Of Goes All Salty.....

[seffieuk]

Good idea

You really have been bitten by the salty bug

Seffie x

 

[OldFisher]

HaHa yes i have Seffie
I dont do anything by halves.............


OF

 

[OldFisher]

Hi all,ok.............. id like a little help please
!st i have a toadstool i bought (pic below) and ive noticed it hasnt produced its polyps out since i got it home and i think the reason is that i saw maybe four little hitchikers on it but am unsure what they are.They a very small round and flat litte purple things that seem to crawl across it always.I have flicked a couple off with a chopstick without offending the toadstool.Can anyone give me a clue what they are??? there to small to photograph.

And can anyone identify these corals i bought too pleaseeeeeeeeeeee and the green one infront of the long ones lol got told it takes in the water and squirts it back out ??

OF

 

[seffieuk]

Toadstools are like ' sulky school boys'so i shouldn't worry about it flat, purple, small and round.......... mmmm, there are a couple of things that came to mind, flat worms, but not usually purple and stomatellas - they are often different colours, google them and see what you think.

The thing that squirts out water - guess what, a sea squirt unfortunantly not the easiest things to keep.

The orange coral, could be a number of things - is it hard or soft?

Seffie x

 

[youngfisher]

Seffie, its not a stomatella

 

[OldFisher]

HaHa Seffie very funny lol sea squirt
And ive just googled flatworm and it almost does look like one of them.Are the marine friendly or a pest? if a pest what eats them lol Oh and thanks xx


OF

 

[seffieuk]

Oh yes indeed, they are pests

Well, its a bit hit and miss for a natural pred. but some say mandarins and wrasses, worth a try if you were going to get one of these fish anyway. But if you are going the mandy route take a look at the fish of the week topic

Fresh water dips also work

seffie x

 

[OldFisher]

Thanks Seff
Dont really want to add a fish as its my frag tank,and what do you mean fresh water dip?? You saying i need a bath haha lol

OF

 

[bae1994]

the long wavy one is goniopora coral apparently hard to maintain long term

 

[OldFisher]

As in what way Bae? and cheers matey

Oh and Seff,looked at the fish of the week and i really fancy getting the yellow watchman gobie lol

OF

 

[OldFisher]

Hi all,ok just a quicky lol.Can i use ocean rock to frag my corals onto? or must it be live rock? I know you can buy the plugs/discs but we have around 25kg of ocean rock spare so wanted to utilize it thanks.


OF

 

[ben1987]

ocean rock would be fine for frags. Just bash it up into little pieces.

goniapora will also like it if you dose some phyto every now and then

 

[scott133]

Hi old fisher

Flat worms are a pain in the back side as they mutiply over time the best way to get rid of them are blue velvet nudibrances as they eat them do not use anytreatment to kill them off as the will toxic your tank so nudibrances are the bestway and also a 6 line wrsasse eats them but best bet on the nudibrances once there gone take the nudibrance back to the lfs as they can wipelout your tank if they die

regards scott

 

[OldFisher]

Hey all,ok i rescaped my right hand side of the tank today as i bought some more live rock.

And heres my Orca 450 frag tank fully stocked now awaiting them to grow on slightly before being arranged into my main tank.Oh and Yf pinching a few also lol.

OF

 

[seffieuk]

I recognise those green palys

Seffie x