ExiledInfidel666
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whats everyone think
and this is my firefish, I also just got a cinnamon clown but no pics of him yet
my first reef tank, 10g 8 months old
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whats everyone think
and this is my firefish, I also just got a cinnamon clown but no pics of him yet
ExiledInfidel666
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lol, usa orbit 20", 80w total with two blue moon leds, dual daylight, dual actinics, inhabitants, oh god, um the ones i put in or the ones that grew, or both
I bought
cinnamon clown
firefish
2 red foot turbos
2 astrea snails
6 dwarf blue legs hermits
3 scarlet leg hermits
hawaiian feather duster
purple tipped haitian condy anemone
long tentacled anemone
skunk cleaner shrimp
peach finger leather coral
open water cup coral
unkonwn coral #1
unkown coral #2(lol)
emerald crab
that grew
peanut worm
approx 1000 small birstle worms
approx 10 baby mantis shrimp
small polyp
cerith snails
sps coral?
feather dusters
a million other things I either cant classify or see
I bought
cinnamon clown
firefish
2 red foot turbos
2 astrea snails
6 dwarf blue legs hermits
3 scarlet leg hermits
hawaiian feather duster
purple tipped haitian condy anemone
long tentacled anemone
skunk cleaner shrimp
peach finger leather coral
open water cup coral
unkonwn coral #1
unkown coral #2(lol)
emerald crab
that grew
peanut worm
approx 1000 small birstle worms
approx 10 baby mantis shrimp
small polyp
cerith snails
sps coral?
feather dusters
a million other things I either cant classify or see
djconn
New Member
Do you really have 10 baby mantis shrimp? Are you planning to keep them or what?
How long have you had that condy in there? Your leather looks really happy.
When you get a chance, you can take picture of your unknown corals and post them up under the Identification section for everyone to try to ID.
How long have you had that condy in there? Your leather looks really happy.
When you get a chance, you can take picture of your unknown corals and post them up under the Identification section for everyone to try to ID.
ExiledInfidel666
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the baby mantis which I just found at least 10 more when I changed my filter pads, (that makes it more like 25 around now) I am keeping untill they are at least 1/2" long but id like to keep them to be 3/4-1" and then trade and sell them off maybe keeping one pair for myself, I figured their were eggs in the LR I bought, I have pics of the unkown il get to it eventually, one is some encrusting monti, I forget if theres particular species or not, plus I don't know how well its doing, I just had a small nitrate spike, 10, because my filter pads became a little over packed and the chemi-pure went at the same time, I changed both today
and the condy has been in there a while, umm about 4 1/2 months im guessing, at first I didn't know what it was when I bought it, all I knew is that it was beautiful, now hes wedged his foot in the rocks and I cant get him out with out dismantling the aquascape and i really dont feel like going through that agian, one day il catch him in a move, I hope
and the condy has been in there a while, umm about 4 1/2 months im guessing, at first I didn't know what it was when I bought it, all I knew is that it was beautiful, now hes wedged his foot in the rocks and I cant get him out with out dismantling the aquascape and i really dont feel like going through that agian, one day il catch him in a move, I hope
Sugar Magnolia
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um...I believe what you're finding in your filter pad is amphipods. they look just like tiny shrimp. I find them in my filter pad all the time.
also, having two anemones, let alone one in a ten gallon tank really isn't wise. LTA's can reach 3' across and are very fast growers. I had one I had to remove from my 30 cube because it had outgrown it's quarters. Went from 3" to about 10" across in less than 8 months. The condy species of anemone has a tendency tomove about the tank and sting nearby corals - they tend to be pretty aggresive.
also, having two anemones, let alone one in a ten gallon tank really isn't wise. LTA's can reach 3' across and are very fast growers. I had one I had to remove from my 30 cube because it had outgrown it's quarters. Went from 3" to about 10" across in less than 8 months. The condy species of anemone has a tendency tomove about the tank and sting nearby corals - they tend to be pretty aggresive.
