430gal., L-shaped display
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"Umm fish?"
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Hey! Nice, Murf! Do you think the 300 will be big enough long-term? I've heard different reports on maximum sizes, so I just don't know. My guy in the 90 gal. QT is really mello.
crvz--Thanks! I think I'm getting pretty close to done on fish. I have some jawfish for comic relief and bottom-activity. The starry blenny makes brief forays into the water column, but mostly hangs in this group. I would like to get a few more bottom-dwellers (gobies or whatnot) down the road.
The mid-water column seems pretty adequately stocked to me. The zebrasomas, grammas, dottys (just spawned again two days ago!!), B&W clown (I want a mate for that one at some point), Banggai (ditto on the mate), and cleaner wrasses all tend to stick at about mid-column and it's certainly busy.
It would be nice to get some color and movement in the upper-column. I hope the dussumieri will hang out up there for the swimming room. My thoughts are a harem of fairy wrasses (I do like keeping solarensis harems), and/or anthias. I'd really like to go with a bunch of Bartlett's, but I've heard horrors of trying to keep them from changing sexes. I kept a pair of Pulcherimus (sp?) at one point and liked them quite a bit.
Of course, the categories will shift if I ever get any corals growing up into the upper-column.
As far as tangs go, as I said I'm looking for A. japonicus. I had thought about getting a Naso at one point, but the dussumieri may be taking that place. I'd also like to get a Kole tang at some point. All to go along with the 2 purples and 3 yellows.
That seems about it, other than things I want to keep downstairs to try to breed (including the filefish
).
As far as the rest of the tank goes, the algae has almost completely cleared but was replaced by a nasty cyano outbreak. Day before yesterday I finally added the locline extensions to the top closed-loop returns and turned that on. The cyano lasted about ten seconds after they went on, but I'm now in the middle of another sandstorm. I solved the microbubble problem though.
Oh... I forgot to tell you all the clownfish story. He vanished a couple of weeks ago causing me to vow off clowns for a while. Anyway, he managed to get past the gutterguard on the overflow, drop down the eight or so feet to the manifold in the basement, travel about 15 feet to the last tank in the line, and take up happy residence in my water change tank. Freaking clown fish. He's back upstairs now.
Corals. The Pocillopora that I tried in the display hasn't done great, but it's not horrible, either. And, the tissue recession I've seen may have been more of a result of the heat issues I had before it even moved upstairs. The Euphyllia frag in the low-flow end of the tank is doing fine. The Favia I put in is doing okay but is fighting some invasive algae. The corals still in the QT/frag tank downstairs are all doing fine, other than fighting some of the same algae. So, it seems to count as a reef tank, right?
crvz--Thanks! I think I'm getting pretty close to done on fish. I have some jawfish for comic relief and bottom-activity. The starry blenny makes brief forays into the water column, but mostly hangs in this group. I would like to get a few more bottom-dwellers (gobies or whatnot) down the road.
The mid-water column seems pretty adequately stocked to me. The zebrasomas, grammas, dottys (just spawned again two days ago!!), B&W clown (I want a mate for that one at some point), Banggai (ditto on the mate), and cleaner wrasses all tend to stick at about mid-column and it's certainly busy.
It would be nice to get some color and movement in the upper-column. I hope the dussumieri will hang out up there for the swimming room. My thoughts are a harem of fairy wrasses (I do like keeping solarensis harems), and/or anthias. I'd really like to go with a bunch of Bartlett's, but I've heard horrors of trying to keep them from changing sexes. I kept a pair of Pulcherimus (sp?) at one point and liked them quite a bit.
Of course, the categories will shift if I ever get any corals growing up into the upper-column.
As far as tangs go, as I said I'm looking for A. japonicus. I had thought about getting a Naso at one point, but the dussumieri may be taking that place. I'd also like to get a Kole tang at some point. All to go along with the 2 purples and 3 yellows.
That seems about it, other than things I want to keep downstairs to try to breed (including the filefish
).As far as the rest of the tank goes, the algae has almost completely cleared but was replaced by a nasty cyano outbreak. Day before yesterday I finally added the locline extensions to the top closed-loop returns and turned that on. The cyano lasted about ten seconds after they went on, but I'm now in the middle of another sandstorm. I solved the microbubble problem though.
Oh... I forgot to tell you all the clownfish story. He vanished a couple of weeks ago causing me to vow off clowns for a while. Anyway, he managed to get past the gutterguard on the overflow, drop down the eight or so feet to the manifold in the basement, travel about 15 feet to the last tank in the line, and take up happy residence in my water change tank. Freaking clown fish. He's back upstairs now.
Corals. The Pocillopora that I tried in the display hasn't done great, but it's not horrible, either. And, the tissue recession I've seen may have been more of a result of the heat issues I had before it even moved upstairs. The Euphyllia frag in the low-flow end of the tank is doing fine. The Favia I put in is doing okay but is fighting some invasive algae. The corals still in the QT/frag tank downstairs are all doing fine, other than fighting some of the same algae. So, it seems to count as a reef tank, right?
"Umm fish?"
