, you can turn on your pumps again. I press it into the sand, but others have used a hot glue gun to glue on some glass beads around the base of the dome to keep it from blowing/floating off.
 
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