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[cerreta]

That's one fat belly.
Do you ever feed live foods?
Are the krill dried or frozen?

 

[Egres]

Also, you can train them to eat out of your hand.

your not scare that he will bit your finger...LOL

humm look like a nice meal a bit like a shrimp wonder if it taste the same...LOL

 

[d9sccr]

I fed frozen krill. I've heard that it takes some training for them to eat frozens, but he did it almost immediately. I bought some ghost shrimp to feed him at first and he really liked those. Then, I tried "starving" him for a few days and put the shrimp in a place in the current where it would get blown around a lot. He went right after it. Sometimes, he wouldn't eat the frozen and that's when I started to hand feed him. I grabbed the tip of the shrimp's tail and would wiggle it in front of him. That always worked. When I tried feeding him on a stick though, he would intentionally miss the shrimp and try to eat the stick.

 

[truthdesigns]

lookin good Scott!!!

 

[cerreta]

Thanks Justin.

Andrew, I had an eel that I trained to hand feed. I could even get him to stick his head above the water in the tank and grab the food out of my fingers. I even took a video of this several years ago. It was quite entertaining.

I would love to hand feed an angler.
Cheers,
Scott

 

[shuskins]

great looking build so far!

 

[d9sccr]

It's really cool. It can be surprising when they take the food

 

[cerreta]

Off to work to add the corals and a fish. I decided not to get the Angler Fish. More on that later.

 

[cerreta]

Well, after some thought (and anxiousness to stock the tank rather than order a fish) I decided the Angler may not be the best idea. As a predator and big eater, it produces big waste. I am running a 15gallon setup with no skimmer of LR, so I think that fish would cause the corals to suffer.

I saw a very cool Mystery wrasse and was tempted, but a there is another fish I have always wanted, a blue-spotted jawfish.

These guys stay small, have great color, and personality. Not too mention they are busy-bees and that is always fun to watch.

I took some pictures tonight but the water is cloudy from coral placement.

A special thanks to "FontossaMan" Jesse and Melissa for their trades today.

The decision of choosing was very hard because I have so many great corals in my nano tank at home. The diversity of color is what led me to the current selection.

Blue: Shawn Bennett Blue Acropora tortosa (Fontosa Man)

Pink: Pink Acropora prostata (Fontosa Man, originally from Kirsten)

Green/Yellow: Acropora yongi

Green/Purple tips: Acropora nana

The ring will be covered with GSP, still to come

The top of the square tube is a green center / white tentacle Organ Pipe.

Pics:

Front view

Close Up

Side View

The top eggcrate to keep the jawfish from jumping.

 

[marlin_dory]

If ur going to keep the jawfish i believe that u need to have the sandbed to be a little bit deeper

 

[Egres]

looking good.....look like he dont know where to go..LOL....were is my home...LOL

 

[d9sccr]

yeah...4 inches is the suggested

 

[bleedingthought]

Keep in mind that jawfish and wrasses are notorious jumpers.

 

[d9sccr]

he looks really cool though

 

[cerreta]

Thanks, I will get some more pics this morning and see how he has adjusted. He looked very stressed last night after acclimation.

 

[melev]

Why don't you cover the ring with various colored zoanthids? I think that would be much nicer looking than GSP.

 

[ggk1988]

I agree with some really nice zoa morphs instead of GSP.

 

[jhendu]

Zoos would look cool and I just so happen to have about a million of them FS . Scott, I do have a bunch of GSP if you go that route.

 

[cerreta]

Zoanthids can be touchy and I would rather not have them in this aquarium.

I should be getting the GSP as a solid sheet. It will be cut to fit the ring precisely.

 

[Jimbo327]

Yeah, you need a deeper sandbed if you are going to keep a jawfish. At least give him a rock to hide under.