110g Mixed Reef V2

[fishytime]

I was looking in the tank this morning and found this.


You may remember when I was so happy to get one exactly like this one out of the tank a while back. I have no idea when they came in to my tank but this makes two that Ive seen. Hope I can get lucky enough to get this one out.

I should start renting out tank space. I am babysitting again. This time a couple of zoanthid colonies from RC. We got tired of everyone trying to talk us into selling them. I accidentally put one of the colonies to close to my rock work and they have already spread to my rock....sorry Kevin. One colony is the blue zoas I already have and the other is a cool gold centered pink rimmed one.



My new squamosa clams have crawled their way out to where I could get a couple decent shots.




I will be doing a battery of tests today so will post parameters later.

[karazy]

that blue clam is absolutely beautiful

[ElGuappo]

Looks like a emerald crab. or at least some sort of mytrax crab. BANISH him to the sump.

[Hairytank]

The tank is looking great!
If you need help with the crab, I can come over and lend a hand like last time....

[Alberta-newb]

Originally Posted by fishytime

I should start renting out tank space. I am babysitting again. This time a couple of zoanthid colonies from RC. We got tired of everyone trying to talk us into selling them....

I didn't bug you guys that much did I?

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by karazy

that blue clam is absolutely beautiful

Thanks bud. We got lucky enough to get a few blue squamosas in. From what I understand you dont see blue sqamies very often.

Originally Posted by ElGuappo

Looks like a emerald crab. or at least some sort of mytrax crab. BANISH him to the sump.

The picture shows up more green but the crab is very black. Does look like its from the mithrax famaliy for sure. This was just the "shed" from last nights molt. Ya great...its growing

Originally Posted by Hairytank

The tank is looking great!
If you need help with the crab, I can come over and lend a hand like last time....

Do guarantee a crab removal with each visit?

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

I didn't bug you guys that much did I?

Aw man...if you only knew. Almost once a day someone asks "how much for those zoas" and then its followed by a "aw cmon... everything is for sale right?" Once the big tank gets set up they will be back at the shop, hopefully spawning frags.


I started operation "hacro" The hacking off of the ugly PITA concrete bases that some of my acros are on. The bases have a nub of concrete on the bottom that makes them near impossible to just place on the rock. Some of the bases are almost 2" tall, and thats 2" less room that the acros will have to grow before I have to start pruning. Every little inch matters right? So the bases have to go. It is proving to be a little more difficult than I thought it would be. I expect that there will probably be frags.

Here are the parameters. Dkh is Elos, the rest are Salifert. nitrate 10, ph 8.0, mag 1290, ca 360, dkh 7 . Water change 1 week ago with kzrb salt, dosing nothing. Ca was 480 and mag was 1380 the day after the w/c. Suddenly (probably not so suddenly as I been lazy with the testing) my tank is using ca and mag...hmmm wonder why I am the type that is bad for remembering to do things like dose calcium every day, so I see a reactor and a dosing pump in my near future methinks... oh Santa.

[Delphinus]

Yeah what's up with them bases anyhow. At least I don't have a problem with trying to find a spot for mine though. (All currently filed under "G" )

I think your blue-lined clam is in fact a maxima not a squamosa. But you're correct, blue squamy's are very unusual. Be that as it may though, it is still quite exquisite.

[Alberta-newb]

Doug, do you have a compressor and a die grinder? I hate the circular frag discs as well (just don't look natural!). I found a die grinder with a cut off wheel quickly trims them down to size. If you have air but no grinder I'll drop mine off for you.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Yeah what's up with them bases anyhow. At least I don't have a problem with trying to find a spot for mine though. (All currently filed under "G" )

I think your blue-lined clam is in fact a maxima not a squamosa. But you're correct, blue squamy's are very unusual. Be that as it may though, it is still quite exquisite.

Sorry bout your sps issues.
What??? Man I hate distributors. They came to us as squams and ultra croceas. Thanks for the heads up Tony. Looks like I have some clam homework to do.

Originally Posted by Alberta-newb

Doug, do you have a compressor and a die grinder? I hate the circular frag discs as well (just don't look natural!). I found a die grinder with a cut off wheel quickly trims them down to size. If you have air but no grinder I'll drop mine off for you.

Thanks for the offer Francis. I am getting er done with a dremel and a 1 1/2" metal cutting disc. Not ideal,I know but it seems to be working.

[Delphinus]

Well, maybe I'm wrong. But the pattern is one I've seen on pictures before for maximas. Maybe I'm overlooking something, but my first thought was "Wow what a nice maxima! But why didn't he post a picture of the squamosa!" Maybe I should have looked closer at the shell. Squamosa scutes are so noticeably more exaggerated and further apart from one another than those on maximas or croceas.

But ultimately, whatever it is: it is one wickedly pretty clam. I want one too! It was VERY hard making a decision the other day. I could have easily picked 4 right off the bat.