What lives in YOUR fuge?

Mighty Dread · 10/28/2006, 11:01 PM

SO? How 'bout it? What kind of animals live in your refugium?

Keelay · 10/28/2006, 11:05 PM

Rubble rock, some turbo snails, chaetomorpha algae, a whole slew of aiptasia, fan worms, lots of visible pods, sea slugs (aaaah can't get rid of em)

mg426 · 10/28/2006, 11:43 PM

Sounds about like mine. 0 Nitrates though !!!

SuperNerd · 10/28/2006, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keelay
...sea slugs...

What type of sea slugs?

Do you have any pics?

fantastic4 · 10/29/2006, 12:35 AM

I found a sea urchin under a rock and threw it in

norcal99 · 10/29/2006, 12:41 AM

Tons of pods, bristle stars (i think that's what they are), Astrea snails.

Keelay · 10/29/2006, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SuperNerd
What type of sea slugs?
Do you have any pics?

Here's a quick video and some pics. If you know any more about these guys, I'd love info. They eat algae, ignore corals, but they spawn like rabbits and it puts a load on the tank.

Sorry about the "bigfoot" style blurry photos (sea slugs really do exist!). I also managed to forget to turn the camera right side up.

waterfaller1 · 10/29/2006, 04:58 AM

Those are stomatella snails.

They are good guys.

3D-Reef · 10/29/2006, 09:19 AM

My fuge has turned into a lagoonal habitat.
Turtle grass,caulerpa,halimida,and cheato.
Collumbellid,Cerith,Dove,queen conch,Abalone,nassarius.
2 big black cukes
2 pajama cardinals,yellow eyed tang,rabbit,2 clowns,randi goby.
Cleaner shrimp,4 peperment shrimp.
bubble anemone,zoa's

Mighty Dread · 10/29/2006, 11:45 AM

Man, 3D-Reef - you must have a big fuge! WOW!

I have a yellow-eyed tang, but in my main tank! LOL

SuperNerd · 10/29/2006, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Keelay
Here's a quick video and some pics. If you know any more about these guys, I'd love info. They eat algae, ignore corals, but they spawn like rabbits and it puts a load on the tank.
Sorry about the "bigfoot" style blurry photos (sea slugs really do exist!). I also managed to forget to turn the camera right side up.

Is that a filter sock in the video?
Yep...those are actually stomatella snails.

http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_2422.html

If you scroll down the reefkeeping: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rs/index.php

conefree · 10/29/2006, 02:42 PM

Pods, aiptasia, caulerpa, and I'm sure other stuff I've never seen.

PatrickJ · 10/29/2006, 03:36 PM

zombies

AVALover5498 · 10/29/2006, 04:43 PM

That's weird PatrickJ mine too.

reefman23 · 10/29/2006, 05:23 PM

Dude, Keelay, turn that sock inside out and throw it in a washing machine with a cup of bleach! lol.

Jesse

dhoch · 10/29/2006, 05:38 PM

Pods, Mini Brittle stars, Mini Turbos, some other kind of snail, Mysis Shrimp, Astrea snails Bristle worms, tube worms, a ton of chaeto, live Rock, and a couple of other misc small portions of algae (Caulepra, Halemida, and a red type of macro)...

Dave

Keelay · 10/29/2006, 07:53 PM

That sock my friends is the end of some old nylons that my wife was throwing away. I has cuprisorb in it. I had it in an old tank my brother gave me since he at one point had treated with copper. It never saturated with copper (it turns purple or something) I have just kept it in my tanks since as a safeguard. So yeah it's almost a year old. Has aiptasia growing on it.

Your right. I should probably rinse it of once in a while...

Keelay · 10/29/2006, 07:56 PM

Thanks supernerd for the ID on the snails. I wasn't sure what they were and thought I had ID them. After checking on the stomatella snails I agree with you. I have noticed that they just eat algae. Fast little buggers! But the spawing event meant several hundred snails. Literally every square inch on the LR was had at least one of these snails. It really made my nitrates spike.

vanmo92 · 10/29/2006, 08:44 PM

Chaeto, calurpa, mysid shrimp, amphipods, copepods, coraline.

3D-Reef · 10/30/2006, 07:03 PM

Mighty Dread,
You could say that its a little oversized.

It is ~100 gals.With ~ 200-300 lbs of sand & 10 lbs of mud.With a 35 gal sump at the end.

I use it to off set the heavy bio load in the DT.Seems to work good.But it's nothing to the wild.When a lagoon is 5-10 x's the size of the reef it's next too.

Mighty Dread · 10/30/2006, 07:30 PM

That sounds awesome! I would love to see some pics....do you have any?

