stuart1962 Reef chronicle

[nanoreefing4fun]

could he have molted? if not, sorry you lost him, the snail must just be cleaning up... never heard of a snail catching a live shrimp - pretty star

 

[Stuart1962]

Not molted poor little guy was struggling when I first seen him, tried to get him out but Jack the Ripper had him tight, I thought the same ,never heard of a snail faster than a shrimp, maybe he's a turbo snail instead of a nassarius, lol, shame though

 

[Oxylebius]

The shrimp must have been sick, a healthy shrimp would have gotten away from the snail. Sorry

 

[Stuart1962]

We live and learn

 

[Stuart1962]

Just received my new Flipper glass cleaner today, its excellent, great buy, thoroughly recommend it

 

[Stuart1962]

Todays Test Results


Salinity : SPG 1.025 35ppt
Temp : 25.9, 80.42
PH : 8.2
Nitrite : 0
Nitrate : 0
Ammonia : 0
KH : 2.78 meq/L 7.784 dkh 139 ppm
Phosphate : 0
Magnesium : 1440
Calcium : 430

 

[Stuart1962]

My new feather duster rock

 

[Oxylebius]

That is one awesome piece you picked up. To keep them all alive make sure you spot feed them.
Here are a couple of handy articles on feeding them:
http://www.dtplankton.com/articles/filterfood.html
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=5525
http://www.saltcorner.com/Articles/Showarticle.php?articleID=75
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/inverts

And looking for the best food to feed your Fan Worms/Feather Dusters? How about AlgaGen Acartia tonsa, AlgaGen Pseudodiaptomus pelagicus, AlgaGen Parvocalanus crassirostris, AlgaGen Tangerine Pod, AlgaGen Moina salina, AlgaGen PhycoPure™ Reef Blend, AlgaGen Decap'd Brine™, and AlgaGen Rotifers. You can go with frozen rotifers also.

 

[Stuart1962]

Cheers Oxy, I've got some frozen rotifers, I will see if I can get any of the others, it even looks more spectacular today, will get a pic later

 

[Stuart1962]

Some new pics

 

[Stuart1962]

A few new corals I bought











and another pic of my feather duster

 

[Stuart1962]

3 New purchases

 

[Oxylebius]

Nice video. Either that is a small clam or a big conch. Hard to tell the size of these in the video.

 

[Pat24601]

Nice Corals!

 

[Stuart1962]

Thank you all, the clam is about 3 inches, maybe 2 inches, I always like to think bigger lol

 

[Stuart1962]

Are these aptasia, not quite sure

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

looks more like a polyp coral to me

 

[Oxylebius]

No, not aiptasia.

 

[Stuart1962]

Great, was a bit worried for a while

 

[Stuart1962]

I think these are Pulsing Xenia, they were attached to the foot of my leather toadstool when I bought it, is there a way I can cut them off to place them somewhere else.