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Tigers are by far the most entertaining of the pistols. I think they wake up and their first thought is "Should I did today? Yeah lets dig today." Repeat that every day.
He does eat some asterinas, we have watched him do it. However the population is much higher than he can control so Manual remvoal is required. Harlies go through the stars much quicker as they are like potatoe chips to them.
Thought about it, but catching a harlie that does not want to be caught can sometimes be quite difficult. He also looks great in the 57g and the star is doing very well in the 45g so I am cautious about changing them around.
I have asterinas that chomp on zoas, it does not make me happy. I have done a lot of manual removal and adding the harlie in the 57g has really decimated their population in there. I can't put one in the 45g where the zoa eating ones are because we have an orange linkia in there that I do not...
Water changes with RODI and regular salt to get it down would be the best way. If you can't get access to those, some calcium dosing would help but be very very careful with that because you can swing it the other way too quickly and hurt your tank. I know this from experience.
So given we are doing more frequent water changes I finally took out the rodi unit and set it up. I needed a faucet adapter which I got today and we were off. Then things went quickly down hill. I setup everything and was running a few gallons through to clear it out. It was then I noticed...
At a 34 gallon tank you literally have the pick of the litter. You can look at just about every LED unit and make up your own mind. I know that is not the best answer, but you really can pick anything. I would look at the Aqua Illuminations, radions, mazarra P or about a dozen other units...
New tiny goby:
Sexy Shrimp:
Green banded:
Another tiny goby:
Flaming prawn goby, I swear that blurry red thing in the middle of the tank is the upper fin, best shot I could get of this and anyone who has owned one will nod their head:
Some updated photos, yes the glass is dirty but it was the best I could do.
Mini Dendro:
Sexy shrimp in some of our algae:
Our wild caught clowns:
Dendro:
Trumpet:
Christmas Favia:
Anem shrimp on favia:
Favia:
Yeah when I feed my scoly and acans I just use the turkey baster to shoo them away until the corals are closed up around the food. I know they get some, but so be it.
You will easily be able to see them with eggs as there whole back "legs" area is covered in green eggs. They usually release...
Yeah the drive and killing the whole weekend kept me out. Also, with just switching firms I have had a severe lack of free time/sleep/fun. I could use a little more relaxed weekend. Also, I can't shoehorn any more corals into my 45g at this point.