Wow...
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StephLionfish
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He had a Hermit crab walk over him today. :lol2:
That is possibly the funniest thing I've seen in a week XD
I guess the CUC figures if the fish walk over/ on each other, they can too.
I hate when I see little pods and such on the glass...cause when I drag the algae scraper at them...I just feel bad for them..
AlexS95
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I swear, this tank has had no algae at all. I don't know if my CuC (was 12 Astreas, 12 Blue Legs, and all the free goodies that came with the rock) took it all out before the growth really took off or what. I've lost most the snails because when the Scorp would knock them off the glass when he swam I didn't feel like picking them up... 
I just looked over at the tank and the scorp spit out a small rock, he occasionally will get a few when he lunges for Ghost shrimp. :lmao:
I just looked over at the tank and the scorp spit out a small rock, he occasionally will get a few when he lunges for Ghost shrimp. :lmao:
StephLionfish
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I hate Astreas....by the time they actually eat the algae a centimeter away, the spot they where working on has grown back...
I see my Volitan coughing up sand all the time.. even when it's not feeding time, and there's nothing he could possibly be eating...
I don't see any more micro bubbles.... I hate them. My tank is filled with them...I don't car in my Mantis tank, but in my reef it's annoying when I take pix...
I see my Volitan coughing up sand all the time.. even when it's not feeding time, and there's nothing he could possibly be eating...
I don't see any more micro bubbles.... I hate them. My tank is filled with them...I don't car in my Mantis tank, but in my reef it's annoying when I take pix...
AlexS95
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I'm planning on getting a new light for the tank... It will be the Deep Blue 24" T5, but I can't decide between 24w or 48w HO. I don't know if I need that much light, all I plan on is a few Zoas, the mushrooms in there, and some xenia. The price difference is only like $25, but I don't know if I need that much.
StephLionfish
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Has he been on a hunger strike?
StephLionfish
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Strange how a fish that barely moves can catch a guppy, but my spearer mantis shrimp can't. Maybe because when the guppy gets in the Leaf's face, if knows to eat it...not day dream and loose it's chance -.-
AlexS95
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So I ended up getting the T5HO fixture and got some new pictures to go with.
Actinics:
And so they aren't left out:
FTS:
Got this the other day, I hadn't cleaned the glass and it was with the old lights:
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Tonight after I put in the shrimp:
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I got a rock covered in some Zoas and a little frag plug with two nice polyps. I'll get a picture once they open up more.
Actinics:
And so they aren't left out:
FTS:
Got this the other day, I hadn't cleaned the glass and it was with the old lights:
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Tonight after I put in the shrimp:
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I got a rock covered in some Zoas and a little frag plug with two nice polyps. I'll get a picture once they open up more.
StephLionfish
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I just love that angler!
Tank looks awesome. What kind of light is it again? How many bulbs?
That scorp is a great deal bigger than the other two...you have some insane luck with creatures not eating each other ( esp. with that mantis and angler!)
Tank looks awesome. What kind of light is it again? How many bulbs?
That scorp is a great deal bigger than the other two...you have some insane luck with creatures not eating each other ( esp. with that mantis and angler!)
AlexS95
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It's a Deep Blue Solarmax 2 Bulb HO System. 24" T5 (24w x2) + 4x Moonlight LEDs. It has one daylight and one actinic. As far as eating each other, that was the closest the Angler has ever gotten to the new guy, normally he stays in the back left of the tank. He just went that way because that's where all the food was today. I really don't think the Angler would eat the Mantis, the Mantis is the smartest and the quickest thing in there... The Mantis is scared of the Spotted Scorp, whenever the Scorp is near the right side of the rocks I don't ever see the Mantis, but right now the Scorp is where the Leaf usually is on the top middle, and the Mantis is out scurrying around playing with sand.
I need something to call the Scorp, I am getting tired of saying 'that one' or anything along those lines. :hmm4:
I need something to call the Scorp, I am getting tired of saying 'that one' or anything along those lines. :hmm4:
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Here are the Zoa pieces that I got. I really like the two with the orange skirt, and the other ones on the rock glow under the LEDs. The skirt is green with a yellow center, looks really cool.
Only the back half of the polyps were open:
Look who decided to show up today:
Nothing in this picture but the rock, just wanted to show a close up of it:
StephLionfish
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My animals (except for my dogs) tend to die quicker when I name them... call me paranoid, but when I lost all three Lionfish from ich a couple of months ago, and no other fish died....it got me thinking... Esp. since lions are supposed to be bullet-proof.
Besides- Scorp, Leaf, Mantis, and Angler. One big happy family! :artist:
Those zoas are awesome. I can't afford zoas here... way over my budget. Just wait till those two little polyps spread.
You know what would complete the family? A Dendrochirus Barberi ( Hawaiian Lionfish). Those are neat. But, that would be pushing it I guess...You have a lot of messy eaters.
Your live rock is making me want to order from TBS... I'm trying to save up for sand though
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These Zoas weren't expensive (got all of them for $20), and I like them. Zoas are one of the few corals I actually like, so I don't mind paying a little extra to color up the tank a little bit. I can't wait for the orange ones to spread and cover that ugly little plug. 
I have been looking for a D. barberi for awhile actually, I wanted to put one in my 220. Since then my direction has changed for that tank, and I don't think I'll be adding much more. BUT, on that note, I found one for sale on one of RC's Sponsors sites, and I considered getting it. I think the reason I have had good luck with nobody eating anyone is because they are all very motionless fish, I don't know how a swimming fish would do. If I really want it, I think I would have to get rid of the Scorp, just to be safe. If I did that, I don't think I would have any problems. And I haven't ever kept Dwarf lions, so I don't know how one would react to being in a 20g. But I think barberis are one of the smaller ones, so it wouldn't be to bad.
I have been looking for a D. barberi for awhile actually, I wanted to put one in my 220. Since then my direction has changed for that tank, and I don't think I'll be adding much more. BUT, on that note, I found one for sale on one of RC's Sponsors sites, and I considered getting it. I think the reason I have had good luck with nobody eating anyone is because they are all very motionless fish, I don't know how a swimming fish would do. If I really want it, I think I would have to get rid of the Scorp, just to be safe.
If I did that, I don't think I would have any problems. And I haven't ever kept Dwarf lions, so I don't know how one would react to being in a 20g. But I think barberis are one of the smaller ones, so it wouldn't be to bad.
StephLionfish
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A rock of Zoas that size is about 70 bucks here.. 
There's a rock with some that have lime green faces, and brown skirts, but I refuse to cough up that much money on something I know they could price a lot cheaper.
Yeah... I don't think a D. Barberi would fair well in your 220 with all those beasts... and esp. with that Volitans once he gets some size on him.
And now that I think about it... 20g is on the small side for a D. Barberi.. I had my 2" Fuzzy in a 20g for a while... and once she hit the 3" mark she looked cramped.
Don't you just wish everyone could get along and NOT eat each other?
There's a rock with some that have lime green faces, and brown skirts, but I refuse to cough up that much money on something I know they could price a lot cheaper. Yeah... I don't think a D. Barberi would fair well in your 220 with all those beasts... and esp. with that Volitans once he gets some size on him.
And now that I think about it... 20g is on the small side for a D. Barberi.. I had my 2" Fuzzy in a 20g for a while... and once she hit the 3" mark she looked cramped.
Don't you just wish everyone could get along and NOT eat each other?
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