A 55G link in the Golden Chain

[Dentoid]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

I believe this to be a Psuedoplexaura species or possibly a plexaura species. I have 2 of them.

[hma]

Originally Posted by Dentoid

I believe this to be a Psuedoplexaura species or possibly a plexaura species. I have 2 of them.

You are right Scott, it can be also a Pseudoplexaura. A more exact ID is only possible if the polyps is fully developed. It can be also a Eunicea.

[Melanie]

Ok, seriously I did NOT know you got all that spectular stuff with TBS. I knew you got great rock but those sponges and corals blow me away.

Your serpent star is ginormous. He scares me.

[goldenmean]

I believe this to be a Psuedoplexaura species or possibly a plexaura species. I have 2 of them.

Scott what do you feed yours? phytoplanton? target feed?

Ok, seriously I did NOT know you got all that spectular stuff with TBS. I knew you got great rock but those sponges and corals blow me away.

And there is more . . . . .
Condylactis


Flower Anemone

[Melanie]

Those condis are so pretty. I'm going to watch with interest to see how it does. I've been afraid to try an anemone since I'm so new to the hobby.

[Octoman]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Does anyone have any experience with sea cucumbers?
I received 2 as part of my clean up crew. One has been pretty active and is on a rock. The other one curled up to a base of a small rock and has not really moved around much in the 36 hours that i Have had him. This morning I thought he was dead. He was stiff and kind of hard. With part one I received a cuke as a HH in the LS and he connected to a rock and did not move for a week and he was all hard. I pried him off the rock to remove him from the tank so that is why I thought the cuke was dead this morning. I used chop stick (my favorite tank tool) to pick up the cuke and before he was out of the tank I dropped him. Twice. The third time I picked him up I noticed he has elongated and gotten soft and pliable. I put him down and he was moving. very slowly. So He is not dead. yet anyway. I will have to watch him closely. If he is dying I dont want him decaying up in the tank especiall right now when I am watching ammonia levels so closely twice a day.
So far ammonia is low .05

So if you know anything about cukes please share.

I got two cukes with my package, one moved around from day one, the other didn't move for about 10 days, but now he is active too.

I also got a HH cucumber, he climbed up to the top of the tank on day one and stayed there for 3 months, never moved from that spot. He finally moved last week when the power went out for 15 hours and now he's got a new spot at the top. Look at the HH cucumber when the lights are out, sometimes I spot mine filter feeding - I try to target feed him some cyclopeez and phyto if I catch him doing this.


Beautiful tree sponges (Ptilocaulis spp. I believe). Mine goes through phases where it is "open" for a few weeks and "closed" for a week or so. I thought it was dead the first time it did this, but it always comes back.

[Dentoid]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Scott what do you feed yours? phytoplanton? target feed?

Light! They are photosynthetic, so I never specifically feed mine. If they eat, they get whatever nutrients, zooplankton/phytoplankton that goes into the tank. I feed DT oyster eggs and DT Phytoplankton 2-3 times per week for my filter feeding critters.

I glued mine to the LR. They have grown over the glue blob and down onto the rock .

[ScubaDrew]

[goldenmean]

Those condis are so pretty. I'm going to watch with interest to see how it does. I've been afraid to try an anemone since I'm so new to the hobby.

He was a little piggy last night too. I fed him some of a prime reef cube and he scarfed it down.
I work in a restaurant so i am going to as the chef for a couple pieces of shrimp, scallop, and calamari. My anemones will be eating gourmet

Thanks guys for the Sea cuke experience. Now I wonder if I removed the first HH cuke to soon. However he had not moved for over a week and was as stiff as . . . a corpse.

Tested for ammonia again last night and this morning.
Still very low < .05

[GeeWizzItsMe]

Hey Melanie! Try aptasia for your beginner anemone lol! jk

[goldenmean]

I believe this to be a Psuedoplexaura species or possibly a plexaura species. I have 2 of them.

You are right Scott, it can be also a Pseudoplexaura. A more exact ID is only possible if the polyps is fully developed. It can be also a Eunicea.

Looking through Julian Sprung's "Corals: A Quick Reference Guide"
The projecting calyces look like Eunicea or maybe plexaurella.

[goldenmean]

Here is another awesome HH from the TBS rock.
I do not know what it is.
???
The one behing the shaving brush.


Then there is very cool guy too!

[goldenmean]

Cool discovery of the day.

This Star Beauty was out after all lights were out and he did not like the flashlight. I got this pic in the dark with flash. I just love his markings.

[hma]

Originally Posted by goldenmean

Looking through Julian Sprung's "Corals: A Quick Reference Guide"
The projecting calyces look like Eunicea or maybe plexaurella.

Well, I show you this evening the picture of a Eunicea (frame and close-up). I have a very beautiful In my “Mandarin tank” .

[Melanie]

Originally Posted by GeeWizzItsMe

Hey Melanie! Try aptasia for your beginner anemone lol! jk

Karma for that one!