20 gallon tank

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dubbin1

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i cant find any information on these. the closest look alike ice seen is ricordea.. but... it cant be it!
Yup, looks like recordea to me too.
 

jourdy

Member
so far, i havent seen any lfs selling any MH, PC, or VHO. ive tried about 4 lfs already..
crazy4reefs, i couldnt purchase anything online. the e-commerce system isnt established here as much as it is there. so i can only rely on the lfs. thanks for the suggestion though :)
as for the ricordea.. if they really are it, how is it taken care of? ive read that it is hard to keep them.. but so far they seem opened up when the lights are on. theyre also small.. plenty of them ranging from 1/5 inch to 2 inches in diameter. this particular rock, where the ricordeas are poitioned.. intrigues me. i think there's a lot of evil stuff in there. at night time ive seen a lot of really way far-out strange creatures that i have no idea where to find info on about. there's some sort of orange stuff... a clam-shaped shell that's stuck to the holes of the rock.. a very weird worm that has a crown like head,, lots of white transparent branches.. and a weird thing that has a very long sucker which it uses to climb the rockscape. ill try to get picttures if i can.. i really need to identify these.
asa for the fish, ive decided to trade in the midas blenny for a false clown. just as i suspected, he immediately hosted on the goniopra, bugging it i think. however, he doesnt hide, and is very active. :)
 

crazy4reefs

Member
sorry i could not be more help.. as far as the bugs go i dont think they are all evil, lol.. try searching this site, search for ID post threre are alot of them and some are about the creatures people find in there tank. maybe also do a search under Bang Guys name he is the "bug"expert. also post pictures if you have them and ask on the board.. good luck :)
 

jourdy

Member
more pics.. unfortunately, i cant get pictures of the weird stuff because they are too samll.. and i have a crappy camera. there's lots of small worms swimming around.. and i think im having algae problems. there aer a few green stuff on the front glass, and some are shooting plants.
here's the clown
 

jourdy

Member
and here's a question.. id be grateful if anyone would be able to answer this..
this is a picture of my elegant coral.. it turned somewhat brownish, compared to the first few weeks it was in my aquarium. what's worng with it? it seems always open though..
 

montidanae

Member
well, the orange thing - Sponge, keep it
and the elgance, you have 2 corals that never live in captivity for a long time (a few months) the elegance and gornipora, both have a high tendensy to die.
 

jourdy

Member
the elegant coral has spruced up (the biggest ive seen him yet!). he's about double the original size right now. howver, now it is the goniopra and the green bubble pearl that's now not opened up.
it's really weird.
everything in my tank is fine.
prior to this, ive added 10 turban snails to make it a total of 12. and 5 hermit crabs.
the hermits are cool as ive already seen the improvement on getting rid of algae.. but they're clumsy as hell. the shells keep bumbing the corals.. and maybe thats the reason why they retract.
here are the turban snails.. (lfs said they're turban).. so im not really sure.
 

jourdy

Member
here;s the current pic of the tank. the goniopra in the upper left is retracted (like i said), as well as the bubble pearl beside him.
 
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