[OptimusPrime]

Its been about a month since I posted some tank pics and update so here it is.

Stock List:

20 or so dicosoma mushrooms (Red and Green)
10 ricordea mushrooms
1 Pumping Xenia (that badly needs to be fragged!!)
1 Spaghetti Finger Leather Coral
1 Large Green and Purple Metallic Mushroom
2 Torch Corals
1 Unknown Leather (The one on the sand in Dead Center)
2 White Sebae Anemones
2 Green Bulb Tip Anemones
2 Velvet Nudibranches
2 Red Fromia Sea Stars
2 Sand Sifting Sea Stars
1 SPS Coral (Can't remember the Name and Cant find it online)
1 Lawnmower Blenny
1 Scooter Blenny
1 True Percula Clown
2 Mated Sexy Shrimp
1 Sunk Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
2 Pom Pom Crabs
1 Emerald Mithrax Crab
2 Marshall Island Electric Blue hermit Crabs
2 Dwarf Zebra Hermit Crabs
30 or so Nassarius Snails (They wont stop Reproducing)
3 Astrea Snails
5 Feather Dusters (Assorted Colors)
3 or so Sponges (That Ive Found)

Pictures:

Who would of thought you could cram all of this into a 10 gallon tank

 

[wharyat]

Very nice!!

Great pics. :thumbup:

 

[tims]

WOW looking pretty good

 

[theplatypus]

Do the Blue Velvet Nudibranches eat anything other than flatworms?

 

[VWD]

Very cool, For real that is a ten gallon tank. Looks really great

 

[OptimusPrime]

Do the Blue Velvet Nudibranches eat anything other than flatworms?

Pretty much that is all they eat.I had a massive amount of flatworms and theve pretty much consumed a lot of them.Their lifespan is only supposed to be around 3 months and thats about how long Ive had them in there and they seem to be doing ok.

For real,that is a ten gallon.

 

[piberoptikz]

I always wanted to have some emerald crabs but they might nip on my precious polyps.

 

[xtopher]

That is a great lookin tank you've got going on there

 

[Mr.Reef]

I love your crab with the anenome hands...

 

[OptimusPrime]

yeah,the pom pom crabs are awesome!!!!they dont really do much but when tey're out,they're reall cool to watch.I just got a spiky sea cucumber too,to take care of the detritus and a yellow fiji leather that Ive got a perfect spot for and then I dont know what else I can put in there.My calcium consumption is already through the roof.I think im gonna get a elegance coral and that will be it.Ill just sit back and watch.(AND do water changes

 

[whatevva]

That is ONE BEAUTIFUL TANK!! Nice Work!!

 

[Loverotties]

That looks Great!

 

[Chris86]

Very Nice and Very Cool Pictures

 

[OptimusPrime]

Thanks Everyone!!!!!!!

 

[OptimusPrime]

Just Fragged the xenia today and donated it to the the LFS.I also found out the name of the SPS coral,and its a Flavia.Does anyone know what the leather is?I swear I cant find it,I know its not a colt........

 

[tims]

it looks likea finger leather,can ya post a picture closer up and when it is closed and open?

 

[OptimusPrime]

Here you go tim,I hope this helps .Ive never noticed any type of feeding carachteristics before like how the sinularia shoots out the web.This guy does close.

 

[Isda]

Beautiful tank. Love the colors on the mushrooms

 

[Fly Guy]

it looks likea finger leather,can ya post a picture closer up and when it is closed and open?

Yeah it looks just like my finger leather. Or at least what i have always CALLED a finger leather. Mine is SUPER moody though. If i as much as bump him he shrinks to about 1/4 his size and if i bump him twice he not only shrinks but he will stay that way for two days and shed. He was the first coral i ever bought(that didnt come with my original set up) though, and he has grown immensely.


Sweet tank!!

 

[tims]

I do think it is a Finger leather coral ( Sinularia) there are sevearl variations of it, so not needing a lot of light,it mainly feeds fromthe Zooanthellae but might take phytoplankton.
how is the light for it? it should grow pretty fast. dont be afraid to frag that bugger too. when they get pissy they will shed the outer layer and stay shrunk like what bill was saying. that can actaully last a for weeks.