We have 4 of these guys - love them! This has been stuck in me and my son's heads (forward to 4 min 53 seconds):A couple more recent photos of the RG. He's still a very private fish. When the pumps turn off for feeding, he's out and about. When the lights are off, but there is light in the tank ie in the morning, he'll hang out behind or under the arch. It's still pretty uncommon to see him with lights on and pumps on at the same time. I'm hoping he'll come out more when we get other fish. He's definitely not nearly as paranoid as before, but not super active. Today marks 7 weeks I've had him and 8 weeks since getting the tank.
These guys are probably the family's favorite creatures to watch right now. We call them elephant snails due to their snorkels. There are 2 large and 2 tiny ones in the tank. They are like sharks when any type of food comes into the tank and make excellent vacuum cleaners. I hate the slime coat they produce though.
I didn't know a RG would attack snails! Interesting... I also don't have hermits for that reason lol.
He killed the small margarita within 2 weeks of getting him. He's responsible for at least 3 snails and 1 hermit now. All kills have been right outside of his favorite cave and the shells remain strewn right outside both entrances as a warning to others that they aren't welcome.
Ruthless creatures aren't they? lol Wow.He killed the small margarita within 2 weeks of getting him. He's responsible for at least 3 snails and 1 hermit now. All kills have been right outside of his favorite cave and the shells remain strewn right outside both entrances as a warning to others that they aren't welcome.
I saw a hermit on the big margarita briefly and wondered if it was being attacked. Later that night, I realized that yes, it was.
The spaghetti worm made a meal out of the margarita snail's body yesterday...
The hermit sporting the new shell.
Nice! What kind of toadstool is that on the left?I certainly have a lot of catching up to do on here, but let me take a moment to show off my reef's current state. It hit 3 months today!
My phosphate has been getting rather high so today I plugged in the skimmer to see if it helps...
It's a green cap toadstool. It came with the tank and was in rough condition. Honestly I kinda wanted to get rid of it because it was pretty ugly. It was brown and looked unhealthy. However, over time, the cap turned bright green and the tentacles have a bluish tint to them. It has grown considerably and looks awesome. It has become one of my wife's and my favorite corals in the tank. She wants it moved to the top of the arch. I potentially will do that tonight during the water change.
It looks awesome! I have a "fat polyp" green cap that's much smaller, and it's driving me crazy by not wanting to extend its polyps lately. I guess that's typical of leathers sometimes though. I hope for it to grow fast so it can eventually be a centerpiece coral. Mine is green with pinkish polyps.
Gorgeous!I just took these to show it off a bit...
I've had it a little over a month. It looks good some days, then will retract all its polyps for a few days. I may move it back lower in the tank when I rescape this weekend and see if that helps. Here it is a month ago, at the sandbed.
I need to rent a par meter - my local reef society has one you can use I believe. But I do think I'll relocate it back lower in the tank this weekend and see if it perks up. It did look happy in that pic.
