Our first nano!
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Uslanja
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Well, our little tank is just over 2 months old and we conducted our first water change today. The parameters are all good but we thought that just maybe there might be something beneficial to a change. So that is what we did. We have noticed several more brittle star legs hanging out of the rock into the water column where we didn't see brittle star legs before. Hoping thats a good sign!
We had a ricordea in our main tank that hasn't been doing very well. It has been wasting away to just about nothing. So we did something we didn't think we would do when we started this tank, we moved the ricordea in to see what happens with it. Hope it will do well!
We had a ricordea in our main tank that hasn't been doing very well. It has been wasting away to just about nothing. So we did something we didn't think we would do when we started this tank, we moved the ricordea in to see what happens with it. Hope it will do well!
Uslanja
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Oh No! We did it again! We stopped at our favorite store "Salt Water Paradise" on Friday evening. We picked up a Nitrite and Nitrate test kit. But, Tracy spotted a piece of rock with what we believe is "Mermaids Shot Glass", or "Mermaids Wine Glass", we're not sure. We had learned earlier that herbivores and omnivores will destroy this tasty little morsel fairly quickly and so we decide to leave the rock behind. But by Sunday we were beside ourselves with desire (OK, I was overcome with desire, Tracy came along for the ride!) and decided to give it a try, and so back over the river we go into the US and pick up the rock.
Hope it survives!
Hope it survives!
Uslanja
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A few shots of some type of worm. This little guy created a tube out of substrate that it moves in and out of. It will come quite a way out of its tube, but never leaves it completely. This worm also has what appear to be two eyes and moved back into its tube very quickly! Not sure what type of worm it is?
Uslanja
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Hi everyone! We have had our Nano up and running for 2 months now. And we are continually finding new life. This is the latest of the unknown! We have researched Flat Worms, and think that this could possibly be one. However, we don't know if this little guy is friend or foe. He moves relativley fast and completely takes the shape of whatever he is on. He doesn't come out for long periods and as soon as he appears, he is gone just as fast.
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GlassMunky
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weird looking worms
ReeferMan420
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those white leg looking things you thought were bristle star legs...I think those may be Digitate Hydroids...Hopefully not they suck for a little while but then dissapear
Uslanja
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Hi ReeferMan420! Thanks for pointing us toward the Digitate Hydroids!
Thanks greneis7!
Well, its over!! We had fallen in love (not really love, but a keen appreciation and desire) with a small piece of rock that had "Mermaids Wine Glass" on it. As of this morning it has been completely consumed! That is the way life goes on our little piece of the reef, but all so disappointing. I think I need another coffee and drown my sorrows!
Thanks greneis7!
Well, its over!! We had fallen in love (not really love, but a keen appreciation and desire) with a small piece of rock that had "Mermaids Wine Glass" on it. As of this morning it has been completely consumed! That is the way life goes on our little piece of the reef, but all so disappointing. I think I need another coffee and drown my sorrows!
Uslanja
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Hi Luke! No the nano is still going and better than we could have wished for, but the rock with the "Mermaids Wine Glass" has been completely eaten clean by something in our tank. We were warned that anything with a herbivore tendency would eat it quick, and it did! So our desire for that macro is officially over. At least in this nano. But, we have been working on something and we're hoping to have a new thread going soon. Stay tuned for many more, and hopefully exciting pictures of our new project!
