Junior's Reef

[Gary Majchrzak]

cleaner wrasse thread

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Gary, I'm curious, when and where did you get your emp? I think we may have gotten our fish around the same time, at the same stage. Mine came from reefhotspot.

(the dates on my pics are wrong, I didn't have the camera set right - should have been 2008 when I took the pics - I got my angel, I think, in early 2007)

Lisa- I purchased my imp from our LFS 'Marine Oasis' who obtained the fish from Quality Marine back in March 2007.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

s'more recent pix

s'more recent pix

 

[magdelan]

When did your magic carpet fly up there??

 

[5380]

The last picture - I don't see junior, where's junior (waldo)?

 

[Johnsy85]

Lower left - He is too big to hide

 

[Tonynlo]

You have such an amazing aquarium! Looking at images from your tank makes me both depressed and motivated at the same time. I hope to one day be able to set up a tank that is half a nice as yours.

 

[maxxII]

Ever seen a clownfish look so satisfied? Like giant soft carpet...

Gorgeous pics...

Nick

 

[PauChi]

Gary,

Nice rockwork ala SPS colonies ... wow and have to check out your system when I get a chance to visit Rochester in the near future :thumbsup:!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Paul

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

video taken tonight

video taken tonight

no fancy production

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[zooman72]

Very nice - makes me miss my larger tanks from long ago...great peninsula layout!

Also, just curious - what is the background noise in the video? Fans?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

a fan

a fan

turn the sound off! (I know that means everyone will crank it up- human nature.)
The fan sounds like a vacuum cleaner in that vid. Normally it's fairly silent but it's the loudest thing about my aquarium.
There was nobody home when I shot that video and the house (including aquarium) is virtually silent so the mic on my camera must have been amplifying whatever sounds it could sense.

I didn't do any editing.

 

[zooman72]

I can live with a little sound (overflow drains, fans, etc.), and I thought it might be a fan or 2 picked up by the mic. My Current Sundial fans can be heard, but they really do not bother me. I used to hate skimmer noise (don't have any now as the Tunze's are really quiet) and still do not like really loud overflows...

 

[Capt_Cully]

I like it Gary! Video gives such great perspective. I feel like I know your tank inside out from all the pics on this thread, but that video fills in a lot of gaps. Thanks for posting!

 

[tent boy]

Gary,
Hate to ask this, but...... is Junior going to outgrow your tank?

 

[Haffs09]

Gary, that video is great. Awesome looking tank!

Gary,
Hate to ask this, but...... is Junior going to outgrow your tank?

I showed the video to my wife and she asked the same thing :rollface:

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I sure hope that Junior is done growing!

Junior isn't a big swimmer (like a Naso Tang). He can eat a significant quantity of food. A big fish like that tends to make a 220 appear small but I knew what I was getting into when I got him.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

I like it Gary! Video gives such great perspective. I feel like I know your tank inside out from all the pics on this thread, but that video fills in a lot of gaps. Thanks for posting!

I figured that a video would show a perspective that pictures cannot. Vid is the next best thing to seeing it in person.

 

[tent boy]

Is the copperband doing what you wanted?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

eat Aiptasia?

eat Aiptasia?

I suppose so. It's difficult to find apes in my aquarium nowadays but once you have 'em....

I've only actually witnessed this CBB eat pods. It also takes prepared foods.
CBB's are one of my most favorite of fishes