I guess you can't edit after a certain amount of time, that stinks. Anyway. I think I fixed the issues on the photos. Let me know if they show up better on your display.
The 30 Gallon
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As you can see he lost his left "claw" during his last molt. From what I've read they regrow them in 4 months during the next molts but will not be able to use them again for a year give or take. I'm unsure why he decided to lose it or if his body didn't agree with something during his molting process. I'm guessing either the high salinity last month made it go wonky or he didn't have a chance to use it enough (my dad dislikes feeding him live foods). I've found that he does enjoy whacking at the wooden stick that we use to feed him so I've been playing with him every day with the wooden dowel.
The updated pics are much better! That's a nice looking mantis shrimp. I had a few of those but they were brown so they looked like nasty little grubs,
Tropicorium is an amazing place. They have a large article in Coral Magazine about their Rock Nems they are breeding. They had a lot of them from $65 - $500, wow. I guess it was one of, if not, the first coral farm ever started back in 1959. It's amazing! They must make some good money because two employees were driving brand spanking new Camaro SS. Anyway, here is some eye candy. I'm getting better at photographing this stuff but still a tad blurry.
Red on Red Rock Nem with my CF 50/50 lights
Duncan close up
BamBam Zoa
Shrooms
More Shrooms
Star polyps
Frogspawn
Candy Cane
Red on Red Rock Nem with my CF 50/50 lights
Duncan close up
BamBam Zoa
Shrooms
More Shrooms
Star polyps
Frogspawn
Candy Cane
Tank is still going... Bought another Rock Nem from Tropicorium. This one is yellowish tentacles and a blue/purple disc. I traded in my large 9 headed frogspawn for the start of my LED light set up. The frogspawn was too large for the tank and terrorizing all the corals next to it. I also ordered the rest of my LED set up which I should see here at the beginning of this week. Finally getting rid of the Compact Fluorescence.
Good to hear although you should have kept a head of the frogspawn. NOAA is pushing to have them added to the endangered species list. Might be a tough find in the near future.
