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I am in the anti emerald crab camp. Every time I have gotten one they little bugger molts, get bigger and becomes annoying. They can pick at corals and small fish and have gone after my shrimp. I have not had one that made a noticeable difference in algae and they always wind up in a refugium...
The gen 2 maxspect LEDs look really really really interesting. May have to give them a shot.
Here is the seller:
http://www.fish-street.com/maxspect_programmable_led_aquarium_lighting?category_id=118
The RC thread discussing them...
I had crushed coral in two of our tanks (12g and 20g) before I knew any better. When we found on that is was no good, we went out and bought live sand and did exactly what you were thinking. We pulled everything out of the tanks, drained and took out the sand, put in the new live sand, waited...
Well with all the phyto and rotifers you have been growing, you will have plenty of food for that beautiful clam. From what I have been told the bigger ones are a bit easier to keep as they can synthesize most if not all of their food on their own. Good luck.
When I said move the anem, I was saying that if it had just been introduced and was on a piece of live rock that could be moved. I agree, I would not be in there trying to force it off of a piece of rock or whatever. My point was when my clowns were hosting my frogspawn, I pulled the frogspawn...
If you can, move the frogspawn to a different area and move the anem to where the frogspawn is. I did that with my clowns and they jumped right into the anem. If they are comfortable in the anem it is going to take a long time for them to make the jump.
Sorry, thought you meant you were coming down from way up north. It is late and I did just finish watching Duke win so I am a little slow. Well hopefully it will help someone else out. :)
Have not posted some pics in a while and they have all been coral pics, so now some fish pics.
Cardinals:
Neon cleaner goby:
All black clowns tip to tip:
Gold Assessor:
Two of the yasha:
And a FTS:
Depending what way you are coming back I would hit up Tropiquarium and reef to reptiles as they are right across the street from each other in Ocean NJ. They are about 2 miles off the parkway which makes it easy to get back on and off (exit 100a if you are going north). Further up the parkway...
Take the sand and put it in a bucket with salt water and rinse it. Keep doing this with fresh saltwater until the water comes out pretty clear. Keep it in salt water to keep it live sand and then you can add it back. People have had luck with pvc pipe and using that to slowly add the sand back...
I am very very happy to see it went to a serious breeder. I am glad such a rare fish is in good hands and hopefully will wind up being aquacultured. Also read about your collection program, very impressive.