Draco's Nano Reef Journal

[Draco]

Just posting some pictures. The first is kind of hard to tell, but I counted 38 snails on the FRONT of my glass alone, lol. There's about 10 on either sides and more in the rocks. Yea, snail explosion!

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• Draco
• Oct 30, 2013

Random snail pic on the glass. 

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• Draco
• Oct 30, 2013

 

[peaches08]

Is it the lights or am I seeing corals etc beginning to expand?

 

[denice]

Your tank is coming along really well.  Clowns are very slow growing so it will be quite awhile before they need a new home.  Lionfish grow really fast which is why they tend to be a problem, as they grow they begin eating the other fish.  I think they are so cool though so we had two.  They think that's how we ended up with them off the coast in the southeast U.S, people dumping the ones that got too big for their tank.  Of course they are causing all kinds of problems because they aren't native and they have no predators to deal with.

 

[Draco]

Is it the lights or am I seeing corals etc beginning to expand?

It's hard for me to tell since I look every day, but I do think the star polyps at least are growing!

Thanks Denise! As much as I love Lionfish, I will leave those to the experts with the gallons needed for them!

 

[Draco]

A photo of one of my Zoanthid mix from tonight:

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• Draco
• Nov 4, 2013

 

[peaches08]

I could stare at the pics in this thread for hours. I just love sea life.

 

[Draco]

lol, I'll try to keep posting them!

I am going to look for more corals to add tomorrow. There's several I saw online that I want, but they're so expensive for the time being, especially with the shipping. 

I will see if my store got any new frags in for me to add. i want to add reds and blues!

I was looking into this pack.. I may order this soon

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+600+2033&pcatid=2033

or this one:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+751+2485&pcatid=2485

 

[natalie_ca]

I could stare at the pics in this thread for hours. I just love sea life.

I'm with you. I'm too lazy to have fish, and to be honest I didn't even know I liked fish until I started following this thread. I'm mesmerized!

 

[nurseangel]

The snails are great!  

 

[Draco]

I picked up some corals, and two feather dusters (tube worms)

here's the feather dusters. Will take pics of the corals later when they open. they're similar to the others I have, but in orange and pink colors

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

 

[peaches08]

How does one "place" the worms?

I remember getting to touch the Christmas tree worms in Belize; they would retreat so quickly into their little holes!

 

[natalie_ca]

I've never heard of "tube worms", so I read up on them.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2002/8/inverts

Pretty, but creepy!!!  They are actually worms!  

 

[Draco]

yep! worms that live in a tube with a feather crown! I love them!

I just had to tuck their tube in the sand where I want them. Easy enough to place them. 

Here's some pics. I took out my underwater camera to get better shots.

My new orange/green Zoanthid that I got today

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

New Mushroom from today- its purplish/red with blue stripes

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

Star Polyps from few weeks ago

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

Pink Button Polyps that I purchased today

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

Watermellon Zoanthids that I purchased last week

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

Green Apple Zoanthid purchased a week ago

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

My clowns- Fred and Ethel the Second

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

Another shot of my new orange/green Zoanthids

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

One of the Feather Dusters

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

 

[Draco]

Some pics of the tank over all

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

 

[natalie_ca]

Wow! It's looking so awesome!!!

  You've done a great job!

That worm, from what I read, it can decide to leave it's tube and move to another location and make a new tube. I think I'd freak out if I saw that happen!  LOL

How is your shrimp doing? I was looking for it in the pictures.

 

[Draco]

it's doing well! It's hiding under the rock as usual!

and thanks I am happy with how the tank's coming so far!

 

[peaches08]

Your tank is really coming along! Thanks for sharing the pics; I miss snorkeling but I can get a small fix here.

 

[natalie_ca]

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• Draco
• Nov 10, 2013

Here is a side by side of what you started with and what you have now.  What a transformation! Gorgeous!

 

[Draco]

even I am amazed at the transformation, lol. So much life in there now! I just found a little something new that grew in my tank. Trying to get an ID of it on the other forum.

I just can't wait to see what it looks like in a few months when everything grows!

 

[Draco]

better shot of one of my dusters.. shows the color more accurately

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• Draco
• Nov 11, 2013