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Thanks! He was. :sad2:
I found him just like this about 2 weeks ago. I think that he had an unsuccessful molting. I have read that these crabs grow waAay too fast to be kept in an average home aquarium. I believe it too, because he upsized shells 4 times in 2 months! And big shell upgrades at that. They are really cool crabs, but I do not advise anyone to try to keep one. It's almost cruel because if they eat regularly, they grow really, really fast. And the alternative is to starve them in hopes of stunting their growth rate which is just mean. This is how big they can potentially get:
R.I.P. Hellboy.
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
I've made a few changes, as of late, so I thought that I would post an update. It's also a brand new year, so I will share some of my Reef goals for 2018. :bigeyes:
I'm in the process of correcting quite a few rookie mistakes. I removed the bushy Kenya Tree coral that used to sit off to the left side of the tank, and I put the Toadstool in its stead. I really liked the Kenya Tree, but I could see how regular pruning was going to become a factor in the future. I also removed a small rock that had a Yellow Polyp colony growing on it before those got too out of control.
Here is the tank as it sits right now:
My next step will be removing this large rock of Button Polyps shown here:
Believe it or not, this colony started off with this one single polyp:
Over the last couple of months, I have been aggressively ridding my tank of some Nazi Turf Algae from Hell. Well it's gone now, but as an adverse affect, so are most of my Macros. I salvaged what I could, and I cleaned up the little Macro/Fuge over the New Year weekend.
Poor Orbic Cardinal is feeling a little exposed, to say the least:
Now that the deed is done, it opens up all kinds of new possibilities for the tower. I'm going to think on it for a while, but in the meantime I will probably move that big Button Polyp colony rock over to here. Then, I will replace that created empty space in the display tank with the rock that was under all of those Macros.
Dead man's cave:
After the death of Hellboy (R.I.P.), I cleaned out the 20g and turned it into what I call a "Flop Tank". For now just a place to toss random whatevers.
These are the only Macros to have survived the Turf Algae war:
As far as tank goals for 2018, I hate to admit that I am getting yet another upgrade itch. I'm wanting to move up to a 5ft long 150 gallon display tank, but so far, that little voice of common sense and reason is winning the debate. If it happens, it won't be until towards the end of the year, so I have plenty of time to think on things. For now I will just continue to focus on cleaning up my current system, and adding more corals to my little Reef. One thing is for certain...I think I am going to have to reserve the bottom center for my crazy Derasa Clam. The thing has pretty much doubled in size in just a few months:
HAPPY NEW REEF YEAR!!! :bigeyes:
Happy New Year!
I've made a few changes, as of late, so I thought that I would post an update. It's also a brand new year, so I will share some of my Reef goals for 2018. :bigeyes:
I'm in the process of correcting quite a few rookie mistakes. I removed the bushy Kenya Tree coral that used to sit off to the left side of the tank, and I put the Toadstool in its stead. I really liked the Kenya Tree, but I could see how regular pruning was going to become a factor in the future. I also removed a small rock that had a Yellow Polyp colony growing on it before those got too out of control.
Here is the tank as it sits right now:
My next step will be removing this large rock of Button Polyps shown here:
Believe it or not, this colony started off with this one single polyp:
Over the last couple of months, I have been aggressively ridding my tank of some Nazi Turf Algae from Hell. Well it's gone now, but as an adverse affect, so are most of my Macros. I salvaged what I could, and I cleaned up the little Macro/Fuge over the New Year weekend.
Poor Orbic Cardinal is feeling a little exposed, to say the least:
Now that the deed is done, it opens up all kinds of new possibilities for the tower. I'm going to think on it for a while, but in the meantime I will probably move that big Button Polyp colony rock over to here. Then, I will replace that created empty space in the display tank with the rock that was under all of those Macros.
Dead man's cave:
After the death of Hellboy (R.I.P.), I cleaned out the 20g and turned it into what I call a "Flop Tank". For now just a place to toss random whatevers.
These are the only Macros to have survived the Turf Algae war:
As far as tank goals for 2018, I hate to admit that I am getting yet another upgrade itch. I'm wanting to move up to a 5ft long 150 gallon display tank, but so far, that little voice of common sense and reason is winning the debate. If it happens, it won't be until towards the end of the year, so I have plenty of time to think on things. For now I will just continue to focus on cleaning up my current system, and adding more corals to my little Reef. One thing is for certain...I think I am going to have to reserve the bottom center for my crazy Derasa Clam. The thing has pretty much doubled in size in just a few months:
HAPPY NEW REEF YEAR!!! :bigeyes:
