Travis L. Stevens
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Can you post directions to your house or shoot me a PM with them? Is there a specific time you would like people to show up for pickup?
berghia order
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dustin Combs
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pm's sent out to all that ordered. Thank you in advance. Look forward to meeting some of you.
dustin and debbie
dustin and debbie
Hey Dustin,
Thanks for organizing this. The berghia I had were great and really removed all my aptasia.
If I may make a suggestion....make sure you add the berghia to the tank with the lights off and make sure it moves onto a rock directly. They are so light that they get blown around by the water flow. The easiest thing to do is add a a rock or shell to the container it is acclimated in, once on the rock, carefully add that to the tank.
Paul.
Thanks for organizing this. The berghia I had were great and really removed all my aptasia.
If I may make a suggestion....make sure you add the berghia to the tank with the lights off and make sure it moves onto a rock directly. They are so light that they get blown around by the water flow. The easiest thing to do is add a a rock or shell to the container it is acclimated in, once on the rock, carefully add that to the tank.
Paul.
dustin Combs
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Thanks paul. Your wisdom is always welcomed. I have harvested some aptasia to feed them also. I have plenty to give away if anyone wants some. I am looking for them to do the work. I will pass along the info to the others when they p/u. Once again, thank you
dustin and debbie
dustin and debbie
dustin Combs
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There here. I fed them a couple big aptasia and they are all at the dinner table. I am in the process of slow drip acclimation for the next couple of hrs. They will be ready by 3 if anyone wants to p/u early
dustin
dustin
Travis L. Stevens
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What will the water parameters be once they finish drip aclimating? I just want to double check to see how far off my tank will be from yours.
dustin Combs
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param's
param's
Salinity is 1.026
temp is 78.9 the light just came on.
NO3 undectable
PO4 .03
pH is 8.2
param's
Salinity is 1.026
temp is 78.9 the light just came on.
NO3 undectable
PO4 .03
pH is 8.2
Travis L. Stevens
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Thank you. It looks like I'm not too far off. Mainly just temp acclimating them will be the biggest part. They are bound to cool off on the ride home and then have to be brought back up to 80*F
dustin Combs
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sounds good travis.
dustin Combs
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Well, I turned the lights off and turned the streams and wave box off for a few minutes until the berghia settled but I forgot to tell the fish not to eat it. 15 bucks in the belly of a yellow tang. CRAP!!!!!
dustin
dustin
Travis L. Stevens
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Dustin, thank you for getting them. They ate that food to go on the way home because it wasn't there when we got them out. We temp acclimated them in the baggie for two hours. Every so often we would get the pipette out and add a little tank water until the bag was full. Eventually we opened the bag and let the water circulate around. Yes, I used your tank water, but I'm not worried about it. I sucked them up in a turkey baster and let them crawl out onto a rock near a large group of aiptasia. They must have been full because they headed towards different aiptasia and then ducked under a rock to take a nap 
My two chromis never even knew they entered the tank. Also, for those that have only seen pictures of Berghia sp. You don't know what you are missing. Their real beauty lies in really seeing them in person.
My two chromis never even knew they entered the tank. Also, for those that have only seen pictures of Berghia sp. You don't know what you are missing. Their real beauty lies in really seeing them in person.
saltyunderground
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Hey everyone. I want to thank you for purchasing berghia nubribranchs from us. Thanks to Justin for organizing the buy! We hope they work well for you.
Travis awesome picture!
I quickly read through the thread and wanted to clarify some questions you were discussing. We recommend at least 8 berghia per 100g of water for a moderate to heavy aip problem. With this number you should be able to clean your tank up in about 8 weeks +/-. You want to make sure you get enough berghia so they can find each other to mate and lay eggs. The eggs hatch and continue to populate the tank.
Peppermint shrimp are the most agressive predators for berghia. Although there are exceptions to any rule on fish, coris wrasses and a couple of the psuedochromis are usually the most agressive fish predators.
Other predators include some of the agressive crabs that most people don't have in their tanks. Hermits are not an issue. Also large brittle stars can be a problem.
If you guys decide to make another buy, let us know. We'll try to make it worth your while.
Thanks again and don't hesitate to PM or e-mail us with questions.
Travis awesome picture!
I quickly read through the thread and wanted to clarify some questions you were discussing. We recommend at least 8 berghia per 100g of water for a moderate to heavy aip problem. With this number you should be able to clean your tank up in about 8 weeks +/-. You want to make sure you get enough berghia so they can find each other to mate and lay eggs. The eggs hatch and continue to populate the tank.
Peppermint shrimp are the most agressive predators for berghia. Although there are exceptions to any rule on fish, coris wrasses and a couple of the psuedochromis are usually the most agressive fish predators.
Other predators include some of the agressive crabs that most people don't have in their tanks. Hermits are not an issue. Also large brittle stars can be a problem.
If you guys decide to make another buy, let us know. We'll try to make it worth your while.
Thanks again and don't hesitate to PM or e-mail us with questions.
Travis L. Stevens
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Just for the record, the image I provided is a google searched image that closely matched the ones that I brought home. I'm going to try to get a picture of them later.
captbunzo
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No offense, but I find this advice a little questionable in a couple of regards.
I think the important question is what the minimum number required would be for keeping AHEAD of aiptasia growth in a tank. This shouldn't be about speed because, as stated in the FAQ on the saltyunderground website, these creatures WILL STARVE when the aiptasia is gone from your tank.
Also, the advice about there being enough so that they can find each other and breed is a bit confusing. I don't believe most folks in this thread are attempting to breed them - rather simply solve an aiptasia problem.
Please don't take these comments wrong - I simply want us to be responsible aquarists. And also don't get me wrong, I think that saltyunderground is doing a great service by breeding and selling these beautiful creatures.
captbunzo
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More information. For those who have not read this article by Anthony Calfo on Berghia, this is exceptional and well worth the read.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/ac/feature/index.php
It answers a couple of the questions I posed above, including why we would want to breed them in an aquarium.... Basically, to keep their population up long enough for them to take care of the aiptasia in a tank. And while I'd guess 8 would be more then sufficient for 100G of tank, I'd wonder what a minimum number would be. As many as 8 seems pretty extreme, with somelike 2-3-4 a more reasonable number.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-01/ac/feature/index.php
It answers a couple of the questions I posed above, including why we would want to breed them in an aquarium.... Basically, to keep their population up long enough for them to take care of the aiptasia in a tank. And while I'd guess 8 would be more then sufficient for 100G of tank, I'd wonder what a minimum number would be. As many as 8 seems pretty extreme, with somelike 2-3-4 a more reasonable number.
