The coolest saltwater item you have owned

[JR-Tanked150]

What is or was the coolest saltwater live item you have owned or had in your tanks? Ours was all time ago had a red tile sea star.

[lutz123]

I will have to think on it, but every time I see your avatar I think it looks like a mud monster. I honestly never saw the snail at first.

[smallreef]

Gulf toad fish...

Till he tried to eat my foxface and he choked on him and died from the poison (I assume) and the foxface died in his mouth,lol

[SunWyrm]

Chiragra mantis shrimp. Loved that little guy, and he loved purple colored things.

[XxTech MoneyxX]

I really like the skunk cleaner shrimp! 

[paul b]

This live beer can

 

Edited November 7, 2013 by paul b

[taiscici]

Diamond goby. The hardest worker of my tank.

[Piper]

Trifecta of mated Crosshatch triggers, flames and tinkers. Was years ago. Unfortunately had more dollars than sense and lost the tank. Will do it again someday. Hopefully soon.

 

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[smallreef]

Trifecta of mated Crosshatch triggers, flames and tinkers. Was years ago. Unfortunately had more dollars than sense and lost the tank. Will do it again someday. Hopefully soon.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk

And when you do I will be at your house everyday!

[Piper]

And when you do I will be at your house everyday!

I really should get serious about my tanks. I only have the one, but have a plan for three more, total of over 1000 gallons and never seem to set aside a budget for them. I have a great connection in HI that can send me my livestock next time. The guy I used to buy from died tragically on a dive. I'm still in contact with a friend of his though. When I do it, I want to do the full Hawaiian aggressive deal, dragon eel, xhatches, probably declivis this time instead of tinkers, some other large items, probably a chevron. If I'm going to do the overnight from HI to the east coast, need to do it right once. 

[JR-Tanked150]

Trifecta of mated Crosshatch triggers, flames and tinkers. Was years ago. Unfortunately had more dollars than sense and lost the tank. Will do it again someday. Hopefully soon.Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk

Do you have any pictures of it?

[Piper]

Do you have any pictures of it?

I had a look earlier. All I could find quickly were pics of the current tank. Must be some somewhere, but don't know where.

[Swimboy123]

My favorite item isn't livestock, it's an ozone generator.  There are many arguments as to whether or not they have a difference in a reef system.  What I can tell you is that I seem to produce more and thicker skimmate, my polyp extension is better, my water is clearer, and my livestock seems to be a bit happier.  At one point, I was considering breaking down my 375+ gallon reef and sold my current ozone generator to another WAMAS member.  He had it for about 2 months and during that time I experienced a severe degradation in water quality, coral growth, and general reef health on all accounts. I was able to acquire my ozone generator from this WAMAS member after a short while and I'm glad I did.  After this period, I decided to re-invest myself emotionally and physically in my reef and was able to re-acquire my ozone generator.  From the point that I reactivated the generator in my system, I experienced a distinct change in water quality.  The first indication was having to clean my skimmer 4 times within 3 days.  There was no change to any other parameter in my system but the addition of the generator immediately began to pull more DOM from my tanks.  They are a bit expensive and even if they have the placebo effect, I will never run another system without the additional benefits of ozone.  That's my two cents....

Edited November 8, 2013 by Swimboy123

[Dpeyton8]

Diamond goby. The hardest worker of my tank.

 

+1 on that same here my little guy could turn over the subsrate in a 300 gallon in a mater of hours

 

 

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[Coral Hind]

My favorite fish was a Miniatus Grouper

 

My favorite coral, Blue Sierra

 

My favorite clam had a 14" shell end to end.

[mling]

Red Leaf Scorpionfish

 

 

It really does behave like a leaf, blowing in the wind.  It you did not know better, you would think it is sickly, about to die.

 

[Coral Hind]

Wow, that fish is cool looking!

[harticus5]

Diamond goby. The hardest worker of my tank.

Agreed....

 

Bluezoo shipped me 1 of these on accident about 6 weeks ago.....BEST SAND SIFTER OF ALL TIME...............Its unbelievable how much sand these guys move! Tunnels and dunes everywhere!!! Now he has finally made himself a home underneath 1 of my rocks....

 

The only issue is now I have to get a frag rack....... to many coral frags get buried otherwise! Also slightly annoying seeing a cloud of sand come up once in a while (to much sifting!)

 

 

ps.....my favorite is my 4" blue hippp (he swims in my hand, even when I'm not feeding.....truly amazing experience) And I see him sleep almost flat on the same rock every night.

[Orion]

Yellowhead Jawfish

 

So much personality. Lives in and out of his den built of sand and snail shells. Before the lights go out at night he uses a big shell as a roof, and covers the entrance.

[Orion]

Better picture..

[L8 2 RISE]

Favorite animals I've kept: cuttlefish, eels, and snails.

[st9z]

Sailfin Blenny....aka Godzilla, the uglist yet best fish ever own. The only fish that was there with me till the end.

[FishyPapa]

Gulf toad fish...

Till he tried to eat my foxface and he choked on him and died from the poison (I assume) and the foxface died in his mouth,lol

Terrible thing but funny. Hahaha

[Sharkey18]

Mine was my Snowflake eel, Unagi. 

 

He would play in my fingers, curling around them and just hanging out. 

He jumped. 

[FishyPapa]

Ummm Unagi sushi. Yumm!