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not questioning your decision. I just wondered at the info you have about them since I've seen fairly different info in different places.
Good luck with your addition! I hope it has an easy trip!
Good luck with your addition! I hope it has an easy trip!
"Umm fish?"
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And yet in the shark tanks they always look so small. I know what you mean. Those or unicorn tangs.... Sigh.
My poor LFS. They just got in a big shipment yesterday to make up for the fact that the weather had been weird before, and then the power company just called and told them that they're cutting the power to the store for eight hours overnight. They have power cords and air lines strung up all over the store.
Ooo, but I picked up the most gorgeous coral! I've always wanted an Elegance coral but could never buy one because of the disease. Wow! They got in a _gorgeous_ Australian pink-tipped green one. Sigh. I'm sure pictures will follow....
I know what you mean. Those or unicorn tangs.... Sigh.My poor LFS. They just got in a big shipment yesterday to make up for the fact that the weather had been weird before, and then the power company just called and told them that they're cutting the power to the store for eight hours overnight. They have power cords and air lines strung up all over the store.
Ooo, but I picked up the most gorgeous coral! I've always wanted an Elegance coral but could never buy one because of the disease. Wow! They got in a _gorgeous_ Australian pink-tipped green one. Sigh.
I'm sure pictures will follow....
"Umm fish?"
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Aussie elegance:
I've had this Starkii for a while. I'd like to try breeding them at some point. Sorry about the stuff in the water column floating in front of this guy.
I've had this Starkii for a while. I'd like to try breeding them at some point. Sorry about the stuff in the water column floating in front of this guy.
"Umm fish?"
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The shot above was when the coral just started opening after being put into QT. Here's just now, unfortunately with the phone:
EnglishRebel
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Andy
I really like the Elegance coral but what's the story about the disease that you mention? I hadn't heard that.
Thanks
I really like the Elegance coral but what's the story about the disease that you mention? I hadn't heard that.
Thanks
"Umm fish?"
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Well, it's still going on. That's why it's really important to ask where they come from. It was really bad a few years ago when corals weren't coming out of Australia. Most of the places where elegances were coming from all shipped through the same wholesalers. Basically, no one ever found any corals in the wild that exhibited any signs of the disease, but nearly 100% of the corals that came through the wholesalers would sicken and die within a few months. Whatever it was, it was very contagious.
Here's more:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-02/eb/feature/index.php
So, there was a standing call to not buy them for a while. But now it seems like stock from Australia is not going through the same chain and all I've heard is that it's arriving healthy.
Here's more:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-02/eb/feature/index.php
So, there was a standing call to not buy them for a while. But now it seems like stock from Australia is not going through the same chain and all I've heard is that it's arriving healthy.
"Umm fish?"
Premium Member
Congratulations! Pocillopora are brooders, so they reproduce fairly well. Sex! Right there in your fish tank! Don't look!
Nice to see you over here. Sorry for what I felt I had to do to the thread over there. Hopefully things will improve over there and I can restore everything. Grr. That's been driving me crazy.
One of the jawfish is in the overflow right now. Sigh. Clearly trying to help the clown.
"Umm fish?"
Premium Member
A couple of fish photos:
"See how big my mouth is?"
And they are now living nicely in the same hole.
And the lovely starry blenny:
"See how big my mouth is?"
And they are now living nicely in the same hole.
And the lovely starry blenny:
dtech
New member
things look like they are coming along great, I heard about the disease with elegance corals, but hadn't heard of them coming from aust. That is good news. The clownfish adventure is a good one. There could be a huge thread of crazy fish and such taking journeys through overflows and plumbing that would be a fun read.
Hopeful Reefer
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That is a funny story about the clownfish...I had a couple of peppermint shrimp in my display...the one in particular kept taking the journey to my sump...I got tired of pullout out the live rock from the refugium where he always ended up, so I finally just let him live there for good...freaking shirmps!! 
BTW, what are those blennies directly above the star blenny?
BTW, what are those blennies directly above the star blenny?
"Umm fish?"
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Well, I think Nemo would be a little disappointed to find that pipes in Colorado really _don't_ make it to the sea.
Those aren't blennies, those are pearly or yellow-headed jawfish. Shrimp wind up everywhere. I spend most of my time moving those suckers around....
Those aren't blennies, those are pearly or yellow-headed jawfish. Shrimp wind up everywhere. I spend most of my time moving those suckers around....
Hopeful Reefer
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14811609#post14811609 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by "Umm, fish?"
Well, I think Nemo would be a little disappointed to find that pipes in Colorado really _don't_ make it to the sea.
Those aren't blennies, those are pearly or yellow-headed jawfish. Shrimp wind up everywhere. I spend most of my time moving those suckers around....
Do folks in Colorado (who didn't immigrate to the state
) actually know what the sea looks like...at least aside from the white stuff covering your lawn in the winter? :lol2: I spent so much time chasing that damn shrimp at first that I finally gave up and just let him in the sump!!
"Umm fish?"
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Sure. We know what Cs look like. They are Os with one side erased. Sheesh.
A question: Are jawfish supposed to live in trios?
A question: Are jawfish supposed to live in trios?
