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IIIMMMM BBAAACCKK!! only one very sad casualty with the seahorses- but nice to know i have a stable enviorment that it didnt cause a ammonia spike thank you!! now im having lots of hair algea in two tanks- so i was thinking of getting a lettuce nudi for a couple days then trade himout? i believe (i will have to double check today) my perams are 0 0 10 but the mantis shrimp is still alive (never got to making a trap- will do ASAP) generally how long must someone wait before adding corals? and can i add fish soon? i want to make sure everything is perfect

thanks- does cyano cover everything and move off the rock? cuz it looks like its killing some things- and well let me take a pic when i say off the rock it sways in the water like the calpura the mantis had its hole again this morning and i saw him- i still need to get some traps for him

so there is this red sfilm stuff that is spreading everywhere (my tank is also going through diatoms) and like its algea like which makes me think its not cyno.. course it could be- but i didnt think cyano looked like that.. but diatoms and that red stuff is covering a lot of things- and i found a crab that was hairy and i don think its good- then i found something else underneath a rock that i cant see very clearly but it looked cool-- umm it looks like the hole the mantis was in is coverd up with a "door" like thing but it culd be a different hole--

this is too funny!! have fun i'll be following along- sounds like a great project@

oh i just LOVE seahorses.... i was just going to make my 40gl a seahorse tank but decided i wanted a reef like setting for more options live stock wise- my next small tank will be an erectus tank<33 remeber to watch the heat on those tanks!!! they are truely gorgeous gals

eeek- yea i have some worms that look like grubs but enlongate like earthworms... they are in the sand and i havent seen them come out- i got some pictures they are really suckie but thats ok i'll upload them when i get home from chincoteage

yea im gonna try and find some sorta mantis trap! how would one ship a mantis shrimp to someone in NY

yup!! i use mine for target feeding- for my seahorses- so i dont over feed the tank

so to lure it out should i get a little piece of shrimp and trap it?

i need to get a new turkey baster!! the one i use now has panacur on it- which can kill gorgonias

haha- I just aquascaped and of course the rock with the mantis is on the bottom.... *sigh*

hey so are you keeping the tank with a mantis?? cuz i just found a teeny tiny mantis in my tank that i cant keep- though it is adorable

last night i heard a tinking sound- and i though something was off- cuz i was sure it wasnt a mantis- but a few seconds ago i saw two TEENY little mantis eyes pop out of a whole- it is the cutest mantis i have ever seen- now i just have to get rid of it- its too small i think to do any real thumb crushing dammage- since its clubs and claws are too small- so i have a little 2gl tank that has rock and sand in it- that i can put it in- for now- how do i trap it?

before i added sand and live sand- i had one lone amphipod- now i have tons of them.. also i think it is a small bristle worm- i still have to even the sand bed a bit and arrange rocks- the PA rock was hardly LIVE compared to TBS but it has beautiful coraline growth and really nice shapes

phew- so much work- now the bad thing is- most of my rock is covered in sand which includes my little hitchhiker corals- and i cant really see where my hand is in there- so do u think its fine if i wait till tomorrow to lift my rock out

ok

ok i have till 700 pm untill i get angry that UPS did not deliver my package on the day they said they would... i ahve no clue where my package is!! they normally deliver around 4pm soooo idk im worried oh and i should wash the sand right? how does one go about that- i dont thin i did it the bet way last time i washed sand

kk deffinately not a fan worm- or feather duster (if thats something different) it does not retract at all just stays there clearish blue with a little dot for a bit purply pink center and tenticles that end in a little knob- they are VERY tiny about the worm- should i be worried about it? im getting my PA rock and sand today- how should i add the sand with out it getting sucked down the intake?

ok i looked it up- but i dont get it... i didnt realy see any pics that looked anything remote to what im talking about but the hydroid pics dont look like it really either- should i just wait and see?? there are two of the polyps thati see one is large than the other and they are not together

ok so i found a couple of things while looking at my tank last night 1) a very small crab greenish (at leat under actinics) and looked like he was eating algea so i think he might be ok- im gonna look up pics of emerald and mirthx or how ever you spell it 2) a very strange looking worm- it had a "suckie" face and a long pinkish body with a few long white feeler looking things- then a couple whitish thorny things i couldnt see very wekk since he was in a hole in the rock trying to build a door- 3) i think i have found hydroids!!! AHH! its not aiptasia its whiteish glowy with a pinkish middle and clear with tenticles 4) i just found a orangey worm looking thing on my gorgonia- i plan on removing it- but idk if its even a liing thing also i need some extra long tweezers to pull out worms and such-

thank you thank you i had ten but one died due to getting stuck behind something and i think getting its head squash... lets hope that be the only casualty.. (unlikely :( )

there was a threed aaboutthins a little while ago-- and the decision was yes it will kill the flowers and grass... trees... Idk

thanks all!! about the macro lens and the cup coral thats what it is- i have a few in there BUT ON A VERY VERY VERY EXCITING NOTE!!! I HAVE 9 NEW SEAHORSE ADDTIONS!!!!! to my new babies whooo hooo!! i thought there was something wrong when he didnt pop but he did so im sooo happy

looks like fun!!! i wish i could have a 75... or larger

yea thats what it is- it took me by surprise when the "sweepers" came out after i fed the tank i was trying to take pictures but my camera is 2 years old and falling apart and wont focus on anything that small and close- maybe thats what i will get for my birthday how much are cameras with macro lens'? (thats what i want right a macro lens?)