This little tank has been running since Jan '04 and for the past 4 months I've done nothing with it other than a weekly (sometimes every other. 
) water change. I swipe the glass occasionally, but it really doesn't need it more than once every couple of weeks. I've pulled some zoos and shrooms to ship out and have let this tank just do it's thing to see where it goes.
Here's what it looked like in the beginning of March '05.
Here it is today.
As you can see, lots of changes have taken place, other than my removing a couple of things. So I thought I'd share with the rest of you what happens when you place fast growing, invasive corals in a nano. Doesn't bother me, and has actually helped me to learn more about specific species growth habits and the compatibility of these corals.
Star polyps...very fast growers and very invasive. I glued the GSP on the left to the back glass and it has tripled in size. The two areas of star polyps have grown off the rock on the upper right and onto the glass on the back and on the side.
Here is an overgrowth of star polyps that grew off a separate rock, onto the main rock structure. The main colony has since been removed, but the residual flesh left behind had grown through this zoo colony. I'm interested to see what happens when it reaches that yuma ric which is just above it - center top of the photo.
Anthelia, another fast growing, invasive coral. It has spread upwards on the left side of the tank and has declared war on the pitiful little M. digitata frag. We'll' see how it fares against the several zoo frags glued to that rock.
Close up...the anthelia is clearly the winner in this coral war. I need to snap the tips off that digi and stick it in my cube where it can recover.
These zoos spread off a parent colony that was removed and shipped out to a fellow reefer. They are spreading nicely.
I'm having a problem with a colony of hydroids that have appeared in this colony of zoos. Several applications of Joe's Juice have proven to be ineffetive, which I knew it would be, but it was worth a shot. I'll need to pull this chunk of zoos out and snap off the area with the hydroids. Such a shame to sacrifice some zoos, but these hydroids (according to Shimek) are nearly impossible to eradicate and have an extrememly potent sting. Time to get them out before they spread even more.
And finally, my happy caulestra. Other than the weekly feeding of cyclop-eeze to the tank , these guys get nothing. They started out as two heads and recently split. The top one is just about finished and the bottom head is now ready to split into two.
Tank specs:
2.5 gallons
2x13 watt PC
AC 70 fuge w/ 13Watt PC
2x nass snails
1x bumble bee snail
1x micro blue leg hermit
And the stuff you saw in the pics.
) water change. I swipe the glass occasionally, but it really doesn't need it more than once every couple of weeks. I've pulled some zoos and shrooms to ship out and have let this tank just do it's thing to see where it goes.Here's what it looked like in the beginning of March '05.
Here it is today.
As you can see, lots of changes have taken place, other than my removing a couple of things. So I thought I'd share with the rest of you what happens when you place fast growing, invasive corals in a nano.
Doesn't bother me, and has actually helped me to learn more about specific species growth habits and the compatibility of these corals.Star polyps...very fast growers and very invasive. I glued the GSP on the left to the back glass and it has tripled in size. The two areas of star polyps have grown off the rock on the upper right and onto the glass on the back and on the side.
Here is an overgrowth of star polyps that grew off a separate rock, onto the main rock structure. The main colony has since been removed, but the residual flesh left behind had grown through this zoo colony. I'm interested to see what happens when it reaches that yuma ric which is just above it - center top of the photo.
Anthelia, another fast growing, invasive coral. It has spread upwards on the left side of the tank and has declared war on the pitiful little M. digitata frag. We'll' see how it fares against the several zoo frags glued to that rock.
Close up...the anthelia is clearly the winner in this coral war. I need to snap the tips off that digi and stick it in my cube where it can recover.
These zoos spread off a parent colony that was removed and shipped out to a fellow reefer. They are spreading nicely.
I'm having a problem with a colony of hydroids that have appeared in this colony of zoos. Several applications of Joe's Juice have proven to be ineffetive, which I knew it would be, but it was worth a shot. I'll need to pull this chunk of zoos out and snap off the area with the hydroids. Such a shame to sacrifice some zoos, but these hydroids (according to Shimek) are nearly impossible to eradicate and have an extrememly potent sting. Time to get them out before they spread even more.
And finally, my happy caulestra. Other than the weekly feeding of cyclop-eeze to the tank , these guys get nothing. They started out as two heads and recently split. The top one is just about finished and the bottom head is now ready to split into two.
Tank specs:
2.5 gallons
2x13 watt PC
AC 70 fuge w/ 13Watt PC
2x nass snails
1x bumble bee snail
1x micro blue leg hermit
And the stuff you saw in the pics.
