Salty Adventure

[Kmst80]

Latest additions, two little button scolly's and a heliofungia

 

[BBogdan]

What's your Galaxia doing? Does it sting everything around?
I also have a nice piece with which I had no problem for a few months, then suddenly gave some very long sweepers like 15-20 cm, which started to sting all around them. I had to insolate it in a corner. :frowning-face:

 

[Kmst80]

What's your Galaxia doing? Does it sting everything around?
I also have a nice piece with which I had no problem for a few months, then suddenly gave some very long sweepers like 15-20 cm, which started to sting all around them. I had to insolate it in a corner. :frowning-face:

The galaxea is behaving, the other day my bta landed on her and there was a short war with a clear winner...the bta retreated swift. The longest sweepers I have seen on mine were about 3 cm long, fingers crossed it stays this way. I do feed phyto daily, not sure if that plays a role.

 

[b breef]

How long did it take your helio to fully extend its tents? I know there’s a lot of factors involved but just generally.

I just got one in my tank today and after the trip boxed up (from liveaquaria) it’s extended 6mm or so in a a few hrs but the tentacles look shriveled. I’ve never had a ltp before so just wondering.
Thanks
bb

 

[Kmst80]

How long did it take your helio to fully extend its tents? I know there’s a lot of factors involved but just generally.

I just got one in my tank today and after the trip boxed up (from liveaquaria) it’s extended 6mm or so in a a few hrs but the tentacles look shriveled. I’ve never had a ltp before so just wondering.
Thanks
bb

Hi bb,
she pretty much came out a couple of hours after placing into the tank, that picture is of her being 2 days in the tank.
She's my first helio too, i bought mine from a local coral shop so only an hour transport. Is yours more inflated now?

 

[b breef]

Hi bb,
she pretty much came out a couple of hours after placing into the tank, that picture is of her being 2 days in the tank.
She's my first helio too, i bought mine from a local coral shop so only an hour transport. Is yours more inflated now?

Thanks for the reply and yes looks better for sure although I awoke to a cloudy tank too. I haven’t seen cloudy water in months. I wonder if there is a correlation with adding the helio- it’s huge (5” skeleton) and my tank is 20 g. I’m gonna do a 20% WC just to be safe.

 

[Kmst80]

Ok, woke up this morning just to see this happening in the tank. She's a mean hungry little button scolly and that was my biggest hermit crab too.

 

[b breef]

Ok, woke up this morning just to see this happening in the tank. She's a mean hungry little button scolly and that was my biggest hermit crab too.

Wow sorry about your hermit….I didn’t realize scollys were that aggressive. My ltp dissolved sadly. That’s why my water was so cloudy… I guess it was damaged in shipping bc I remember there were pieces of flesh in the bag wh I received it.
I took it out my tan asap and did 25% WC. It was Very smelly.

 

[Dreamscapesaquatics]

Love this build. Thanks for sharing. Following

 

[Kmst80]

Wow sorry about your hermit….I didn’t realize scollys were that aggressive. My ltp dissolved sadly. That’s why my water was so cloudy… I guess it was damaged in shipping bc I remember there were pieces of flesh in the bag wh I received it.
I took it out my tan asap and did 25% WC. It was Very smelly.

Bummer that helio didn't make it, not sure if it suffered to much in transport but thats the reason i rather buy my corals and fish local( only works if you got a local lfs).
My hermit is fine, she must have been growing coz that was just a shell, dodged a bullet there.
Shes sifting sand happily ever after.

 

[Kmst80]

Got some new additions last week, pretty happy with were the tank is now.

Pair of Banghai Cardinals

and finally after 6 month of prep i was able to introduce this little girl

My probably only SPS in the tank...Acropora Dallas

Made it to 6 month

 

[b breef]

Nice new critters

 

[Kmst80]

Got a couple more corals.

Porites with Christmas Trees and another little western australian Button Scolly

 

[Kmst80]

So bad news first, i lost my heliofungia, she did get an infection and went downhill all so slow to the bitter end. Learned my lesson, after the torch helio is number two i will never touch again.

Got a nice mini maxi instead and two peppermints to take care of the few spots of aptasia.

 

[b breef]

Sorry about your helio… yep I’m finished with them too. Nice maxi though!

 

[Kmst80]

8 month into the Salty Adventure and the tank is running nice.

Hermit crab and Purple sea cucumber

White worm culture feasting on greek yoghurt

Phytoplankton Culture

Getting water this morning

Little unknown hitchhiker thats been steadily growing

Mandarin goby feasting on copepods

Scolly collection

Mini Maxi Anemone

Galaxea, one of the first as it was a hitchhiker(Mini Maxi in backround)

Toadstool and Forest Fire Bta and Ricordea

Banghai Cardinals

another Mini Maxi

Green Star Pollyps and Frogspawn in background

Full Tank shot

 

[tzabor10]

Following

 

[Cthulukelele]

Would love to see how the tank is doing now!

 

[Kmst80]

Would love to see how the tank is doing now!

Yeah I've been slack with posting updates, the tank has doubled in size too. I'll try to update it this weekend, here is a sneak peak of the new tank

 

[Cthulukelele]

Yeah I've been slack with posting updates, the tank has doubled in size too. I'll try to update it this weekend, here is a sneak peak of the new tank

Nice! We have similar taste in coral. Here's the view of my tank rn from my chair playing video games in the office lol