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Post by gotareef on Dec 31, 2013 8:42:37 GMT -5
I have a feeling this tank will take another 2 months to get totally setup with fish and corals in it.
the way I am setting this up is with totally dead everything! right now sand is cycling so I can get some good bacteria going, so it wont take forever with the rock to get the tank fully cycled. then I am going to add pods and a few chitons from the other tank, im glad I did some reading or I would have put limpets in as well, that wouldnt have been good with this being a sps dominated tank.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Dec 31, 2013 10:11:20 GMT -5
Why are limpets bad for sps?
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Post by gotareef on Dec 31, 2013 11:26:22 GMT -5
limpets eat sps
From LiveAquaria.com
"Limpets Several different genus and many species make up the snail-like invertebrate family, commonly known as limpets. Limpets have an oval, laterally compressed shell that tapers to an off-centered blunt point. Limpets have a tiny hole at the crest of their shell where it becomes a point, which they use for waste and water exchange. Many of these species have a very large mantle that extends around and covers the shell. In fact, some limpets can be very beautiful with amazing colors, and make a welcome guest in an aquarium that does not contain SPS corals.
The most common variety encountered in a reef aquarium is the Keyhole Limpet. They are a common import with live rock, and are typically colored in a mottled brown, black and tan pattern, and do not have a mantle that cover their shell. The Keyhole Limpets are typically half an inch long, or smaller, and feed on unwanted filamentous algae, cyanobacteria, diatoms and even hydroids. Unfortunately, in the SPS aquarium, they will also feed on the tissue of SPS corals.
As with many of the snail species, it is best to physically remove the limpet if you are unsure of its species and diet. Some limpet species are herbivores and are beneficial to even a reef aquarium. But even the herbivores can become harmful if there is not enough food for them in the aquarium. Limpets will typically not reproduce to any significant number in the aquarium, and physical removal is usually a sufficient control for the SPS coral aquarist."
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Post by jasonandsarah on Dec 31, 2013 12:23:50 GMT -5
Nice information to know! Thanks for the read
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Post by spotfin on Jan 28, 2014 22:44:56 GMT -5
Any updates? Or pics?
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Post by gotareef on Jan 29, 2014 9:32:47 GMT -5
nothing yet.... tank went threw first ammonia spike. so going to add a couple bags of pods at the end of the week
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Post by gotareef on Apr 7, 2014 8:01:28 GMT -5
well I finally added a few things!!(tank has been running 3-4 months... im going to have to get someone to come take a couple pics, but here is the list of what I have in there
inverts
cleaner shrimp
3x scarlet hermit crabs
3x florida cerith snails
2x nassarius snails
star astrea snail
fish
court jester goby
phantom and darwin clown pair
sps
red acro
red dragon acro
24k mille
green/orange mille
pink mille
aussie sky blue with green tip acro
ufo acro
strawberry fields acro
lps
sunset fungi plate
bleeding apple scoly
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 7, 2014 8:51:00 GMT -5
Thought this was an sps only tank? ;D I knew you loved your Lps to much not to add a couple nice pieces.
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Post by gotareef on Apr 7, 2014 8:57:00 GMT -5
it was going to be sps only, then I found a sunset plate and a bleeding apple scoly....
welcome to aussie scolys NOT GOOD! now I want one of the scolys that are almost black with red and blue streaks and I have also seen pics of a white one with black and red streaks
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 7, 2014 9:05:30 GMT -5
I've got pictures of a double headed scolly with awesome colors! I think I've seen the black and red one as well.
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 7, 2014 9:27:42 GMT -5
Look at this bad boy! Can't remember exactly but it was ridiculously expensive. Attachments:
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Post by gotareef on Apr 7, 2014 11:09:03 GMT -5
have no clue why the master scolys are so expensive?
imo- not as nice as the war paints....
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Post by jasonandsarah on Apr 7, 2014 11:47:09 GMT -5
2 g's for this thing! Not even close to reasonable
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Post by Pokahpolice on Apr 7, 2014 14:53:23 GMT -5
It's about time you put some life in that bad boy.
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Post by gotareef on Apr 8, 2014 7:11:24 GMT -5
it had life a few weeks ago when I added pods to the dead rock and dead sand  |
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