3D-Reef · 10/30/2006, 07:50 PM

This is an older pic to show the size,and here is how its grown.

Mighty Dread · 10/30/2006, 11:23 PM

Sweet!

That should be the envy of every mans fuge/sump!!

Killer set-up.

p.s. how 'bout a pic of your main tank 3D-Reef?

pledosophy · 10/30/2006, 11:50 PM

I have the usual. 3 species of macro, tons of pods, lots of chaeto, bristle worms, fan worms, snails, starfish, etc. When I tore down my 65g I found two fish I thought were dead, hadn't seen them in over a year, and a huge thorny oyster, that was dead. No idea how or when that got there. It was bigger then a baseball.

Mighty Dread · 10/31/2006, 12:13 AM

Along with the descriptions let's get some pics too.

10/28/2006, 11:01 PM	#1
Mighty Dread Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Worldwide Posts: 141	What lives in YOUR fuge? SO? How 'bout it? What kind of animals live in your refugium? __________________ One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain. Current Tank Info: 70 gal. w/ sump & fuge

10/28/2006, 11:05 PM	#2
Keelay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 783	Rubble rock, some turbo snails, chaetomorpha algae, a whole slew of aiptasia, fan worms, lots of visible pods, sea slugs (aaaah can't get rid of em) __________________ MobiLinc, a new way to experience your home. Visit the MobiLinc Store for low prices and the best quality on INSTEON home automation gear. Current Tank Info: 100G Custom Acrylic, 40 Gallon Sump, DIY Gravity Assisted Protien Skimmer, ATO, 2x175W MH + 1x96W VHO Actinic

10/28/2006, 11:43 PM	#3
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	Sounds about like mine. 0 Nitrates though !!! __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

10/29/2006, 12:41 AM	#6
norcal99 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Cupertino, CA Posts: 394	Tons of pods, bristle stars (i think that's what they are), Astrea snails. __________________ Mike! Current Tank Info: 20L AIO - Tunze 9002 Skimmer - Vortech MP20 - ACJR Controller - 4x24 T5HO - DIY HOB Aquafuge

10/29/2006, 09:19 AM	#9
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	My fuge has turned into a lagoonal habitat. Turtle grass,caulerpa,halimida,and cheato. Collumbellid,Cerith,Dove,queen conch,Abalone,nassarius. 2 big black cukes 2 pajama cardinals,yellow eyed tang,rabbit,2 clowns,randi goby. Cleaner shrimp,4 peperment shrimp. bubble anemone,zoa's __________________ Seagrass,Mother nature's way of organic carbon dosing. "Nitrification is controlled primarily by 02 and nitrogen as ammonium supply, while denitrification is controlled by nitrate and organic carbon supply" Seagrasses 2006 Life on earth depends on plants-without plants,no life.Alf Jacob Nilsen Current Tank Info: 125 DT,135 grass fuge/sump;75g seagrass/seahorse tank 70 fuge/sump

10/29/2006, 12:35 AM	#5
fantastic4 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 662	I found a sea urchin under a rock and threw it in

10/29/2006, 04:58 AM	#8
waterfaller1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 3,343	Those are stomatella snails. They are good guys.

10/29/2006, 11:45 AM	#10
Mighty Dread Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Worldwide Posts: 141	Man, 3D-Reef - you must have a big fuge! WOW! I have a yellow-eyed tang, but in my main tank! LOL __________________ One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain. Current Tank Info: 70 gal. w/ sump & fuge

10/29/2006, 02:42 PM	#12
conefree Gene Pool Lifeguard Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Downingtown, PA Posts: 758	Pods, aiptasia, caulerpa, and I'm sure other stuff I've never seen. __________________ Chris "A Closed Mouth Gathers No Foot" - Unknown Some people are like Slinkies . . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs. Current Tank Info: 120 gallon, Ecosystem 3612, 6X54 TEK light, Tunze Osmolator, Lifereef dual overflow all down

10/29/2006, 03:36 PM	#13
PatrickJ Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Luling, La Posts: 587	zombies __________________ I skim wet, therefore I am. Current Tank Info: 120 Monster

10/29/2006, 04:43 PM	#14
AVALover5498 Zoa Freak Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sioux City, IA Posts: 752	That's weird PatrickJ mine too.

