Operation: bob be gone

[Naiad]

What kind of crabs are they? The red color and fuzzy claws are very cool! They bad or just risky?

No idea on the type. The sharp black claws indicate they are likely to eat more meat than algea. Crabs are opportunistic feeders. If hungry enough they will catch and eat fish.

 

[Naiad]

Two more little eunice worms pulled this morning. I will be taking requests for adoption of most creatures seen and listed in the thread. Not all were evil lol. Some I just have too many of to support.

 

[TinyChocobo]

Brittle stars are good no?

 

[Naiad]

Brittle stars are good no?

Brittle stars are good. I have several already.

 

[TinyChocobo]

I have zero of them. My wife is dying to have a sea star. Haha.

 

[Naiad]

Ribbon worm?

@Lionfish Lair

 

[helen ann]

Goodness! Getting a lesson in creepy crawlies!!!:confused:

 

[Naiad]

Want to try shipping out things to new homes monday. Please pm if there is something you would like for a species tank.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ribbon worm?

Yes, I believe it is. There was one area that looked a little "non-ribbony", but I now believe it to be just "wrinkles". I can see zero hint of bristles or parapod or any segments. So I agree with your ID.

 

[Naiad]

rock is back in the tank. I either killed the largest of the Eunice worms with a fresh dip or he is a more formidable opponent than anticipated. I will continue to monitor for him. If you have sent me your address I will let you know what I ship out tomorrow evening. If anyone wants anything pls pm tonight or early tomorrow!

 

[LadAShark]

I'm sure they'll live. They're indestructible.

Harlequin Tuskfish and Dragon Wrasse disagree.

 

[LadAShark]

Ok - to be more specific... I would dip the rocks to get out everything I wanted to keep... And then I'd perform ERADICATION :p.

I'm on my first tank - day 21 today - used live rock and I've found a rare sponge that can move/walk, several pineapple sponges, a few filter feeders poking out of the rocks, several stomatella, a couple of little clam-like things, several asternia sea stars, and some other fun stuff. Tank has so many copepods at this point it's almost like snow haha... Nothing in there to eat them so we'll see what happens with that.

I'm following this thread - sorry to have seen about your tank crash.

500 degrees would guarantee that the beneficial organisms on the rock die as well.

 

[TinyChocobo]

500 degrees would guarantee that the beneficial organisms on the rock die as well.

Correct. Killing everything on the rocks would certainly make the cycle take longer I imagine. Not much different from using a synthetic product though as a base.

Would probably want to seed the tank somehow to get things started but I'm no expert.

 

[LadAShark]

Correct. Killing everything on the rocks would certainly make the cycle take longer I imagine. Not much different from using a synthetic product though as a base.

Would probably want to seed the tank somehow to get things started but I'm no expert.

But why even buy live rock just to turn it into base rock with a lot of dead stuff on it? It will totally rot in one's tank... (Not the rock itself, but all the biomass)

 

[TinyChocobo]

But why even buy live rock just to turn it into base rock with a lot of dead stuff on it? It will totally rot in one's tank... (Not the rock itself, but all the biomass)

Well it's still rock from the ocean - not something made artificially. I guess it just depends on if you want all of the stuff that comes in on the rock or not. That said my local store doesn't sell it any other way.

I didn't do that for my current tank though... Just found an Aiptasia wee :).

 

[LadAShark]

Well it's still rock from the ocean - not something made artificially. I guess it just depends on if you want all of the stuff that comes in on the rock or not. That said my local store doesn't sell it any other way.

I didn't do that for my current tank though... Just found an Aiptasia wee :).

Eh. I don't know, just seems like a waste of live rock to me.

 

[TinyChocobo]

It's only a waste if you had zero parasites/creatures on the rocks you didn't want and would have been hard to get out of the tank.

The problem is that you may not see the parasites until they're already in the tank - fun stuff :).

At any rate you're probably right either way - a waste. I've never done it was was more speaking jokingly.

 

[LadAShark]

It's only a waste if you had zero parasites/creatures on the rocks you didn't want and would have been hard to get out of the tank.

The problem is that you may not see the parasites until they're already in the tank - fun stuff :).

At any rate you're probably right either way - a waste. I've never done it was was more speaking jokingly.

Oh, lol.
Most of the stuff on the rocks are usually taken care of by a super salty water dip. All the inverts tend to want to escape then. And if you have any fish that would eat worms (wrasses, puffers, and some others) those guys will be taken care of too.

 

[TinyChocobo]

I only have a 29 Gallon [standard] Reef Tank currently. You can see it in my build thread [nothing impressive, lol].

Just added 2 Percula Clown fish today - they were together in an anenome at the LFS and I bought them together. Beyond that have a few blue legged hermits and a few snails to help keep things clean. The only thing I'm having issues with right now is bryopsis. The asternia stars I have in the tank haven't touched my corals.

Would love to have a puffer fish but I've heard they're incredibly hard to care for - that said - I definitely want a bigger tank first. Trying to talk the wife into 200G+ because I've always loved aquaculture since a kid but I've just never had the funds for salt tanks until recently.

 

[LadAShark]

I only have a 29 Gallon [standard] Reef Tank currently. You can see it in my build thread [nothing impressive, lol].

Just added 2 Percula Clown fish today - they were together in an anenome at the LFS and I bought them together. Beyond that have a few blue legged hermits and a few snails to help keep things clean. The only thing I'm having issues with right now is bryopsis. The asternia stars I have in the tank haven't touched my corals.

Would love to have a puffer fish but I've heard they're incredibly hard to care for - that said - I definitely want a bigger tank first. Trying to talk the wife into 200G+ because I've always loved aquaculture since a kid but I've just never had the funds for salt tanks until recently.

I see. Good luck with that then. Do know that 200G costs quite a lot to keep. The stars can be gotten rid of with a harlequin shrimp if you really want to, but do remember that the harlequin shrimp will need to be fed starfish from then on.
Which, now that I'm thinking about it, wouldn't be impossible for me to manage because I can go to the ocean nearby and collect 10 large starfish and keep em till the harlequin eats them. Some people try to keep them by getting chocolate chip starfish and cutting off an arm every now and then.