Tank Journal Archive

[Cosby]

Have found him on the underside of a rock today, still covered up.

 

[Hookyboy]

You mentioned a spike it could be a cone snail , and some of which are deadly to all life especially humans. Be cautious .

 

[MichaelBinns]

deffinatly not a cone snail lol, its just its mantle that has little spikes, i have one in my tank, completely harmless and feeds off coraline algae :) @dr_schell could probably tell you more

 

[Cosby]

Yeah, he's all good. We're like brothers already, Colin Cowrie and I. ;)

Picked myself up a Cannon EOS 600D today. I look forward to taking some decent pics.

 

[Dr. Schell]

this is why the shell of cowries is so shiny, it gets polished by the mantle

 

[MichaelBinns]

Nice camera I have the same ;)

 

[Cosby]

Nice camera I have the same ;)

I just have to learn my way around it.

 

[Cosby]

So, just settling in to the new DSLR. @OSCAR85 has dropped around some live rock and sponge to help me through the cycle today.

Have tried to upload some pics that I've taken in the last 24 hours, but they are huge. Will re-scale and re-post.

 

[Cosby]

Ok, so I'll try again.

And lastly, this is Cosby.

 

[Hookyboy]

Tanks looking great , sorry about the cone shell wrong id.

 

[Cosby]

Tanks looking great , sorry about the cone shell wrong i.d.

Not a worry. I had him pegged when I first got the live rock, as my mother had a cowrie shell on her mantelpiece, when I was a kid.

 

[Cosby]

Shouldn't be too far off adding a CUC in the next week or so.

At this stage, and with I believe to be in the tank already( if they've survived the cycle), I will have....

3x stromb snails
2X turbo snails
1x orange footed hermit crab
1x Cowrie
2x hoof-footed crab
4x bristle stars

In time I want to add some Blood Shrimp, and an Anenome(porcelain) Crab.

 

[aussieant32]

are you adding hermits or they already there?

 

[Cosby]

are you adding hermits or they already there?

Will be adding. But not just any old hermit.

In this case I will be speciest. ;)

 

[leodb89]

looking good mate :)

 

[Cosby]

@dr_schell or anyone able to give me an I.D on this little guy, which has popped up in the last 24 hours.

I'm still in the nitrite phase, and have quite a bit of red algae growth, but this guy really stands out under the blues( but is still the green/yellow in white light when I turn it on). I've also noticed that it's moving slowly down the rock.

 

[Dr. Schell]

looks like a form of nudibranch, although cannot clearly discern the anterior portion. Many nudibranch that feed on corals, particularly soft corals look like this. Additional photos may result in a more conclusive ID

@dr_schell or anyone able to give me an I.D on this little guy, which has popped up in the last 24 hours.

I'm still in the nitrite phase, and have quite a bit of red algae growth, but this guy really stands out under the blues( but is still the green/yellow in white light when I turn it on). I've also noticed that it's moving slowly down the rock.

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Some nudibranch mimic their food source with such accuracy, it is difficult to tell them form the coral upon which they feed. Below is an image of a nudibranch that feeds on Xenia. There is no Xenia in the image below (photo taken from the web), just the Nudibranch and its eggs.

[Broken External Image]:http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/12/inverts_album/Phyllodesmium-sp-zenia-minic.jpg

 

[Cosby]

Here we go. I had to move the rock to get a better pic.

 

[Dr. Schell]

Here we go. I had to move the rock to get a better pic.

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Thanks for the image. It is beyond a doubt an anemone. Given that it fluoresces green, I suspect that it may be an unhealthy 'majano' (Anemonia cf. majano).

 

[Cosby]

Just updating the journal with pics of how it's looking at the moment.