430gal., L-shaped display
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"Umm fish?"
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Well, the momentous day is upon us, fortunately with no drama. The filefish have now been in my care exactly one year and it fortunately seems like its just another day, hopefully with many more to come. Tomorrow marks another milestone of sorts: it'll be exactly 10 months since either of the fish have seen a coral.
So, without further ado, the couple from today:
For more about these fish and the past year, you are invited to my website where I've written a short article to commemorate the occasion. (For those of you that have seen it already, the only things new are two more photos from today.)
http://www.ummfish.com/index.php
So, without further ado, the couple from today:
For more about these fish and the past year, you are invited to my website where I've written a short article to commemorate the occasion. (For those of you that have seen it already, the only things new are two more photos from today.)
http://www.ummfish.com/index.php
Sisterlimonpot
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+1, Andy, very nice.
"Umm fish?"
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Nice and fat. 
Look at that male's belly bulging out from below the back fat. :beer: He needs to drink less beer. Happy new year, y'all!
Look at that male's belly bulging out from below the back fat. :beer: He needs to drink less beer. Happy new year, y'all!
Sisterlimonpot
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Right back at you Andy.
"Umm fish?"
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Thanks, y'all! And thanks to you, es1887, but I don't keep xenia and I have a coral moratorium going at the moment until I see how my current batch are going to do. Things _seem_ better right now, but I want to be sure before I bring in anything new.
But if you ever want to go get a cup of coffee and talk reef tanks, I'll buy you a cup.
But if you ever want to go get a cup of coffee and talk reef tanks, I'll buy you a cup.
Just recently found this thread and read through it all. Awesome redo and tank build, and most of all, great going on your success with the breeding so far and the finicky (but gorgeous) filefish.
Wish you the best in raising the fry successfully, and in getting your reef to where you want it to be.
PS: Awesome macro pics too. Some of the best I've seen around.
Wish you the best in raising the fry successfully, and in getting your reef to where you want it to be.
PS: Awesome macro pics too. Some of the best I've seen around.
Sisterlimonpot
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Hey Andy, got a question for ya,
last weekend I consolidated two tanks into one and in the process I moved my mated pair of percs into the 125. It seems like they haven't missed a beat because it certainly appears that they are going through the motions and about to lay eggs. Do you think that it's possible that in only 7 days time that they are back to business as usual?
P.S. I'm heading down your way on Monday, are you going to be around?
last weekend I consolidated two tanks into one and in the process I moved my mated pair of percs into the 125. It seems like they haven't missed a beat because it certainly appears that they are going through the motions and about to lay eggs. Do you think that it's possible that in only 7 days time that they are back to business as usual?
P.S. I'm heading down your way on Monday, are you going to be around?
"Umm fish?"
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Fishmonk: Thanks! Sorry to kill your whole day.
Sister: I think it possible for everyone to have every success with clownfish, except for me. Not that I'm bitter or anything. Seriously, I think it's possible. It's not like it was a huge move or anything.
Monday, I may be around or not. We got some disappointing lab work back from one of our cats, which may be pointing to cancer. Monday we are going to the vets' to get sonograms and further testing. I really don't know how long it'll take. I'll PM you my cell phone and please give me a call.
Sister: I think it possible for everyone to have every success with clownfish, except for me. Not that I'm bitter or anything. Seriously, I think it's possible. It's not like it was a huge move or anything.
Monday, I may be around or not. We got some disappointing lab work back from one of our cats, which may be pointing to cancer. Monday we are going to the vets' to get sonograms and further testing. I really don't know how long it'll take. I'll PM you my cell phone and please give me a call.
Sisterlimonpot
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Sorry to hear about that Andy. Is it some type of growth?
"Umm fish?"
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Nope. Not really. She went in for a check-up and part of her white blood count is through the roof. The vet says that's either allergies or cancer and she'd never seen it this high for allergies.
"Umm fish?"
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(Off-topic: The cat had biopsies today. No word yet.)
I photographed and put together a short photoessay featuring the lovely RSF Cerith species that I am breeding in celebration of Ron Shimek's course at the RSF. I hope that some of these photos might be useful to illustrate different stages of snail larval development. You can view it here:
http://www.ummfish.com/
I photographed and put together a short photoessay featuring the lovely RSF Cerith species that I am breeding in celebration of Ron Shimek's course at the RSF. I hope that some of these photos might be useful to illustrate different stages of snail larval development. You can view it here:
http://www.ummfish.com/
Sisterlimonpot
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once again... you thread is teaching me something.....
kmacartney
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Great work!
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Thanks, y'all. Those are some tiny eggs. I was fairly surprised to find that they spend at least a little time in the plankton as they reproduce pretty well. Jonathan, you might be surprised to hear that my population seems to be waning, though. I think the collumbellids are out competing them in the display. I just moved a small population of ceriths to a new tank that's never seen snails, though. So maybe they'll perk up again. I think that they just over-populated the tank in my system where they've been most successful, and so stopped putting down egg masses in there. I'm also now feeding that tank more to get more nutrients in there. I need to start exporting collumbellids to the fish store or something.
