Macro Algae & Corals 25 Gallon Peninsula
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What do you feed it. Mine hasn’t shown any response or interest in food
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Things sure get busy around the holidays! Changed around the aquascape to make more room for corals and to create more swimming space for the fish. The fish were not using the crevices and caves as much as I thought, so the new layout will be more functional.
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Update on our little mystery crab friend…It’s now our LARGE mystery crab friend.
Update on our little mystery crab friend…It’s now our LARGE mystery crab friend.
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Starting to get some more prominent patterns on the shell. Any luck woth the ID?
I just got a skunk cleaner in my 13.5. Really livens up a nano tank!
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Wow, that looks nearly identical to the juvenile Hepatus epheliticus pic I shared earlier. Yeah, based on the species I’ve been able to find juvenile coloration for, I’d feel more confident now guessing either H. epheliticus or H. pudibundus (it’ll be really obvious which one once the crab matures, as H. epheliticus has lots of large, brownish spots on the tan shell while H. pudibundus has lots of little spots, stripes, both, or almost none of either). I’m not sure which of the two (I can’t find many juvenile coloration pics of either), but I’d be surprised if it’s not one of the two.
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I’m talking to my partner about buying a second (smaller) Nano tank just for the crab! It is such a cool invert but I’m worried it won’t have space in the current tank.
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I wouldn’t blame you at all - you definitely got some neat crabs with your live rock!
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A few weeks ago, something went whack in my tank and several of my zoa colonies curled up and started down the path of melting. This happened effectively overnight, and it’s still unclear what happened.
Unfortunately, I lost my Little Shop of Horror and Exosphere polyps (rip). My AOI colony also took a nose dive, but I’m glad to say, knocking on wood, that it seems they are making a full recovery. Good lesson to never count a coral down!
Unfortunately, I lost my Little Shop of Horror and Exosphere polyps (rip). My AOI colony also took a nose dive, but I’m glad to say, knocking on wood, that it seems they are making a full recovery. Good lesson to never count a coral down!
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Thank you! I don't think you can go wrong with TBS. As with any live rock order, you are bound to get some hitchhikers that may qualify as 'baddies': hairy crabs, whelks, eunice worms, etc. I would trade those occasional pests--and I am not even convinced they are all pests, frankly--for the bountiful macro algae, crabs, pods, sponges, corals, and beneficial bacteria that came on the rock, too.
On top of all of that, the folks at @LiverockRocks are also just wonderful with respect to customer care and prompt communication. Would gladly recommend them 11/10 times!
In reference to the "bad" hitchhikers, I like the line one of my theology professors gave when talking about plants: a weed is just a plant where you don't want it.
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