[emccullough1]

Well the water finaly maid it to speck. So I got my first Criders. One striped fether duster. 10 hurmet crabs, one striped snail and 4 other snails I have forgot the name thay can be seen in the pic.

[rlcline76]

I love feather dusters, I have 3 in one tank, get more if I could!

[emccullough1]

check out the fether moving at this site

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[emccullough1]

Well if at first you don't succeed try try again . This link should work

Video of f move 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

[emccullough1]

The second try takes you to a 12 meg 4min 53sec file if you dont have broad band you might like this. here is a small and short video


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[rlcline76]

Originally Posted by emccullough1

Well if at first you don't succeed try try again . This link should work

Video of f move 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Cool!
You have some flow in that tank!

[emccullough1]

Do you think it is to much for the fether where he is at

[rlcline76]

All I have read about featherdusters is that they prefer medium flow. It may be fine where it is. What are you feeding it?

[rlcline76]

I was thinking, Ed, since you are looking to do a coral tank, you might want to check out the sampler pack of food at Welcome to Reef Nutrition. A number of us are using those products. I know it seems pricey but you get phytofeast for the featherdusters, and rotifers and pods for hard corals and LPS corals (Plus some live copepods for your live rock). With a 10 gallon tank, that food should last until it expires! It is an interesting site to check out anyway...

Becky

[emccullough1]

I got Dt's live Marine phytopankton Premium Reef Blend my LFS said that is what he uses at home and at the shop. He said to turn off filter add 1/4 teespoon an restart filter in 1/2 to 1 hour. There was another food but he said I did not need it till I got more in the tank.

[rlcline76]

Hmmm, I don't get Dt in my neck of the woods. I was using Marine Snow. He's right about purchasing the other foods. You have time!

[emccullough1]

Here is the address to Dt"s web site
DT'S PLANKTON FARM - Natural Reef Diet Oyster Eggs & Live Marine Phytoplankton
thay seem to have it together but what do I know I'm totaly new to all of this.
Qustion for you my fether will pull all the way back in his tub every once and a while is that normal ? He looks fine when he is out some times he will do it 2 or 3 times a hour.

[rlcline76]

Looks decent as far as phytoplankton goes.
Yeah featherdusters pull their crowns in often. Sometimes you won't see them for awhile. They do it sometimes when hey get scared and sometimes for laughs. It is normal.

[emothman]

Originally Posted by rlcline76

I was thinking, Ed, since you are looking to do a coral tank, you might want to check out the sampler pack of food at Welcome to Reef Nutrition. A number of us are using those products. I know it seems pricey but you get phytofeast for the featherdusters, and rotifers and pods for hard corals and LPS corals (Plus some live copepods for your live rock). With a 10 gallon tank, that food should last until it expires! It is an interesting site to check out anyway...

Becky

when would it expire?

[rlcline76]

Originally Posted by emothman

when would it expire?

I received mine at the beginning of June, and it is varying. One bottle is good until mid August another is good until mid September. The website claims that their is a back order, but I received mine within a week of ordering it! The live pods can be kept in the fridge for a few weeks. The live pods cost about $24 from Liveaquaria, so once you add in 3 extra bottles of food, it seems like a good deal. And since Ed is keeping a coral tank with other invertebrates, I cannot see where it would hurt to have a little variety!

[emccullough1]

That sounds good to me. I was wondering about the copapods things ( use creative reating there) and if I need some added. I added a frag rock yesterday with mushroom polips and a purple mushroom on it. ( yes I know I rushing things ) but I got it for free . A man I met at the LFS was thining out his tank and offerd it so I jumped. On looking at the purple mushroom I discoverd I had 3 others growing on my live rock Hichhikers . There are a lot of other thing on the LR but as yet I dont know what thay are . Time will tell .

[rlcline76]

Wow, I wish I had hitchhiking mushrooms or a LFS giving me free samples!

[emccullough1]

The Free frag came from a custmer at the store . He Had me follow him to his house and showed me the 120 gal tank he has and said he needed to thin things out after two years. I think he was just a nice guy wanting to shair his love for the hoby. Or maby he took pitty on me becous I'm in a wheel chair now and have to live on a small SS disability income. What ever the reason it shure was nice of him. And I hope his kindnes comes back to him many times. Not to even start on how nice his tank looks I only hope I can do 1/2 as good with mine.
The three on the LR have been there and getting biger every day sence day 3 or 4 I just did not know what the purple stuf was till I seen the purple mushroom and then there was no dout they are the same. Purple frilly with tinny yellowish brown center that get bigger and smaller some times . I dont rember if I have said I got a peperment shrimp to and he is a lot of fun to watch. He runs all over the place and in and out of all the tunnels I maid in the LR. I may have to get out my camcorder and trypod to get him I don't think I will be able to get him with the web cam like I did with the feather.

[emccullough1]

I got the pepermint shrimp out playing so here is a short video.
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[rlcline76]

I believe that peppermint shrimp will be very useful with anymore aiptasia outbreaks, save you from getting out the hammer!

[emccullough1]

Yes he has cleened up I will get two shots of a single spot to show the job he has done. the start of this video is after the cleaning guy's got done the last is before I got them. You will see what I think are hair worms to.
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Ps I'm Keeping the hammer handy

[rlcline76]

Looks like a speghetti worm to me. Like most worms, they are good to have.

[emccullough1]

I thought speghetti worm to but after doing some reading I think hair worm . As I only see two tenacles from each which is what hair worms have while speghetti worms have alot more dozens 0n some

[emccullough1]

Well It will be 4 weeks in 4 more days and nothing has died yet ( nock on wood) and my shrimp just playes all day long . I love it when he swims upside down. and it is fun to watch him dig pods out of the rocks I did my water change today and every thing is back in line just may be a little nitrats the test strip looks wight but may have a hint of pink . Here is a pic and the next well explaine what you see and then a short video of my playful sheimp with every one else same shot as pic's







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I hope you like it as much as I do My poor fresh water fish dont get much more then food and water changes