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Diana’s build
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Paul B
NJRC Member
Diana, leave the flatworms alone. Free, not to cute livestock. They come and go in my reef yearly and sometimes I have millions of them, then they goto Bayone New Jersey or Disneyland and disappear.
Forget them and go out to breakfast, have the French Toast. If I dumped my tank every time I found a flatworm, I would have a really wet floor.
Forget them and go out to breakfast, have the French Toast. If I dumped my tank every time I found a flatworm, I would have a really wet floor.
Now I have a question! I have a sunset stylo that is on it’s own shelf. Shelf is 6”x6”. Can I add another coral to that shelf or is it better to let the stylo have the whole shelf?
Second question: I have a cyphastra and a Jack o lantern leptoseris that I haven’t glued down yet. Should they not be on the same shelf? Can an Acro be on the same shelf with one of these or not s good idea. I have three shelves left on the structure that are empty.
Second question: I have a cyphastra and a Jack o lantern leptoseris that I haven’t glued down yet. Should they not be on the same shelf? Can an Acro be on the same shelf with one of these or not s good idea. I have three shelves left on the structure that are empty.
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Stylos. Are peaceful (as far as corals go) and don’t fare well against other corals but they can usually handle other “poras” Touching them. I say this of course with a grain of salt as all corals are individuals (I know... odd thing to say about a colony based animal) but I’m sure you understand what I mean. In short. I’m comfortable with them near similar species but keep in mind they grow fairly fast and can crowd each other in a short time
Hockeynut
NJRC Member
The tank looks great.
I try to keep encrusting corals away from branching coral. I don’t worry about putting corals of different types in close proximity of one another as long as I go in knowing there normal growth patterns and my willingness to (Whack) them down when they get close enough to touch.
I try to keep encrusting corals away from branching coral. I don’t worry about putting corals of different types in close proximity of one another as long as I go in knowing there normal growth patterns and my willingness to (Whack) them down when they get close enough to touch.
Thank you @Sponge, @Romanhawk and @Hockeynut. Okay i will let the encrusting corals have there each their own shelf. I guess I better move the monti that is on the top left before it encrusts too
About 5 different days in the past 3 weeks I heard a faint click sound. It was usually one click and sometimes twice. I thought it was the thermostat cord head getting blown by the power head against the glass. I now thinking differently. Monday morning my McCosker's Flasher Wrasse disappeared. This morning my Helfrichi firefish is missing. I know they didn’t go into the overflow box (they are covered) and not on the floor since that has a net cover. The only other mobile things in the tank are two baby clown fish, 3 snails (2 empty shells found last month), tux urchin, 2 brittle star fish and worms. Back in January I purchased live rock from Florida which I qt. Got some nasty critters off of it but I may have missed one. I think I may have a mantis
ericrodriguez
NJRC Member
Diana I think you should get to see in the middle of the night and catch him up.. and cover all possibilities. If it’s there you’ll see it
DangerDave
NJRC Member
Make a trap, and put him in his own tank!
ericrodriguez
NJRC Member
Happy Mother’s DayOK, forget fish. Happy Mothers Day Diana.
Could it be a small pistol? I've had 2 mantis over the years, both clubbers. Neither ever attacked a fish. Inverts were in the 'light snack' category for both. Both would, however, burrow down into the sand under the rocks and smash at the glass on the bottom of the tank to try to get deeper. If you don't have paint on the bottom of the tank and can look up from underneath, a visible area of missing sand might indicate one is digging and punching. Just a thought to help try to figure it out.
You can also put a piece of raw meat on a skewer and drop it so the meat is on the sand near the front of the tank then move away so it cant see you. If its a mantis it'll probably be out in a few minutes after it scouts the area.
If you do have one and catch it, and would like rid of it, I'd be happy to set it up in its own place.
And, HMD
You can also put a piece of raw meat on a skewer and drop it so the meat is on the sand near the front of the tank then move away so it cant see you. If its a mantis it'll probably be out in a few minutes after it scouts the area.
If you do have one and catch it, and would like rid of it, I'd be happy to set it up in its own place.
And, HMD
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