Limerboys 50 Gallon Tank Thread

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Into Week 4 Of Cycling - Ammonia Levels are off the roof (50mg/l). these are some pictures of where i am





Changed Aquascape into this....dont know if this will be final Im up for some suggestions.


Have this weird stuff growing on my glass


I think these things are featherdusters or at least i hope so



Some Zoas. Im really not sure what the white anemone looking thing is between them with the white center i know the aiptasia in the back needs to go.



Have no clue what those tentacles are i assume they are aiptasia.

SO far it looks like i have a major aiptasia and mantis shrimp problem. I bought some Joe's Juice and im building a trap to try to catch those pesky mantis shrimp (saw a brown one and i think i saw a big green looking one). I think my tank has awhile again to cycle until everything stabalizes. If anyone has any suggestions for me they would be very much appreciated.

 

how far out did you have to go out for those rocks

 

I saw an aptasia in one of your earlier pics. Those tentacle looking things look like hydroids. They can spread very quickly and have the potential to sting things they come in contact with.

 

oh geez, didnt go out too far but the area i collectedi n is very deep at high tide....so how do i get rid of hydroids?

 

it could be a pistol shrimp too, try and figure it out before trying to kill it or something, because they can be really cool. Also, if you have some Zoas and even for the coraline algae i'd try at least an hour or two of lights a day.

 

ok figured out what the tentacles are ....apparently they are brittle stars. The mantis shrimp is still at large I have a pic of a very small one that i found today.



In other breaking news i found this anemone lookin creature on a rock and i also got my Joe's Juice and i can say i am now aiptasia free for now anyway

 

I'm really jealous!! I wish I could sit on the beach and drink some beer.. LOL I have to drive at least 4 hours to get to a beach. Sucks to be me.. lol

 

4 hours? Try 22 for me And that's not even really a beach. It's more of a rocky shore and it's cold water... Great looking tank. With the aquascaping it looks like you have nice large flat rocks, so what you could do is drill through them with a masonry bit, then use pvc to stack them to create nice large overhangs. Very good job so far.