Kat's 120g Build Thread
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alphaferret
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
as always- looking good!
alphaferret
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
Nice-
superkat
Premium Member
well you know one of two things is happening when i'm quiet...i'm either trying to catch up on sleep...or acclimating....
I have to tell you, I had an absolute blast today. It was so nice meeting all of you. This was my first real swap....and I was so glad I chose to do this today over other things. There is some concern over here in that the clown tang, despite slow acclimation, is not doing very well. I'll probably stay up all night again...watching. He did eat a little...but his actions suggest that I may need to prepare myself. This, more than anything, is breaking my heart...i will keep you posted.
In the meantime, I do want to thank Randy and all the gang at ARC for making this so "user friendly" and extending some fantastic deals. To Kent, Chris, Brent, Cali, Coreen, Aaron...and the RTA guy...sorry forgot your name...even when we spent a good amount of time talking...just shoot me...and EVERYONE ELSE...thank you so much for the suggestions, the freebies and the laughs. Hope you all didn't mind a happy dance or two!
4 heads of krypto candy
RTA settling in
campfire palys...
nice acan colony...7 heads...3 babies...20 bucks. Get out!
two gorgs, one from Kent (along with bonus birdsnest....hugs!) and Coreen
baby plate, thanks Coreen!
3 other paly frags, 4 to 7 polyps, rainbow monti, monti undata...totally cool, one head of Cali's Showstopper Acan....a nice large one...(Cali, you rock.), superman monti, an emerald green poci colony on a good size piece of rock...a powerbrite (1 down, two to go) free samples of fish pellets, which...my mandarins are devouring...
shoot....if there's anything else...i'll tell you in the morning when everything is awake.
Anyone that has contact with "fish angels"? please put a good word in for my tang...please...he was my favorite of the day...
I have to tell you, I had an absolute blast today. It was so nice meeting all of you. This was my first real swap....and I was so glad I chose to do this today over other things. There is some concern over here in that the clown tang, despite slow acclimation, is not doing very well. I'll probably stay up all night again...watching. He did eat a little...but his actions suggest that I may need to prepare myself. This, more than anything, is breaking my heart...i will keep you posted.
In the meantime, I do want to thank Randy and all the gang at ARC for making this so "user friendly" and extending some fantastic deals. To Kent, Chris, Brent, Cali, Coreen, Aaron...and the RTA guy...sorry forgot your name...even when we spent a good amount of time talking...just shoot me...and EVERYONE ELSE...thank you so much for the suggestions, the freebies and the laughs. Hope you all didn't mind a happy dance or two!
4 heads of krypto candy
RTA settling in
campfire palys...
nice acan colony...7 heads...3 babies...20 bucks. Get out!
two gorgs, one from Kent (along with bonus birdsnest....hugs!) and Coreen
baby plate, thanks Coreen!
3 other paly frags, 4 to 7 polyps, rainbow monti, monti undata...totally cool, one head of Cali's Showstopper Acan....a nice large one...(Cali, you rock.), superman monti, an emerald green poci colony on a good size piece of rock...a powerbrite (1 down, two to go) free samples of fish pellets, which...my mandarins are devouring...
shoot....if there's anything else...i'll tell you in the morning when everything is awake.
Anyone that has contact with "fish angels"? please put a good word in for my tang...please...he was my favorite of the day...
Conesus_Kid
Premium Member
kat- Any chance you can throw in another powerhead or two? That fish may fare better with lots of flow and highly oxygenated water.
They are beautiful fish, but I hate to see them in the aquarium trade.
Crossing fingers for you!
They are beautiful fish, but I hate to see them in the aquarium trade.
Crossing fingers for you!
dreaminmel
New member
What do you mean by "timeouts from swimming"? Chilling in a low flow spot in an upright position or laying on the sand bed?
dreaminmel
New member
Just clarifying. I didn't mean laying on the sand bed dead. When not doing well, some fish will be at the bottom in an off kilter position. If he's just hiding I wouldn't worry. I have yet to add a fish that stays right out in the open the same day it's added. Quite a few have actually taken a few days to get comfortable. If he does start breathing heavily, swimming funny or displaying ich then I'd start to worry.
superkat
Premium Member
well, i'm sitting here on the loveseat, he just "bounced" swam over to me, took a peek, and is swimming around. Breathing heavy as is slow and labored, or fast and frantic? Looks like he keeps going back to the same little cave and rests on the sandbed...upright.
the bouncing swimming thing...normal for this kind of tang?
the bouncing swimming thing...normal for this kind of tang?
dreaminmel
New member
He's stressed. Either he will get used to the tank and settle in or he will stress himself to death. I know there was a discussion about what size tank Clown Tangs need to be in and people suggested you should be ok for a while but exactly how big is this fish?
dreaminmel
New member
Only other suggestion is to make sure the 120g isn't still cycling through Ammonia or Nitrite as that would definately stress him out. Otherwise if water quality and aeration are good and he's only 3", he probably just needs some time to relax and settle in. If I remember right, he was obtained from a fellow hobbyist rather than an LFS. How long did the prior owner have him?
Henry Colf
New member
Looks like you picked up some decent corals.....nice scores!!!!!!!
superkat
Premium Member
the Am/Ni spiked a little over a week ago and went back to zero, Tuesday i believe. Drew had him for a few months. right now, Mel...he is swimming around quite a bit...in and out of caves....comes over looks at me and seems to be having some fun now....adding the third k4 seems to be helping...he started perking up right after that.
