Whisk's Aquapod 24g journal
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whisk
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Thought I would post some pics before bed tonight. Guess who came out to say hi after many weeks?
Remember this cute little guy 5 weeks ago?
Well, he has grown up. He nows looks like a vicious, Terminator T-800 crab. Check out those scary red eyes. His name is Arnold.
and look at this little fella, looks like he had a nassarius for lunch and took his shell. When I went to go buy a replacement snail, i bought a bunch of empty shells that they are enjoying and trying on now instead of live snails.
Remember this cute little guy 5 weeks ago?
Well, he has grown up. He nows looks like a vicious, Terminator T-800 crab. Check out those scary red eyes. His name is Arnold.
and look at this little fella, looks like he had a nassarius for lunch and took his shell. When I went to go buy a replacement snail, i bought a bunch of empty shells that they are enjoying and trying on now instead of live snails.
subielover
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Your terminator800 looks like a gorilla crab. Can you remove him? Nice picture of the hermit, by the way
perfectdark
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+1 on the gorilla not a friendly hitchiker. Nice purple shrooms too, I like em. Your heat issue can be remedied by a small fan blowing through the top of the lid. When I had the PC lights on my Cube I opened the rear portion of the tank and ran a small clip on lamp. Prob solved, not sure if it will work for your application but if it helps thats what I did.
whisk
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haha, i knew you guys would say that. It does look like an evil crab, i know the rock he hangs out on so if its time to take him out i'll know where to look. i'll research some more about them, but i got to tell you, crabs are one of my favorite creatures, so he'll stay for now. I dont have a sump, so i dont know what i would do with him. i dont want to kill him.
Speaking of which, my diamond goby sadly passed away over night. He hasnt been doing well lately i think because of my temperature fluctuations (he was doing fine and eating well before that). He was a really cool fish
Thanks for the tips Perfect Dark, it looks to be like my heater was the problem, its works fine now and the temp is at a stable 77 again but im going to get a replacement for peace of mind.
Speaking of which, my diamond goby sadly passed away over night. He hasnt been doing well lately i think because of my temperature fluctuations (he was doing fine and eating well before that). He was a really cool fish
Thanks for the tips Perfect Dark, it looks to be like my heater was the problem, its works fine now and the temp is at a stable 77 again but im going to get a replacement for peace of mind.
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subielover
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Sorry to hear that about your goby. Never cool to lose a fish. Hopefully once you get your heater issue resolved you can try another fish. I would probably wait a little bit though since you did just have a death. Might not be a bad idea to run some carbon and do a water change. As you can tell I am always overly cautious.
perfectdark
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Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2869395
Not ready to call it a Gorilla crab, here is a picture of one.
That said it is still a crab and IMO should be banished to the sump!!!!
No I agree with you spanko, the ID gorilla was more of me saying not good to have. I actually think it is a red eyed stone crab or Red Eyed Reef Crab, Eriphia ferox, Family Eriphiidae, but I am by far not an expert.
http:///forum/post/2869395
Not ready to call it a Gorilla crab, here is a picture of one.
That said it is still a crab and IMO should be banished to the sump!!!!
No I agree with you spanko, the ID gorilla was more of me saying not good to have. I actually think it is a red eyed stone crab or Red Eyed Reef Crab, Eriphia ferox, Family Eriphiidae, but I am by far not an expert.
whisk
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i think you are right PD, i googled it and the first site i checked it looked exactly like that type of crab. Looks to be a type of snail killer.
thanks Subie for the advice. I'm going to wait until after christmas for the next fish which hopefully will be the six-line wrasse.
thanks Subie for the advice. I'm going to wait until after christmas for the next fish which hopefully will be the six-line wrasse.
whisk
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December 11, 2008
Evening Tests
Salinity 1.024
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
I posted in the ID section but adding to my journal as well. There is a small colony of aiptasia on a rock, about 8 heads or so. I'm pretty sure its young aiptasia I just wanted to know what you guys think it is? This stuff is really small still and the peppermint shrimp I have isnt touching it. So how would i get rid of it when its this small? It's only on this one small rock. thanks for the help.
Evening Tests
Salinity 1.024
Ammonia 0
Nitrates 0
I posted in the ID section but adding to my journal as well. There is a small colony of aiptasia on a rock, about 8 heads or so. I'm pretty sure its young aiptasia I just wanted to know what you guys think it is? This stuff is really small still and the peppermint shrimp I have isnt touching it. So how would i get rid of it when its this small? It's only on this one small rock. thanks for the help.
whisk
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Cranberry told me they are Colonial Hydroids, similiar to aiptasia but not an anemone.
I have read that people will burn them off with lighters, torches or boil the rock. Some recommend smearing kalk paste on the area.
Too bad, i love cool and unusual stuff, but since its a nuisance, im going to nuke it.
I have read that people will burn them off with lighters, torches or boil the rock. Some recommend smearing kalk paste on the area.
Too bad, i love cool and unusual stuff, but since its a nuisance, im going to nuke it.
happitylogan
Member
hey whisk, can you send me a link to were you got your fans from> I need to get some replacements for my 24 aquapod... Have you had any problems with the new ones you have?
whisk
Active Member
December 13, 2008
I nuked the colonial hydroids with an open candle, they went crispy in seconds. Let's hope thats the last of them.
I went to the Bay Area Reef club today and met a few local folks and got a feel how the club was. Seem like a nice group of folks who were happy to share their saltwater stories and frags. I met up with McKevinFang there, nice to meet ya man!
I stopped by the LFS on the way home and they had a small frag of frogspawn which was cheap and small and just the type I been wanting so I couldnt pass it up. Also picked up a 2nd thermometer, a coralife digital. Here are some latest and greatest pics.
FTS
FTS actinic
Purple Mushrooms
Tree Leather
FrogSpawn
Spirorbidae
I nuked the colonial hydroids with an open candle, they went crispy in seconds. Let's hope thats the last of them.
I went to the Bay Area Reef club today and met a few local folks and got a feel how the club was. Seem like a nice group of folks who were happy to share their saltwater stories and frags. I met up with McKevinFang there, nice to meet ya man!
I stopped by the LFS on the way home and they had a small frag of frogspawn which was cheap and small and just the type I been wanting so I couldnt pass it up. Also picked up a 2nd thermometer, a coralife digital. Here are some latest and greatest pics.
FTS
FTS actinic
Purple Mushrooms
Tree Leather
FrogSpawn
Spirorbidae
subielover
Active Member
Tank is coming along nicely Whisk