My first saltwater aquarium

[griss]

From someone who doesn't like a large fish load, I think either of those would be fine.

 

[Urka]

New addition to my tank, his name is Ruster

 

[griss]

Nice addition Yury.

 

[Urka]

Nice addition Yury.

Thanks griss. Ruster already came out of hiding and eats everything I feed all the other fish.

 

[Urka]

My Chalk Bass "Baba" chased Ruster out of the tank a couple of days ago. I found him on the floor hours later. I have mesh lids but either I left one open or it managed to jump out through it, Ruster was small enough. I was really bummed yesterday so I went to an aquarium store I never been to and purchased a Blue Star Leopard Wrasse. Not sure if it was a good idea but I loved the way she looked.

 

[Urka]

Just a night pic

 

[griss]

Still looking great.

 

[Urka]

Still looking great.

Thanks Griss!

 

[Urka]

Can someone please identify this? It is growing from the back of my chalice coral. Thank you in advance

 

[Reefing102]

Looks like Aiptasia

 

[griss]

Looks like Aiptasia

Agreed.

 

[Urka]

Thanks

 

[griss]

In case you’re not aware, they are pest anemones and can overrun your tank. Solutions are: inject with kalk, peppermint shrimp, Berghia nudibranchs (but these will starve if you don’t have enough Aiptasia), butterfly fish, commercial injectable remedies.

 

[Urka]

In case you’re not aware, they are pest anemones and can overrun your tank. Solutions are: inject with kalk, peppermint shrimp, Berghia nudibranchs (but these will starve if you don’t have enough Aiptasia), butterfly fish, commercial injectable remedies.

thanks griss. I had Aiptasia before but never this big. And this is the only one in the tank. Previously, I had peppermint shrimp take care of it. Will probably get another one and see how it does.

 

[griss]

thanks griss. I had Aiptasia before but never this big. And this is the only one in the tank. Previously, I had peppermint shrimp take care of it. Will probably get another one and see how it does.

I’ve found peppermints to be hit or miss depending on the source. I’ve always had good luck with the ones from Reeftopia and KP Aquatics. Never had good luck with any from a LFS.

 

[Urka]

I’ve found peppermints to be hit or miss depending on the source. I’ve always had good luck with the ones from Reeftopia and KP Aquatics. Never had good luck with any from a LFS.

I bought 2 aiptasia hungry tank raised peppermint shrimp and an electric blue hermit crab from saltwateraquarium.com. The prices are great and I can pick them up about half an hour from me so no shipping.

 

[Dustin07]

I bought 2 aiptasia hungry tank raised peppermint shrimp

luckily that was always my solution. any time I tried removing aiptasia by hand I just made it worse...

 

[Urka]

So I added the electric blue hermit crab and two peppermint shrimp to my tank last week. The crab was pretty big and I thought he would do well in the tank. But my zebra hermit crab decided he was interested in the new crab's shell and killed him. Adding insult to injury he decided not to use the shell and went back to his old one. The peppermint shrimp on the other hand are tiny and I didn't think they would last 10 minutes in my tank. When I released them, it looked like the aiptasia tried to grab one of them as they swam by. I didn't see the shrimp for a few days and thought they were gone, but yesterday I spotted both of them in the rockwork. Hopefully they will grow big enough to take care of the aiptasia.

 

[griss]

Sorry to hear about the hermit. Glad the Peppermints are doing well.