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04-26-2006, 06:36 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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|  Thinking About New Invert
Hey everyone. Well I am planning on stocking up on some snails and was thinking about getting a cool crab or somthing. Has anyone had expirience with keeping urchins in smaller tanks (55 isnt that big...  ) Maybe a tuxedo urchin...not sure about rocks moving. Also, if anyone knows of a crab like the emerald thats reef safe let me know. My pom pom crabs are great...but i only see them once a month at the most!...thanks  _________ Tank Specs:
55 Gallon Mixed Reef
48" Tek Light: 4-54W T5 HO Fluorescents
Bulbs:
1 x 54w Fiji Purple T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w Super Actinic Blue T5 HO Flourescent
1 x 54w 14000K AquaBlue 75/25 T5 HO Fluorescent
1 x 54w 10000k AquaSun T5 HO Fluorescent
Hard Stuff:
100+ lb. Fiji Live Rock
65+ lb. Live sand
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04-26-2006, 06:45 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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porcelain crab, of course they might need the anemone. Yeah, I haven't seen my pom pom for awhile now.  Getting kinda worried. 
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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04-26-2006, 07:37 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Well, im worried about a porcelain becuause i dont have an anemone for him, i dont want him getting beaten up by the clowns | |
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04-27-2006, 06:18 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Urchins are a pain in the butt. They knock stuff over and some like to stick things on themselves as camoflauge. I once had a tuxedo urchin stick a 2" maxima clam onto it's back. Thankfully, I got it off before the urchin disappeared somewhere in the rockwork. Now how about a harlequin shrimp | |
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04-27-2006, 06:35 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Los Angeles, California Age: 21
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Lol...ur clams.. Well i like harlequin shrimp...but since my bud takes care of my tank when im away. i dont think he would want to feed stars. | |
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04-27-2006, 06:38 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Originally Posted by Bruce Lol...ur clams.. Well i like harlequin shrimp...but since my bud takes care of my tank when im away. i dont think he would want to feed stars. | Yeah, my clam....wouldya believe it?!
My harlequins take up to 2 weeks to eat a starfish then they don't get another one for about a week afterwards so unless you're going to be away from home for a month at a time, you can feed the shrimp before you leave and your worries will be over | |
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04-27-2006, 10:39 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Gypsum, KS Age: 24
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SALLY LIGHTFOOT!!!!! i love mine. had him for 8 months now. molts about once a month. never had any problems with him.
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36 Gallon Bow front Reef
Residents - Lawnmower Blenny, Maroon Clown, Freckle Faced Hawk Fish, Blue Mandarin Dragonet, Tomini Tang, Sailfin Tang, Coral Beauty, Dragon Wrasse, Green Mushrooms, Green Yuma Ricordia Mushroom, Starburst Polyps, Pulsing Xenia, Clove Polyps, Candy Cane, Yellow Tip Torch, Golden Polyps, Dwarf Hermit Crabs, Snails
20 Long Sump - Corallife Super Skimmer, Rio 2100
Lighting - Current USA 130W PC Dual Daylight/Dual Actinic/White Moon Light | |
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04-27-2006, 11:12 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Originally Posted by cerpin_taxt SALLY LIGHTFOOT!!!!! i love mine. had him for 8 months now. molts about once a month. never had any problems with him. |
I got my Sallie a week ago, acclimated him with the drip method for two hours and put him in the tank..........haven't seen him since. I've been looking for him everywhere and can't find him. I heard they were very social, did yours hide for awhile after being newly introduced?
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Tank:
55 gallon w/10 gallon sump
60 #'s of Fiji LR/2" live sand bed
4-54W T5 HO-1 Sun-6000K, 1 Aquablue-11000K and 2 Actinic/Blue Plus
AquaC Remora skimmer
2 MaxiJet 1200powerheads
Livestock:
2 False Percula Clown
1 Yellow Tang
1 Coral Beauty
1 Firefish
1 Cleaner Shrimp
15 Nassarius Snails
5 Cerith Snails
20 Margarita Snails
10 Astrea Snails
2 Turbo Snail
15 Red Tipped Leg Hermit | |
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04-27-2006, 02:04 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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I don't trust sally lightfoots. When they get large, they get aggressive towards your fish and inverts. Plus they're very fast moving crabs and they just freak me right the heck out | |
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