OP
OP
OrionN
Anemones
Black Mangrove are a lot smaller than red mangroves. There are a lot of them around Corpus Christi water front.
My three new Crocea
- Thread starter OrionN
- Start date
- Tagged users None
OP
OP
OrionN
Anemones
It is fun to have mangroves and sea grass. We see a lot of these along the shore of the bay after storms. Black Mangroves and Sea Grass are protected species so we can't just go unroof it from the wild and plant them in our tank, but collected unroofed grass and seeds along the rocky sea shore, technically against the law, I collect them anyway and replant plant them anyway in my tank.
How much nutrient they remove? Likely minimal. I doubt that they remove anywhere near the macroalgae remove. I remove about 1 cubic feet of algae from my tank every week or two, I also remove more than a gallon algae (compressed) from my 65 gal weekly. The Sea Grass and Mangroves just do not grow fast enough.
Weekly from 65 gal. Dimension of the container is 18 inches X 8 inches
How much nutrient they remove? Likely minimal. I doubt that they remove anywhere near the macroalgae remove. I remove about 1 cubic feet of algae from my tank every week or two, I also remove more than a gallon algae (compressed) from my 65 gal weekly. The Sea Grass and Mangroves just do not grow fast enough.
Weekly from 65 gal. Dimension of the container is 18 inches X 8 inches
WhitePanther93
Valuable Member
@OrionN i know it’s been several years since the original posting, but how are those little guys doing? Personally I’m hoping to find a crocea of my own with the “mandarin” patterns
myminireef18
Community Member
Stunning! I don't dare to try keeping these.I got really lucky and recently got these three new Crocea. My Maxima I have had for a long time. These guys are small, only 1.5 inches, but I am confident in my ability to keep them well. For me, 1 inch Crocea are large enough. Maxima must be at lest 1.5 inches and other species about 2+ inches. Some of the most beautiful Crocea I had in the past I got as 1 inch-ers.
Group Pictures:
Individual Pictures:
OP
OP
OrionN
Anemones
I don't have them any more. Over Covid, my tank were badly neglected and a lot of my animals died. It took a lot of work to get my tank in reasonable condition again. I lost a lot of my clams and coral. Now I just have fishes, Gigantea, Magnifica, mini carpets, Rock anemones. and a few clams and a few hardy corals. These beautiful Crocea and Maxima were lost.
