wilson Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I just colour mine in with felt pen :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I've introduced live Mysis shrimp, plus a few other creepy-crawlies have come in on corals that have established a population:D where did you get your live mysis shrimp from? i'd like to add some to my marine tank. I also wondered about adding some to my discus tank as an alternative food source, any ideas whether this would be ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I think the discus would love them - but they'd be gone in 20seconds! I syphoned mine out of someone else's tank - they seem to breed pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 i had some but i carnt see them anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I suspect they don't like AquaKnead-it. I guess I could go catch you some more this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 I suspect they don't like AquaKnead-it. I guess I could go catch you some more this weekend. are you talking to me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Yea YOU! We'll meet at the usual place, I guess. Don't bring any Pepsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 :roll: the place i get pepsi dosnt have it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Oh well. Apple juice rots your teeth just as quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 coke is just as bad :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 So is red bull. I daresay that eating bags of sugar would probably be better for your teeth. Incidently, how long did it take for the alge to die off Conch, or did you prune it with a weed trimmer, or similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 It began to die off after about a week, but I just picked most of it off with my fingers to speed the process along a bit - and I didn't want dying algae to re-release phosphates back into the water. Snails took care of the rest, although there is still quite a bit on the back of the tank. I'm not too worried by it - it gives all the critters something to graze on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 how about more pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 What type of fish is in the last photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 its a mandarin it isnt a easy fish to keep as it likes live food and often dosnt eat flake foods http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarinfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 how about more pics? I'll see what I can do. Unfortunately my camera is a bit useless as it has no macro function, so I can't get decent shots of a lot of interesting stuff like the brittle stars, mussels, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 So... would a Red Sea Max be a good environment for an Anemone? There are no exposed pump instakes to shred them, but what else would they need to do well? How hard / easy are they to keep by comparison to the other corals I've got i my tank? So far the biggest problem I have had is corals getting too big and having to sell them back to the shop. Any ideas on how to retard their growth a bit without making them look aweful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Best bet would be a small bubbletip anemone but a few things to be aware of. Your lighting is at the lower end of the scale it is borderline for even a bubbletip, but it might be enough it would be interesting to find out, both for you, plus other RSM users for the future. If anemones are light starved they get paler and paler, eventually becoming white, then dying. So start with a good dark coloured one whatever you do don't buy a pale or white one as they need to go to a more highly lit tank to recover. The other issue is that when you first put a bubbletip anemone in, they tend to move around till they find a suitable spot. Problem here is your tank is quite full and the anemone will sting things as it moves around, and in turn will get stung by some things. There will be a degree of luck as to wether it settles in safely or not. Other clown hosting anemones get too big for your tank, they would expand till they filled the whole tank. I'd say get the smallest bubbletip you can find, but a darkly coloured one. Some bubbletips for sale are small because of stress etc from shipping but this will be given away by a pale colour. You want one that is genuinely small, so look for a rich dark colour. Even a bubbletip will grow too big for your tank, but they can be chopped in half if need be, which I do to mine every so often to keep the size down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 ? So far the biggest problem I have had is corals getting too big and having to sell them back to the shop. Any ideas on how to retard their growth a bit without making them look aweful? you could alwys sell them to someone who lives near by for reduced prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yea YOU! We'll meet at the usual place, I guess. Don't bring any Pepsi. what time are you going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-unit Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 definatly get a anemone and then tell me how it goes :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Here are a few more... ...give me your thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 looking good. some nice photos there too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tui Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Very nice, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 yea there looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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