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Stormtrker · 05/16/2006, 10:48 AM

You can probably keep the condy for 6-8 months. I kept mine about 6 months in a 45G til it got almost size of a basketball. Course I fed it about 3xw and that may have contributed to it growing so fast. Wanted to keep it well fed to keep it happy!
Wish I could have ordered more TBS rock. In the process now of setting up a 30G cube. Ordered Fiji rock from MD Live. They advertise Nano rock 3-11" size and I ordered 22#. Got 2 rocks about 3" each and a boulder. Have already tried busting it up with hammer/chisel but it is too dense for me. Guess husband will have to tackle it tonight. Needless to say I am not happy!

drk70 · 05/16/2006, 10:53 AM

My condy got too big for my 75 IMO and it has been gone for months now. The only thing is once they get established well they may be a pain to get out.

My next plan of attack is to take a razor to my flower because I don't know any other way to get at it.

bkelley02 · 05/16/2006, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by drk70
My condy got too big for my 75 IMO and it has been gone for months now. The only thing is once they get established well they may be a pain to get out.

My next plan of attack is to take a razor to my flower because I don't know any other way to get at it.

I'm in the same position as you. I haven't fed it in over 4 months and it keeps growing. It's foot is buried under the biggest rock in the tank that happens to be at the bottom of the tank. I'm stuck.

drk70 · 05/16/2006, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by bkelley02
I'm in the same position as you. I haven't fed it in over 4 months and it keeps growing. It's foot is buried under the biggest rock in the tank that happens to be at the bottom of the tank. I'm stuck.

Same here about feeding. I haven't fed mine either. It gets whatever it can manage on its own.

jezzeaepi · 05/16/2006, 12:42 PM

I am well aware that crabs are bad. Ive probably said it like 20 times myself int his thread. Just sharing my experience with the purple stone crab. He has been very destructive. From ripping chunks off the rocks, to terroizing my smalller crabs, to even eatting a serpent star whos tentacles measured several inches in length.

bobt2 · 05/17/2006, 06:49 AM

my condi has got to go, its taken over my 33 long. i,ve had it over a year but i can't bring myself to take it out. i remember when i got the little guy, and thought, how long am i going to be able to keep it alive? little did i know!

patsan · 05/17/2006, 07:49 AM

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Originally posted by bobt2
my condi has got to go, its taken over my 33 long. i,ve had it over a year but i can't bring myself to take it out. i remember when i got the little guy, and thought, how long am i going to be able to keep it alive? little did i know!

Exactly....that's why it's best just not to put it in from the beginning.
Sally's is over a foot wide now!!

bobt2 · 05/17/2006, 10:07 AM

thats about what mine is

elzool · 05/17/2006, 10:18 AM

So if I receive a gift of a condi, I shouldn't put it in my tank?

beachroadbum · 05/17/2006, 11:35 AM

I know it may be unethical but if it is a pest in a tank you could inject it with joes juice.

elzool · 05/17/2006, 11:45 AM

That's what i was thinking, but i figured i'd be branded a heathen for suggesting that

bobt2 · 05/17/2006, 11:48 AM

just tell richard you dont want one before he ships

drk70 · 05/17/2006, 12:17 PM

You could always take it to the LFS. They may not give you anything for it but they would probably take it.

BrianPlankis · 05/17/2006, 12:24 PM

Yep, I asked Richard not to send me any anemones and I got a free brain coral instead

Too bad the brain corals were killed by the red tide, it will take them a while to repopulate.

Brian

bkelley02 · 05/17/2006, 07:26 PM

I'm so PI$$ED off right now. I came home to find that my Longnose Hawkfish went carpet surfing and I never even got a chance to take a picture of him sitting in any of my Monti Caps.

Alatriel · 05/18/2006, 01:33 AM

55 gallon w/ overflow
20 gallon sump/ refugium w/ light
6x65 watt power compact lights 2 20k actincs, 2 10k, 2 50/50 w/ 8 moonlights
coralife super skimmer 65
825 gph flow
110 lbs LR (TBS rock)

10 lbs precured LFS rock

:
55 lbs LS (TBS Sand) 20 lbs precured LS

We received our first part of the package on May 6th. Never went over .50 ammonia and was at 0 on the 12th.
(Tank had already been cycled with 10 lbs of LFS rock for over an 8 week period. Ammonia went well above 8.0

in one day with that rock)
Emailed Richard on the 12th and he promptly sent my second half the same day. Talk about service!! We want to thank Richard for the extra goodies he added into the shipping boxes.
We are still in awe of all the living creatures we are finding each day.
I will be posting more pics as the tank matures. But I thought you might like to see a nice lil hitchhiker that was found inside one of the rocks. Can anyone Identify??

Sorry I couldn't get a picture of his/her friends (2 pistol shrimp) that live in the same hole. Nor could I get a clear picture of the 2 mantis that are soo darn shy.

