The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread

SteveH · 05-21-2011, 08:29 PM

Our tanks are truly amazing ecosystems.....

My liferock had more than a couple of hitchhikers on it.....What shocks me is the amount of new life which pops up even to this day (I dip my corals, etc; so 99% sure that whatever pops up was in the rock to begin with). Check out this little guy I captured tonight. He was just roaming around the sand - so an easy catch:

Any idea as to what he could be ? He's TINY right now; maybe about the size of a penny. I do recall seeing some larger crabs which looked kinda like him when I first got the LR; judging by their claws I didn't feel like they were 'reef safe' so I sump'd them. Clearly I missed a couple and/or the ones in the sump were doing some XXX activities down there

I moved him down to the sump; as the spots on his back make be believe he's most likely from the xanthidae family.

shilala · 05-21-2011, 09:33 PM

He's just a baby by the looks of him, Steve. He could probably turn into anything. Maybe I Sally Lightfoot? Hell, I don't know.

I went to Aquacon in Pittsburgh today. Got some D-T Phyto, some frozen Cyclopeeze, and 10 or 11 little frags out of the cheapo bin. I got a couple decent stalks of Pulsing Xenia, and we're thrilled about it.

I also got a big fat sea hare to do some cleaning. I stopped and got 3 bottles of super glue gel to fix all the stuff he wrecks.
We didn't see any big stuff we liked too much, and everything was covered with bubble algae and anemones. So we just passed on the few things we did like.

My D-D refractometer came today and I'm thrilled with it. It works great and you calibrate it with RODI water. My water was perfect.

05-21-2011, 08:29 PM	#1
SteveH You lookin at me ? Join Date: Mar 2011 First Name: Steve Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 336 Trading: (4)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread Our tanks are truly amazing ecosystems..... My liferock had more than a couple of hitchhikers on it.....What shocks me is the amount of new life which pops up even to this day (I dip my corals, etc; so 99% sure that whatever pops up was in the rock to begin with). Check out this little guy I captured tonight. He was just roaming around the sand - so an easy catch: Any idea as to what he could be ? He's TINY right now; maybe about the size of a penny. I do recall seeing some larger crabs which looked kinda like him when I first got the LR; judging by their claws I didn't feel like they were 'reef safe' so I sump'd them. Clearly I missed a couple and/or the ones in the sump were doing some XXX activities down there I moved him down to the sump; as the spots on his back make be believe he's most likely from the xanthidae family. Last edited by SteveH; 05-21-2011 at 08:42 PM.

05-21-2011, 09:33 PM	#2
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: The Official Asylum Reef Tank Thread He's just a baby by the looks of him, Steve. He could probably turn into anything. Maybe I Sally Lightfoot? Hell, I don't know. I went to Aquacon in Pittsburgh today. Got some D-T Phyto, some frozen Cyclopeeze, and 10 or 11 little frags out of the cheapo bin. I got a couple decent stalks of Pulsing Xenia, and we're thrilled about it. I also got a big fat sea hare to do some cleaning. I stopped and got 3 bottles of super glue gel to fix all the stuff he wrecks. We didn't see any big stuff we liked too much, and everything was covered with bubble algae and anemones. So we just passed on the few things we did like. My D-D refractometer came today and I'm thrilled with it. It works great and you calibrate it with RODI water. My water was perfect. __________________