Night time in the reef tank

[Fishfreak2009]

Anyone ever look at their displays a few hours after everything has gone dark with a flashlight? I was amazed tonight by the sheer amount of zooplankton that the cardinalfish and corals were consuming.

Apparently the latest clarkii clown clutch hatched tonight, so there are baby clowns everywhere, and multiple red leg and blue leg hermits were releasing larvae into the water column. Just holding the flashlight to the side of the tank made a thick cloud of babies and larvae congregate to the light!

 

[Sump Crab]

Love the night time reef check ups! Very cool about the baby clowns. I’ll have what I believe are mysis shrimp come to the flashlight from time to time.

 

[BrotatoSalad]

Did you light up some candles or something tonight? So much romance happening in your tank!

Nothing of note really in mine outside of some copepods doing their thing and the fish watching them intently.

 

[BranchingHammer]

I've had my hermit crabs breed multiple times, such a cool sight to see at night!

 

[Lavey29]

I've had my hermit crabs breed multiple times, such a cool sight to see at night!

Um watching crabs do it is not really my thing but hopefully they appreciate your audience.

 

[BranchingHammer]

Um watching crabs do it is not really my thing but hopefully they appreciate your audience.

HAHA I've never actually seen the hermits doing their thing, only the larvae swimming around haha