What was the most sentimental thing in your reef tank?

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Hey everyone! I know that people who have had reef tanks for a while can have very sentimental pieces in their tank, whether it's a fish, coral, anemone, invertebrate, or any living thing. I would love to hear about them! Please show pictures if you can!

 

[Ron Reefman]

No photo, but it's a 3" mantis shrimp I collected in the Florida Keys last Spring. It was only 2" long when I collected it.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

No photo, but it's a 3" mantis shrimp I collected in the Florida Keys last Spring. It was only 2" long when I collected it.

Very cool!

 

[Seancj]

Mine is a now 7 year old blue base pink tentacle Magnifica. I acquired it from a fellow hobbyist, who had it for 4 years and then entrusted it to me when he decided to move it out due to size.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Mine is a now 7 year old blue base pink tentacle Magnifica. I acquired it from a fellow hobbyist, who had it for 4 years and then entrusted it to me when he decided to move it out due to size.

That's very cool!

 

[exnisstech]

We used to collect shells when we vacationed to the outer banks. One day I decided to take one from our collection and add it to the tank. Withing an hour my giant hermit crab took up residence. Kinda sentimental since the shell was a vacation memory. Here's a video of him moving in. Sorry it's so long the good part is close to the middle

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

We used to collect shells when we vacationed to the outer banks. One day I decided to take one from our collection and add it to the tank. Withing an hour my giant hermit crab took up residence. Kinda sentimental since the shell was a vacation memory. Here's a video of him moving in. Sorry it's so long the good part is close to the middle

That's very cool!

 

[Ron Reefman]

Very cool!

Yeah, they are extremely difficult to catch. You pick up a rock and you see a small sand plume as the mantis shrimp moves at very high speed from under the rock you lifted, to the next closest rock.

I got lucky and one attached itself to the underside of the rock I lifted. Then, it let go and was slowly drifting/swimming back toward the sandy bottom. I put my collection cup under it and it floated right in!

I only see it when I feed, just like the serpent stars. They may come out at night, but I don't look at it much in the dark.

 

[Doctorgori]

I have sea cucumber that shows up every 5 or 6 months in my bare bottom tank …I’m amazed it’s still around with no sand…. Ive become attached

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

We used to collect shells when we vacationed to the outer banks. One day I decided to take one from our collection and add it to the tank. Withing an hour my giant hermit crab took up residence. Kinda sentimental since the shell was a vacation memory. Here's a video of him moving in. Sorry it's so long the good part is close to the middle

That's a very good video that you got of it! That's one huge hermit crab!

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

Yeah, they are extremely difficult to catch. You pick up a rock and you see a small sand plume as the mantis shrimp moves at very high speed from under the rock you lifted, to the next closest rock.

I got lucky and one attached itself to the underside of the rock I lifted. Then, it let go and was slowly drifting/swimming back toward the sandy bottom. I put my collection cup under it and it floated right in!

I only see it when I feed, just like the serpent stars. They may come out at night, but I don't look at it much in the dark.

That's even cooler! Didn't know you actually caught it!

 

[Troylee]

I’d say my little tyree pink lemonade frag.. it’s a frag from a colony I had many many years ago! I took a 10yr break and got a small frag from the same colony I had back then when I just came back.

 

[WalkerLoves_TheOcean]

I’d say my little tyree pink lemonade frag.. it’s a frag from a colony I had many many years ago! I took a 10yr break and got a small frag from the same colony I had back then when I just came back.

That's so cool that it's a frag of what you had 10 years ago!!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

We used to collect shells when we vacationed to the outer banks. One day I decided to take one from our collection and add it to the tank. Withing an hour my giant hermit crab took up residence. Kinda sentimental since the shell was a vacation memory. Here's a video of him moving in. Sorry it's so long the good part is close to the middle

Neat how you were able to repurpose those shells for your tank