1st post! cycling + live rock ??'s

dub tek

dub tek

New Member
First off.
I am new to salt aquariums
I am new to Slatwaterfish.com
My tank (46 bow) is cycling
I have added live rock 25 lbs + live sand 40 lbs from 2 local places
I have a few questions about how to Identify WHAT I have growing on my live rocks. these have emerged since getting them home and under lights. I need to be able to feed them so ID is urgent. To my suprise all of these have been living durring the cycling process. I want to help them all I can.
looking to ID the following
PINK flower looking
WHITE flower looking
Small anemone
Polyup brown many of these pictured
I also have a weird something growing on one of the live rocks
It looks like underwater spider web
the current makes it wave, it's white, it's somewhat transparent
TANK

Small anemone

Pink + White same 2 pics front&center


Also looking for legs for a JBJ lighting 30" unit
that will fit my tank 46bow
the JBJ legs are NOT going to work
the tank is 36" wide
light fixture is 30" wide
ANY SUGESTIONS??
ANY HELP!!
ALL info welcome
Thanks
Tek.
 
superhero

superhero

Member
ok well... in your first pic.. .you probally have atispia (sp?) and that is a little pest anemone, in order to get rid of these guys, you need to inject them with joes juice or boiling water and i also think lemon juice may work but am not sure...then the purple stuff is coraline alage which is a good thing...(in time it will cover everything) and the last picture are some kind of zoanthid or button polop...a softie coral and very easy to take care of :)
 
dub tek

dub tek

New Member
I know about the aptashia
There are reports of the lemon juice killing more
then just the aptashia
I will be adding shrimp for the removal process
The same pic
Just a bit lower on the rock
There is an anemone
It moves freely about the surface of that rock only
I am just asking what to feed a small anemone?
GROUND silver side parts?
some frozen type food?
The cardboard legs work for now but
I need a real/longterm alternative.
 
ric maniac

ric maniac

Active Member
you could use eggcrate to either cover the to of the tank and allow the light to rest on it (spray paint it black for a good look). or you could use zip ties and eggcrate to make legs and spray paint them. the aptasia will go away if you inject it with boiling water, lemon juice, joes juice.... or you could boil joe's juice with lemon mixed in
lol.
 
aloysiusii

aloysiusii

Member
Whats up strapwhart I see My Peppermint Shrimp
idea work in getting rid of your Aptasia issue. Your welcome!! Also I will have some Mushrooms to give you in a few weeks like as soon as you stop by to pick them up. A probly in July when we go to fireworks LOL!!!!! Add me to your BUDS list pimp. P.S. My tank is
looking off the
hizzy
you will see one day in your own living room about what I'm talking about.
 
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