But this is their home.

annetate · 05/18/2006, 05:30 AM

you got a fish as a hichhiker?

drk70 · 05/18/2006, 09:52 AM

Brian - Sorry to hear about the hawkfish. I have one but have never seen him do anything like that.

Alatriel - I think someone else got one of those too but I don't remember the name of it.

krajacich · 05/18/2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally posted by Alatriel
I will be posting more pics as the tank matures. But I thought you might like to see a nice lil hitchhiker that was found inside one of the rocks. Can anyone Identify??

http://www.tbsaltwater.com/thepackage/organisms.html

Check out #63: Fish: Gobiosoma Tigrigobius macrodon

Great hitchhiker

Alatriel · 05/18/2006, 10:31 AM

annetate- I was very surprised to find a hitchhiking fish(es)

krajacich-

Wow you are fast. I checked TBS site but I guess I missed that . Now I just have to figure out what it eats.

I do believe that there are two of them hiding out in the rock. I've only positively seen the one pictured, but as I was looking at their hole I noticed another fin.

Maybe?

patsan · 05/18/2006, 10:33 AM

That would be awesome if you had 2 of them!

Brian, sorry about the hawkfish.

bkelley02 · 05/18/2006, 10:33 AM

OK. I never thought I'd see this or that it was even possible, but one of my coral frags fell off the rock and the current pushed it into the Flower Anemone. It even had some puttty and rock attached to it. The anemone ate it!

I'm a bit upset about this one as well now as it wasn't a cheap piece. Flash Gordan monti lives no more.

This just isn't my week.

BrianPlankis · 05/18/2006, 11:01 AM

Brian,

Sorry about the losses

I was PI$$ED when I lost my clownfish to jumping. I went to HD and bought a $1.50 piece of gutter guard and the back of my tank is now 90% covered, yet still lets hot air out. Could that work in your case, or do you have an open top?

For those of you that don't follow my thread regularly and are picture deprived, I just posted about a dozen pictures in the thread:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...&pagenumber=20

Brian

bkelley02 · 05/18/2006, 11:03 AM

Thanks Brian. I have an open top so the gutter guard wouldn't help too much.

annetate · 05/18/2006, 11:03 AM

krajacich- where did you get that rock from and was it cured, uncured?

05/16/2006, 10:53 AM	#552
drk70 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Westminster, MD. Posts: 1,640	My condy got too big for my 75 IMO and it has been gone for months now. The only thing is once they get established well they may be a pain to get out. My next plan of attack is to take a razor to my flower because I don't know any other way to get at it. __________________ Dennis Current Tank Info: 70g RR, DIY Stand & Canopy, 29g Sump, Mag 9.5 return, Aqua C EV-180 w/ Mag 7, 6-39W T-5 Retro Kit, 70g TBS package

05/17/2006, 11:35 AM	#560
beachroadbum Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: gulf of lune Posts: 468	I know it may be unethical but if it is a pest in a tank you could inject it with joes juice. __________________ "you know it's gonna get stranger...so let's get on with the show." weir/barlow Current Tank Info: 58 oceanic dsb/t5 4bulb teklight/vortech mp20/aquac ev180/aquac custom sump

05/17/2006, 12:17 PM	#563
drk70 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Westminster, MD. Posts: 1,640	You could always take it to the LFS. They may not give you anything for it but they would probably take it. __________________ Dennis Current Tank Info: 70g RR, DIY Stand & Canopy, 29g Sump, Mag 9.5 return, Aqua C EV-180 w/ Mag 7, 6-39W T-5 Retro Kit, 70g TBS package

05/17/2006, 12:24 PM	#564
BrianPlankis Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,956	Yep, I asked Richard not to send me any anemones and I got a free brain coral instead Too bad the brain corals were killed by the red tide, it will take them a while to repopulate. Brian __________________ Currently redesigning my 90 gallon tank system to support coral and invertebrate breeding. Click on my red house to see the thread with the progress. Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef with 29 gal sump and 8 gal Clownfish species tank

05/18/2006, 05:30 AM	#567
annetate Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: west lafayette, IN Posts: 314	you got a fish as a hichhiker? __________________ thank you, stacy

05/16/2006, 10:48 AM	#551
Stormtrker Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Mississippi Gulf Coast Posts: 375	You can probably keep the condy for 6-8 months. I kept mine about 6 months in a 45G til it got almost size of a basketball. Course I fed it about 3xw and that may have contributed to it growing so fast. Wanted to keep it well fed to keep it happy! Wish I could have ordered more TBS rock. In the process now of setting up a 30G cube. Ordered Fiji rock from MD Live. They advertise Nano rock 3-11" size and I ordered 22#. Got 2 rocks about 3" each and a boulder. Have already tried busting it up with hammer/chisel but it is too dense for me. Guess husband will have to tackle it tonight. Needless to say I am not happy!

