15g rebuild

[Vikki]

I took over Bryan's 15g nano when he got the 72g up and running. Up until I got it, it was only housing a shallow sandbase, a few rocks and some cluerpa (sp?) Since then, I've gotten 4 fish (domino, jewel and yellowtail damsel and a 6 line wrasse) as well as a spikey star, a featherduster and a fire scallop. Everyone's getting along and the tank looks good. I did have one freaky thing happen last night though. I checked it out in the afternoon and couldn't find the scallop and thought maybe the fish finally had it for supper. Turns out the scallop had somehow climbed about 6 inches and attached itself to the underside of one of my rocks. I knew they had a foot to anchor them in sand, but how in the heck did he do THAT??

 

[mikem]

They can propel themselves anywhere in the tank. Mine used to climb and hang out on the glass.

 

[Vikki]

How do they stay there? Do they have some kind of suction on their feet?

 

[mikem]

How do they stay there? Do they have some kind of suction on their feet?

Yes. Similar to a snail suction.

 

[Vikki]

Learn something new everyday. I did not know that. Cool.

 

[mikem]

If you see a deep hole in your sand and he's sitting in it, move him somewhere else. That means he's been trying to propel himself somewhere else and cant blow hard enough to get out of the hole.

 

[Vikki]

Good to know. He had moved himself on the far side of the tank where all the rocks were clustered and you could hardly see him. Not that I can control where he goes most times, but I had made a nice spot for him with sand that was surrounded by rock and a rock overhang so he was somewhat protected and still visible.