Help please!

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

PS yes to the live rock, I can take some sand and rock from my 55

MohrReefs · Apr 29, 2020

Anihiel1 said:
PS yes to the live rock, I can take some sand and rock from my 55

Good, got an air stone you can throw in there to keep it nice and oxygenated? Unless you have a filter running then nvm.

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

On the live foods, is there anything else y'all think he would eat? Krill? Mysis? Clam? Rods food? I have reefbugs etc on order but with the quarantine it might be ten days. All I have on hand is frozen.

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

MohrReefs said:
Good, got an air stone you can throw in there to keep it nice and oxygenated? Unless you have a filter running then nvm.

Luckily I have both I can put in there. I seem to have multiples of everything laying around LOL

MohrReefs · Apr 29, 2020

Anihiel1 said:
On the live foods, is there anything else y'all think he would eat? Krill? Mysis? Clam? Rods food? I have reefbugs etc on order but with the quarantine it might be ten days. All I have on hand is frozen.

Idk if they'll eat frozen but you can try, they're predators but if they're opportunistic enough they may scavenge a nice chunk of meat. Worth a shot.

MohrReefs · Apr 29, 2020

Smasher is designed to go after hard shell pray though, so when you can switch, feed them that.

MohrReefs · Apr 29, 2020

Final advice, watch loads of youtube videos on its behavior and care needs, so much info out there on them. I'm super jealous of you lol.

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

MohrReefs said:
Final advice, watch loads of youtube videos on its behavior and care needs, so much info out there on them. I'm super jealous of you lol.

You would LOVE this live rock. Uncured rock from KP Aquatics. Bought a few test lbs previously and it was so perfect that now I'm replacing all my rock with theirs. GORGEOUS. Covered in coralline. So far I've found this guy of course, 3 rock urchins, snails of varying sizes, multiple crabs, a few white mini stars, and one huge brittle star probably 6 inches. At that's just the preliminary unwrapping and putting them in QT. I'm working from home so didn't have a chance to really examine them yet. But WOW this rock is just astonishingly beautiful. KP is hands down the best ever.

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

MohrReefs said:
Smasher is designed to go after hard shell pray though, so when you can switch, feed them that.

I'm totally naming him Smasher

fishguy242 · Apr 29, 2020

you want to get rid of sm white stars ,are invasive,asterina i assume

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

fishguy242 said:
you want to get rid of sm white stars ,are invasive,asterina i assume

No no, not that small. They're the white brittle stars. About 2-3 inches. Like this one:

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

The large one looks very similar to this:

fishguy242 · Apr 29, 2020

any pics of rock ??

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

I'll be off work in a few, I'll post some

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

These are under normal room lighting, in the tank they are stunning. Fluorescent pinks and oranges, some purple.

Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

Hitchhiker id #2 good worm / bad worm?

35ppt · Apr 29, 2020

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Anihiel1 · Apr 29, 2020

35ppt said:
Eunice sp.

Ooooo definitely flush down the toilet, yes?

Conrad Noto · Apr 29, 2020

Anihiel1 said:
I have no other tank to put him in and I don't want to kill him. Is it a danger to my corals? I do have a huge mithrax crab (WAS a tiny one) that snacked on all my peppermint shrimp, so he might not last a day anyway

Mantis shrimp will eat your crab.