ExiledInfidel666
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yes yes, this I know, my condy never moves, ever! which is annoying because I want to get rid of it and it stays wedged in the rocks, and the LTA has grown say from 1" diameter to 1 1/4" diameter in 3 months, any ideas for getting the condy out, I dont want to move my LR and I also dont want to kill it
ExiledInfidel666
New Member
oh and yea the mantis probably are those amphipods, its just hard to tell because there so tiny, but some are growing, how big do the amphi's get?
Sugar Magnolia
New Member
amphipods tend to get to about 1/4" or even just a bit bigger. They're harmless detrivores and do all that nasty janitorial work in the rock crevices and along the Lr surfaces.
Here's a great article: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.htm
Now, for those anemones. Unfortunately the only way to get them out is to remove the LR. I had to take 45 + pounds of LR out of my 30 cube to get at my LTA that took off under the rock where it's foot was planted just to be able to remove it. Once you've found the area that it has planted it's foot, you have to be very gentle when removing them. The foot is very delicate and can tear easily which can lead to the animals death. You'll need to gently wiggle under the foot to give it a bit of gentle persuasion to let loose.
Wish I could tell you they're easy to get out, but no such luck!
Here's a great article: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.htm
Now, for those anemones. Unfortunately the only way to get them out is to remove the LR. I had to take 45 + pounds of LR out of my 30 cube to get at my LTA that took off under the rock where it's foot was planted just to be able to remove it. Once you've found the area that it has planted it's foot, you have to be very gentle when removing them. The foot is very delicate and can tear easily which can lead to the animals death. You'll need to gently wiggle under the foot to give it a bit of gentle persuasion to let loose.
Wish I could tell you they're easy to get out, but no such luck!
ExiledInfidel666
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well hmmm, hes staying there until he moves then, and yea they might be amphipods but their forearms look differnt, move like the mantis' but for now its fine, if they get over a half inch il post back, thanks
Sometimes if you change the light or flow in the area the anemone has chosen they'll start to move, once the foot is out of the crevice it's in it'll be easier to peel it off. I got my RBTA to move off a large hunk of LR that I wanted out of my tank by putting a smaller flat rock over the anemone to shade it. I waited a few hours to see if that would do it, but it just stretched around the rock, so I put a powerhead in the tank and directed it under the flat rock directly at the anemone. That did the trick, it moved from underneath the flat rock to the top of it to get out of the direct flow, and I just moved the smaller rock to another location in the tank and moved the big chunk out of the tank.
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mikeguerrero
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Hey guys,
I thought that amphipods are copepods? Are they the same? I just saw this post and I recognized those as in my tank but I thought they were the copepods. What eats them, is it the madarin goby?
I see the very small ones on the wall eaten up by my six line wrasse or my red banded coral..
Can someone let me know?
Mike
I thought that amphipods are copepods? Are they the same? I just saw this post and I recognized those as in my tank but I thought they were the copepods. What eats them, is it the madarin goby?
I see the very small ones on the wall eaten up by my six line wrasse or my red banded coral..
Can someone let me know?
Mike
Amphipods and copepods are different critters. They belong to different families. If you look around in your tank with a flashlight after it's been dark for a couple hours look in low-flow nooks and crannies, if you see what looks like nearly microscopic swarms of gnats those are copepods. Sometimes you'll find them on the glass as well, but I've always found them closer to my rock near the sandbed.mikeguerrero said:
My mandarins ate amphipods and copepods. The six-line is will eat both, and would in fact out-compete a mandarin for food since it's a much faster swimmer/hunter.
Phischy
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Then there are the evil ispods. Little...evil...bastards. They look like pillbugs/rolly pollies. Apparently they are detrivores and blood feeders...I thought mine were all gone but I found a big one the other day and I think I see what are tiny juvs on the glass, could be something else but they have the same shape. So I wait some more... Just means no fish for now.
I'm about to bust up a very pourous piece of LR and then put it in a back corner as a 'pod breeding area, my tank is crawling with 'em right now and I figure by the time I get the bad ones out I may be able to sustain one small six line or some type of goby. someday...
I'm about to bust up a very pourous piece of LR and then put it in a back corner as a 'pod breeding area, my tank is crawling with 'em right now and I figure by the time I get the bad ones out I may be able to sustain one small six line or some type of goby. someday...