The Puffer Forum

well i thought i would post some pics of some of my stock, sadly a bit of this is gone as my main tank crashed last year when i had to spend some time in hospital and couldnt maintain it afterwards. soon i will be doing a sun coral dedicated tank but till then here are a few of my old friends, all where growing and thriving. sorry for the pictures but a lot where taken in dark tanks.

That is one krazy tube anemone!

it is isnt it! packed one hell of a punch aswell i can tell you lol.

I know. Mine ate about $500 worth of fish, including a $400 Rhinopius.

I know. Mine ate about $500 worth of fish, including a $400 Rhinopius.

nice one that, what do you feed it apart from costly stock.

I fed it people shrimp, mysis & earthworms. My Rio skimmer pump electrocuted it.

LOL i laughed my arse of when i first saw someone get tagged by one.... stopped when i got tagged.

It sounds like tube nems make for good stories.

I love your little blue crab. One day I'd like to have a little nano with a few easy corals and some hermies. If there was a freshwater version of aquatic hermit crabs, I'd have them.

I do not trust bluelegs at all. They kill snails & other crabs for their shells.

I will be starting a new nano in a few weeks, won't be easy corals but I will log the set up anyway to give you a picture of how it's done

I love nanos.


Btw all hermits will kill for shells, the secret is supplying lots of emptys to play with. On another forum our community is lucky enough to have a crazy crab lady who has taught us loads about hermits.
Some of hers are mean.

Are they not sociable like land hermit crabs? I mean, land crabs will kill for shells in a pinch, too, but they don't thrive alone.

I was thinking it would be nice to have a little 5-10g with just a powerhead or filter - I wouldn't mind big water changes in such a small tank. I have a bowfront 5g that would be cute.

Beautiful pix Sorgan, I love Sun Corals

Forget filters, live rock is your filter. Power head is essential, 5g wouldn't require skimming but would need a good weekly WC.
Look up zoathids, they make a wonderful easy reef.

Thanks Amy, did you notice that I like gorgonians by any chance.

Yeah, I thought a powerhead alone would be sufficient, but I wasn't sure.

I'm pretty familiar with zoas and some of the other softies - not from actually having them, just by sight, I mean. I've seen some really pretty ones on LiveAquaria.

I think after I move in May/June and have a job, I should go for this.