Shaun's 2000 Litre (530 USG) Living Reef & Red Sea Max S 650 LED Design & Build

[elisa h]

So then, who do you think has been eating my green star polyps in the centre of my tank that I’ve had since I started!

The accused......

Now getting really stuck in...

And what’s left! Little sh..! But such a pretty face...

Haha I’ve seen my kole tang pick at my gsp a couple times too not sure if he’s actually eating it. That freckle faced tang is so so cute though!! I don’t think I could be mad at that face either! Gsp is pretty cheap anyways

 

[SPR1968]

Here’s a picture of the sea cucumber that I put in the tank over 12 months ago, and it’s grown ‘a little’!

I was wondering why the Coral at the side of it (the green shiny one! lol) had moved. It’s because the sea cucumber was hiding under it. Well until I moved it!

Making its escape....

 

[NY_Caveman]

Here’s a picture of the sea cucumber that I put in the tank over 12 months ago, and it’s grown ‘a little’!

I was wondering why the Coral at the side of it (the green shiny one! lol) had moved. It’s because the sea cucumber was hiding under it. Well until I moved it!

Making its escape....

Huge! Very cool!

 

[najer]

Here’s a picture of the sea cucumber that I put in the tank over 12 months ago, and it’s grown ‘a little’!

I was wondering why the Coral at the side of it (the green shiny one! lol) had moved. It’s because the sea cucumber was hiding under it. Well until I moved it!

Making its escape....

I have no idea how many I have now, gorgeous creatures.

 

[GoVols]

Beautiful pictures!

+1....

 

[SPR1968]

And here is an up to date full tank shot

Note something’s been eating my torch corals, and is currently half way through the large one at the middle back! I’ve seen the Chevron Tang pecking around it the little sh..!

 

[HolisticBear]

Great FTS. Tank looks so good.

You keep that back wall clean. It looks great, I'm sure that's a bunch of work

 

[SPR1968]

Great FTS. Tank looks so good.

You keep that back wall clean. It looks great, I'm sure that's a bunch of work

Thanks @HolisticBear !

The back wall isn’t to hard to keep clean actually. I just give it a scrape every 3-4 weeks as soon as ‘little white things’ start to appear (look like sand but are probably a life form). If I keep on top of it it’s easy really. I prefer it clean at the back as it gives the tank depth. I think! Lol

 

[SPR1968]

Have you ever seen such a pretty face....

 

[HolisticBear]

Have you ever seen such a pretty face....

Looks beautiful, but maybe a bit grumpy in that shot!

 

[buddy.]

Bloody nice tank there mate!

 

[SPR1968]

Bloody nice tank there mate!

Thank you @buddy. !

 

[mike werner]

hey shaun,really enjoyed the thread.i had blue jaws years ago but lost them for no known reason.now I have a half dozen cleaner shrimp so I can't go back.to that kind of fun I imagine.can we get some new pics?

 

[SPR1968]

hey shaun,really enjoyed the thread.i had blue jaws years ago but lost them for no known reason.now I have a half dozen cleaner shrimp so I can't go back.to that kind of fun I imagine.can we get some new pics?

Thanks for taking the time to read through my little adventure Mike.

The Blue Throat Triggers have a real presence in the tank certainly.

Here you go...

 

[mike werner]

thanks for the updated pics.what type of steroids do you feed them?

 

[SPR1968]

thanks for the updated pics.what type of steroids do you feed them?

Lol!

They certainly have a healthy appetite!

 

[NY_Caveman]

Thanks for taking the time to read through my little adventure Mike.

The Blue Throat Triggers have a real presence in the tank certainly.

Here you go...

Absolutely beautiful fish. And he knows it.

EDIT: They know it.

 

[SPR1968]

So then let’s talk about the Asterina Starfish. AKA the little white sweet starfish and eater and killer of my corals!

Over a period of around 3 months I’ve lost 3 smallish torch/hammer corals and currently the large torch coral at the back of my tank is half the size it once was.

I thought it was the fish pecking at them but then I found some in the middle of the large (once anyway!) green star polyp and noticed I had a plague of them in the tank.

So I’ve spent the last 3 days removing any that can be seen with some long tweezers

I’ve also reserved 2 Harlequin Shrimps which are coming into the LFS today

 

[najer]

I lost a few sps before I realised what was going on, harlequin sorted mine in a few weeks then I took it back to the lfs and traded it in.

 

[fabutahoun]

Harlequins will handle the situation in a short time, you will need to feed live/frozen stars to keep the shrimps alive after all Asterina is go, or Trade them like what Simon did.