#rock anemone

Pico ja-tank? I still love the jar, but it’s so hard to scape! The 1 gallon has better dimensions, but is such a small volume of water that I really didn’t want to try it, but the 2.5 gallon was ridiculously tall and it’s hard to place corals on a completely vertical rock structure. Remember that my gf works at a saltwater store? She was able to snag this discontinued 4 gallon waterbox. Literally has almost the same dimensions as the jar, but because it’s a box, a lot easier to scape and get hands in and out of. We made a lid out of acrylic we had and my gf added silicone to create a lip for the lid to stay in place.

It’s still going to be a zoanthid/rock nem tank and it’s only other inhabits are a scarlet hermit, 2 bumblebee snails, 6 pom pom crabs and a porcelain anemone crab (who seems to hate anemones because he won’t stay near any of the 3 that are in there). The rock is a mixture of live rock from the invert QT and some dry rock.

Pico jar! The first resident was added yesterday, it’s a blue banded coral shrimp. His name is Terry 2 because Terry 1 was killed by the six line (we think). Unfortunately, he molted this AM, lost both of his big claws and somehow landed onto the new rock anemone. I didn’t even notice when I was taking the picture, but quickly tried to save him and am now floating in into the coral QT where he can hopefully bounce back.

I messed with the scape quite a bit after adding the new residents today and I think from the first to the last photo, it looks better. New residents are a bumble bee snail, 3 Mexican cerith snails, a scarlet hermit crab, 3 rock flower anemones, a pom pom crab and a porcelain anemone crab! I will probably add the zoas tomorrow and do a water change…and leave the jar behind for a pico tank, the jar is already a pain in the ass! In the meantime, enjoy some back and front views of the soon to be over reef jar.