My Big Beautiful Budget Breeder Build

Katrina71 · Nov 13, 2018

Now you've got the Hulk and najer has the Kardashian.

NY_Caveman · Nov 13, 2018

Retro Reefer said:

Beautiful specimen!

pshootr · Nov 13, 2018

Oh yeah, tank is looking really nice. And so is the new coral.

Retro Reefer · Nov 14, 2018

pshootr said:
Oh yeah, tank is looking really nice. And so is the new coral.

Thanks! I hope it does well in my tank.

pshootr · Nov 14, 2018

Retro Reefer said:
Thanks! I hope it does well in my tank.

Me too. I noticed you have managed to collect quite a few nice acan Frags. That's awesome

Retro Reefer · Nov 14, 2018

When I got up this morning I noticed that my scoly was swollen twice it’s normal size, when the lights started ramping up I caught it spitting out a hermit crab.. lol. After a few minutes the crab emerged from its shell and scampered away hopefully having learned it’s lesson

pshootr · Nov 14, 2018

Retro Reefer said:
When I got up this morning I noticed that my scoly was swollen twice it’s normal size, when the lights started ramping up I caught it spitting out a hermit crab.. lol. After a few minutes the crab emerged from its shell and scampered away hopefully having learned it’s lesson

Oh my gosh, that is too funny. Poor little hermit LOL

pshootr · Nov 15, 2018

May I suggest that you put a FTS on the first page, and updated occasionally. [emoji16]

Katrina71 · Nov 15, 2018

Imagine the story that crab is gonna tell!

Retro Reefer · Nov 15, 2018

Katrina71 said:
Imagine the story that crab is gonna tell!

Scoly has quite a history seems he will eat just about anything

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/new-wysiwyg-corals-top-picks-of-the-week.482309/#post-5266675

NY_Caveman · Nov 15, 2018

I had a Caulastrea the other day try to eat a hermit. The shell got in the way so the Trumpet spit the shell out with the lucky crab still in it. Did not have my phone/camera on me, but the kids got to see it and were astounded. It was one of those moments that makes it clear to muggles, corals are animals.

Retro Reefer · Nov 15, 2018

NY_Caveman said:
I had a Caulastrea the other day try to eat a hermit. The shell got in the way so the Trumpet spit the shell out with the lucky crab still in it. Did not have my phone/camera on me, but the kids got to see it and were astounded. It was one of those moments that makes it clear to muggles, corals are animals.

My caulastrea figured out how to remove the shell...

Retro Reefer · Nov 16, 2018

So I’m not sure what’s going on after lights out but my scoly is a pig.. this time caught it expelling two hermit crabs and a bunch of gravel ;Wideyed Hermits not so lucky this time both shells where empty after being spit out.

najer · Nov 16, 2018

Do you feed it?

Johniejumbo · Nov 16, 2018

That scoly is a savage! Need to put up some beware signs. Be sure to tie yourself to something sturdy before you reach in though.

Retro Reefer · Nov 16, 2018

najer said:
Do you feed it?

No.. I figured it was getting its fill from eating it’s tank mates

But seriously I have fed it several times and it has a ferocious feeding response, what surprises me is the hermits climbing on it at night as I never see them near it during the day? I’m not sure where the gravel came from..

Johniejumbo said:
That scoly is a savage! Need to put up some beware signs. Be sure to tie yourself to something sturdy before you reach in though.

lol.. yes and my clown was looking at it for a host ;Facepalm it tried to pull the pipette from my hand the first time I fed it

Retro Reefer · Nov 16, 2018

This is what it looks like at night.. anything touches those tentacles and it instantly engulfs it, the fastest feeding response I have seen in any coral I have owned.