Tori's First Marine Expedition!! nano style!

[leahski]

haha, that's a good idea! it's true...chipmunks aren't that sexy...

[althea2you]

Originally Posted by leahski

haha, that's a good idea! it's true...chipmunks aren't that sexy...

LMAO! no.. no they arent... but i guess its whichever way your boat floats! haha!!!

[jsindorf]

sexy trios???
Kelly, Kris and Sabrina
(Charlie's Angels)
or maybe that is for the trio of angel fish

[leahski]

hahaha yeah, that's definatley for angelfish!!

[althea2you]

so who would be Charlie then? lol!!

[jsindorf]

too bad Tuna are too big for a nano tank
that would be a great Charlie

[Craig Manoukian]

Those are truly sexy shrimp!

[leahski]

well, my sexies seem to be doing well. they've taken to hosting in my rhodactis mushroom, which is really cute. it's not that large, so usually one sits in the middle and one kind of backs onto the edge at a time! i'll get some pics up eventually...

my mushrooms seem happier than ever - the original red one has stared sending out little "legs" or something which are detaching from the base of the mushroom and kind of budding up and making new baby mushrooms and my rhodactis seems to be expanding.
however, nothing else in the tank is happy. my GSP colony detached itself glue and all from the rock it was on and seems to be dying, and none of my zoas or polyps have opened up since the shrimp came, in fact, the shrimp seem to enjoy sitting on the colonies and picking at them. i don't think that they're eating the polyps...are they? i might just be kind of sensitive because of my last evil shrimp...
the yellow polyps seem to be spreading onto the rock that they are glued to and growing a new bud, which is exciting, but the polyps haven't opened and seem to be shrinking...
any idea what's going on? are my shrimp not finding enough to eat in my immature tank and going after any food they can find? would feeding them keep them off of the polyps and let them open again?

i'm really not sure what's going on. it's not chemistry or everything would be stressed, right? my dip tests look normal, but i'll be taking in a water sample to my lfs in the next couple of days to check. temp. has been constant, lighting hasn't changed... the only change has been the addition of the shrimp, but three TINY shrimp that aren't being fed shouldn't cause a swing in my tank, should they?

sorry for the rather long-winded update! let me know your thoughts!!

[djbacon]

you arent using those cruddy paper dip tests are you? They are very unreliable. What are your water parameters at? Are you testing for calcium, alk,, phosphate etc?

[leahski]

yes, i know, i'm still using the unreliable dip tests, but i'm on my last one and i'll be getting a new kit when i take my water in (tomorrow or sat.)

[djbacon]

highly suggest the API brand reef "master test kit" - I got mineon ebay for about $30 - waaaaaay better than the tetra kits.

[leahski]

alright, after reading around a bit, i found a couple of places that said that sexies have been known to nip at zoas when not getting a proper diet, so since my little immature tank doesn't have enough good stuff for carniverous shrimps, i've picked up some frozen mysids that i'm going to try feeding them.

has anyone fed sexies before? do i dissolve part of the cube in SW before dropping it it? do i need to contain it somehow? is there a time of day when shrimps are more likely to eat?
thanks for the help!! i promise to get new pics up once things are looking happy again! (oh, but i will get a pic of my new baby mushroom that sprouted from the original hitchhiker!!)

[Craig Manoukian]

Make sure the Mysid is high in protein Tori. The % of protein should be on the label.

With 224 posts we need your picture in the Mugshot thread, eh?

[leahski]

hahaha alright, i'll get on that!

btw, i read that mysid isn't good for being the only thing to feed, but if they're eating things in the tank is it okay to supplement them with only mysid?

[Craig Manoukian]

Yes, cyclopeeze is also a great thing to feed to the tank occasionally Tori.