CD_Scapes
Active Member
- Joined
- Mar 26, 2019
- Messages
- 253
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- Location
- Bemidji, MN
- What state or country do you live in
- Minnesota
Inspiration:
Specific species or related species were found using this website as an example of what can be found in “shell reefs”
http://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/search?searchType=Species
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/animals.htm
Gadgets and Hardscape:
Tank- Marineland Contour 5 gallon
Light- Aquaknight LED
Heater- 10 watt slim heater
Pump- Stock pump
Filtration- Filter floss and Biomatrix
Hardscape
Rock- Live rock
Sand- Bimini pink
Shells- Don't know yet
Livestock:
Potential Fish:
Tailspot blenny
Invertebrates:
CUC: Nerite snail, Virgin nerites, Nassarius, Dwarf hermit
Green porcelain crabs
Micro decorator crab
Saron shrimp
Plating sponge
Tube worms
Coral & Friends:
Wild zoas
Macroalgae:
Green:
Caulerpa sp.
Red:
Gracilaria sp.
Brown:
Dictyota sp.
Padina sp.
Project:
The project has been in the idea phase for I'd say 2 years or so, first It was going to be a brackish native reef but after thinking I knew there were other places with "shell reefs" so I'm going tropical with this. I will either use blue mussel shells (like the picture) or I'll go with oyster shells. The goal is mainly red macro with some brown and green macros, little coral and lots of inverts. There will be a single blenny so maybe a small cluster of barnacles for the blenny as well. Besides the larger shells, I'm thinking of having maybe 2 other species of smaller shells scattered throughout. How I'll make the "reef" is I'll take rock and glue the shells onto the rock for the reef look.
Specific species or related species were found using this website as an example of what can be found in “shell reefs”
http://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/search?searchType=Species
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/animals.htm
Gadgets and Hardscape:
Tank- Marineland Contour 5 gallon
Light- Aquaknight LED
Heater- 10 watt slim heater
Pump- Stock pump
Filtration- Filter floss and Biomatrix
Hardscape
Rock- Live rock
Sand- Bimini pink
Shells- Don't know yet
Livestock:
Potential Fish:
Tailspot blenny
Invertebrates:
CUC: Nerite snail, Virgin nerites, Nassarius, Dwarf hermit
Green porcelain crabs
Micro decorator crab
Saron shrimp
Plating sponge
Tube worms
Coral & Friends:
Wild zoas
Macroalgae:
Green:
Caulerpa sp.
Red:
Gracilaria sp.
Brown:
Dictyota sp.
Padina sp.
Project:
The project has been in the idea phase for I'd say 2 years or so, first It was going to be a brackish native reef but after thinking I knew there were other places with "shell reefs" so I'm going tropical with this. I will either use blue mussel shells (like the picture) or I'll go with oyster shells. The goal is mainly red macro with some brown and green macros, little coral and lots of inverts. There will be a single blenny so maybe a small cluster of barnacles for the blenny as well. Besides the larger shells, I'm thinking of having maybe 2 other species of smaller shells scattered throughout. How I'll make the "reef" is I'll take rock and glue the shells onto the rock for the reef look.
