Koe Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Hello everyone. Just started keeping salt water tanks again after a 10 years or so. Got back into it when my wife fell in love with a Purple Reef Lobster (Debelius' lobster) at the beginning of the year. We bought him and named him Indigo Montoya; You cooked my father prepare to die. Since then it's been a fun ride dealing with things like: Trying out feeder shrimp: Indigo doesn't apparently eat feeder shrimp so we've still got 2 hanging out with him. Invasion of the Aiptasia. This was fought off with the addition of three peppermint shrimp. Tic, Tac, & Toe Caulerpa trying to over grow the tank and then going sexual. Anyway Indigo Montoya and I are looking forward to joining the Austin Reef Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad and Belinda Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 We welcome you both to ARC!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Welcome! So what do you have besides the shrimp (and aiptasia)? What are your plans for the tank and what kind of setup do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koe Posted July 12, 2010 Author Share Posted July 12, 2010 I've got a Fluval Edge system (6g). I've swapped out the default lights for 2 240 lumen LED lights and added a 10w compact florescent coralife 50/50 bulb. The aiptasia is actually all gone at this point thanks to the peppermint shrimp. Live stock in the tank is: 1 Purple Reef Lobster 3 Peppermint Shrimp -- Actually looking at getting rid of these guys. . 2 "feeder shrimp" -- not sure exactly what they are but small clear shrimp I got for a quarter each at Aquatek 4 Snails 3-4 Orange Ball Corallimorphs ( think that's what they are) Bunch of Chaetomorpha I'm hoping to add some GSP and Xenia to the tank soon. I think my lighting should be okay for those. Like I mentioned above I'd also like to get rid of the peppermint shrimp and replace them with something else. I think they killed a bumble bee snail I had and I've seen them attacking some of the other snails. Seems like odd behavior based on what I've read about them. Biggest challenge I have with this tank is trying to stock it with things the lobster won't eat. I feed him daily and so far he's been vary laid back but I'd hate to add something just to have him decide it looks tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Welcome to the addiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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