New 'shrooms & feeding

Purchased from Jim's Exotic Fish:

• 5 green hairy mushrooms (on one rock)

Fed 1/2 cube of Mysis shrimp with 5ml of Selcon.

Removed about a half-cup total of green hair algea, and the brown macro algea.

Moved one clump of star polyps to a new location as in previous location they didn't seem to be growing onto nearby rocks. See for yourself:

Performed 2.5g water change.

Fed 1/2 cube of Mysis shrimp with 5ml of Selcon.

Performed 2.5g water change.

Feeding, and one star polyp colony is falling/clinging/fallen off its perch (pictures)

Fed them 1/2 cube of Mysis shrimp. (and forgot the Selcon, again)

I thought this colony of star polyps was positioned securely, and it had even attached to the rock it was against. I'm guessing some clumsy snail bumped into it. So, the tissue streched; see for yourself:



It left a small patch of 5-7 polyps on the top of the rock where it was attached. Here's the main colony after the fall:



And here's a picture of the other half of the colony (on the other side of the rock):

Maintenance, and some new Pix

Performed 2.5g water change.

Picture of a Bumble Bee Snail (Family: Pusiostoma) in my tank:



I believe this to be either Bryopsis, or Derbesia, both pests:

Importing, Feeding and "Weeding"

Added four clumps of 3-5 1"+ pieces of either a stalk-like calcerous macro algea or it's a sponge; either way its cool. I think it's a macro algea, but the donor, Josh A from work, thinks its a sponge.

Fed them 1/2 cube of Mysis shrimp.

Removed about a half-cup each of green hair algea, and the brown macro algea. Also moved the rights on the right side about 1" further in to facilitate the use of the magnet glass cleaner.

Here's what the tank looks like now:

Valonia macrophysa - Shiny silver ball Algea:

Removed carbon rods from tank.

Performed 2.5g water change.

RIP LTA!

Well, the LTA looked like it was "melting" and I removed and disposed of it right after work. I added a brand new bag of the carbon rods that come with the Nano Cube to the filter area. A couple hours later I had time to do a 2.5g water change.

Here's a picture of the dying (dead?) Long Tentacled Anemone:

Water change, and picture of the Long Tentacled Anemone

Performed 2.5g water change. SG 1.027 @ 80F - a bit high.
The LTA looks terrible - last night I "rescued" it from half-way under the rocks.
Added 5 drops of Selcon.

Picture of dying Long Tentacled Anemone:

Performed 2.5g water change.

Narsarious Snails live! Cleaner shrimp molting and other good pictures

Just happened to spot both of them last night.

The cleaner shrimp molted, and this is the his "old" shell:



Here's a good shot of the Star Polyp colonies (Order Zoanthidea/Zoanthids):



Here's Caterpillar Weed (Neomeris annulata):

Performed 2.5g water change. Fed them 1/2 cube of Mysis shrimp, but no frozen chunk food as the LTA doesn't look that good. I'm a little concerned as I normally see the Narsarious Snails when I feed but I didn't tonight.

White Nudibranch eggs - gone?

Nudibranch "eggs" are gone. Hatched? Perhaps they weren't that at all.

Testing kits, and more live rock...

Purchased from Jim's Exotic Fish:

• Salifert http://www.salifert.com/Ca Profi Test
• Salifert NO3 Profi Test (it measures as Nitrate-ion)
• Salifert pH Profi Test
• 3# of Tonga branch Live Rock (small pieces)

Placed the Tonga in the back of the Nano - still not enough; I'll need an additional 2#.

I "rescued" the LTA from the back of the tank - had to move a bunch of rocks. I placed one of the very branchy tonga pieces as a "gate" preventing the LTA from moving to the back of the tank. It look's so-so.

Here's the measurements (as of 9:30pm - right before lights out):

• NO3 - Mid range: 5-10, Low Range: 5 ppm. Preferred range <5 ppm
• pH - 8.0-8.3 - this test isn't very precise. Preferred range 8.1-8.3.
• Ca - 387 ppm - although this is the average of 375 and 400 because it depends on how you see the color Blue. Preferred range 350-450.

I also measured some other water:

• NSW from Jim's - NO3: 0.5-1.0, pH ??
• Top-off water from Jim's - NO3: 2.5, pH < 7.4 pH (limit of test)
• "Purified" Refrigerator Water - NO3: 2.5, pH < 8.3 pH

Removed White Nudibranch, last picture

Removed the white Nudibranch, double bagged, and gave to Josh A. at work to provide a new home. Luckily, it had moved onto the glass so it was easy to find. I first tried to pick it off the glass, which didn't work out, plus I saw a small puff of white discharge from the Nudibranch - I hope it wasn't toxic to the tank! I was able to easily remove it using a piece of thin plastic coated cardboard and scrapped it right off the glass.

Here's the last picture of it:

White Nudibranch still eating Colt Coral?

The Nudibranch has moved and I found it at the rock depression by the Colt! I couldn't remove the Nudibranch but I was able to move the Colt to another location - it looks very bad. I found some "things" on the back wall of the tank (mostly behind rock) that appeared to be eggs, see http://www.seahorse-nw.com/Predators.html.

Found new home for White Nudibranch

Josh A. at work has agreed to accept the Nudibranch into a 6gal Nano he's setting up just for it.

White Nudibranch eating Colt Coral?

I suspect the white nudibranch is responsible for the downfall of the Colt, see http://www.seahorse-nw.com/Predators.html. Removed the one piece of the Colt left (as it's detached from the rock) and moved it to a depression in one of the rocks. As I understand it's difficult to get them to reattach as glue, etc doesn't work.