mattseattle
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after finishing my normal daily chores on my tank i was cleaning the powerhead intakes and noticed something weird laying on the sand behind a rock. i reached behind it and pulled out what i 'thought' was my sally lightfoot crab. after examining it closer i realized it was only a molt. bizarre on how complete and whole it was. all the legs, claws, eyes were all there in one complete piece. i then thought my god what a tramatic experience that must be to shed your whole body like that in a single piece
my cleaner shrimp seems to molt about every 3 - 4 weeks but it's never as 'live' looking as the crab exoskeleton. it's more of a clear looking shell. the crab exoskeleton was just like a clone.
anyway that is my weird experience for today
my tank is doing well. the frags that i picked up at the frag swap are growing like mad. it's amazing how much growth corals can do in such a short time. i guess i expected them to take forever to grow but i swear i have probably 1/4" to 1/2" inch of new growth on one of the frags. i took me a little time but i have now managed to get my calcium up around 400 - 420 and seems to be stabalized. i read a disturbing post on reefcentral the other day. this person apparently raised their calcium level and didn't adjust their alk or something and one day they were trying to clean the sandbed and realized that it was hard as a rock. apparently it solidified. that posting kinda scared me. what would cause this?? was it just trying to raise the calcium quickly without having any major inhabitants using up the calcium and it just deposits itself into the sandbed?
ok think i've rambled enough!
my cleaner shrimp seems to molt about every 3 - 4 weeks but it's never as 'live' looking as the crab exoskeleton. it's more of a clear looking shell. the crab exoskeleton was just like a clone.
anyway that is my weird experience for today
my tank is doing well. the frags that i picked up at the frag swap are growing like mad. it's amazing how much growth corals can do in such a short time. i guess i expected them to take forever to grow but i swear i have probably 1/4" to 1/2" inch of new growth on one of the frags. i took me a little time but i have now managed to get my calcium up around 400 - 420 and seems to be stabalized. i read a disturbing post on reefcentral the other day. this person apparently raised their calcium level and didn't adjust their alk or something and one day they were trying to clean the sandbed and realized that it was hard as a rock. apparently it solidified. that posting kinda scared me. what would cause this?? was it just trying to raise the calcium quickly without having any major inhabitants using up the calcium and it just deposits itself into the sandbed?
ok think i've rambled enough!