My newest tank

[panmanmatt]

What is the coral pictures under the frog?

First one is a ricordia yuma and the other is hydnophora.

 

[blange3]

Lookin' good Matt.

I'm going to have to figure out how to squeeze a Duncan into the 75 someday!

 

[panmanmatt]

Well, the blast bug has bitten hard. These guys just came in tonoght and have only been in the tank about 1/2 an hour.

 

[panmanmatt]

These are the ones I got from the club back at Aaron's meeting.

And here's a full tank shot from tonight.

 

[blange3]

Nice!

It's a good bug bite! I need some like that second picture.

After my Euphyllias and the Cyanarias, they are my favorite pieces.

Tank is looking good Matt.

 

[panmanmatt]

Here are my latest acquisitions, they are in their own tank but figured I'd put the pics here.
male:

female:

the loving couple:

 

[billyr98]

sweet- glad they are happy!!!

 

[JohnS_323]

Nice, Matt! Good luck with them. One quick question: How do you tell the difference between male and female? Is the male the bigger one?

 

[panmanmatt]

Thanks Billy, I really appreciate you receiving them and holding them for me.

 

[panmanmatt]

Nice, Matt! Good luck with them. One quick question: How do you tell the difference between male and female? Is the male the bigger one?

Thanks John. They seem to be settling in rather nicely. They both jumped on the star when I added it today, they are not letting it get too far away from them.

I was told that the female was the larger of the 2.

Now a couple questions for you:
How long does it normally take them to get through a CC star? How often do you guys feed your's on average?

 

[JohnS_323]

Nice, Matt! Good luck with them. One quick question: How do you tell the difference between male and female? Is the male the bigger one?

Thanks John. They seem to be settling in rather nicely. They both jumped on the star when I added it today, they are not letting it get too far away from them.

I was told that the female was the larger of the 2.

Now a couple questions for you:
How long does it normally take them to get through a CC star? How often do you guys feed your's on average?

It depends on the size of CC. We get some from Fish Tails that are HUGE. They're probably 4.5" to 5" tip to tip and last about a month. The "normal" sized ones I get from other stores are generally 2.5" to 3" across and they last about 2 weeks. The general rule of thumb is: If you can see them, they're hungry. Our's will drag whatever we feed them back into the rocks and dissappear for a while. Once them come back out front it's time to hit the store.

They'll blow you away with how quickly they realize there is their type of food in the tank and then how well they work together to kill it and drag it out of view.

 

[panmanmatt]

The stars I got are about 3-3.5 tip to tip so that should last them a while then. I love watching these guys, luckily their tank is 12 gallons so there isn't a ton of places they can hide. They have the whole tank to themselves and seem to be loving it so far.

 

[JohnS_323]

Sounds great. Enjoy them.