BigAl2007
03/28/2013, 09:59 AM
(I posted this on my local forum but I thought I'd also post it here to get a wide degree of exposure)
This morning I came into my office and noticed something has "happened" in my tank. It's a NC12 with StevesLED. This tank has been set up for ~5-6 years now. Nothing new has been added in terms of Live Rock for a couple of years and no new animals have been added except a single emerald crab a year ago. If I didn't know better I would swear someone has dumped "Sea Monkey" (aka brine shrimp) eggs into my tank. Here is what's in the tank:
1 True Perc (~5-6 years old)
1 Emerald Crab
Few Hermits
Few Snails
Zoas
Finger Leather
Toadstool
GSP (2 varieties)
Monti cap
Birdsnest
Bryopsis (receding rapidly)
Valonia (about to attack it this weekend)
Below is a picture (somewhat close up) when the pump and powerhead OFF... the eggs settle readily but with any water movement they stay suspended in the water column
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/BigAl07_01/2013-03-28095110_zps1e660649.jpg
Here is a picture snapped showing some suspended in the water column (crappy phone pic)..The eggs are the brown round spheres in this picture.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/BigAl07_01/2013-03-28095207_zps0c40735b.jpg
Here is a another shot with the pumps ON and you can see they are tangled in some webby material. I don't know if this is part of the eggs or if the eggs are irritating things in the tank which are causing the webby material
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/BigAl07_01/2013-03-28101910_zpscbede1f1.jpg
Any idea?
This morning I came into my office and noticed something has "happened" in my tank. It's a NC12 with StevesLED. This tank has been set up for ~5-6 years now. Nothing new has been added in terms of Live Rock for a couple of years and no new animals have been added except a single emerald crab a year ago. If I didn't know better I would swear someone has dumped "Sea Monkey" (aka brine shrimp) eggs into my tank. Here is what's in the tank:
1 True Perc (~5-6 years old)
1 Emerald Crab
Few Hermits
Few Snails
Zoas
Finger Leather
Toadstool
GSP (2 varieties)
Monti cap
Birdsnest
Bryopsis (receding rapidly)
Valonia (about to attack it this weekend)
Below is a picture (somewhat close up) when the pump and powerhead OFF... the eggs settle readily but with any water movement they stay suspended in the water column
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/BigAl07_01/2013-03-28095110_zps1e660649.jpg
Here is a picture snapped showing some suspended in the water column (crappy phone pic)..The eggs are the brown round spheres in this picture.
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/BigAl07_01/2013-03-28095207_zps0c40735b.jpg
Here is a another shot with the pumps ON and you can see they are tangled in some webby material. I don't know if this is part of the eggs or if the eggs are irritating things in the tank which are causing the webby material
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc265/BigAl07_01/2013-03-28101910_zpscbede1f1.jpg
Any idea?