TPC! Reef

A beginner's log of saltwater creature-keeping

Archive for the ‘Hitchhikers and Surprises’ Category

Large bristle worm found

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Clove polyp growth on live rock

Some folks over at ReefLounge.com helped me identify the growth on my live rock pictured below as clove polyp coral.  What a nice surprise!  I suppose they like my tank conditions. :)

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I am still having trouble with the ammonia levels, but levels have certainly improved since yesterday.  Today ammonia clocked in between 0.25 and 0.35 ppm, which is still high, but is to be expected at this point in time.  I didn’t treat the water with anything, but I did skipped the fish feeding and attempted to feed the anemone.

This was the first time I have successfully fed the anemone.  Every single day, I have been trying to get it to eat frozen silverside that I purchased from Captain Nemo’s, but always end up throwing it out.  It was pretty cool watching the anemone slowly wrap its tentacles around its food.  I was worried the the clownfish might end up pulling the silverside away, but the clown tried to no avail!

In other news, I have been trying to track this starfish I saw on the first day I got the Fiji live rock, and I finally found it again.  If anyone has any ideas on what it may be, please let me know!

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