D2mini's Part II has landed!
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noahm
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I was a landscape designer/contractor for several years. Don't feel like I am telling you what to do. I just really like what you have going with the two offset islands and thought it would look really cool. :fun4:
Sweet! Love my little Tiger Goby which is in my tank in the den upstairs. He is constantly flitting around. My tank in the family room has no fish and there is a very discernible difference in terms of amphipods, copepods, mysis shrimp, etc. He keeps them fairly cleaned out whereas the tank in the family room has plenty. BTW, they need very little food. I feed mine basically nothing other than what he finds on his own or the scraps left over from feeding the starfish, etc. And that happens only once a week and not much then. And no, he doesn't look starved at all.
d2mini
Premium Member
Here's my first ever tank VIDEO! 
This lets you see the rock layout better than I can capture in pics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEmSqpYxFo
This lets you see the rock layout better than I can capture in pics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEmSqpYxFo
liverock
RC Sponsor
Here's my first ever tank VIDEO!
This lets you see the rock layout better than I can capture in pics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEmSqpYxFo
Neat!
one suggestion.....the plants....need to be planted...so the root-ball is covered in sand......like a regular plant....everything looks real happy!
sea ya
Richard TBS:lolspin::lolspin::lolspin:
iamwhatiam52
New member
I came late to this thread and must have missed something.
Where did you order the rock from?
Where did you order the rock from?
noahm
Active member
This is the Tampa Bay Saltwater (aquacultured rock company) sponsor forum. That is where the rock came from. Sometimes it gets confused with the Tampa Reef club forum.
liverock
RC Sponsor
life is like a box of.....marine critters....ya just never know what you are going to
life is like a box of.....marine critters....ya just never know what you are going to
That is a 'special' decorator crab....99% of them have a dark brown body...but that particular type is a bright orange body color....goes well with your fluorescent starfish!
have you tried feeding some raw shrimp to your starfish.....tuck it up under a leg and see what happens!
and keep up the good work keeping that beautiful tank amazing looking!
sea ya
Richard TBS:rollface::rollface::rollface:
life is like a box of.....marine critters....ya just never know what you are going to
Check out this crazy little guy.
He's about 3/16" tall.
Some sort of baby decorator crab?
He even grabbed my urchin's tentacle!
That is a 'special' decorator crab....99% of them have a dark brown body...but that particular type is a bright orange body color....goes well with your fluorescent starfish!
have you tried feeding some raw shrimp to your starfish.....tuck it up under a leg and see what happens!
and keep up the good work keeping that beautiful tank amazing looking!
sea ya
Richard TBS:rollface::rollface::rollface:
d2mini
Premium Member
Re: D2mini's Part II has landed!
Richard, thanks for the crab ID!
as far as the star goes, I tried putting some defrosted Rods Food under his legs but it just floats away. He was on the rocks for a little bit yesterday but mostly he is on the glass and seems to be filtering from the surface of the water.
Richard, thanks for the crab ID!
as far as the star goes, I tried putting some defrosted Rods Food under his legs but it just floats away. He was on the rocks for a little bit yesterday but mostly he is on the glass and seems to be filtering from the surface of the water.
tspfish
New member
Check out this crazy little guy.
He's about 3/16" tall.
Some sort of baby decorator crab?
He even grabbed my urchin's tentacle!
That is an awesome crab D2mini : ) I had a similar one but mine was brown. I had him for 1 year then he just disappeared. I think they have a particular diet that I never could duplicate.
liverock
RC Sponsor
WARDROBE CHANGE!!!
Yup
that is what they do...little natural propagators!
frag artists...
sea ya
Richard TBS:rollface::rollface::rollface:
d2mini
Premium Member
Well, I lost a tall red tree sponge. It just started turning white at the base and then gradually got worse through the week. So i pulled it out of the tank. I wonder if it was exposed to a little air when originally putting in the tank? Everything else still looks nice and healthy though. 
It's been almost a month now.
It's been almost a month now.
d2mini
Premium Member
Just thought I'd post another update.
It's been 6 weeks since Part II has landed and the tank is doing great.
I've only lost one red tree sponge. The yellow finger sponge is actually GROWING! The tips are getting longer and pointy, the base of one section is reaching for the sand, and another section is attaching/growing to a rock. I did lose one flame scallop (not unexpected) but the other one is still hanging on. All my stars, including the bright orange one are still here and active. My gorgonian and other plants still look great. I haven't seen my decorator crabs in a couple weeks, but who knows... they could still be around. I hope so, they were fun to watch.
Here's a couple pics.
I erased the tank seam lines on the low angle FTS to make it look better.
It's been 6 weeks since Part II has landed and the tank is doing great.
I've only lost one red tree sponge. The yellow finger sponge is actually GROWING! The tips are getting longer and pointy, the base of one section is reaching for the sand, and another section is attaching/growing to a rock. I did lose one flame scallop (not unexpected) but the other one is still hanging on. All my stars, including the bright orange one are still here and active. My gorgonian and other plants still look great. I haven't seen my decorator crabs in a couple weeks, but who knows... they could still be around. I hope so, they were fun to watch.
Here's a couple pics.
I erased the tank seam lines on the low angle FTS to make it look better.
Mustang Boy
New member
i was wondering if you have thought about changing the location of your bottom vortech do that you dont have that bare spot on the bottom front corner for the tank?
oohh yea and the tank looks great and that last pic is amazing
oohh yea and the tank looks great and that last pic is amazing
