My Underwater Adventure Continues

[sorgan]

Today was a naughty day, after much thought and consideration and calculation I came to massive decision......

with my 35+ kg of LR, refugium (sort of) and some good luck (please) I've decided this liitle fella will be ok.
He is about an inch long and is proper chunky, I am in love.

 

[sorgan]

Today saw the addition of a small trumpet frag (£10 ) and a small sea hare to eat my algae problem, unfortantly he prefers the new era pellets. Me and livestock.

 

[sorgan]

Ok so their seems to of been an ID problem at my LFS, the sea hare I got gor my algae problems isn't a sea hare lol.
Nope what I have got is an abalone not that I am worried as abalone's are also algae munching machines. When he comes back out of hiding I will get a picturegraph of him.

Ps- they are very odd looking critters.

 

[Morri]

Abaolne`s are cool critters did you laugh at your lfs when they got it out for you ?

They are very good algae eaters but stick like glue to glass or any other flat surface you have to wait for them to move then pounce form behind to get them off

 

[sorgan]

LOL morri we went through 3 of them untill we found one that was on the move so wasn't stuck fast.
It took 30 mins to get it out of the bag when I got it home, it first show itself much but when it does it's the wierdest looking thing I've ever seem. So cool.

Ps- my manderin is eating the hair algae, not that I mind as, 1 I'm glad it's eating, 2 I dont like hair algae, but is this normal?

 

[xxBarneyxx]

It probably isn't eating it. Its picking at it to get the pod's and critters out of it, mine does the same.

 

[sorgan]

Oh no he was snarfing back the strands.

 

[Morri]

That is unusual if you have space try a Hectors goby for algae supposed to be very good

 

[sorgan]

Hopefully the mock sea hare will deal with the algae now.

 

[sorgan]

Today saw me add a purple goniapora. Before you all pipe in and tell me I am nuts for buying such a time bomb I will say this.... I know, but I have my reasons.
Every 'easy' thing I seem to add dies/suffers/acts abnormally where as all the hard/risky things I add seem to flourish, I may strike lucky and keep it alive over a year, if not at least I know I tried to give it a shot.

Now as I understand it these corals come from deep lagoons so they prefer less then pristine water (no problem there with my stocking ) they also like good light but a bit lower down and like low to medium flow.
Anyone kept/keep/lost one of these mysterious corals?

 

[sorgan]

And to almost further renforce the point the abalone is currently being eaten by the shrimp, it's abalone number 2, only went in yesterday. The first one suffered the same fate.

 

[sorgan]

I've now decided that these shrimp have eaten their last expensive dinner, tonight they are going into the dead space.

 

[simonas]

I've now decided that these shrimp have eaten their last expensive dinner, tonight they are going into the dead space.

crikey!!

whatsan abalone Sorgan?

 

[sorgan]

It's an algae eating snail thing, google it. They look cool but are apparantly very tasty

 

[sorgan]

Cleaner shrimp are hard to catch
I've made a trap now and am hoping they fall for it