Tank Updates. 3 Months In.

[mutantbigman2000]

Got my first saltwater fish today.

I got a common clown from the water zoo in peterborough.

I've also found what i think is a mushroom growing on a piece of my live rock.

Pics to follow.

Anyone else use the water zoo?

 

[seffieuk]

bet you can't keep from watching the clown

Seffie x

 

[mutantbigman2000]

hes pretty busy covering every inch of the glass at the moment.

He seems pretty chilled though. Should be in the rock work in no time.

 

[mutantbigman2000]

Heres the new full tank shot. Note the lower levels of algae in the background.

Heres what i think is a small mushroom on a piece of lr.

And here is Nemo!

Oh, and one more thing.

I haven't seen my turbo in 3 days.

I used to know his hiding place but i don't know where he is.

Should i rip it all apart to find him or respect his privacy?

None of the hermits have a nice new shell and i can't smell anything bad coming from the tank so i think he is ok.

I'm not wanting to repeat bigc's recent escapades.

I last saw him 3 mornings ago doing laps of the glass.

 

[kj23502]

Looks cool

Like the spaces in the rock work. Kinda what I'll be shooting for

And your clown is sooo cute I love clowns.

 

[mutantbigman2000]

about 10 minutes after my last post the turbo snail came hairing out from behind some live rock and stayed chomping on the back wall for most of the night.

I knew he wouldn't let me down.

There was obviously a spat between hermits overnight as a red and blue hermit have swapped shells.

 

[mutantbigman2000]

I went to one of my lfs today (maidenhead aquatics, crowland) and asked if they had any small frags of coral that i could buy on the cheap.

I got a toadstool for £7.50 and this 4 inch long piece of live rock for £5

I could see what looked like a mushroom on it in the shop but once i got it home i found it had 3 seperate colonies on it.

Any id and info regarding placement would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SkiFletch]

Looks like clove polyps and something similar to Cyphastrea or Montipora. Get it up high in your rock stack

 

[mutantbigman2000]

thanks ski. Bit of a bargain then really. Hope they all spread.

I can easily frag the rock they are on into 3.

I got a toadstool of some description too.

I have that in quite a reasonably well lit and high flow area.

I touched it a few times with bare hands and damn did my hand stink after that.

Is this a bad sign or normal?

 

[kj23502]

You touched it!!! I'd be scared to touch it

Might not be the best thing for it though, unless you had to move it

 

[mutantbigman2000]

it felt like marshmallow. i didn't taste it though.

 

[seffieuk]

it felt like marshmallow. i didn't taste it though.

'didn't taste it' classic

Seffie x

 

[mutantbigman2000]

thought i would post a pic of my toadstool now it has stopped sulking and has its fingers out.

I tried pushing it into various nooks and crannies around my rocks but it always broke loose in the current.

Now it is lightly held in place by 2 rocks.

Any id would be welcome. I know you are there, ski.

 

[gazzab06]

tanks coming along nicely there fella.

i use waterzoo,they helped me set up my fw tank.and ill shall be using them when i take the plunge into salt water. they are very helpfull guys and i highly recommened them.

i havent been over to the crowland one yet,might go this weekend.

anyways keep up the good work

gaz

 

[mutantbigman2000]

how local are you, gazzab? I used to live 100yds from the water zoo. i now live in spalding.

I would say that the waterzoo is a bit more reasonable in price but maidenhead has a better invert selection.

the fish at both are in very good health. I have had lots of very good advice from maidenhead.

I know someone who works at the water zoo.