00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[tbrown]

That is fantastic Tim! What light works best for you, and do you keep the salinity slightly lower than your tank water. This is my next venture and I'm still in the research phase

I have a white plant grow light and a blue/red plant grow light. Some like bright, some like less bright, some like blue.

I'm running (I believe) 1.019 salinity in my Phyto, so yes, lower.

 

[kevgib67]

Sorry to hear but thank god for your daughter, could have been much worse.

 

[kevgib67]

Did someone say chimichanga Thursday?

 

[cdemoss01]

Those Bullet Gobies (also called Banded Dragon or sometimes Tiger Gobies) are sand "sifters". They're not a true sand sifting Goby, but the bulk of thei food comes from the sand bed. They're a meat eating goby rather than an algae eater, so you'll want to make sure you have pods and a "dirty" sand bed usually.

Oh what I need pods?

 

[tbrown]

Oh what I need pods?

If there are pods in your sand, you're good. If not, he'll need something to eat. They sift pods out of the sand.

 

[00W]

So... Trochus snails all breed at the same time in our tanks - 1 snail triggers a massive spawning event and all the females release eggs into the water column and all the names release sperm into the water column. Your tank is usually cloudy for a half hour or so during this timeframe. A few days later, little tiny dots appear and usually within a week or two, baby Trochus are visible crawling on the rocks and glass. Two Trochus can turn into 100 very quickly which is great for tanks like mine with snail eaters.

For me too I have 100's of them.
None of them really make it very long but they are a great food source agreed.

 

[cdemoss01]

If there are pods in your sand, you're good. If not, he'll need something to eat. They sift pods out of the sand.

They dont eat pellets?

 

[tbrown]

They dont eat pellets?

From the sand bed, yes. They don't typically actively swim up to eat from the water column from my understanding.

 

[Remi]

You spoke before about baby snail just notice one for the 1st time.

 

[kingranch2003]

Good morning Smorg nerds. Jeez a new record, this is becoming a full time job!

That's the #Smorgasbordafterdark effect Kevin!

 

[kingranch2003]

I knew, but wishing everyone a good day when it was afternoon reinforced it.

I can't be up all night AND all day!

#Smorgasbordafterdark

 

[kingranch2003]

Good morning everyone

Luis, please tell me that I'm not imagining it, and your favias look great!

 

[kingranch2003]

That's a weird gif..

Oh man, you ain't seen nothing yet. Show up at about midnight tonight.

 

[Calmwaters]

Oh man, you ain't seen nothing yet. Show up at about midnight tonight.

That's creepy looking lol

 

[kingranch2003]

My new variety pack of phyto shows up today. Along with some Zoas, Lithos, Montis, and Macro Algae.

Where da Montis at?

 

[kingranch2003]

Are there any snails that do breed in our tanks that are actually worth having? I'd love a self sustaining cuc :thinking-face:

Stomatella. I saw one on a live rock one night. Now I can barely see rocks bc of them lol. They're an awesome cuc member and they breed like crazy in my tank. I took my mag float out the other day and it must've had 10 babies under it.

 

[kingranch2003]

How did they breed?

When two snails fall in love...

 

[kingranch2003]

That poor princess! What's his name?

 

[kingranch2003]

Oh what I need pods?

Yessir

 

[cdemoss01]

When two snails fall in love...

Ah man..