Draco's Nano Reef Journal

I would agree that it sounds like a Mantis Shrimp, they can be fairly vicious, especially as they get bigger. Definitly better for a species only tank.

Draco your tank is looking great!

I just took advantage of the Cyber Monday deals with free shipping and ordered a bunch of corals. Can't wait till it arrives Thursday!

my Feather Duster got too close to my frogspawn, and I noticed it wasn't coming out much. So I decided to move the duster.. upon moving it, it came out of the tube and wiggled a bit away.
 

took a photo.. not sure how long it'll take for it to grow its tube again. Hopefully fast because one of my large snail is refusing to stay away from it

New corals!

I also got 3 Ricorda Mushrooms.. they're in a cup for a few days to a week for it to grab onto a rock. No photos of them for now

Duncan


Purple Sea Whip (also have an orange one, much smaller)

Draco said:

 
 it came out of the tube and wiggled a bit away.

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OMG!  We were talking about that awhile back!  LOL

Your tank is looking great!   Can you post a picture of your little shrimp?

Thanks

Here's a bad cellphone pic I took during feeding today

He's gotten fat!  So cute!!  I love the long antenae!

Will the feather duster be OK?

The duster's gone. By the time I found a deli cup, the snails and crabs devoured it. It was in pieces

Shoot! Was it the only one?

I have another that's doing really well

Draco said:

 
The duster's gone. By the time I found a deli cup, the snails and crabs devoured it. It was in pieces

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RIP little worm! 

thanks I miss the guy! I'll get another soon.

Since my Ricordia mushrooms refused to stay on the rock in the deli cup (gluing won't help, they slough it off), I decided to tie them down until they grip. But at least I got a pic! 1 green, 1 blue/purple and there's an orange/green one in the back. and Shrimp photobomb!

That shrimp with the clam, he was a fierce little guy!  I was amazed.

Just thought I'd post an updated photo of my tank

This is a very inspiring thread, and it's got me thinking about going salty! I have two small planted tanks (10gl & 5gl) which I'm hoping to tear down once I establish my 55gl planted. Maybe I could do a small salt tank with the 10gl? It's in a spot that gets a fair amount of sunshine though which is causing algae problems, but I was wondering if that's such an issue with the salt water tank?

You can get algae in saltwater as well.. but with plenty of cleanup crews (snails, crabs and so forth), it won't be as bad. I barely have to scrape my glass and rocks of algae.

if you do decide to turn your 10 gal into a mini-reef, do start your own thread so I can follow!

Your tank is really coming along!

thank you!

I finally got the stand I wanted for the tank. It was too expensive, but after holiday sales made it do-able. I hope it comes in this weekend so I can do my water-change at the same time as moving it. That tank probably weighs close to 100 lbs now!

Very, very, very pretty!!! I love it!   Do I see a new little wormy?