zigz 55 gal television

[Taylor_made]

Very Nice! I love your macro algae, what cool looking reef tank. The yellow sponge is great, how old is it? I know they are hard to keep alive, it looks so natural in your tank. Your colors all seem to pop!


Taylor

[iluvzigz]

the yellow sponge i just gotabout a week ago but i have an orange one in the corner that ive had for 5 months now ..since i set the tank up...

Thanks alot for te compliments!

[iluvzigz]

Originally Posted by iluvzigz

my new plants i dont know how they are doing

caulerpa racemosathe bulb looking ones




This is my second time trying these and already one patch has lost its green color what would cause that to happen..i have other plants in my tank that do very well...any advice?

does anyone know about the plant ..and why they might die off ive had a hard time gettin these suckers to stay alive ..the person i got these from has them thriving..my other plants do ok

[iluvzigz]

while checking out the tank yesterday i discovered a crab.. A CRAB! i cant tell exactly what kind but none the less it was a crab! uhhh! what to do.... he hides behind the rocks,and i barely saw em'~im not gonna tear apart my tank for this sucker ..not yet anyways.HEHE

ive never put crabs in my tank ..he mustve hichicked his way in on the LR when i first set it up ..he is a big sucker too prob about the size of a quarter (well thats big to me anyways) ..do the crabs eat pepp. shrimp? maybe thats where my shrimp are going..? i havent noticed any pepps in a couple of days..

oh brother i guess i'll will have to spear him an cook em

AHH but wait i just went to double check on em B4 i posted this and saw one of my shrimp..but some are still missing i hope my corals arnt on the menu next!

[Gina]

Try to catch him using a glass tilted in the sand or up against the rock with a piece of shrimp in it. I've heard of people using this tatic and alot have had success with it.

[Woodstock]

Ditto to Gina's idea! Good luck and keep us posted.

[Frankie]

Just as Gina said. Vanquish's thread has some good info on how he caught them. He used an hour glass shaped glass to do it. they go in to getthe food but can't get out once in. Seems like a good idea to me. The reason why your plants are dieing is most likely the lighting imo. They could be getting burned out. And the water quality is very good. I see no growth from picture to picture. these plants feed on fish poop and such. How much water changes are you doing a week? this could be another reason. Your keeping the water clean. not a bad thing for a reef! Try focusing on corals instead of plants. you would do very well i think. Besides...... those plants could take over a tank if you let them.

[iluvzigz]

im only doing changes every two weeks or so and i just started that...the lights are only 250watts of pc so i doubt thats why ..im using the plants as a skimmer so therefore i dont have one i like the plants alot and if they die out then im gonna have to get a skimmer...geez one more thing to worry about..i wish they would take over cause then i could sell them to the LFS and have plenty aswell...but i seems im losing them alllook at this photo compared to previous:

oh and the reason why there wasnt so much growth on the plants is cuz the photo was taken days apart

i will check out vanquish's thread for sure thanks

[Woodstock]

I like that plant. Very pretty. If it is your only export, you'll need a lot of it.

Nice reef

[iluvzigz]

just thought id share a couple of new frags i got over the weekend..mostly zoas they had my local club meeting and some members brought some in.
here i a pic of some riccs that i picked up aswell ~green threre's about 7 polyps 3 that are big


red skirts


theses are my fav...



here these are bright orange skirts with orange centers

[iluvzigz]

not very good with the camera i also got 3 polyps of blue center zoas couldnt really get them on film...im gonna be setting up a sump here soon too..ive got everything i need except a few lil things.need a float switch too ill be posting my setup soon .

[blue_eyes53813]

They look great Ben.... I love the pink zoos

[Frankie]

awesome colors! I can't wait to see them as they spread. Good score dude!

[Charlie97L]

how are your shrimp doing? any pics of them?

[iluvzigz]

Charlie~i think that i have two pepermints they're doing great ~ as far as i can tell.(longest i've been able to keep a pair)..
no, i cant seem to catch any flicks of them.. they only come out when im feeding even then they grab the food and run..weird cuz when i see other peoples tank their shrimp are out ..mine like to hide.


i went by the LFS today and saw some nice(real nice) LR lots of growth ,plants sponges and such ....real heavy though and they wanted 12 dollars a pound..is that outrageous or is that the real price to pay for nice cured LR??? i already have 45 lbs i just wanted to add about another 20-30 lbs but that stuff would be about 50 or so lbs to get the amount i need we're talkin 600 smackers!!! the LFS where i got my other rock sells theirs for 5.00 a pound totally different rock but...man id rather upgrade my lights for that.

what do you guys think???