Red Sea Max 34 gallon...Diary

[rotarymagic]

toss some ceriths in... don't throw a conch in till the sand bed gets really bad lol.

 

[cal559]

Ok thanks rotary =)
About 8?

 

[rotarymagic]

Originally Posted by cal559
http:///forum/post/2844677
Ok thanks rotary =)
About 8?
try 4 for now... and see if they die... damage control lol.

 

[cal559]

Yeah true test the waters out...lol

 

[cal559]

I actually found a banded serpant starfish in my tank today noticed it while moving rock around scared the **** out of me...lol

 

[rotarymagic]

trade it in for the ceriths lol..

 

[cal559]

Nah i think i will keep the starfish in there...already seems to be like a little protein skimmer...lol

 

[zanoshanox]

i like wat i see my friend

 

[cal559]

Thanks zano

 

[yearofthenick]

Originally Posted by cal559
http:///forum/post/2844062
I found this on my rock what is it?
Dude this looks like a Bubble tip anemone. I was trying to figure out how it was attached, but it looks like an anemone foot. And if you look at the bubbles, they look pointy at the top. I think it's a BTA.
Does it move, cal?

 

[cal559]

Yeah it moves around but now i think it found a better spot and stopped moving. I hope it's a bta.

 

[cal559]

Heres a picture of it a night time it closes up weird...lol

 

[yearofthenick]

if it moves then it's DEFINITELY a bta, because corals DO NOT move. That's a great find dude! and I'm surprised he survived the cycle because normally they don't. You need to feed it though, it's probably starving and could be dying. It will live under the T5 lighting in your RSM. You could put some zooplankton in your tank (500-2k um) for him to filter feed with. Brightwell Aquatics makes a good zooplankton you can use. Or if you want, you can buy some frozen food and feed it to him. Keep in mind that when you feed fish frozen food, you need to thaw the food first. I have little shot glasses that I use. I put about 3ml of water in it and drop the cube of frozen food in there for it to thaw. Then I have a little mini turkey baster I got from my LFS that I use to target feed my anemone with. You just squirt a little food in the middle of the bubbles. He'll eat it.

 

[cal559]

Yeah going to buy some of that stuff 2morrow cause it has to be starving...lol
And do bta's grow pretty fast cause it's the size of a dime right now?

 

[whisk]

sounds like you got your share of hitchiking goodies, got any pics of your starfish?

 

[premilove]

thats great BTA hitchhiker! wouldnt anemones need more than t-5s for light? if you really want him to be happy, get some mysis shrimp, put it in a turkey baster and feed his mouth when he opens up

 

[subielover]

That is a really great find. It is really bleached though, but with some tlc, hopefully it will make it

 

[cal559]

Got some pictures with my bta eating some mysis shrimp and then i noticed a starfish come out that i've never seen what kind is he? Should i keep him in there?

 

[cal559]

Today i bought 4 cerith snails and 2 red leg crabs just testing the crabs out.

The snails are under the sand with just their eyes poking out...lol
I am going to wait till next week to complete my cleanup crew.

Post pix as soon as possible

 

[mboswell1982]

sweet man, i hope i get that lucky on the hitchhiker front LOL but knowin my luck ill get something nasty as a hitchhiker LOL