Nano-Reef

A couple of pics of my nano reef set up now that the live rock is in place.

And another. I have left space to add additional rock when I by the ones with shrooms, etc. on them.

Here are pics of some of the hitchhikers on the LR - can anyone identify and let me know if they are OK or should be removed.

First one:

Another of that one - sorry for the quality of these, difficult to get close ups.....

Second group of hitch hikers.

Another of this group - a second one has opened up now

Last pic of this group - terrible quality but wanted to show the colours from above.

Small blue feather duster (?)

Last hitch hiker pic

awsome tank

Ur setup is looking great!!

great looking tank.

The anenomy in pic 3 and 4 is an aptasure (glass anenomy) and I would get rid of it ASAP. these can get in to plague proportions and take over your tank. the best way of controll is to get a peppermint shrimp which may eat them.

yes they are anemone's but i would leave them in i like the look of them. I have anemones in my tank and i love them. none of mine have repoduced.
by the way were did you get your live rock it is so nice. the stuff i get isnt half that nice looking and i pay 10.00 a lb for mine.

Beautiful! I'd love to have a small marine setup.

Ste2k3 ,

Got two peppermints last night - added to the tank and let them settle in. Switched the lights on this morning and the aptasia was no more. The guy in the LFS reckoned that it might take a few days for them to settle in before they had a go at the aptasia.

Gina,

I didn't want to keep that anenome as they can reproduce like mad - they reproduce using "pedal laceration, a strategy in which small daughter clones separate from the foot of the mother animal" so if you scrape them off you will more than likely leave a load of baby ones. They can cause problems to other reef inhabitants and most people want to get rid of them. People use kalk, boiling water, milliput, etc. or peppermint shrimp, butterfly fish or nudibranchs.

Most of the live rock came from Tri-Mar but I added a few more pieces from a LFS to fill some gaps. I also added a couple more pieces last night - one with some nice polyps and one with some xenia. Pics below.

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone.

Cheers, Eddie