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Old 08-01-2007, 11:05 PM
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Old 08-01-2007, 11:28 PM
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Old 08-14-2007, 10:14 PM
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I've been meaning to document this for a while now. It is my observation that hermit crabs have their favourite resting places in the tank. Each night, they roam around, then return the favoured spot for the day.

Unfortunately for this particular coral, about 30+ hermits spend their days in it. This coral used to have a resident acro-crab, but he didn't survive the transfer to the new tank (or something got him). The acro-crab was quite good at fending off any hermit that attempted to get near his coral. The hermits are having a long term effect on the coral growth pattern of the coral as the areas they sit on don't get any light.

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Old 08-15-2007, 02:51 AM
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I think you might be able to solve that problem by either fraging that acro and placing the frags in different areas. Or adding several more acros to try and spread out the hermit territory. I like option 2 personally.

Is that a prostrata?
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Old 08-15-2007, 05:19 AM
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Is that a prostrata?
I don't know what it is. I'm not so much into coral IDs. I continue to add more coral frags all the time, but few of them are large enough to tempt the hermits to move out. It is also my observation that the hermits like to huddle in collections. (Maybe they like to swap accommodations!)

I'm not worried about it. The coral will just have to deal with it's residents.
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Untamed,

I only recently found Canreef so I've just joined the "watch" on your project but I have to say, what an amazing job! I've read the whole thread and you've given me tons of ideas on how I want to do a new 280 gallon tank that I'm looking to put together.
Thanks for going into all the detail that you did as I know I'm going to use a few of your tricks.
Excellent Tank!!!
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Old 08-15-2007, 04:37 PM
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Untamed,

I only recently found Canreef so I've just joined the "watch" on your project but I have to say, what an amazing job! I've read the whole thread and you've given me tons of ideas on how I want to do a new 280 gallon tank that I'm looking to put together.
Thanks for going into all the detail that you did as I know I'm going to use a few of your tricks.
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That's the entire idea. I owe a lot of my plan to others who posted their builds on reefcentral etc.
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