OK! Enough chat...Starting a 1000g+ Reef

[jnarowe]

:lol:

 

[jnarowe]

So I have another strange thing going on I would like some input about.

I have an electric blue legged hermit that has fallen in love with a monti cap. The cap is shaped like a champagne flute and that damn crab is always in it. I am afraid it may be snacking on polyps, so I pull it out and toss it in the other end of the tank (7+ feet away). Then a while later it's back wedged in again! So I have removed him 4 times in the last 3 days...any thoughts on this? Are they known to eat polyps?

 

[gkarshens]

I had one that wouldn't stay out of my Blue Stag Horn. Finally after 3 days of constant removal I banished him to the fuge.

 

[jnarowe]

Do you think it might be snacking on the polyps?

 

[melev]

Odds are it is snacking on trapped foods in the core.

 

[jnarowe]

Well I am losing the rest of the elegance. It is indeed strange that SPS does quite well in my tank but not LPS. In fact I don't do well with polyps and ricordia either. But the SPS just seem to do quite well.

 

[melev]

It could be a flow issue. LPS don't need the flow that SPS thrive in, which is why in nature you don't see these types of corals in the same proximity.

 

[jnarowe]

I suppose that's right, but I place my LPS in relatively low flow areas of the tank. And before I got the Vortechs, the entire tank was low flow.

 

[Bax]

I find that the more dominant hermits will hunker down in a favorite coral just before a molt. I have an electric blue and a big'ol crusty looking scarlet that do this. I had a Halloween hermit that did it too. The smaller hermits just seem to hide anywhere for good molt. I don't think they do any real harm.

JMO no science was utilized in rendering that observation.

 

[jnarowe]

Interesting thought though BAX. It was in the cap for 3 days...and I noticed it got all the way to the spot where the cap was yesterday. :lol: Then I taunted it...that could be bad Kharma!

 

[jnarowe]

Here is a couple shots of my multi-reactor at startup:

The black effluent line is temporary and I haven't built my media baskets yet.

You can see more about it in this thread.

 

[Hop]

Wow! That's nice... I'll have to read the whole build thread on it a little later.

 

[bskiba]

nice did you build that for me? how is the rest of the tank doing? Are you planning on Scott Michael in three weekends? Remember I am in CA from the 6th to the 12th. I might bring stuff back with me.

 

[jnarowe]

Tank is doing great except for the elegance. Who is Scott Michael???

My folks will be in town starting on the 6th for a week, but we should talk before you go.

 

[melev]

Who is Scott Michael?! Oh, he's written a book or two.

 

[jnarowe]

Well, I have a terrible memory. What's his area of expertease?

 

[melev]

http://www.coralrealm.com/books/smbooks.asp

 

[Bax]

Very nice reactor!

 

[got2lb]

Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Well, I have a terrible memory. What's his area of expertease?

FISH!!! And everything to do with fish!!!

He's a fish god! :lol:

Very good speaker to go listen to.

 

[bskiba]

I am excited to have him. I have heard tons of other speakers but never him. If you want to know anything about fish he is the guy. I want to ask him all my crazy questions about angels. BTW my Regal now eats flake easily. 3 weeks to get him to.