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02-21-2008, 11:36 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 21
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|  Full moon, affecting my tank?
I went into my LFS the either day and I started talking to one of the workers. He had mentioned that he believed that his shrimp all shed their skin right on time with the changing of the moon, half moon, full moon whatever. He made a good point that the moon does affect the tides, which in turn affect everything in the ocean. But do you think this is true for an in home aquarium, with man made flow and tide.
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75 gallon: 1 yellow tang,1 cherub pygmy angel, 1 Kole Tang, 1 lawnmower blenny,1 orangespotted goby, 1 small watchman goby, 1 pearly jawfish, 2 cleaner shrimp, 4 peppermint shrimp, 1 pistol shrimp, 1 sally light foot, 1 emrald crab, 20 hermits, 5 turbos, 12 mexican turbos and 1 brittle star. And a ton of sandsifting snails. Leather toadstool, frogspawn, 2 pulsing xenia, bubble coral, brain coral, elkhorn, flavia, anthelia, a colt, a goniopora and a rock full of zoas. | 
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02-21-2008, 11:49 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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They have to molt to grow as they age.. They do it in any aquarium I ever had with or with out a moon. I myself use a ATT moon lite but not for what most do I use mine for a night room lite (: and I just started to use that last yr.. Never used one before.. But the shrimps kept molting right along. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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02-21-2008, 11:50 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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I am not sure if the shrimp shed for that reason, however, any water is effected by the moon. Us as humans with our makeup consisting of mostly water are certainly effected...  We have a cleaner shrimp and a coral banded and they shed a few times a month... _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
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02-21-2008, 11:53 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 21
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My shrimp usually molt 1-2 times a month too, but I have never paid any attention to whether it was a full moon or not. | |
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02-21-2008, 12:03 PM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Most babies are born as are farm animals on or near to a full moon as do people act nuttier LOL ask a Cop about a full moon LOL Like mentioned we all are mostly water and , with some its just more solid then in others (: | |
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02-21-2008, 02:45 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Also in agriculture with some seeds it is best to germinate them in rhythm with the moon. | |
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02-21-2008, 03:08 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Originally Posted by Tangster  Most babies are born as are farm animals on or near to a full moon as do people act nuttier LOL ask a Cop about a full moon LOL Like mentioned we all are mostly water and , with some its just more solid then in others (: | LOL, you are so right Roger... | |
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02-21-2008, 03:14 PM
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| | Zoanthid
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: valencia,pa. Age: 34
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no moonlight every created is going to have a gravitational pull on your tank so your moonlights will never have the same effect as the moon.their a good way to view the tank at night though
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55 gallon reef with 4x54 watt t5,29 gallon sump,red monti cap,1blue echinophyllia,trumpet,red lobo,2 toadstools 1purple and 1neon,gsp,xenia and yellow xenia,red ,many mushrooms,2 giant frilly shrooms,cabbage coral,yellow polyps,many zoos,1 orange and one neon green nepthia,duncans,cladiella
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02-21-2008, 03:26 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I think that is false. It may happen in the ocean but I dont think it happens in our "man made" ocean. Its a great story thou!  _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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02-21-2008, 09:49 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Southeast Washington
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Like Tangster said, the full moon does affect people. Compare your local crime rates with the moon cycle, you'll see a rise in crime around the full moon. People do more stupid/wacky things during that time. Don't know about the fishes though.
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110 gallon acrylic with compact flourescent/actinic
55 gallon for sump/fuge
about 40 lbs of live rock (more to come)
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