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07-12-2004, 12:56 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kansas
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Hello Everyone!!!
Hello Everyone, I just joined this message board...I've been reading for some time your threads and decided to get in on the action. I also have a question that I hope some of you may be able to help me out. I have a strange organism that is appearing on my glass, live rock, everywhere etc!! They are small white spiral shaped (not snail eggs) hard object. They never turn into anything and if I scrape them off the glass, they just come back. I'm not sure if this is some type of barnacle or something else. Any ideas?? I will try to get some pictures online soon, but they are so small it is hard to get a good pic. Also I just upgraded my lights to 2 65W Daylight 10K 2 Actinic Power Compacts and will be adding some soft corals soon. Any advice?
55 gallon with about 65-70lbs of live rock, emperor 400 hang on filter with the bio wheels, Prizm protein skimmer.
Yellow Tang
Blue Tang
Possum Wrasse
2 Percula Clowns
Some Damsels (both black and white 3 stripe and yellow tailed blue)
1 bicolor pseudochromis
1 coral banded shrimp
1 peppermint shrimp
2 cleaner shrimp
2 serpent sea stars
1 brittle sea star
2 sand sifting sea star
1 blue linckia sea star
about 15 dwarf blue legged hermit crabs
25-30 different snails
some purple and red mushrooms
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07-12-2004, 01:00 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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Welcome to TRT glad ya found us.I had the same white thingys for about 6 months when I started my tank with time they just went away still not sure what they were but I wouldnt worry to much didnt seem to ever do anything to my tank. 
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07-12-2004, 01:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kansas
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I've had my tank set up for about a year and a half and they just never go away...Thanks I really enjoy reading all the messages...It's helped me out a bunch!
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07-12-2004, 01:04 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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I just assumed some kind of barnacle.
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07-12-2004, 01:10 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kansas
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Yeah that's what I figured. Thank You! Got any advice for soft corals? |
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07-12-2004, 01:12 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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sure a DSB! they like the nitrates way more than do SPS.Vho and pc work great for softies
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07-12-2004, 01:13 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kansas
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sorry but I'm kinda new to this whole thing...what do you mean DSB?
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07-12-2004, 01:13 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
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A Deep sand bed
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07-12-2004, 01:17 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kansas
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Ah!!!!! that makes perfect sense now!! I have about 2-3 inches...is that enough or do you think more?? |
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07-12-2004, 01:20 PM
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Oh no...not again!!!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Colorado Springs
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Welcome to TRT!!!!
We have softies in two tanks and reasonable flow and lighting (3W per gallonish with PC's is fine for PC's). I was not up for the DSB challenge so we both have 2" arogonite beds with some seed sand mixed in and I vacuum the gravel during the water changes and get that detritus out of there. We have yet to lose a softie ever, but did not add them until we had six weeks of cycling.
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07-12-2004, 01:22 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Kansas
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Wow! That's encouraging, thanks Phishnoob....what softies to you recommend to start off with?
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07-12-2004, 01:24 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
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Yea 3 in would be sweet I started with mushrooms and zoes
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