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10/23/2021, 09:03 PM | #1 |
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All of a sudden rocks near the top of my tank...
...have broken out in spots. Pale spots, evenly distributed, about the size of a small matchhead. I imported a batch of mini-cerith snails. 25 micro-hermits, hardly bigger. A few Tongan nassarius. A conch. And all of a sudden---spots. Snail eggs take a couple of weeks to hatch. We will see.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
10/24/2021, 08:28 AM | #2 |
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Do you have any nerite snails?
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10/24/2021, 03:37 PM | #3 |
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can you snap a picture to share....
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10/26/2021, 09:38 PM | #4 |
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I'll see. I'm beginning to wonder if the snails have just supercleaned the rock and exposed a former coral growth pattern, but it's two rocks, which aren't necessarily related. Hmm.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
10/27/2021, 09:44 AM | #5 |
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
10/27/2021, 05:50 PM | #6 |
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Those are nerite eggs CJ. You may never see them because they are nocturnal.
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10/28/2021, 09:21 PM | #7 |
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Well, they are certainly busy--- I got a large order of small snails recently, and in the way of things mating like mad when stressed, they might have. I know nerites were in the lot. But that's more dots than I had nerites, I think. When they hatch, if they hatch, my tank should have plenty of snails.
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Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%. |
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