My tank

[Hajra]

I hope to give and get help on my aquarium. i know that what works for me may not be the best for someone else so if i answer a question know that i am answering from my own expierences and may not be fully correct. my aquarium is about 7 months old and it is a 36 gallon and has a Skilter and a regular filter. nano pump and  naturally a heater. I have included a picture.
     The life in it is a longspike urchin, two feather dusters, 2 hermit crabs, 2 surface snails and one sand snail as well as 2 yellow tail blue damsels ad a six lined wrasse and anout fifteen pounds of live rock.

[Hajra]

[Hajra]

 >:( Sadly remove the wrasse... >:(

[cruzincaril]

first time i seen your tank and i love the castles..yeh im a lady cant u tell? didnt know u could put stuff like that in a salt tank except rock..its nice

[Hajra]

thanks. and jus thought i would tell you. now the big half of the castle is out of it. makin more room for live rock.

[cruzincaril]

awwww

[Hajra]

added two peppermint shrimp today. they were running around like crazy when i left for school now that i am back home. i cant find either of them anywhere.

[cruzincaril]

could they be hiding under rocks? mine never came out except at nite

[Hajra]

ok. i know its kinda hard to see. but i got new live rock today and dont know what kind of anome this is there are several on the rock and i dont know anything about them.

[Bergy]

glass anemone?   :)

[Hajra]

like what do they eat? will they bother anything? will they hurt my clown fish? mainly just worried cause i know that a lot of things can come on live rock and i have never seen an anome on one. there is also yellow and orange sponge from what info that i can find they are fine. do you agree?

[Learner]

YOU HAVE AIPTASIA!!!! >:( Sort it soon, they breed like rabbits. :(

Go to the forum 'Learner's Room' where everyone gave me advice on this. it was really helpful too. ;D

I have had a nightmare with them. I started by giving them a paste of Kalkwasser, didn't do much,  I couldn't source Peppermint Shrimp in my area, which a lot of people use to control them, and didn't want to put any unnatural stuff in, such as a product called Aiptasia-X, which is reef safe, but apparently not too helpful in preventing a large outbreak. :-\

I finally went with Berghia Nudibranches; rather expensive - especially here in the UK -as they only eat  aiptasia/glass anemone. They have been in the tank for a few days now, and I am waiting for the 'feeding frenzy' to start.

Don't try to just take them out of the tank, they will multiply when threatened!!!
I currently have about 20 or so!!!

[cruzincaril]

wow..not to be ignorant or anything but what do those things look like? i could have them and not even know tho i havent seen anything unusual in my tank...

[Learner]

wow..not to be ignorant or anything but what do those things look like? i could have them and not even know tho i havent seen anything unusual in my tank...

I'll try to take a pic or two of mine; won't be the best, but I'll see what I can come up with.

They are 'frondy', clear to pinkish in colour, and sometimes have white stripes on their frondy bits.!!!
Not the best description eh? sorry  :-[

[Learner]

Here goes.....








My Aiptasia Farm.... :'(

Sorry about quality.