Help!

JakeMallowFilms · 01/01/2015, 03:27 PM

Hello,

so I recently setup a 300 gallon indoor pond, and it's been running great.

Currently, the livestock I have in it consists of:
Coral Cat Shark x2
Zebra Moray Eel x1
White Spotted Bamboo Shark x1 (holding for a friend, until he gets his 800g pond setup)
40 lbs of Live Rock
a lot of live sand
Mushroom Corals xALOT
Some snails, hermits, etc xALOT

Anyways, I noticed that one of the Coral Cat Sharks got a piece of his tail bitten off.

To be totally honest, I think it was the emerald crabs. As ridiculous as that sounds, they're literally CRAZY for food. When I introduce anything to the tank, they jump on them and it seems like they're attacking them.

I'm thinking about moving the CUC to my 75g mixed reef, as I have a very strong skimmer on this pond, and I don't really need them.

signed,
Jake Mallow

reepher315 · 01/01/2015, 06:50 PM

Any pics of this indoor pond? Kind of hard to imagine unless its just a huge fishtank. Idk about an emerald crab taking chunks out of a fish.

JakeMallowFilms · 01/01/2015, 09:10 PM

I figured out the problem. It's the large stack of live rock in the center of the pond, the shark kept going into it, and was getting scraped by it.

As for a solution to this problem, I've decided to scatter the rocks more, to provide more swimming room.

Scubaken · 01/01/2015, 09:21 PM

Photos of the "indoor pond" would be great

01/01/2015, 03:27 PM	#1
JakeMallowFilms Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New York Posts: 28	Help! Hello, so I recently setup a 300 gallon indoor pond, and it's been running great. Currently, the livestock I have in it consists of: Coral Cat Shark x2 Zebra Moray Eel x1 White Spotted Bamboo Shark x1 (holding for a friend, until he gets his 800g pond setup) 40 lbs of Live Rock a lot of live sand Mushroom Corals xALOT Some snails, hermits, etc xALOT Anyways, I noticed that one of the Coral Cat Sharks got a piece of his tail bitten off. To be totally honest, I think it was the emerald crabs. As ridiculous as that sounds, they're literally CRAZY for food. When I introduce anything to the tank, they jump on them and it seems like they're attacking them. I'm thinking about moving the CUC to my 75g mixed reef, as I have a very strong skimmer on this pond, and I don't really need them. signed, Jake Mallow

01/01/2015, 06:50 PM	#2
reepher315 Humble Student Join Date: May 2014 Location: Geneva, NY Posts: 816	Any pics of this indoor pond? Kind of hard to imagine unless its just a huge fishtank. Idk about an emerald crab taking chunks out of a fish. __________________ 90g mixed reef 55g sump/refugium

01/01/2015, 09:10 PM	#3
JakeMallowFilms Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: New York Posts: 28	I figured out the problem. It's the large stack of live rock in the center of the pond, the shark kept going into it, and was getting scraped by it. As for a solution to this problem, I've decided to scatter the rocks more, to provide more swimming room.

01/01/2015, 09:21 PM	#4
Scubaken Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 261	Photos of the "indoor pond" would be great