05/16/2006, 12:42 PM	#555
jezzeaepi Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Seattle, Wa Posts: 385	I am well aware that crabs are bad. Ive probably said it like 20 times myself int his thread. Just sharing my experience with the purple stone crab. He has been very destructive. From ripping chunks off the rocks, to terroizing my smalller crabs, to even eatting a serpent star whos tentacles measured several inches in length.

05/17/2006, 06:49 AM	#556
bobt2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: long island NY Posts: 1,835	my condi has got to go, its taken over my 33 long. i,ve had it over a year but i can't bring myself to take it out. i remember when i got the little guy, and thought, how long am i going to be able to keep it alive? little did i know!

05/17/2006, 10:07 AM	#558
bobt2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: long island NY Posts: 1,835	thats about what mine is

05/17/2006, 10:18 AM	#559
elzool Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Glendale, AZ. Posts: 1,005	So if I receive a gift of a condi, I shouldn't put it in my tank?

05/17/2006, 11:45 AM	#561
elzool Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Glendale, AZ. Posts: 1,005	That's what i was thinking, but i figured i'd be branded a heathen for suggesting that

05/17/2006, 11:48 AM	#562
bobt2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: long island NY Posts: 1,835	just tell richard you dont want one before he ships

05/17/2006, 07:26 PM	#565
bkelley02 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,117	I'm so PI$$ED off right now. I came home to find that my Longnose Hawkfish went carpet surfing and I never even got a chance to take a picture of him sitting in any of my Monti Caps.

05/18/2006, 01:33 AM	#566
Alatriel Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MD Posts: 48	55 gallon w/ overflow 20 gallon sump/ refugium w/ light 6x65 watt power compact lights 2 20k actincs, 2 10k, 2 50/50 w/ 8 moonlights coralife super skimmer 65 825 gph flow 110 lbs LR (TBS rock) 10 lbs precured LFS rock : 55 lbs LS (TBS Sand) 20 lbs precured LS We received our first part of the package on May 6th. Never went over .50 ammonia and was at 0 on the 12th. (Tank had already been cycled with 10 lbs of LFS rock for over an 8 week period. Ammonia went well above 8.0 in one day with that rock) Emailed Richard on the 12th and he promptly sent my second half the same day. Talk about service!! We want to thank Richard for the extra goodies he added into the shipping boxes. We are still in awe of all the living creatures we are finding each day. I will be posting more pics as the tank matures. But I thought you might like to see a nice lil hitchhiker that was found inside one of the rocks. Can anyone Identify?? Sorry I couldn't get a picture of his/her friends (2 pistol shrimp) that live in the same hole. Nor could I get a clear picture of the 2 mantis that are soo darn shy. But this is their home.

05/18/2006, 09:52 AM	#568
drk70 Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Westminster, MD. Posts: 1,640	Brian - Sorry to hear about the hawkfish. I have one but have never seen him do anything like that. Alatriel - I think someone else got one of those too but I don't remember the name of it. __________________ Dennis Current Tank Info: 70g RR, DIY Stand & Canopy, 29g Sump, Mag 9.5 return, Aqua C EV-180 w/ Mag 7, 6-39W T-5 Retro Kit, 70g TBS package

05/18/2006, 10:31 AM	#570
Alatriel Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: MD Posts: 48	annetate- I was very surprised to find a hitchhiking fish(es) krajacich- Wow you are fast. I checked TBS site but I guess I missed that . Now I just have to figure out what it eats. I do believe that there are two of them hiding out in the rock. I've only positively seen the one pictured, but as I was looking at their hole I noticed another fin. Maybe?

05/18/2006, 10:33 AM	#571
patsan Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 6,712	That would be awesome if you had 2 of them! Brian, sorry about the hawkfish. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: spectator

05/18/2006, 10:33 AM	#572
bkelley02 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,117	What the ?????? OK. I never thought I'd see this or that it was even possible, but one of my coral frags fell off the rock and the current pushed it into the Flower Anemone. It even had some puttty and rock attached to it. The anemone ate it! I'm a bit upset about this one as well now as it wasn't a cheap piece. Flash Gordan monti lives no more. This just isn't my week.

05/18/2006, 11:01 AM	#573
BrianPlankis Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,956	Brian, Sorry about the losses I was PI$$ED when I lost my clownfish to jumping. I went to HD and bought a $1.50 piece of gutter guard and the back of my tank is now 90% covered, yet still lets hot air out. Could that work in your case, or do you have an open top? For those of you that don't follow my thread regularly and are picture deprived, I just posted about a dozen pictures in the thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...&pagenumber=20 Brian __________________ Currently redesigning my 90 gallon tank system to support coral and invertebrate breeding. Click on my red house to see the thread with the progress. Current Tank Info: 75 Gallon Reef with 29 gal sump and 8 gal Clownfish species tank

05/18/2006, 11:03 AM	#574
bkelley02 Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,117	Thanks Brian. I have an open top so the gutter guard wouldn't help too much.

05/18/2006, 11:03 AM	#575
annetate Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: west lafayette, IN Posts: 314	krajacich- where did you get that rock from and was it cured, uncured? __________________ thank you, stacy