Stonewilled's 75g thread

Update #2

Well, I caught the last of the seven peppermint shrimp yesterday. It finally got hungry after I made SURE to not let any food hit the bottom. I had this guy trapped last week, but as I was pulling the bottle out he managed to houdini his way out. After that he's been reluctant to re-enter the trap, but I've got him now =D. Into the QT he goes.



And on a lighter note, my sarcophyton decided to make an appearance finally!



As you can see it's still shedding a bit, but I guess enough has shed for it to open up. Looks like it's even trying to stand up?? I hope so!!

 

IMO you need to get or build a fuge if your going to get a mandarin.
The pods will not be able to multiply in your DT. There are to many predators.
Maybe you could make one ? There are alot of people doing that on here.

Congrats on the trapping - cant believe you got all seven

 

I'll tell you, it wasn't easy. Or fast, had to remove cleaner shrimp from the trap twice, and half the time a hermit would spend an hour trying to get into the trap but they couldn't quite manage to get inside it hah. Finally got them all though.

 

Congrats on catching them. I like the DIY trap

 

pics

I got a couple new ones!

 

i like the frogspawn congrats on the tank!! also as for sustaining a pod population refugiums are good but what im starting is a pod farm. peredhil has got a good thread on making those and theres tons of info online. so far ive got my small tank, shower poofs haha and phyto plex all i need is water and pods.

 

New coral *PICS*

I got a bunch of new stuff yesterday!

My new awesome kole tang. Such a beautiful specimen.



dendro



hammer



red with blue spot shroomziez



Christmas tree worm rock, I hope their crowns get bigger cuz right now they're tiny....



Eagle Eye



one-spot fox-face rabbit-fish



red goniopora



sun polyps (yay)

 

very cool new additions stone. i just added a kole also. awesome fish. yours has outstanding markings and color. is the 1 spot underfed? looks like can see his ribs. if so, wont take long to fatten up. mines an absolute glutton for food. thnx for the new pics

 

The one spot is thin, but he has been attacking the algae within minutes of being in the tank. My kole is very shy, however. Hopefully he will come around. =D

 

1st night when i put the kole in, he got beaten up by my purple tang. now 3 days later, theyre swimming together and its out in full view alot. yours will do just fine. my 1 spot really goes for the nori on a clip too. just dont get stung by him. lol