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[drk70]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7450810#post7450810 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grand Wazoo
Do pulsating xenia ever stop pulsating, or do they just keep going forever?

Mine stop pulsating sometimes to take a rest--they close up--but after rested they start pulsating again.

Is it normal for them to rest and close up like mine do and should they be pulsating and open 24/7?

Mine close up when the lights go out or if something is messing around them. Other than that they are generally open and pulsating.

Do your pulse more at certain times of the day? My understanding is they pulse more in water with a higher pH. My pH will go up to 8.3 during the day.

 

[drk70]

I'm taking another batch of xenias to the LFS tomorrow. I have about 11 frags in my QT/frag tank to take to the LFS.

 

[drk70]

Speaking of isopods. I was watching a show about sharks on TV today and darn if they didn't pull an isopod out of the gills of a shark. This one was pretty big. They used forceps to get it out if that gives you an idea of how big it was.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7451501#post7451501 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drk70
Mine close up when the lights go out or if something is messing around them. Other than that they are generally open and pulsating.

Do your pulse more at certain times of the day? My understanding is they pulse more in water with a higher pH. My pH will go up to 8.3 during the day.

Yeah--they do seem to close up at lights out time. But they also might stop pulsing for no apparent reason. I need to check my pH today.

Can you mail me some frags?

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Set the trap last night--got nothing. I did some viewing in the dark with a flashlight at my tank--I was shocked!!!! There are litterally hundreds of these little tiny gray things that have lots of legs and both sides of there body. They run around the rocks like madmen. They walk--don't swim. In the 3 months this tank has been runnung I've never ever seen these things before. Where do they all go in the daytime? I mean there are lots and lots.

Amazing--

What are they? Are they safe? Seems like the tank is infested with bugs.

 

[Grand Wazoo]

I just did a google search for reef bugs--they look like Amphipods, I think.

 

[patsan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7452868#post7452868 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grand Wazoo
Set the trap last night--got nothing. I did some viewing in the dark with a flashlight at my tank--I was shocked!!!! There are litterally hundreds of these little tiny gray things that have lots of legs and both sides of there body. They run around the rocks like madmen. They walk--don't swim. In the 3 months this tank has been runnung I've never ever seen these things before. Where do they all go in the daytime? I mean there are lots and lots.

Amazing--

What are they? Are they safe? Seems like the tank is infested with bugs.

They're probably pods. Safe. Here's a picture I took one night of them all over my chili coral:

 

[patsan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7452877#post7452877 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grand Wazoo
I just did a google search for reef bugs--they look like Amphipods, I think.

Duh...now I see this.

 

[BrianPlankis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7450969#post7450969 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Grand Wazoo
How do I know the good ones from the bad ones?

Do I just lay the trap on it's side or do I stand it up?

I just lay mine on its side with the opening facing some flow (that will carry swimming isopods towards the opening).

Dennis,

I saw a newspaper article online where people had found what appeared to be a perfectly healthy adult shark floating dead in the water. So they did an autopsy and the shark's heart and a couple other internal organs were completely covered and mostly eaten by Cirolanids (or possibly they were Aegids). I can't find the link now, but sure was a creepy feeling reading that.

Brian

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Pat--yes, they look like that with lots-o-legs on both sides and they scurry fast.

Brian--thanks. I'll try on it's side tonight against flow.

 

[drk70]

I have lots of those too. They look like a bunch of fleas on the rocks.

Well, I got $84 in store credit today for my xenia. Not bad for 11 small frags. The guy there was telling me they have been having problems lately keeping the xenia. He said they recently put a phosban reactor or something to that effect to remove phosphates and that is about when they started having problems with them. He is thinking that xenia need some phosphate to flourish and that could be why they grow so fast in my tank because I have never been able to get my phosphates down to zero. I have a place where I took the xenia off my rocks last weekend and there was some flesh still left on the rock. I can see already some small buds where they will start growing again.

Grand Wazoo - If the shipping wasn't so expensive and packing the xenia up wasn't such a PITA I would send some.

Brian - The shark they took this off of was some type of horn shark and it was in an area that was severely over fished and this was the only shark that could be found in the area.

BTW I also got a blackray shrimp goby (antenna goby as the LFS called it) to give my candy cane pistol some company. We left for a few hours and he has already found his new home with the pistol.

 

[jallen1964]

I did a couple of parameter tests yesterday and everything was good except calcium. It was over 600. Is that a problem and if so how can I correct it.

John

 

[BrianPlankis]

For those interested I made up a batch of Reef Crystals yesterday:

pH: 7.9 (pH is always low in my house, high CO2)
Temp: 27.3 C
Salinity: 1.027
Ca: 420ppm
Alk: 10.8 dKH
Mg: 1320-1340ppm
PO4: 0 (looked very clear)

So at least with this batch the phosphate is zero. Actually pretty good numbers for a salt mix! I'm doing a water change today with 70% Kent, 30% Reef Crystals.

Brian

 

[BrianPlankis]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7457561#post7457561 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jallen1964
I did a couple of parameter tests yesterday and everything was good except calcium. It was over 600. Is that a problem and if so how can I correct it.

John

Let me guess, Oceanic salt? A value of 600ppm Calcium is not the best for your tank, makes it difficult to balance Alkalinity.

Brian

 

[jallen1964]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7458622#post7458622 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by CirolanidHunter
Let me guess, Oceanic salt? A value of 600ppm Calcium is not the best for your tank, makes it difficult to balance Alkalinity.

Brian

Kent sea salt. My kalk and alk are both in the normal range. Is there any other problem high calcium con pose. My new rock has only been in a week and I can already see some purple coloration

John

 

[bobt2]

boy did i get a scare this weekend. he tank was crystal clear before dinner and after dinner i couldn't see into the tank,the water looked like milk. i finally found the cause. the flower anenome deceided the release spawn. scared the s--- out of me! did a water change and new carbon and this morning back to normal. got to find a less stressful hobby!

 

[jallen1964]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7462732#post7462732 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bobt2
boy did i get a scare this weekend. he tank was crystal clear before dinner and after dinner i couldn't see into the tank,the water looked like milk. i finally found the cause. the flower anenome deceided the release spawn. scared the s--- out of me! did a water change and new carbon and this morning back to normal. got to find a less stressful hobby!

I witnessed my flower doing the same thing over the weekend. It looked very cool. I have a 130gal. so it didn't change the color of my water. What do you feed your flower and how often do you feed it?

John

 

[drk70]

I used to feed my flower anenome a piece of silverside once a week but now I don't give it anything.

 

[jallen1964]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7462798#post7462798 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drk70
I used to feed my flower anenome a piece of silverside once a week but now I don't give it anything.

Why did you stop feeding it?

 

[bkelley02]

My Flower Anemone just took out my Powder Blue tang this past week. Fish was swimming around fine, eating good the night before, next day it appear a bit stunned and swam too slowly, too closely to the Flower. BANG!! Wrapped around the back half of the tang quicker then I thought it could move. Good bye sweet tang.