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[drk70]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6928230#post6928230 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CirolanidHunter
Dennis,

I love your sponges in your tank! How long have you had those sponges on your lower left rock near the sand? Was that part1? I only have a few sponges left, although they are growing now that I have more phyto again.

Brian

Not really sure which ones you are talking about?

 

[patsan]

Danielle,
Nice pictures! What is the coral to the left of the ricordia?

Bob,
Glad to hear you enjoyed Nerac. It does stink about the raffles, but I guess they don't want to be left with the prizes if the person isn't there to take it, and/or have to worry about shipping things. I'm not a big Calfo fan, but I'm sure he does a nice presentation.
So how many new tanks are you going for? How large is your room?

Brian, Glad to hear you were able to get the calc off your equipment.

I was looking for the red flashlight to watch the tank on Saturday night, and couldn't find it...so I decided to just try and take some pictures into the dark tank. I was amazed at the foxface.

Look how shriveled up the hammer is in the dark:

Here is the brain and orange flower anemone too:

 

[bobt2]

actually pat, i'm thinking of getting into fragging for $. i have the room to get started and after hearing how much$ some people are making p/t i'm thinking of trying

 

[krajacich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6942271#post6942271 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by patsan
Danielle,
Nice pictures! What is the coral to the left of the ricordia?

Thanks Pat. I'm not sure what that coral is. It's a frag I got from Reefscience when I ordered my monti frag. It's done quite well, lots of new growth but I still have no idea what kind it is

Your foxface looks really different....almost like a snow leopard, with all those spots. I've always been amazed at how much tanks change throughout the day

 

[BrianPlankis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6939185#post6939185 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drk70
Not really sure which ones you are talking about?

Dennis,

I circled the sponges I was asking about in yellow.

Jesse,

Nice looking rock and great camera work, keep the pictures coming as you discover new stuff

Brian

 

[drk70]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6944165#post6944165 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CirolanidHunter
Dennis,

I circled the sponges I was asking about in yellow.

Those came on part 1. I think I got part 1 in May of last year.

 

[jezzeaepi]

wierd crab

wierd crab

I was staring at my rocks last night when I noticed this little fellow. His body is slightly smaller then a pea in size. Its sort of got a yellowish body, but wierd textured legs. His claws appeared to be really small.

 

[liverock]

Crab

Crab

Decorator crab!

 

[liverock]

Chicken liver

Chicken liver

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6944192#post6944192 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drk70
Those came on part 1. I think I got part 1 in May of last year.

Chicken liver sponges, doing well also!!

 

[jezzeaepi]

Is the decorator crab a good crab? His claws werent black and he was really small so I assumed he was ok.
Found a few whelks last night =( but I caught a hairy crab so that made up for it a little.
I know that welks and hairy crabs are bad, but what do they attack?

 

[jezzeaepi]

Last night I gave the brittles star a small piece of shrimp(raw) because I figured he was hungry. All sorts of strange worms started appearing. I saw a few red ones, and one or two that were bright yellow. I also found a grey one with spaced out black stripes moving accross the bottom. He was about 8 inches long!
Any worms that I should be keeping my eye out for?

 

[BrianPlankis]

Wow,

Get pictures of those worms! Sounds very interesting! Most worms are usually beneficial for your tank, but some can become problematic. If you see them again, try capturing them and taking pictures of them in a very shallow bowl of water.

Be very careful trying to capture them though, they can sting/be poisonous. I wear thick dishwashing gloves whenever handling worms.

Brian

 

[drk70]

Like Brian said get pictures. Not that I'm any good at ID'ing anything but you generally won't get an ID on a description alone.

 

[jezzeaepi]

Looked all over for the yellow worms but couldnt find any. Ive seen a few of these, what is it? Seen them on the rocks, the gravel, and walls.

Found this snail. Only a couple of centimeters long, but is it a whelk?

 

[BrianPlankis]

The first critter is what is commonly called a hair worm or spaghetti worm. They are beneficial creatures to have in your tank. Once they settle in they will generally stay in one area and clean the sandbed or rocks.

As far as the second critter, I've never seen a snail with a shell like that. I would suggest going to Marine Depot and asking Dr Shimek what it is. However, you are going to need to get at least one more picture with the snail withdrawn into its shell and showing the opening of the shell. Similar to this picture:

Brian

 

[Fred_J]

jezzeaepi-Dr Ron has an article on whelks in the November 05 issue of Reef Keeping.

I am having trouble finding the link to the DJ switching outlet. It's the thing that several people bought to plug everything into with individual on/off switches at each outlet. Can anyone help me.
Thanks

 

[bobt2]

does anyone have any acropora? i bought a tiny frag and a week later it looks the same, just a tiny piece of white coral. do any polyps show?did i get taken? or is this the way it should be?

 

[patsan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6966447#post6966447 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fred_J
I am having trouble finding the link to the DJ switching outlet. It's the thing that several people bought to plug everything into with individual on/off switches at each outlet. Can anyone help me.
Thanks

Fred, this is where I got mine from. I believe Bob and Phil also got theirs from this place.
DJ Switch

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6966489#post6966489 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bobt2
does anyone have any acropora? i bought a tiny frag and a week later it looks the same, just a tiny piece of white coral. do any polyps show?did i get taken? or is this the way it should be?

Bob, I don't have any, but I don't think it's supposed to look white. That sounds like it's either bleached or dead. Hope I am wrong though.

 

[drk70]

No acropora for me. At least not yet. Not sure how they would do under T-5's.

 

[patsan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6967242#post6967242 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drk70
No acropora for me. At least not yet. Not sure how they would do under T-5's.

They would do fine under T-5's. You can have any coral you want with those lights. I seriously don't know why people keep thinking you can only have MH lighting with sps. Take a look around and see all the tanks that run with T-5's, and look how colorful and beautiful those tanks are.