Islandoftiki Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Ok, so I'm about to get the 2 gallon pico back up and running. This time it's going to be a pest tank. That's right, a tank full of mojano, aiptasia, bubble algae, unknown crabs, etc. If anyone has any pests that they want to donate to the project, let me know. It's not like you can go down to the local fish store and specifically ask for aiptasia without being looked at like a crazy person, so I might need a little help with this one. I think my first order of business is to find some infested live rock. Cheers! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberlee Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 If you feel like coming to Salem I have a small piece of frogspawn skeleton w/ aiptasia on it. I also have some hair and bubble algae to get you started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 I'm not sure if my schedule will allow me to get down there any time soon. I should be at the next meeting, I hope. I'll put another call out for pests just before the meeting. Does anybody have any chunks of live rock that they're ready to give up on? It's only a small tank, about 6.5" x 6.5" x 8" tall. 2 lbs should be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 just took some out today got it running in a sump in se port it yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Awesome! PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Swing by my place I have a tank full of infested rocks. Monjanos, aptasia, cyano, flat worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 george with rock 8756644 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefsickness Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 lol bubble algae is a pest ? I have lots of that how do you get rid of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Yeah, people consider it a pest. Emerald crabs love the stuff. Some say Emerald crabs will eat corals if they get too hungry, but mine has been a model citizen... and bonus, no bubble algae. But the pest tank is another story altogether! Bring on the pests! It's going to be a battle royale to determine the ultimate winner! Does anyone have any hitchhikers they want to get rid of? Nuisance crabs, pistol shrimp, mantis shrimp? Send 'em my way! In all seriousness though, I'm excited to give a home to these misfits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Scott Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I have more than a few aiptasia you can have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barelycuda Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I have aptasia, green majano's and brown majano's. I'm not sure but I probably have some hydroids also You want some bristleworms ? I got you covered there also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Oh, how exciting! This is almost as much fun as my main display tank! First off, I would like to thank George for his generous contribution of both live rock and a wicked huge aiptasia. He gave me so much live rock that I had to scramble and put together my old empty Mr. Aqua 7.5 gallon freshwater cube tank and set it up for saltwater. Yay for having enough extra bits and pieces to throw together an impromptu holding tank. It's now running and hosting what must be about 10 lbs of live rock. Thank you, George! Here's the 7.5 gallon and 2 gallon next to each other: And here's the largest aiptasia that I've ever seen. Thanks George! I'm still in need of more pests, and I'll be getting in touch with folks as I'm excited to host some mojano, bristle worms and other nasties! I think I'm going to remove about half of the sand bed from the tank and hopefully add some more nasty, infested, pest addled live rock to the tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pex Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 My monkey is on the bryopsis winning the algae battle. Sent from the droid you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pex Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I meant my money is on the bryopsis. I keep my monkey stored somewhere else. Sent from the droid you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 I got a free brown majano from Nick at Rose City Aquarium last night. He didn't have any greens. He's going to save some pests for me when he finds them. He's got a beautiful green mantis shrimp, but it's too big for the 2 gallon. New Majano. There's another one floating around the tank somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Also, in researching pests, I'm learning some new trick for removing them from a display tank. For Majanos, try this trick... Place a piece of a shell on top of the majano, the anemone will climb up on top of the shell to get back into the light, sometimes withing a day. Then simply remove the shell and no residual bits of majano in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Here I thought I have some majano's but after seeing you pic's I think its aiptasia DOH! Interesting idea for a tank. What made you think of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richmckee Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 if you want some awesome bright green mojanos you can have as many as you want from my frag tank - easy access too. I love the way they look, if they didn't migrate I'd want to grow them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breefcase Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (laugh)(laugh) Oh, how exciting! This is almost as much fun as my main display tank! First off, I would like to thank George for his generous contribution of both live rock and a wicked huge aiptasia. He gave me so much live rock that I had to scramble and put together my old empty Mr. Aqua 7.5 gallon freshwater cube tank and set it up for saltwater. Yay for having enough extra bits and pieces to throw together an impromptu holding tank. It's now running and hosting what must be about 10 lbs of live rock. Thank you, George! Here's the 7.5 gallon and 2 gallon next to each other: And here's the largest aiptasia that I've ever seen. Thanks George! I'm still in need of more pests, and I'll be getting in touch with folks as I'm excited to host some mojano, bristle worms and other nasties! I think I'm going to remove about half of the sand bed from the tank and hopefully add some more nasty, infested, pest addled live rock to the tank! How about you use the 7.5 gallon tank as a quarantine for the pest tank.................(laugh)(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 (laugh)(laugh) How about you use the 7.5 gallon tank as a quarantine for the pest tank.................(laugh)(laugh) Brilliant! That will ensure nothing good gets into the pest tank. Don't want any pesky corals mucking up the look of the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 A big thanks to pnkrcklives for donating a couple pieces of heavily majano infested pieces of rock to the pest tank! Now I need some green majanos and maybe some pest crabs. Perhaps a bristle worm or two. I'll contact some of the folks who offered up the green majanos after I get the rockwork all dialed in. I suspect the tank is nearing the end of it's cycle, although I haven't tested yet. I'm starting to see diatoms. I'll test it this weekend and see where it's at. Then a couple snails and maybe a pest hermit if it's ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Here's a picture of the tank with some of the rockwork that I got from pnkrcklives. He was also nice enough to throw in some amazingly underwhelming pallys! Such a lovely shade of brown. :-) One of the rocks has a nice carpet of algae, and a batch of colorless pallys that are nestled in the middle of a pile of majanos and are probably getting stung. Oddly enough, it's not bad looking for a pest tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnkrcklives Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 It actually looks pretty good. Minus the lack of color.... Glad I could help out the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skulls_and_sparrows Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 i might have a giant like 3" snail eating flat worm if you want it, the thing is freaky. its going to be a matter of catching it, but if i do im pretty sure it will be yours if you want it, unless i pit it in with the cuttle (but i dont think i will. Sent from my SPH-P100 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islandoftiki Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Quick update, the pest tank is doing great, hasn't had a water change in weeks. The majanos are looking happy as a clam and the aiptasia are looking great. I picked up a couple bubble algae bubbles from my LFS today and stuck them in the tank and popped them. Should get some bubble algaes coming up soon. Yay! I'll probably do a water change tonight when I do the water change on my display tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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