Blndbunny's 40g shallow reef

[Frankie]

Simple setup I do is a container, 1/4" air line and a cheap valve that came with a power head.

 

[Blndbunny]

That would be easy enough to do

 

[Frankie]

Here is a picture of the setup. I use my mag float to hold the other end in the tank

 

[Blndbunny]

That's how I do all of my dripping also.

I want to re set up my old Nuevo 16 as a quarantine. I don't want to risk pests in my main display

 

[Blndbunny]

Every thing is now finally in the tank!

Found two tiny little acro crabs on two of the colonies. Managed to remove them, placed one in my tricolor and the smaller into a large frag (5) branches

All corals are settling and held their colors pretty good

The spath browned out from shipping stress I'm sure, but is all kinds of fuzzy after less then an hour, so I'm calling it a win.

Pics this evening after everyone has a bit of time to adjust

 

[Frankie]

Acro crabs are good!

 

[Wrangy]

Awesome to hear that Jessica

I'm with Frankie as well, acro crabs are great little critters to have!! Most my larger colonies have them

 

[Blndbunny]

I'm really loving them! I have to call live aquaria tomorrow, sadly one of my crabs hasn't made it. He was playing ninja in his coral, I met with a client and the snails were eating him

The two who hitch hiked are both doing great. Hanging out in their corals waving at the wrasses and munching on slime

Anyways picture time!
The four acro crabs I ordered




First hitchhiker

Then in his coral of choice


Hitchhiker number 2


Here is my fuzzy spath after about an hour


Next set of pics were taken under just white lights. No blues so my large mi t green colony looks quite pale in the pics. In truth it's a mint green with teal/baby blue tips

Whole tank


New mint green A. Hyacinthus. Not sure on id, it's very fine branched

 

[Blndbunny]

Pink and green A clathrata, again not sure on the id. The polyps open up as ovals and they are supposed to be a thick branched acro with a rounded tip, these are rather pointy


Bright purple a. Gemmifera, this one is bright under any kind of light and super happy and full of polyps, top right corner



Here are a couple of quick color updated on my previous divers den corals
Jan

Now

Jan

Now

 

[Oxylebius]

Found two tiny little acro crabs on two of the colonies. Managed to remove them, placed one in my tricolor and the smaller into a large frag (5) branches

Try as you might, no matter where you place those crabs they will move around until they find the coral they want to be in. There may even be battles going on overnight fighting over one single coral head, the dominate one will win out. After a while they will all work out which corals they will end up in. Then the next time you introduce another one, all this most likely will play out again. I love coral crabs. Super mighty for being such little things.