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  worm id needed

  Posted: April 8th, 2012, 5:09pm CDT by Kharnyge

  Ive noticed for the past few weeks that some of my rocks are moved to other places........and today I found the culprit.....please id this bugger.....he is about 5 cm long......and the two rocks in front of him.....HE MOVED THEM!!!!!
  
  
  
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  disaster struck

  Posted: March 30th, 2012, 4:59pm CDT by Kharnyge

  So........last night part of durbanville,brackenfell,kraaifontein and kuilsriver got struck with a massive power outage............and after 22 hours Im still out...........my corals is looking really bad and the livestock wont last much longer with the constantly dropping temp.........temp around 21 degrees now and according to city of tygerberg we "might" have juice by 18:00.I dont know what will survive but Im utterly miserable right now.
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  Pavlov effect in fish

  Posted: March 19th, 2012, 8:15am CDT by Kharnyge

  So ever since I started stocking my livestock I started experimenting when feeding.Each time before I fed I first shaked the food container in front of the tank within the fish's line of site.After a few times of doing this the fish started to "recognise" the container........and hen spotting it they will all congregate in front of the glass like eager little puppies.I even tried shaking other containers of differant size and shape and colour........and to my amazement they only seem to react to the certain container.
  When feeding mysis the same thing occurs.........I always first scoop a little tank water to thaw the mysis in and then "inject" it with a syringe with a 5 cm surgical tubing attached to the front.The fish have noticed the "pattern" and when I scoop the water they start to congregate in the centre of the tank.......and when I insert the syringe they will all come to the mouth of the surgical pipe and grab the mysis as it comes out.
  
  "Training" fish as it were..........lol:tt2:
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  worm ID needed

  Posted: March 4th, 2012, 7:08pm CST by Kharnyge

  So im staring at my tank and suddenly I see this worm pop out of my LR..........I tried to google few images and think its either a Peanut worm or a Bobbit worm........
  can anyone give me a confirmation........??
  
  Heres the ugly sucker.....lol
  
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  ID please

  Posted: March 4th, 2012, 9:52am CST by Kharnyge

  
  
  
  I was told by my LFS that its frogspawn.........But it could also be some kind of Torch coral........can anyone give me a more specific ID?........
  want to make sure I know exactly what it is and reseach the proper care it needs
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  [FS]: probably Xanthid crab: Cape Town

  Posted: March 2nd, 2012, 10:25pm CST by Kharnyge

  All other livestockCommon Name:

  probably Xanthid crab

  Scientific Name:

  -

  Size

  2 cm

  How long have you had it?

  1 day

  Shipping or Collection only:

  Collection

  Your location.

  Cape Town

  Price:

  Free

  All sales to be conducted on the thread.

  • I agree

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  Notes:

  Hey guys I found this lil hitch-hiker on a piece I bought.I know most people want to get rid of them.....but just in case someone wants to save his life......feel free to come pick him up.

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  Urgent help needed Blenny not looking good

  Posted: February 28th, 2012, 4:47pm CST by Kharnyge

  Just got home and found my Blenny in the front of the tank.....usually he moves to the back very quickly if he spots me.on closer inspection I found that when he tries to swim he can only make circles anti clockwise.His right side looks bruised and a bit swollen................Could he have hurt himself or what could it be?
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  Houdini Tiger Snail

  Posted: February 26th, 2012, 9:43am CST by Kharnyge

  Hey guys....last saw my Tiger Snail happily cleaning the back wall of my tank.....this morning he's missing.I checked the sump area in case he tried to pull a prison break but cant see him.Do Tiger snails burrow as well?
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  ID Needed:Polyp like growths

  Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 9:20pm CST by Kharnyge

  so I have these polyp like growths on my LR......at first I was thinking Aptasia.......But all of the growths came out at the same time and seem to only come out when lights are on.They are also only growing on the "coloured" velvety parts of my live rock.The last few pics of the ones on the red velvet suddenly appeared out of nowhere within a couple of hours.
  
  Good?....Bad?.......or OMG?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Hallo from Noob Valley

  Posted: January 28th, 2012, 7:21pm CST by Kharnyge

  Hey there guys...........so....ive been reading a lot about marine tanks the past week on this forum.....and today I bought myself a Boyu TL-450.I am a complete noob at this so Im taking this slowly.
  
  Already the noob in me is showing cos like a dumbass I switched the heater on BEFORE the pump was on(didnt realise what I plugged in).........You can guess what happened next.....lol
  
  So currently Ive got the pump running after I added some Bahamas Oolite live argonite reef sand...........going to let everything clear up nicely first.
  
  So....Yes Ive probably did 20 things wrong already but im sure some of you guys will correct me and learn me some terminology so I dont sound like a complete idiot.....lol