My new 600 gallon reef

[Crazy4salth2o]

What ever happened to that Garibaldi?

 

[Reeftanks6]

Thanks chuck is there anyway you could tell me which online retailers or no? If not its completley fine.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14675095#post14675095 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reeftanks6
Thanks chuck is there anyway you could tell me which online retailers or no? If not its completley fine.

I like the Diver's Den at Liveaquaria.com, bluezooaquatics.com, & saltwaterfish.com

 

[Beaun]

I have a temperate tank and would love to take those Garibaldis off your hands, no charge of course...haha. Tank is looking great, good luck on the flatworms. I am curious as to what kind of fish growth you are getting?

 

[Reeftanks6]

Thank you very much chuck!

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14674392#post14674392 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Crazy4salth2o
What ever happened to that Garibaldi?

No longer in the tank, it lasted about a month before passing.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14679733#post14679733 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Beaun
I have a temperate tank and would love to take those Garibaldis off your hands, no charge of course...haha. Tank is looking great, good luck on the flatworms. I am curious as to what kind of fish growth you are getting?

Too late on the Geribaldis, should have read up on them before I added them. The fish are doing well and some seem to grow like weeds. I probably over feed a little too much.

The flatworms are still around, but the Nudibranch's are working on them. They have just about double in size from the time that they arrived. Wish that they would spend a little more time on the bottom rather than chasing the few that are on the sides of the tank.

 

[jnarowe]

That's common Chuck. Certain animals like to graze the rock, other the sand, and some the glass.

 

[Reeftanks6]

Wow thats a really good growth rate. Hopefully they get everything up for ya. I also agree with Jonathan.

 

[Goodwin9]

Stopped in the LFS to pick up some additions to the clean up crew and spotted this Betta they had just gotten in. Had not intentions of buying fish, but I had to take this one home.

 

[erics3000]

Nice fish Chuck

 

[jnarowe]

Man, I got one from Sherman, but it seems to have check out.

 

[Reefer08]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14657251#post14657251 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Goodwin9
Here's a shot of the bucket I syphoned out last night. I was suprised to see that they are still alive and moving around tonight, 24 hours later.....

WOW! That is a lot of flatworms. How did you sipon them all out? Air line tubing? Do you plan on using any chemicals to kill these flatworms? Im thinking the toxins they release will cause some serious harm to your tank inhabitants.
Do you have any wrasses in the tank?

 

[jnarowe]

the question about the wrasses is a good one. I just assumed Chuck would have them, but then I just don't think a FW infestation could get out-of-hand like that if he did.

 

[Cougarman]

What kind of flatworms are they? What are they eating to fuel the population explosion?

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14701136#post14701136 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by erics3000
Nice fish Chuck

Thank you! I am now waiting for it to come out from hiding in the rocks.....

 

[Reeftanks6]

Nice fish Chuck

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14701762#post14701762 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefer08
WOW! That is a lot of flatworms. How did you sipon them all out? Air line tubing? Do you plan on using any chemicals to kill these flatworms? Im thinking the toxins they release will cause some serious harm to your tank inhabitants.
Do you have any wrasses in the tank?

I found a little nano cube gravel vac which worked well. No plans to use chemicals because of the large number of worms and I am concerned that I wouldn't be able to get all of them out once they are dead. I tried a six line wrasse in the cube, but it poisoned the tank. (I assume by picking at them, rather than eating them?) I've watched the nudibranch and they just suck up the worms when they catch them.

 

[Goodwin9]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14705771#post14705771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Cougarman
What kind of flatworms are they? What are they eating to fuel the population explosion?

I am pretty sure that they are red planaria which Melev has a nice write up on his site. http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

 

[Cougarman]

That's really interesting. It's what I love about this hobby.