things i saw when the lights went out.

[jpond83]

I went and got my red headlamp the other day and decided to take a look in my tank when the lights go out. So about 10 min into the light going out i noticed alot of things i never seen in there before. There was many dime size crabs with white claws that were just picking at the rocks, A very large bristle worm about a foot, i plucked three zoanthid eating spiders off one of my zoanthid frags. Im more worried about the spiders and crabs. I sat really still over one of the crabs holes with a pair of tweezers until he came back out and tried to pluck him out but that lil booger was fast. I noticed one of these crabs before and took the rock out and got him out but couldn't id him. My camera wont take good pictures soo i cant post pics. My other concern is that its almost midnight and im sitting in front of my aquarium with a headlight on with a pair of tweezers in my hand. Is this normal behavior?:bigsmile:

[tebstan]

My other concern is that its almost midnight and im sitting in front of my aquarium with a headlight on with a pair of tweezers in my hand. Is this normal behavior?:bigsmile:

Yes. Totally normal. :bigsmile:

Got rid of a little crab by jamming a paperclip in there and wiggling it around. What kind of cave has he made for himself? Could also put a dab of superglue over the entrance and hope he doesn't have a back door escape route.

[jroescher]

Throw some food in and you'll see even more amazing things come out.

[jpond83]

wow im gonna throw some food in right now. my rocks have holes everywhere he would just make it out another one. I almost had him a min ago but he escaped to another rock.

[cbianco]

I went and got my red headlamp the other day and decided to take a look in my tank when the lights go out. So about 10 min into the light going out i noticed alot of things i never seen in there before. There was many dime size crabs with white claws that were just picking at the rocks, A very large bristle worm about a foot, i plucked three zoanthid eating spiders off one of my zoanthid frags. Im more worried about the spiders and crabs. I sat really still over one of the crabs holes with a pair of tweezers until he came back out and tried to pluck him out but that lil booger was fast. I noticed one of these crabs before and took the rock out and got him out but couldn't id him. My camera wont take good pictures soo i cant post pics. My other concern is that its almost midnight and im sitting in front of my aquarium with a headlight on with a pair of tweezers in my hand. Is this normal behavior?:bigsmile:

Is this a homemade red light or did you purchase it this way? If you purchased it, can you post a linky please?

Thanks,

Christopher

[StevenSeas]

academy has multiple varitions of them for under 15 bucks.

[tebstan]

I got mine at the depot for under $10, but its not very bright. I'm considering one of these in blue for day use and red for night use:
http://www.maast.org/showthread.php?61146-Streamlight-stylus-BLUE-LED

I love night spying on the tank. :ph34r:
Just not sure if the red led stylus would be just as effective for covert viewing.

[mathias]

I gotta see a pic of these zoa eating spiders.

[txav8r]

http://www.zoaid.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4056&g2_serialNumber=2 (http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=4055&g2_imageViewsIndex=1)

[tebstan]

http://www.zoaid.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=4056&g2_serialNumber=2 (http://www.zoaid.com/index.php?module=Gallery2&g2_itemId=4055&g2_imageViewsIndex=1)

:sick:


Does that happen to be with the stylus style light?

[txav8r]

You would have to ask the guys at Coralpedia. I just did an image search for Zoanthind eating spiders.

[jpond83]

thats a zoanthid eating spider. I had a problem with them before in my last tank. The colony i plucked them off of was the one that starting looking poor here recently. I was up until about one sitting in my dark living room with the red light on my head and didnt notice anything else new but peanut worms.

[The Butcher]

I seriously need to try this out. Maybe I can find out why I have lost hundreds of dollars recently (over a 4 month period) on the inhabitants of my Red Sea Max. I lost both of my wife's Picasso clowns:cry_smile: , my mystery wrasse, 2 blue jaw triggerfish, a tiny clown trigger and a load of corals (these were not all in the tank at the same time). The parameters are all within range, and just to be on the safe side I also had the water checked at a LFS. The losses all seem to happen overnight to early morning. It has become a moneypit and frustrating to say the least. I have never had these problems before on any of my other tanks.