TBS Nano

[Benson0219]

Wow... very nice setup!!!!

 

[noahm]

sneaky parasite is a Cyphoma sp. if I remember correctly. I had one. Never really did much damage overall, so I left him be. I think it died after about 6 months. Really neat camouflage though.

 

[ReefBuff02]

Yes! That's it - amazing camouflage.

 

[ReefBuff02]

Fed ex cost about $5.50 a pound to ship priority overnight.....and you can double the rock weight as it is under water...IE 20# of rock will weigh 40# X 5.50= $220.00 for shipping via fed ex for 20 pounds of rock.

compared to depending on the airport, $65 to $100 for up to 100 pounds on the airlines...to your local airport....

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

 

[ReefBuff02]

Plus, shipping overnight the rock would sit in an airport warehouse or on trucks for way longer than the few hours it's in the belly of a plane when sent via air freight. We're talking about time sensitive material here!

My personal experience with Richard's air freight method was great. The minimum charge was $65 per shipment (I got a 10 gal 'package') and that included two boxes each time. The guys at the air freight depot were cool and called me as soon as it arrived. I would definitely recommend it as the way to go.

 

[ReefBuff02]

Just a quick update - a couple sponges looked ill and have been removed. However, 3/5 are still going strong. I am doing 4/7 days max feeding with liquid food. No algae problems yet (I do have a small refugium lit 24 hours a day). One of the two macro algae is actually growing (the other red one bleached quickly under the lights -exposed parts white, hidden parts remained red - so I pulled it). The clean up crew even climbs the filter outlets looking for food!

The condylactis anemone has really blossomed and also wandered up the rocks a bit but seems content now and is starting to regrow some symbiotic algae. The flower anemone hasn't moved but is now exhibiting more of the undulating arm pattern that gave it it's common name. Both readily accept frozen raw shrimp once or twice a week.

The peppermint shrimp has molted once already (I actually found the molt in the condylactis anemone and thought it had been eaten for a day... but then I found it hiding, waiting for it's carapace to harden).

I've found another smaller shrimp I can't identify with white spots on a clear body. It will accept pellet food though so hopefully I can grow it out and learn about it. Will try to get a pick but it's pretty shy (it's not a mantis or pistol... looks like same body pattern as a peppermint shrimp but it's clear with white spots - not red stripes). It' so much fun finding this stuff!

The serpent starfish has taken up residence against the front glass under one of the gorgonians which is really cool. I feed it a little bit every day in the hopes of keeping it out in the open. So far, it's happy and growing.

Gorgonians, sea fan, and coral frags are all doing well. Polyps out almost all the time.

And finally, my little hitchhiker orange decorator has become quite the center piece. It's molted twice now and is much larger. Each molt brought a completely new outfit. Yesterday it basically glued half of an orange sponge and come macro algae to it's new shell...