Operation Marine...

[TigerIssey]

Click / tapping suspect Mantis shrimp and no not good. In Trucks journal, rabbut tells you how to make a trap for them.

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Click / tapping suspect Mantis shrimp and no not good. In Trucks journal, rabbut tells you how to make a trap for them.

Yup read that, better find myself a bottle and some bacon from fridge later on. see what i catch.

 

[TigerIssey]

Sounds a good plan to me

Good luck

 

[seffieuk]

Could also be a pistol shrimp or a hermit knocking his shell against the glass

Seffie x

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Could also be a pistol shrimp or a hermit knocking his shell against the glass

Seffie x

Now i did get a electric blue hermit crab as a hitch hiker but it hasnt bee out from the rock since the rescape so doubt it is him but could be.

I'll still set a trap as i think there is a nasty crab in there anyway

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

I have a quick question, obvioulsy i have sand in my tank but it doesnt cover any of the grid i have my rocks on.

Should i cover those smaller areas with sand or leave it for coraline to cover over? It looks very artificial with no sand going right to the edge of the rock.

 

[SkiFletch]

That's an aesthetic choice for you, either would be fine

Clicking can also be hermits fighting

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Gonna cover it up later before i go to work.

Well the trap caught a few things, they look like woodlice/tiny shrimp?

Nothing of any reasonable size. Baited the trap with a prawn.

 

[seffieuk]

Maybe stomatella, good guys

Seffie x

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

They have been returned from whence they came and trap reset. I can see something moving in a hole in a rock so trap is set near that tonight whilst i am at work.

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Trap has caught nothing of note last few nights, i'm sure there is a nasty crab in there though. Thought the click/tapping could be a pistol shrimp but as yet i am unable to confirm or deny that.

Waiting on coral culture for my test kits so i have no idea what state my water is at and i go away next weds to vegas for my wedding for a week.

 

[seffieuk]

enjoy your wedding and don't forget we want photos of both the tank and the wedding

Oh and Congratulations

Seffie x

 

[TigerIssey]

suspected baddie....aiptasia?

Thanks for pointing me here from trucks.
See, mine don't look anything like that or the other picture you posted. I have a problem with scale aswell, these things I have a really tiny and my Fuji S9500 in super macro cannot focus on them to get a picture. My fuji will pretty much focus on anything this is how small they are. Thing is that they have waving tentacles which makes me think anemone so am really confused.

 

[JoshH]

are they clear? found couple around my tank, really small clear totally with a whitish ring like mouth, need to kill the buggers now lol!

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Ok got my salifert test kits now just tested the tank.

PH 8.3
Ammonia - Test solution was cloudy but no colour to it so 0?
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 50ppm - shows that has been nitrite to be this high so kinda good
Phos (D-D merck kit) Off scale :annoyed:

I have a reactor for phos but nothing to run it with like an external, so added some phos remover to media chamber in my MCE600

Now where do i stand in terms of the cycle, obviously if you agree my ammonia is 0 then thats good as it matches my nitrite but nitrate is a problem.