Max

I thought they may be palys. That's where I got chocolate chip mint sunflower from. The only difference is these have a pale green center.

The only thing I found that was similar was Chocolate Chip Mint Sunflower zoanthid.

Any idea on what I got?

Most dinoflagellates use multiple feeding strategies, being both heterotrophic and autotrophic, so cutting out lighting may not be the best way to rid your tank of them. In addition, they can also revert to a hibernation like state when nutrients/lighting is limited, reverting back to the original state when conditions are more favorable. Reducing phosphates is probably your best bet at controlling their populations since it plays a key role in their life cycle.

It's just recently that I've truely taken a notice of them. I've had some problems with algae in the fuge but I've been able to kill off most of it with my macro algae. Now that I've cleaned the acrylic I'm actually able to see them and have to say there awesome! I watched one of them repeatedly flick a 8" bristle worm and cause it to retreat.

After a closer look, I've concluded that what I thought was a pistol shrimp, is simply a very large Amphipod. I've seemed to have lost my former pistol shrimp, although I'm still not sure. I still hear clicking noises every once in awhile and I assumed that this was what I was hearing. Who knows maybe it still in there? At some point I'll have to get another, my goby seems to be missing a freind.

Enjoying the new view I found out that I had a small (1.5-2 cm.) pistol shrimp living in my refugium.

I had some difficulties figuring out how to load the video. It was taken with my iphone, so excuse the not so great quality.

I cleaned the glass of my refugium today and got a cool video of amphipods and brine shrimp . At one point an amphipod starts fanning it's swimmerets in what I believe was her releasing it's clutch.

It's official, he/she (it) passed. Fool smell + leaking insides confirms it.

I didn't mean to post twice, sorry for that.

So after a lot of research I decided to buy a sea hare to rid my tank of gha growth. After getting it home and acclimating it, I placed it on some of the gha. It immediately started munching away and seemed to be doing well. I noticed that my Bi-colored blenny was checking it out and took a couple nibbles on it's back, but soon it realized it wasn't that tasty. I fed everything to make sure no one else was going to give it any problems and left it be. It found a corner to hide in and stayed there till the lights went out. This morning I woke up and noticed that it had shifted a small rock and pinned itself down in the process. I went in and freed it from the pinched it had gotten into and placed it in a shady spot. Now it hasn't moved and is contracted. I'm worried it that it has died or is in the process of dying.

To what I've read when a sea hare dies it releases the muscles that hide its reduced skeleton and in result exposes it's skeleton. Does anyone have any experience with sea hares and their behavior when first introduced to a new aquarium? I'm sad that this has happened and want to make sure that it's passed before removing it from my tank. I'm not worried that it's going to poison the tank since it's diet determines the toxicity of it's ink (other than what it would add from decomposition) and seeing as the LFS I bought it from had no cyanobacteria for it to eat (from which it produces it's ink) I have nothing to worry about.

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Wow, that looks great. What was he thinking as far as pricing?

Awesome, thanks.

That would be great. Let me know what he says. Oh and Does it have a stand?

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just curious, did the mother make little babies or did you frag it?

I was wondering the same thing.

I didn't even think that it may have been in there before. It seems happy to be back. Thanks again, awesome coral!

I've been keeping my eye out, but so far I haven't seen anything thing. Just checking to see if anyone in the club might have anything.

I'm looking to get a new tank for my cichlids. The 55 gallon I have them in now is over ten years old and I need to replace it before luck catches up with me. I'm a student so I'm on a budget. Please let me know if you have anything.

-Max

Thanks for the fungia, it looks great in the tank!

Thanks for the frag Chris!

If any are left over I'll take it! I'm also located right off Brodie.

Ah man, wish I saw this earlier!

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