aggressive lagoon

[namxas]

dood...you're right on the game!

 

[hobogato]

thanks, he ate another gut loaded shrimp yesterday. still have not seen the radiata eat yet.

took a few coral pics this morning

i know, i need some emerald crabs and something to take care of those aiptasia...

 

[Mental1]

Love your corals and fishies. Do you still just have the 4 T5 bulbs? I need more bright corals in my tank ... want more reds and oranges!

 

[hobogato]

yes, but remember i also have solar tubes over the tank and the light coming in is getting brighter by the day as we approach summer.

 

[Mental1]

I always thought the solar tubes would be a great idea. Have you ever tested the par at full light? The tubes end about 4 feet above the tank right?

 

[hobogato]

i have never tested the par in the summer. in the winter, it was very low. yes, they end at the ceiling, about 4' above the tank. the ones i have are very long tho, 16', since they have to go all the way thru the 2nd floor to get to the roof.

 

[Mental1]

But they look pretty wide in one of the shots --- almost a foot in diameter? Sorry to keep asking questions but I really want to try it someday. SOunds like you have to have something else on there though because of the winter.

 

[hobogato]

no problem on the questions. there is a very long thread in advance topics linked below with lots of info

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=56125

the ones i used are the 13" dia tubes. when i had the big tank, the stand was taller and i had extensions on the tubes that brought them down to about 12" above the water. i only ran actinic lights for supplement year round then.

 

[hobogato]

sadly, the radiata was dead today. i never saw it eat, and it had no visible damage from shipping. it also had a nice full body, not a sunken in belly, so i am not sure why it did not live. it was only in the tank for a couple of days, and everything else looks healthy.

 

[Mental1]

So sorry Ace -- what a beautiful fish to lose. Thanks for the link and the info.

 

[hobogato]

yeah, i am pretty disappointed. i thought i had really lucked out finding one that looked so perfect in the lfs...

 

[SaltwaterChris]

WOW awesome looking tank when you first look at it you wouldn't guess that it was an aggressive fish tank.Again AWESOME TANK.

 

[sikk50]

Read this whole thread and am extremely impressed!

 

[hobogato]

thanks for the compliments

i have really enjoyed putting this one together and am really happy with the simplicity of it.

 

[hobogato]

christy got some pics of the fu and bluefin having words with each other last night - just actinics on.



fu approaching bluefin territory

the distant standoff

fu going home but blue is in his way (copperband is also enjoying the show )

blue followed but did not go into fu's cave

she also got about 7 minutes of video that i will edit this evening and post.

 

[namxas]

very cool Ace!

i'm glad to see your lions are doing well, esp. the bluefin. are you still running 75*F? what are you feeding it?

BTW, i saw a GORGEOUS russelii yesterday at the LFS that tends to get oddball stuff like scorps. this fish was super red, and where a russelii is normally white, this specimen was very pink/salmon color. if we had only had the room...

 

[hobogato]

sad morning.

i have never heard of a lionfish jumping out of a tank - until this morning.

RIP bluefin.

 

[DaVinci]

sad morning.

i have never heard of a lionfish jumping out of a tank - until this morning.

RIP bluefin.

What an awful thing to have happen I didn't think it was something to worry about either. My fuzzy jumped out once while I was on vacation. I got very lucky since someone was there at the time to check on the fish. She fought off the cats and used a big cooking spoon to toss him back in.

 

[ashtree68]

I'm sorry that's really unfortunate.

 

[jarrod13]

That sux!!