20g High Nano-Reef

[Zer0]

Thank you for posting more!! tyty. Btw, what are those red striped shrimp called? Also, do they ever try and escape the tank?

[thominil]

Cleaner shrimp, nope they don't try to escape. No problem I'm always happy to help.

[Zer0]

Thats awesome.. you think they dont try because they know they will die if they leave? lol. Idk what it is with fiddler crabs.. but i dont think they know that once they leave the tank.. they wont be getting back in lol. I had a tank with at least 5 or 6 fiddler crabs. Every single one of them got out and either dried up and died or both my dog and cat had a feast lol. Anyways, the shrimp look freakin awesome.

[thominil]

Ouch! sorry to hear that. I got a few dollars off my shrimp. Guy at Petland that netted it was a freshy. He grabbed a cleaner and labled it a peppermint. lol

[Zer0]

haha thats pretty lucky. You should have gotten some more and it would have been cheaper lol. But regardless, the shrimp still look really nice.

[thominil]

If you get one when your tank gets set up make sure you know that they molt so you dont freak out and think that it died like I did.....lol

[Zer0]

rofl, well now i know that they do.. but unless i see it rotting or floating around.. then i think its safe to assume it would be dead then lol.

[fishmonkey]

load it up with some more zoas! I personally love zoas and think they compliment any reef tank nicely.

[thominil]

Nah maybe when the 75g goes up. I may pick up frogspawn or something like that this weekend. Besides, I have more zoas than I know what to do with. I get a bunch of tiny freebee's every time I buy something because it's to small of a frag to sell for $20.

[fishmonkey]

well maybe you could start getting the zoas so you dont have to make the LONG trek to the Fish Store later

[Zer0]

Hey i've got a question, where did you get that mandarin fish from? That fish looks uber trippy, and i sorta put one of those on my list for fish.. when i am ready to get fish.

[thominil]

Petland. I wouldn't get one unless you see it eat brine in the store. Otherwise, it will slowly starve in your tank until it dies.

[HN1]

I wouldn't count on brine sustaining a Mandarin longterm. It really isn't very nutritious and they are grazers. They truly need a well established tank with a reproducing pod population. JMO.

[Zer0]

Alright cool. Ill see what i can find, and ill read up more on this pod population thing so maybe in the future i can actually get one of the mandarin fish.

[fishmonkey]

Originally Posted by thominil

what are those?

[thominil]

mushrooms, shrooms, theres a few different names for them.

[fishmonkey]

oh nice theyre pretty cool looking

[Colt17]

Wow! Very nice Thom. I need to stop looking at these reefs or I'll have "another" new project on my hands.

[thominil]

Thanks! That new project will be fun if you do it. You would be supprised how much fun it is to put a reef together.

[Zer0]

I can attest to that lol. Its more fun than you know, but if you buy things online.. then the waiting for the supplies to get to your house is the part that kills. I hate waiting for people to ship things so im always updating my tracking number page lol. But really, i've had non-stop fun collecting supplies and thinking what im going to do next. Fun fun.