Sure glad you caught that one as they are nasty ones and can cause a lot of damage to your corals and do so during the night ... and they come in real small size most of the time ...
And yes I can see why that coral is your favorite ...
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Sure glad you caught that one as they are nasty ones and can cause a lot of damage to your corals and do so during the night ... and they come in real small size most of the time ...
And yes I can see why that coral is your favorite ...
I have a 1 gallon that i connect to the sump for observation. Even after quarantine they tend to like to hang around so I wait until I have witnessed no crabs for a week.
Soda water also helps if you know there is one on a coral or rock.
Soda water also helps if you know there is one on a coral or rock.
Yes they can be very small indeed and really hard to see so the more precautions taken, the better ... and fortunately I have not had to deal with them ... but it happens and you are not the only one who has had them and actually introduced them to their tank and then suddenly start seeing damage to corals ... as they come out at night and feed on them ..
They are nasty pieces of work for sure ..
I have a number of them that are shown in my new Book, real small ones and both the hairy and other ones that are not really that hairy ... they are part of the Pest and Parasite section of the book
They make great puffer food
And Triggers and the like
I noticed with triggers and predatory crabs that there is a larger risk for getting clawed in their sleep since they wedge in tight spots at night. Hand (well tong) feeding is always safer of course. That or pluck the claws off. I do that when I feed. at least when I had predatory fish. Gave me peace of mind. I would hate to see a wounded porcupine. It makes me sad when I see the one at the LFS with one eye. He was born that way...they keep him as a mascot though I've told them a wounded fish does not portray a very good message but who am I to judge...oh yeah! I'm a customer and I'm always right. Lol 
Should be about 20 minutes before my lights kick on. I'm almost through with the final rearranging of my fish room...maybe. The water change system is a pain. I'm not sure where I want to put it since it is in the way no matter where it goes and has to be placed at least 2 feet up so gravity will pull the water to the sump.
I'm trying not to need any pumps besides to aerate the water and mix salt. Its a giant Tetris game for me. Once it is done It will rock I think. It needs a place for a chair too.
Should be about 20 minutes before my lights kick on. I'm almost through with the final rearranging of my fish room...maybe. The water change system is a pain. I'm not sure where I want to put it since it is in the way no matter where it goes and has to be placed at least 2 feet up so gravity will pull the water to the sump.
I'm trying not to need any pumps besides to aerate the water and mix salt. Its a giant Tetris game for me. Once it is done It will rock I think. It needs a place for a chair too.
I noticed with triggers and predatory crabs that there is a larger risk for getting clawed in their sleep since they wedge in tight spots at night. Hand (well tong) feeding is always safer of course. That or pluck the claws off. I do that when I feed. at least when I had predatory fish. Gave me peace of mind. I would hate to see a wounded porcupine. It makes me sad when I see the one at the LFS with one eye. He was born that way...they keep him as a mascot though I've told them a wounded fish does not portray a very good message but who am I to judge...oh yeah! I'm a customer and I'm always right. Lol
Should be about 20 minutes before my lights kick on. I'm almost through with the final rearranging of my fish room...maybe. The water change system is a pain. I'm not sure where I want to put it since it is in the way no matter where it goes and has to be placed at least 2 feet up so gravity will pull the water to the sump.
I'm trying not to need any pumps besides to aerate the water and mix salt. Its a giant Tetris game for me. Once it is done It will rock I think. It needs a place for a chair too.
Yes Triggers do that which is also what makes it hard to collect them in the wild so they use very unethical ways to get them
and on that one eyed fish ... well if they are alive I say keep them alive ... but maybe not in plain view of customers indeed.
And on your set up yes it seems like you have a number of issues to resolve still to make things easier for you ... and yes a chair for a rest once in a while
Logic of the fish industry:
"Use this poison to capture that fish so we can lean how to keep it healthy...if it survives."
"Use this poison to capture that fish so we can lean how to keep it healthy...if it survives."
