My 8gal Reef

[bae1994]

why have you put the cheato back in

 

[BigBeginner]

thanks =], i want some mroe LR though, cause there's almost no space for any more corals

I never took it it out , but i did cut it a while back, it need another trim. I want to take it out or do something with it, i dont know what yet

GOOD NEWS! my wheeler goby is eatting more =]

I still feel the tank is a bit still, the goby doesnt move around much

also, in the pictures, behind the goby, there is a bullseye mushroom and its been kinda ill looking since i got it (it is A LOT better now, and has some brown on it, but is still mostly white) anyone know what i should do? or just wait and see what happens, i moved it down cause i read they like reduced light

 

[SkiFletch]

A hammer or frogspawn coral would fix the "still" look. I'd avoid a torch though, they're a little more picky than their cousins and wouldn't tolerate fastly shifting nano conditions as well

That or a nice Long Tentacled Plate coral

 

[BigBeginner]

i had a torch in my 55 gal and it didnt turn out so well... =[ i did want a kenya tree but i already have the cabbage and that would be to much space taken up by pink, also i cant find one! >.<

but i did want a coral of higher difficulty =] ill see what my LFS has when i go their next time, the problem is there is no space in my tank right now ill probably have to get some more LR and take out everything and rearrange my rocks

 

[seffieuk]

Ah, so you got the goby pair in the end - lovely. I agree with Ski, get yourself a hammer or frogspawn for some movement and by the way I love your aquascape - would be a shame to change it

Seffie x

 

[Trod]

Looks really nice I have just lost my Torch to the dreaded brown jelly, won't get another one, hammers seem a much better option.

Straydum, that is a brilliant idea with the chaeto, I have been trying to think of a way to keep it away from my emerald crab, he has already scoffed one lot

 

[ben1987]

Looks nice that does

 

[BigBeginner]

yea i really like the rocks the way they are, i could just try to add onto it

can someone tell me more about frogspawns are hammers? like what i have to do to take care of it, where it should be placed, lighting, movement, do i have to feed it? i would need to watch my calc and kh?

Yea i lost my torch in my 55gal to brown jelly =[

i ll have to try that net idea, i had a emerald in my 55gal and it almost finished off my chaeto

thanks ben

EDIT: also does anyone know what type of mushroom, that blue purple greenish one, is?

 

[SkiFletch]

"Green Striped Mushroom", very common. A member of the Actinodiscus genus

 

[BigBeginner]

not that mushroom, the one on the right of the cabbage =]

 

[SkiFletch]

Also a member of the Actinodiscus genus

 

[Trod]

Found this any help???

http/www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/hammer_coral.htm

 

[BigBeginner]

yes that does help =] thanks
so will a hammer be ok in my tank condiering its so small, it will probably be close to other corals...

 

[VictorMeldrew]

Just read the last couple of pages and it looks like your tank is coming along very well, it looks great so far

VM

 

[Straydum]

try to keep your hammer a fair distance away from other corals. when settled down they do extend their sweepers quite a distance. a same gauge is about >5cm from the skeleton. as far as i know, other corals don't fancy being in contact with hammers (except of course other hammers).

if you're worried about contact in your tank you can opt for a branching hammer which for my case sticks out from the main rocks.