10/29/2006, 05:23 PM	#15
reefman23 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Huntington Beach, Ca Posts: 740	Dude, Keelay, turn that sock inside out and throw it in a washing machine with a cup of bleach! lol. Jesse

10/29/2006, 05:38 PM	#16
dhoch Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,762	Pods, Mini Brittle stars, Mini Turbos, some other kind of snail, Mysis Shrimp, Astrea snails Bristle worms, tube worms, a ton of chaeto, live Rock, and a couple of other misc small portions of algae (Caulepra, Halemida, and a red type of macro)... Dave __________________ Check out my tanks website... click the red box above my post Current Tank Info: 180 gal Acrylic, 29 gal refugium, 40 gal sump, Mag 18 -> 2 Sea Swirls, Tunze 6100, 8 x 80W overdriven T5 Lights, ASM G4 skimmer

10/29/2006, 07:53 PM	#17
Keelay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 783	That sock my friends is the end of some old nylons that my wife was throwing away. I has cuprisorb in it. I had it in an old tank my brother gave me since he at one point had treated with copper. It never saturated with copper (it turns purple or something) I have just kept it in my tanks since as a safeguard. So yeah it's almost a year old. Has aiptasia growing on it. Your right. I should probably rinse it of once in a while... __________________ MobiLinc, a new way to experience your home. Visit the MobiLinc Store for low prices and the best quality on INSTEON home automation gear. Current Tank Info: 100G Custom Acrylic, 40 Gallon Sump, DIY Gravity Assisted Protien Skimmer, ATO, 2x175W MH + 1x96W VHO Actinic

10/29/2006, 07:56 PM	#18
Keelay Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 783	Thanks supernerd for the ID on the snails. I wasn't sure what they were and thought I had ID them. After checking on the stomatella snails I agree with you. I have noticed that they just eat algae. Fast little buggers! But the spawing event meant several hundred snails. Literally every square inch on the LR was had at least one of these snails. It really made my nitrates spike. __________________ MobiLinc, a new way to experience your home. Visit the MobiLinc Store for low prices and the best quality on INSTEON home automation gear. Current Tank Info: 100G Custom Acrylic, 40 Gallon Sump, DIY Gravity Assisted Protien Skimmer, ATO, 2x175W MH + 1x96W VHO Actinic

10/29/2006, 08:44 PM	#19
vanmo92 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Silverthorne, CO. Posts: 2,045	Chaeto, calurpa, mysid shrimp, amphipods, copepods, coraline. __________________ PBITAWA Current Tank Info: 72 gallon bow Mixed Reef 1 fw tank

10/30/2006, 07:03 PM	#20
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	Mighty Dread, You could say that its a little oversized. It is ~100 gals.With ~ 200-300 lbs of sand & 10 lbs of mud.With a 35 gal sump at the end. I use it to off set the heavy bio load in the DT.Seems to work good.But it's nothing to the wild.When a lagoon is 5-10 x's the size of the reef it's next too. __________________ Seagrass,Mother nature's way of organic carbon dosing. "Nitrification is controlled primarily by 02 and nitrogen as ammonium supply, while denitrification is controlled by nitrate and organic carbon supply" Seagrasses 2006 Life on earth depends on plants-without plants,no life.Alf Jacob Nilsen Current Tank Info: 125 DT,135 grass fuge/sump;75g seagrass/seahorse tank 70 fuge/sump

10/30/2006, 07:30 PM	#21
Mighty Dread Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Worldwide Posts: 141	That sounds awesome! I would love to see some pics....do you have any? __________________ One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain. Current Tank Info: 70 gal. w/ sump & fuge

10/30/2006, 07:50 PM	#22
3D-Reef Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Wichita,Ks Posts: 602	This is an older pic to show the size,and here is how its grown. __________________ Seagrass,Mother nature's way of organic carbon dosing. "Nitrification is controlled primarily by 02 and nitrogen as ammonium supply, while denitrification is controlled by nitrate and organic carbon supply" Seagrasses 2006 Life on earth depends on plants-without plants,no life.Alf Jacob Nilsen Current Tank Info: 125 DT,135 grass fuge/sump;75g seagrass/seahorse tank 70 fuge/sump

10/30/2006, 11:23 PM	#23
Mighty Dread Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Worldwide Posts: 141	Sweet! That should be the envy of every mans fuge/sump!! Killer set-up. p.s. how 'bout a pic of your main tank 3D-Reef? __________________ One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain. Current Tank Info: 70 gal. w/ sump & fuge

10/30/2006, 11:50 PM	#24
pledosophy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Beaverton Posts: 5,290	I have the usual. 3 species of macro, tons of pods, lots of chaeto, bristle worms, fan worms, snails, starfish, etc. When I tore down my 65g I found two fish I thought were dead, hadn't seen them in over a year, and a huge thorny oyster, that was dead. No idea how or when that got there. It was bigger then a baseball. __________________ 120g mixed reef 90g QT

10/31/2006, 12:13 AM	#25
Mighty Dread Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Worldwide Posts: 141	Along with the descriptions let's get some pics too. __________________ One good thing about music when it hits you feel no pain. Current Tank Info: 70 gal. w/ sump & fuge