Yes dynamite the reefs to catch fish .. or use cyanide, or even acetone in some areas, and then ship whatever is still alive overseas to wholesalers and then to Pet Stores ... and then we just have to hope that those fish will survive as you say ..
That why Captive Breeding needs to be supported and increased and those are the ones we should buy !
I thought about setting up a system for puffer fish that went from marine to brackish but it was not financially doable when I had the extra space. Maybe if someone wanted to invest in my experiment that would be another story but someday I may try it. I have read the green spotted puffers go back and forth to breed and what not.
That would indeed be a very interesting project but not that easy to set up and indeed would require a pretty penny ... you could try one of the Crowd funding type sites to get support if you decide to do so and see what happens and if some are willing to provide funds ... but you'll have to figure out what they would get in return for it .... but it may be feasible ... one never knows
Not a bad idea when I have space 
Until I buy a facility or much larger house its just regular coral propagating for me. Lol. I'm about done with my fish room by the way!
Got the gravity fed water station set up and everything!
Until I buy a facility or much larger house its just regular coral propagating for me. Lol. I'm about done with my fish room by the way!
Got the gravity fed water station set up and everything!
Not a bad idea when I have space
Until I buy a facility or much larger house its just regular coral propagating for me. Lol. I'm about done with my fish room by the way!
Got the gravity fed water station set up and everything!
Indeed for any complex project space is always one of the many factors as there is not only the main experiment tank to take into account, but the control ones etc ....
Glad the gravity feed is in place now ... that's another task out of the way ...
Now to sell the extra stuff and get that 75 up and running
Now to sell the extra stuff and get that 75 up and running
Wow all of that in 1 room .... guess you do need a "bigger" house indeed ....
We moved in a rush when I bought the place. I dreamed of one large L tank that stair stepped around half the room but the cost was not ideal at that point. When I move again I'm going to bite the bullet and say good bye to most of my live stock and start from scratch. I really want a huge in-wall since I have no actual view of my display in the living quarters. All my tanks are in the porch as of now.
The 20g stink tank is about to be permanently gone, someone offered 100 bucks for the tank and a small stand. I have faith that I can redesign one that has more function...
Improvements I would make:
1) bottom drain for flushing regularly
2) long air stone on bottom
3) aragocrete walls on 3 sides for maximum algae or cyano coverage
4) coast to coast surface skimmer fed into gravity fed recirc protein skimmer to eliminate surface buildup and allow maximum lighting
5) maybe some type of cleanup crew, but not enough to completely clean the scrubber. Just enough to harvest its nasty
Here is my sand now
Here is a rock
This is my drain section in the sump.
The larger pipe is overflow from the display and the smaller pipe comes from the salt mix tote down the room.
The return pump has a T that routed extra flow back through the sump and doubles as a water change hose for easy draining. The skimmer is rated for 220 gallons too.
The 20g stink tank is about to be permanently gone, someone offered 100 bucks for the tank and a small stand. I have faith that I can redesign one that has more function...
Improvements I would make:
1) bottom drain for flushing regularly
2) long air stone on bottom
3) aragocrete walls on 3 sides for maximum algae or cyano coverage
4) coast to coast surface skimmer fed into gravity fed recirc protein skimmer to eliminate surface buildup and allow maximum lighting
5) maybe some type of cleanup crew, but not enough to completely clean the scrubber. Just enough to harvest its nasty
Here is my sand now
Here is a rock
This is my drain section in the sump.
The larger pipe is overflow from the display and the smaller pipe comes from the salt mix tote down the room.
The return pump has a T that routed extra flow back through the sump and doubles as a water change hose for easy draining. The skimmer is rated for 220 gallons too.
The float valve is my ATO and the float switch is an alarm when the sump goes dry and shuts off all pumps below the display.
All thanks to my best friend
No wait I meant this thing!
I have 3 pc4s and an sl1
$5 Walmart clearance section fan. Helps a ton!!!
Oh and here's some if the frags my tank produces regularly. Some are from trades and ive sold more than half but you get a good picture.
