The bait is much too large to be eaten completely...or the ciranolids are much too small to eat a noticeable amount.

I caught two more this evening within 1 hour of lights out.

I'll test leaving the trap in overnight again but this time I'll first verify that I've caught at least one, then leave the trap in place with the captured ciranolid still inside. If there is at least one still in the trap by morning, then I would conclude that they aren't getting out.

Did you purchase "THE PACKAGE" from Tampa Bay live rock, and were the sponges part of this package? thanks

Amazing tank man, need a new full tank shot to use as a desktop pic :)

Yes...first I loaded with a bunch of base rock. I let that cycle, then ordered the package. While not listed specifically, Richard often throws in the sponges as part of the package.

My sponges are suffering, and I've yet to find anyone anywhere who has been able to keep them alive over a long term.

Ciranolid update
 

The ciranolid traps continue to work quite well. The traps perfectly capture ONLY ciranolids and nothing else. Just about every manner of other critter tries to get in there and take the bait, but only ciranolids get in through the small hole in the lid.

I've learned that the traps are equally or more effective if I simply leave them in place all night. On a good night, I trap 8 or so. Last night, I didn't catch any.

Haven't seen one actually on a fish in over a week now.

sounds like the hunt is near its end! that certainly is good news. good luck on taking out (literally) the last of the pesky parasites.

Ciranolid hunting is sort of "hit and miss". One night I'll get a few, the next I'll get none. I'm no longer concerned about the population getting out of control anyway.

Here's last night's capture. This is the largest one I've seen so far. This was the only one caught last night, but I'm glad to have him out of there!

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0297.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r.../100_0297b.jpg

Looks like he is sitting up begging for it life

New Fish!
 

Went to the store to purchase some tubing...came back with another fish. (you know how it goes...)

Yet another tang. This one is an Achilles Tang. As soon as he arrived, the Yellow Tang attacked. It is funny because I would have said that the yellow tang was the bottom of the tank pecking order until now. Also, while the yellow tang and Naso Tang are best buddies, the Yellow Tang clearly dislikes the Achillies Tang.

Within a few moments, the Achilles had its tail fin sliced completely in half. The tank is now having an extended "nightime". The Achilles does not seem to have his tail blades, so he can't really even mount a defence. You may be able to see the sliced tail in this photo.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0299.jpg

:rofl: thats what i was thinking :wink:


Gorgeous achilles :cool: How big is it?

Its funny how the heirachy works in tanks. I've just recently discovered that my scopas tang can be a mean bugger when he wants to. Which is weird as he's never shown any aggression before to any newcomers.

Fish are strange critters :biggrin:

He may have been..but it didn't work.

The Achilles is large. Maybe 6"? He's bigger than the Naso and the Yellow, but about the same size as the Trigger.