Fadi's Reef 180 Gallons sps dominated Tank

DSC reef · Apr 8, 2018

Fantastic set up and pics! Congrats on the harlequin pair. We love ours, he wiped out the asterinas quickly. Decided he was to cool to return so we just got his first chocolate chip starfish to eat. I can't believe how fast he got him. The harlequin is very personable and will hang out on my hand when I'm in the tank.

GoVols · Apr 8, 2018

fabutahoun said:
Some Reefers say it eats coral, but I can't say for sure, in my tank they are everywhere on glass, rocks and even in fuge.

My outbreak hit the BB's coralline first, then they starting hitting zoa's.

(lol)
I still miss the Harley shrimp pair

, but I did not want to freeze and spot feed Chocolate Chip starfish for the long haul.

Coolest shrimp that I've ever had the pleasure to keep.

When my led's would dim down they would climb the scape, jump off and ride the currents to other parts of the reef. (like paratroopers)
When I saw them doing that during lights on, then I knew I had to make an tough decision.

Fadi,
Soon after you put in your Harley's, did your starfish flee to your glass walls?

fabutahoun · Apr 8, 2018

GoVols said:
My outbreak hit the BB's coralline first, then they starting hitting zoa's.

(lol)
I still miss the Harley shrimp pair , but I did not want to freeze and spot feed Chocolate Chip starfish for the long haul.

Coolest shrimp that I've ever had the pleasure to keep.

When my led's would dim down they would climb the scape, jump off and ride the currents to other parts of the reef. (like paratroopers)
When I saw them doing that during lights on, then I knew I had to make an tough decision.

Fadi,
Soon after you put in your Harley's, did your starfish flee to your glass walls?

Yes I noticed More Stars on the front glass, so this looks like a common behavior.

fabutahoun · Apr 8, 2018

DSC reef said:
Fantastic set up and pics! Congrats on the harlequin pair. We love ours, he wiped out the asterinas quickly. Decided he was to cool to return so we just got his first chocolate chip starfish to eat. I can't believe how fast he got him. The harlequin is very personable and will hang out on my hand when I'm in the tank.

Thats what I am thinking to do.

GoVols · Apr 8, 2018

fabutahoun said:
Yes I noticed More Stars on the front glass, so this looks like a common behavior.

Yeah,
When you put in the Haley's, the asterina starfish send signals

, to each other.

fabutahoun · Apr 8, 2018

johnbr said:
Hey @fabutahoun

Can you show your lighting schedule for the display tank? Got the same tank and same lights and would like try yours. I don't have an apex system YET.

This is my Schedule. I just Shared it on Apex Fusion with "Fadi's Radion" username "ftahoun"

fabutahoun · Apr 11, 2018

Finally got this nasty crab, he was eating wrases while thy were sleeping, not to mention seeing him chopping off some acros

At least He didn’t suffer, a quick stap with steak knife and it was done

My friend @Abood who helped me catch it

SPR1968 · Apr 11, 2018

fabutahoun said:
Finally got this nasty crab, he was eating wrases while thy were sleeping, not to mention seeing him chopping off some acros

At least He didn’t suffer, a quick stap with steak knife and it was done

My friend @Abood who helped me catch it

Looks a right killer Fadi, your friend that is!

And how big are your steaks that you need a steak knife that long! You’ll have ya eye out with that thing if you miss your mouth! Lol

fabutahoun · Apr 11, 2018

SPR1968 said:
Looks a right killer Fadi, your friend that is!

And how big are your steaks that you need a steak knife that long! You’ll have ya eye out with that thing if you miss your mouth! Lol

LOL

I Like my steak thick and rare

, I don't know why But I always find long knifes easier to control than short knife.