Today in my Reef

[wax32]

Fun!
Picked up a sweet Maze Coral and a Fire Shrimp:
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Maze Coral, Platygyra daedalea acclimating with fire shrimp, Lysmata debelius

Maze Coral, Platygyra daedalea
And a cool snail:

Astraea sp.
AND...
I also saw my older fire shrimp cleaning my Domino!

Couldn't get a picture though, the fish got spooked when I walked up with the camera. First time I have witnessed this, although he has been cleaning the tang already.

 

[wax32]

Here is another angle on the Maze. I didn't realise it had growth going down the back side. Looks cooler from this side.
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Maze Coral, Platygyra daedalea with Calcinus elegans

 

[wax32]

Here is the pistol shrimp I got this past Thursday. Man he is fast.
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Pistol Shrimp, Alpheus sp.
And, one of the two YMB's I got at the same time. The other one is still hiding somewhere I guess.

Yellow Watchman Goby, Cryptocentrus cinctus

 

[hot883]

Nice additions, they will really provide the tank with great colors.

 

[wax32]

Yup, it is needing some color badly!

 

[wax32]

Hey! I just found the other YWG. He is in the same hole as the pistol shrimp! :cheer: :cheer:

:jumping:

 

[space_geek]

Wax even though your tank is VERY young, I love it!!!! My tank is in my bedroom, and I was wondering if the "crack" they make is loud enough to keep me up all night?!?! How big is your tank?? What do u use for lighting?

 

[wax32]

It's actually reborn, courtesy of Hurricane Katrina.

The shrimp popped for the first time yesterday and it made me jump. I think if he did it when I was sleeping I would wake up with a pounding heart.
The tank is 70 gallons and I use a Giesemann 250w metal halide pendant.
Learn more here.

 

[space_geek]

Thanks for the info and AWESOME site!!!

 

[wax32]

No problem. Glad you liked the site!

 

[promisetbg]

Very nice!I love my maze.We call the snail a star snail around here.
Here is mine..GL with yours!

 

[wax32]

Cool brain! Have you had it long?

 

[shnabbles]

Are there any special needs a maze brain needs besides lighting and water quality??
I mean like do you need to feed it? Or anything like that?

 

[wax32]

Not really, they will capture nutrients from the water column. I have heard of ppl target feeding them with cyclop-eeze though.

 

[wax32]

If you do target feed, do it after lights out, when its feeders are out.

 

[promisetbg]

Originally Posted by wax32
Cool brain! Have you had it long?
Thanks,yes almost two years.

 

[jayc]

Nice additions Wax!! I'm thinking about getting a pistal shrimp, do you like yours so far?
Josh

 

[wax32]

Well, I don't see him much. He digs around in the back of the tank a lot.

 

[wax32]

Here is a picture of an Electric Blue-Knuckled Hermit bullying a Dwarf Red Tip Hermit:
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
Calcinus elegans vs. Clibanarius sp.
And here is a picture of the snail I'm not to sure about, he was right up near my Maze Coral after lights out, around 9 PM.

Maze Coral, Platygyra daedalea and the (maybe) bad snail
Worried me, but I decided to let him be. At 5 this morning the snail was still chilling next to the coral. This afternoon he is still just chilling there. It is not touching the coral itself, just the rock near it.

 

[wax32]

Added 38 pounds of rock:
http://www.zooxanthellae.com
I think that's enough now!
One of my YWG's decided to pose for me:

Yellow Watchman Goby, Cryptocentrus cinctus