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Great video. I love the Midas blenny in with the lyre tails. Great job and congrats on 5 years.
butterflies in reefs
- Thread starter LemonLemon
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Thanks. Notice the 5 year old Priolepis nocturna make an appearance in the cave above the clowns euphyllia on the right at about 0:50
Dr Colliebreath
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Nice looking fish, it looks nice and small. Good sign that it wants to eat immediately. Good luck.
Just got this guy in from PIA this morning.
He was cruising the QT picking at the rock within minutes of me releasing him.
:fish2: my favorite butterfly fish to tell the truth :spin1:
Sardaukar
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I have one in my FOWLR. Ate every mushroom I had in there
Pakistani's are absolutely stunning and that one is no exception. The kind of fish that makes you seriously consider running a FOWLRWCFDE (Fish Only With Live Rock and Whatever Coral the Fish Don't Eat).
flameangel88
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Just got this guy in from PIA this morning.
He was cruising the QT picking at the rock within minutes of me releasing him.
Beautiful fish and a great size. I think they'd it for 3 weeks or more so it should be eating by now.
flameangel88
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Same here. She was smaller than I would like due to my other fishes and ended up getting the tang from them instead.
Amoore311
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Happy to report my little Declivis is doing great in QT. He/She seems to have a great taste for aiptasia. I've been cycling some aiptasia covered rock to the QT so he's had stuff to graze on.
It's already taken to Rod's Reef Plankton, Frozen Mysis, and Frozen Brine shrimp. He gets fed 3-4 times a day during the week, and on the weekends I feed him a very small amount every couple hours since I'm usually home all day.
It's already taken to Rod's Reef Plankton, Frozen Mysis, and Frozen Brine shrimp. He gets fed 3-4 times a day during the week, and on the weekends I feed him a very small amount every couple hours since I'm usually home all day.
Amoore311
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Thanks Peter.
Yes it will once QT is done. I'm in the process of downgrading from a 180 to a 100 gallon cube.
He'll go in there once he has had an appropriate amount of time in QT. His only tank mates to start will be a pair of ocellaris clowns and a watchman goby.
The corals will be all SPS though. I'm not looking to risk any LPS with the fish I'm wanting to keep in the tank lol.
Amoore311
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I also got a VERY small Chaetedon Capistratus at a local reef club auction. The fish was actually collected in the waters off long island believe it or not.
Apparently babies of certain species born in the Caribbean get caught in the gulf stream current and get swept all the way up to NY. They all end up succumbing to the colder temperatures of the water here once the fall comes around though.
Atlantis Marine World goes on some collection trips throughout the spring and summer, and this little guy was a product of one of those trips.
I'm very cautious as to whether or not he will actually end up in my reef. But right now he's only about the size of a nickel, so I'm not too worried. He's residing in a large 75 gallon stock tank with my clowns and watchman goby. Tons of microfauna, aiptasia, and tube worms for him to pick on in there.
Apparently babies of certain species born in the Caribbean get caught in the gulf stream current and get swept all the way up to NY. They all end up succumbing to the colder temperatures of the water here once the fall comes around though.
Atlantis Marine World goes on some collection trips throughout the spring and summer, and this little guy was a product of one of those trips.
I'm very cautious as to whether or not he will actually end up in my reef. But right now he's only about the size of a nickel, so I'm not too worried. He's residing in a large 75 gallon stock tank with my clowns and watchman goby. Tons of microfauna, aiptasia, and tube worms for him to pick on in there.
LemonLemon
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yes i've heard about those wayward capistratus!
good for obtaining a tiny one!
these IME are coral nippy in the reef tank.
good for obtaining a tiny one!
these IME are coral nippy in the reef tank.
Dr Colliebreath
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I had only a few corals in my tank when I started introducing butterflies. I introduced a ulietensis that I received by mistake (not reef safe) and the corals closed up as the ulietensis went right after them. I put the corals in a floating basket and they are opening again. The ulietensis wants the corals so bad it is nipping at the bottom of the basket and searching for ways to get into it!
Has anyone tried keeping corals in acrylic boxes inside a DT or is that just not worth the effort? I have a couple of 6 x 6 x 6 acrylic boxes that I could drill and place on the rocks with corals in them. I suspect what I would end up with wouldn't be worth having/would look funny and I should just live without either the corals or the butterflies.
Has anyone tried keeping corals in acrylic boxes inside a DT or is that just not worth the effort? I have a couple of 6 x 6 x 6 acrylic boxes that I could drill and place on the rocks with corals in them. I suspect what I would end up with wouldn't be worth having/would look funny and I should just live without either the corals or the butterflies.
nonstopfishies
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Not worth the time and effort and would proly make for an ugly display IMO.
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