When I moved my corals into my new tank my large TS was attached to 3 big rocks at its base . I cut one of the rocks loose , cutting the coral as close to the rock as I could leaving about an inch round and 1/8" thick piece of flesh on the rock . That piece in 5 months is now a 3"x3" toadstool .
I enjoyed my Engineer gobies also . I had a pair of them in my 220 for about 3 years and they had grown to over a foot long . Shortly before tearing down the 220 to move everything into my new tank they developed a taste for cleaner shrimp . Then a few weeks after starting up the new aquarium I...
I just cured 550 LBS of LR in my sump . The aquarium wasnt ready or I would have cured it in there . I swished the rock around in a bucket of SW then put it in the sump . It took less than 10 days for amonia and nitrite to test off the scale and return to 0 .
I had a bicolor and a purple one . I am glad they are gone . The both of them would hunt down and kill any new smaller fish I tried to add like blennies ,green chromis or gobies . I have also read they like to eat ornamental shrimp .
Darren
I had a bicolor and a purple pseudo in the same tank . They got along great . Only problem was together they would hunt down and kill just about everything else I put in the tank after they were added.
I never see my snails on the rocks , only the hermits .Seems they choose to stay on the glass . Do those of you who dont have crabs ( in your aquarium) have snails roaming the rocks ?