80 gallon shallow lagoon mixed reef - upgrade time!

adittam · Oct 12, 2022

Video update, with a few cool new corals!

adittam · Oct 21, 2022

A few quick cell phone pics from tonight!

adittam · Oct 22, 2022

I was finally able to get a few fairly sharp photos of Mando, my baby @Biota_Marine blue mandarin! He's growing like crazy since I got him in August. Last photo is a bonus pick of my other @Biota_Marine baby, Jeff Goldblum <3

Sean Clark · Oct 22, 2022

Love Mando and Jeff Goldblum. Pasty is still downstairs for now.

adittam · Nov 1, 2022

Funky new tank video. Jeff Goldblum has his own soundtrack in this one, @Biota_Marine :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

adittam · Dec 2, 2022

Nori feeding time!

adittam · Dec 22, 2022

Just a few quick cellphone snaps from this evening.

adittam · Dec 26, 2022

Merry Christmas, from my @Biota_Marine friends, Jeff Goldblum, Mando, and I!

adittam · Dec 29, 2022

Mando says hi!

Biota_Marine · Dec 30, 2022

adittam said:
Merry Christmas, from my @Biota_Marine friends, Jeff Goldblum, Mando, and I!

AHHHHHH!!!!! This is awesome!

Please let me share on our socials. You can be a Biota human model! - Felicia

adittam · Dec 30, 2022

Biota_Marine said:
AHHHHHH!!!!! This is awesome!

Please let me share on our socials. You can be a Biota human model! - Felicia

Sounds good to me! :cool:

dstockwell · Dec 30, 2022

Beautiful tank

adittam · Jan 16, 2023

adittam · Feb 5, 2023

Pretty sure my tuxedo urchin is spawning! Anyone else know for sure either way if that’s what we’re seeing here?

Biota_Marine · Feb 6, 2023

adittam said:
Pretty sure my tuxedo urchin is spawning! Anyone else know for sure either way if that’s what we’re seeing here?

Yup, and if you had any others in the tank it usually signals them to spawn as well

adittam · Feb 6, 2023

Biota_Marine said:
Yup, and if you had any others in the tank it usually signals them to spawn as well

Sweet! Do you know if blue and red tuxedo urchins can reproduce together?

Biota_Marine · Feb 6, 2023

adittam said:
Sweet! Do you know if blue and red tuxedo urchins can reproduce together?

I believe they're both just different strains of Mespilia globulus so they should be able to reproduce together. They typically spawn with slight chemical changes, moon cycles, or temperature changes but you don't really know if you have a male or female until they start spawning. The females spawning look pretty similar to males except that gametes are slightly larger looking.

Typically in reef tanks you won't get fertilized gametes because everything eats it or they get taken up by filtration but many people spawn them in a seperate container to collect and combine for a higher success rate.