Definitely worm free (IMLagoon25)

[BristleWormHater]

Definitely time for a water change but my nitrate Time to whip out the neonitro

 

[BristleWormHater]

The irony... guess who has a nasty bobbit worm
Ignore the bristleworm on the left

 

[BristleWormHater]

Got some salt mixing, upgraded my setup for that too, went from 550gph powerhead to a 2100gph powerhead and a 50w heater. Still in a 5 gallon bucket lol.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Got the water change done awhile ago, hopefully my corals will be a bit happier. The goni hasn't had great polyp extension recently and neither has my new digitata probably due to the low calcium, it was at 350ppm.
Threw in some neonitro afterwards to keep nitrate above zero, only having one fish to feed has definitely taken its toll. All that macroalgae is not helping either lol.
Overall everything is doing good but Im not liking having to deal with a bobbit worm and a gorilla crab. Definitely want to get them out before I add any small fish, mainly worried about the bobbit.

 

[BristleWormHater]

I am pretty sure the bobbit (Eunice) worm is benign but id rather be safe than sorry. It dosent seem to have mandibles for predation like some members of the genus, looks like its got some little palps for eating detritus and maybe algae.
It keeps pulling in parts of my caulpera thats in front of its little hole which is getting really annoying because it keeps ripping some of the roots out of the sand when it does that. Looks like its maybe nibbling on the caulpera though.
Its also making this wierd glue like substance to adhere things around the entrance to its hole, its pulled in peices of crab molts, shells, and my macroalgae like I mentioned, haven't heard of them doing that before. Ive seen things get stuck to that rock but I had no idea what was doing it until I saw the worm yesterday.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Speaking of my little critters
One down, one to go

Euthanized with a stab through the abdomen, sadly I dont have a home for this guy.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Still does not change my opinion of ocean live rock, all my clams were worth the trouble.
Clearly I should have been more observant while the rock was in the "observation" tank. Ill probably leave out traps next time.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Ive decided Im not giving up on growing bug prop roots and putting this guy in the tank. Its going pretty well under the grow light, had to move it away from the window as it got colder, I have single pane windows lol. Looks like its about to sprout a new pair of leaves, then Ill mive it to a bigger container so Ittle grow prop roots agian. For those who dont know, mangroves will stop growing prop roots once they hit soil, then they start growing runners from the prop roots. Once we get to the summer I think ill put it in a big 5 gallon bucket outside.

 

[BristleWormHater]

This is my 5000th message on r2r!

Now a 5000 club member

 

[BristleWormHater]

Heres some shots from today, that anacropora is getting crazy polyp extension! Im going to mount it this weekend, long with the digitata and the other branching montipora.

This digi has not colored up at all I think its only gotten more brown. I guess ill just have another tan/bown coral. I think it'll still look nice grown out, Ill put it towards the back of the tank.

 

[Crabs+Shrimps-69]

The irony... guess who has a nasty bobbit worm
Ignore the bristleworm on the left

Video is appears as private for me but I can imagine what the video is likely showing

 

[BristleWormHater]

Giveaway on reefbay for anyone interested

 

[BristleWormHater]

Fts, mounted everything on the frag rack that im keeping, aside from the new toadstool leather I got. Very excited to have one, I think ill get another one with different colors as well.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Id say this was a good pickup for $15

 

[BristleWormHater]

Took this a few days ago

 

[BristleWormHater]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Im traveling right now but im excited to get back home and work on the tank.
Goals for the rest of this year
Another AI prime 16
A cross-flow wave maker
Fish!

 

[twentyleagues]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Im traveling right now but im excited to get back home and work on the tank.
Goals for the rest of this year
Another AI prime 16
A cross-flow wave maker
Fish!

Safe travels and happy Thanksgiving!

 

[BristleWormHater]

I got back on Saturday, tank looks good, she always does a good job.
One peice of the red montipora is bleached for some reason, others are fine. It was a little bleached before I left though. Tested alk at 7.6dkh, ive brought it up to 9.3dkh with sodium bicarbonate dosing, seems like the bleaching isnt getting any worse.
I have no idea why alk is so low while calcium is still good at 399ppm? Anyways all seems to be goid now.
No pics at the moment because r2r won't let me upload them.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Hopefully some updates soon but I am super sick right now. Ive had high fevers every day since Monday

 

[ThisIsTheWay]

Hopefully some updates soon but I am super sick right now. Ive had high fevers every day since Monday

Oh no I hope you feel better soon.
There seems to be something going around right now. I’ve been out all week as well and I know other people have been out, both at my work and my wife’s work.