Author Topic: My 55 gallon (Read 8817 times)

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #25 on:** January 21, 2009, 17:31:04 »

after some google image searching on Pistol shrimp, i do believe you are correct!!!

I forgot all about pistol shrimp, and had never seen one.. Didnt know their arms/pinchers were so big! Remember guys, i'm new at all this

Thanks a lot for the I.D.!

Any ideas on the other one?

jake · « **Reply #26 on:** January 21, 2009, 18:56:59 »

Looking good brother

jungliztkruger · « **Reply #27 on:** January 21, 2009, 20:51:26 »

looks like a sea spider

lazylivin · « **Reply #28 on:** January 21, 2009, 21:42:38 »

Those white eyes look freaky

jungliztkruger · « **Reply #29 on:** January 21, 2009, 22:40:37 »

look alot like these. there was another link to info about these but i'll have to dig it up
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pycnogonids.htm

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #30 on:** January 22, 2009, 04:33:35 »

i took a decent video of it tonight, but apparently it takes a year and a half to upload to youtube...

should have the video posted up tomorrow afternoon tho. not the best quality but it'd prolly help with the identification process.

It does look kinda like some of the sea spiders i've googled since you posted up that link, but i'm not 100% sure that's what it is. Hopefully the video will help like i said

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #31 on:** January 22, 2009, 05:26:45 »

heres the video

P.S. can't embed, not sure if it's this way on purpose, but there are youtube mods for SMF forums that would allow us to embed things like this right into the post. just a thought

jeblin · « **Reply #32 on:** January 22, 2009, 08:42:17 »

is it just me or can anyone get the video to play?

micki · « **Reply #33 on:** January 22, 2009, 09:16:17 »

It just says this video is unavailable

lazylivin · « **Reply #34 on:** January 22, 2009, 09:59:28 »

That would be cool to be able to embed video in our posts. ohioreef is that functionality something you would consider adding?

micki · « **Reply #35 on:** January 22, 2009, 10:19:31 »

I've added video on here through photo bucket.

This is one I made a while ago.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v637/Mickis125/VIDEO/?action=view&current=a7b90f2f.pbr

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #36 on:** January 22, 2009, 13:48:36 »

Sorry if the video wasn't working before, it may have still been processing. It's up and goin now.

UD Flyer · « **Reply #37 on:** January 22, 2009, 14:17:52 »

I have no clue, if not a spider how about some sort of star

Either way it looks pretty cool

lazylivin · « **Reply #38 on:** January 23, 2009, 00:25:01 »

Whoa that thing is really cool. Looks like your live rock has a lot of life, could see some other worms in the video as well. How about another video to see FTS?

lightningfront · « **Reply #39 on:** January 23, 2009, 03:17:26 »

Whatever it is it's cool

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #40 on:** January 23, 2009, 03:31:31 »

yeah i'll do a full tank video here this weekend. having an algae problem right now... i have to clean my glass off every day almost. its pretty much just algae collecting on the glass, no GHA or anything, tho i have spotted and removed a bubble algae.

I'll probably put more snails in and i've been told i need to increase flow.

I want my tank to look at clean as yours, lightningfront lol

also, i noticed a feather duster! dunno where it came from, just popped up on one of my rocks. neat lol

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #41 on:** January 23, 2009, 14:50:25 »

so it's a filter feeding cucumber!

thanks to joel for the I.D.
some dudes on 3reef just confirmed it as well...

jungliztkruger · « **Reply #42 on:** January 24, 2009, 00:56:06 »

very good.... after seeing that video i had no idea what i was looking at. i was expecting spider like movements and the got just the opposite lol.

jake · « **Reply #43 on:** January 24, 2009, 11:09:43 »

did those corals puff up yet?

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #44 on:** January 25, 2009, 00:18:54 »

the pulsating xenia has, the blue xenia is starting to.

i think that the extra 850 GPH may have been a bit too much, jake lol

i mean it looks good, had more algae on the glass quicker tho actually (just 1 day and the front was covered pretty well) and i just can't aim the damn powerheads right or place the xenia in a spot where it doesnt look like it's getting hit by Katrina or somethin you know?

I have it in a spot now that just gives it some gentle flow, nothin intense, but it's definitely made coral placement interesting, not to mention i'm running out of room... which saddens me because i'm addicted and i really can't stop adding corals... so a new tank will be in order before 2010.

Hopefully we have robot servants by 2010, thats what all the sci-fi films and comics said would happen by then!

jake · « **Reply #45 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:02:42 »

Not to much flow man cant be

. You might be ok now if you think its to much it must be just right. You might have a mini cycle just from the extra stuff thats gonna get kicked.

Seen that mandrin?

lazylivin · « **Reply #46 on:** January 25, 2009, 03:14:57 »

I have also noticed that where the powerheads are pushing the current hard against the glass that the algae will grow there the quickest.

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #47 on:** January 25, 2009, 05:08:32 »

thats interesting, you think the more flow against the glass would push it almost too much to be able to collect there, but i guess it's the opposite.

yeah it just seems like the few spots i have to put corals, some of them are getting more flow than they should really. I'm going to see how everything looks in the morning after the lights are on for a few and then maybe rearrange stuff a little depending.

lazylivin · « **Reply #48 on:** January 26, 2009, 14:29:34 »

Quote from: Arcade_Guy on January 23, 2009, 14:50:25

so it's a filter feeding cucumber!

thanks to joel for the I.D.
some dudes on 3reef just confirmed it as well...

Stumbled across this video.

The Website is here http://www.divingthegoldcoast.com.au/index.asp?PageID=animal&CritterID=1762

Arcade_Guy · « **Reply #49 on:** January 28, 2009, 23:17:43 »

very cool video! thanks

jake, the mandarin is MIA... what sucks is he was eating, and seemed nice and fat. Belly wasn't concave... But either he croaked and the shrimp and such ate him, or he jumped out some how and my dog ate him. Don't think they are much of jumpers tho... but when i redid my rockwork, he was nooowhere to be found.

A couple of pics:

Also Amanda spotted a crab.. he hides pretty well in one of the rocks but we can catch a glimpse of him when we feed.. that link lazylivin posted when we were tryin to ID the pistol shrimp came in handy! It looks most like this this guy here.

Not an exact match, but pretty close to him.
Also noticed a couple feather dusters, yay lol

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Author Topic: My 55 gallon (Read 8817 times)