Llj's 8G... Yuma/zoanthid Garden

Day 2 stats...

pH - 7.8
amm - 0ppm
sg - holding at 1.026

fts

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I saw some other things in this tank early this morning, but I'll wait until the lights turn on to get pictures.

llj
 
Looks great I think the scape suits it very well :hyper:
 
I added more LR, so it's a bit different. Not bad, but different.
 
Added more LR

Before...

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After...

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I also received my MH

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I'll be getting the house ready for a grad student to rent a room, so I may be spotty for a couple days. I'll definitely try to check in at least once a day. :good:

llj
 
You know what this tank needs? A scolly. Oh. Heck. Yes.

I looked them up. Guess who put scollys on her stock list?? :hey:

Fuge will get a wet test tomorrow. I'll post pix of that tomorrow & the stock list.

Llj
 
You know what this tank needs? A scolly. Oh. Heck. Yes.

I looked them up. Guess who put scollys on her stock list?? :hey:

Fuge will get a wet test tomorrow. I'll post pix of that tomorrow & the stock list.

Llj

Get one for me while you're at it ;)

I've seen how expensive they are and it is something else. :blink: If I had one and it grew well enough to frag, I think I'd be very popular.

Here's a draft of my livestock list for the 8g. This isn't a final list.

CUC

Banded trochus snail - 1
Nassarius - 1
Cyraea spp (money cowrie) - It's an interesting species, just 1
Mithrax crab - 1, but only if it behaves, otherwise it dwells in quaranteen
Calcinus elegans (Electric blue hermit) - 1

or

Calcinis sp. (Electric orange hermit) - 1

I may cut a crab or two from the list and maybe add instead porcelain crabs. They come in may colors and can be kept in groups.

Lysimate amboinensis (skunk cleaner) - a pair

Fish, I have no clue. I like a goby/pistol shrimp pair. People have recommended a damselfish. I'm undecided. I think I can have like 2 fish without a problem.

Corals - like the 2.5g, I'm starting off easier. This is by no means a list where everything would be added at once, but gradually over time. Most of the corals are peaceful with a few exceptions. Some of them require mature, very well run systems. I'll start with the easier ones in the group and them gradually switch them out for more difficult species.

Rhodactis inchoata (tonga blue) - these things are really beatiful
Ricordea yuma - The 36g will feature Ricordea florida, so I figure why not put the other species here, and it's beautiful
Seriatopora histrix (pink bird's nest coral) - right for the tip top and to be added when the system is mature.
Caulastrea furcata (Candy cane) - I like the green one best
Briareum sp (green star polyps) - it looks cute and is not so hard
Montipora capicornis (Montipora cap) - to add later.
Scolymia vitiensis (Scoly coral) - This is expensive, but not to bad, semi-agressive
Stylophora pistillata (cat's paw coral) - for a more mature tank
Sarcophyton sp (umbrella leather coral) - not sure on this.
Zoanthids - This is probably the species, along with the shrooms above, that I'll start off with, an easy coral that likes bright light. Then I swap it off for more difficult species.
Acropora - another coral for a mature system

I personally think that some of these are going to get too big, and I'd like to narrow the above down somewhat. Like I said, I'm starting with the easier ones first.

llj
 
Sounds good

(although it's not recommended to mix hermits colours so I'd probably go two of one kind)

And if I was you I'd go a clown goby and court jester goby so mid water and bottom water (that's if it was my tank anyway) :drool:

Also the zoas are a great starting points as some are spectacular ( especially in the US as you guys get way better colours than uk :angry: :lol: )

Bae :good:
 
Bleh... I broke the fuge. When I tried to assemble the uptake tube that had been modified to the slot, the tube was too wide for the slot and the slot just snapped ruining it. :grr: Back to the drawing board. Man those cute refugiums from Drs. Foster and Smith are looking really good right now... :lol:
 
Typical and yep the hang on refugems are pretty neat things in all


But if you could get another fugue then just learn from the mistake I guess :crazy:

(the fuse was a hob wasn't it?)
 
Hi Bae, yes, the fuge was an HOB Aquaclear that was converted. I was so excited about it too. But whatever. I'll just make another one, or check out some of the little refugiums online. I was just thinking about what you said about Gobiodon okinawae (Yellow clown goby). Very interesting choice.

I definitely want...

1 High-fin banded goby (Stonogobiops nematodes) with its pistol shrimp companion (Alpheus species)

But, considering how the goby doesn't move much, I think I could have something else too.

Other possibilities for little nano fish include (I'd only have 1 possibility or 2 max)

Yellow clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae)- I plan on keeping acropora corals, and this is a natural perching location for these fish. They may also nip at new polyps, bad gobies.
Neon goby (Elacatinus oceanops) - kind of does the same thing as the high-fin, though
Red-spotted goby (Trimma rubromaculatus) - probably too small
Yellow-stripe clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus) - Closely associated with branching corals
Yellow-tail damsel (Chrysiptera parasema) - I know different choice, but I've seen a single one done before and tbh, it looked fabulous in the tank and the damsel did extremely well.

Another invert to consider are Trapezia species, since they have a symbiotic relationship with Acropora coral.
 
Bleh... I broke the fuge. When I tried to assemble the uptake tube that had been modified to the slot, the tube was too wide for the slot and the slot just snapped ruining it. :grr: Back to the drawing board. Man those cute refugiums from Drs. Foster and Smith are looking really good right now... :lol:

You could go for a HOB
 
Look good choices of them all I prefer the clown goby but I'd go for

The symbiotic pair
Clown goby
And a open water fish

Although damsels can / are aggressive I do like them all so I'd go for the yellow tail ( you'd have to watch for aggression to the goby but should be fine )
 
You could go for one of the more timid Damsel's like am Pomacentrus alleni or P. auriventris. Shrimp gobies can look after themselves quite easy.
 

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