400 gallon project

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I took a few shots today because I realized that my coral was growing, yet I had no photos to refer to. For no reason, here you go.

[michika]

Nice shots!

I hope the seahare works out for you. Are you seeing a lot of cleaning action from your urchins?

[untamed]

Originally Posted by michika

Nice shots!

I hope the seahare works out for you. Are you seeing a lot of cleaning action from your urchins?

Two seahares...and so far I'm impressed by the job they are doing. While I like the urchins, I would not say that they are very effective at eating hair algae. I think the urchins prefer coraline algae.

[michika]

Wow, that is exactly the opposite of my tank. I have a seahare and it barely makes a dent in my GHA, while my urchin on the other hand goes to town.

I always look forwards to your tank updates!

[justinl]

hey brad, i was thinking today about sea spiders and i remembered that you had one (the only one i know of in a tank). just curious as to whether it's still around or not. is the gorg it was feeding on still okay?

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The sea spider began to fly around the tank. It seemed to be doing this on purpose as it would deliberately let go of a particular perch....fly around...then fold it's legs and drop to another perch.

It did this continuously for about a week before disappearing. I haven't seen it in months and I assume it is gone.

The Live Rock supplier supports the observation that he sees the spiders on his dives in the spring, then they are gone. I may have witnessed the method by which they leave the area.

The coral it lived on has had some die back as it fought hair algae. It's still alive and I hope it will return to it's former glory someday.

[untamed]

Here's how things are looking today. It is difficult to get a good overall tank view.

Front view


Side View