What is the weirdest/unique thing in your tank?

[Spaceshrimp]

Im curious about what is the strangest thing in your tank and provide pictures if possible

 

[Ron Reefman]

This is, and we don't even know what it is! We think it's a sponge, but several marine biologists have been unable to say for sure. I collected it in the Florida Keys and it's been in my tank for over a year now.

This is the 'normal look:

And this it it giving off babies:

I didn't get any of the babies to survive.

 

[Garia666]

Woot haha that is something weird definitely! Awesome does it walk or sit still?

 

[Ron Reefman]

It never moves. I found it on the bottom in 3' of water where the bottom was literally covered with coral and sponges.

 

[SandJ]

I have not seen it for a while, but I did have a Bonellia viridis worm in my tank. It is kinda like a peanut worm, but the ”trunk” is forked and it could stretch out about 10” or so.

 

[BayouReefer]

This is my new sand sifting starfish

 

[Malifry97]

INTERESTING! Maybe a new species? @Ron Reefman

 

[Haberdasher]

My anti-siphon setup. It's my own design that doesn't rely on check valves or for the water level to drop to a certain level before it stops the siphon. It stops the siphon immediately on pump shut down.

 

[Malifry97]

My anti-siphon setup. It's my own design that doesn't rely on check valves or for the water level to drop to a certain level before it stops the siphon. It stops the siphon immediately on pump shut down.

Care to to share in a separate thread? Could be beneficial to many other reefers

 

[Haberdasher]

Care to to share in a separate thread? Could be beneficial to many other reefers

Good idea.

I described it a long time ago in this thread but I don't think I quite got the point across and there wasn't much reaction to it.

How to prevent back flow on a return line that's drilled into the back of a tank?

Man, all you guys that say check valves will fail. Everything will fail without proper maintenance. Of course, trouble is that most people probably don't maintain them properly; which can have unfortunate consequences. There are simply better way to accomplish the same thing that are not so...

www.reef2reef.com

But I have to tear the tank down in a couple weeks to move so I'll get some better pics and start a new thread and post the link back in here.

 

[Malifry97]

Good idea.

I described it a long time ago in this thread but I don't think I quite got the point across and there wasn't much reaction to it.

How to prevent back flow on a return line that's drilled into the back of a tank?

Man, all you guys that say check valves will fail. Everything will fail without proper maintenance. Of course, trouble is that most people probably don't maintain them properly; which can have unfortunate consequences. There are simply better way to accomplish the same thing that are not so...

www.reef2reef.com

But I have to tear the tank down in a couple weeks to move so I'll get some better pics and start a new thread and post the link back in here.

Ok cool! Let me know when you start it!

 

[Ron Reefman]

INTERESTING! Maybe a new species? @Ron Reefman

I haven't found anybody interested enough to get serious about it. One biologist was willing to take it and cut it open in order to try and figure out what it is. But I'm not giving up the one example I have. If it ever gives off more kids and I can get a few to survive, then I'd do it. But the marine biologists I deal with are into mollusks, anemones and fish... nobody seemed to know anybody who studied sponges.

My anti-siphon setup. It's my own design that doesn't rely on check valves or for the water level to drop to a certain level before it stops the siphon. It stops the siphon immediately on pump shut down.

Thanks for offering more info. I'm in the process of building a DIY 90g tank (36"x30"x20") and I'm doing a number of unusual design elements and I'm interested in your anti-siphon idea.

I've done an overflow with holes rather than teeth and I'm doing a very unique rockscape built on an egg crate stair step platform. It's in my 90g build thread linked below in my signature.

 

[Malifry97]

I haven't found anybody interested enough to get serious about it. One biologist was willing to take it and cut it open in order to try and figure out what it is. But I'm not giving up the one example I have. If it ever gives off more kids and I can get a few to survive, then I'd do it. But the marine biologists I deal with are into mollusks, anemones and fish... nobody seemed to know anybody who studied sponges.



Thanks for offering more info. I'm in the process of building a DIY 90g tank (36"x30"x20") and I'm doing a number of unusual design elements and I'm interested in your anti-siphon idea.

I've done an overflow with holes rather than teeth and I'm doing a very unique rockscape built on an egg crate stair step platform. It's in my 90g build thread linked below in my signature.

Yeah I would offer the only specimen as well lol

 

[CoralBuddy]

That's a funny question, I think in my tank the weirdest thing is my pair of diamond gobies moving sand around nonstop driving me crazy, nothing can be put on sandbed