Kat's 55g Aggressive

[superkat]

going to start a new thread for my aggressive studio tank....with this: picked up Timmy's file fish a couple days ago....and i am happy to report that my aiptasia forest...yes, forest....is gone.

Thank you, so much!

 

[superkat]

hard to see...but there's the file fish

my beautiful Marine Betta (thanks to a fellow reefer!)

tank mates: Darth Fuzzy, Betta and Patrick the Starfish

 

[mreye23]

i LOVE that marine betta! Does it come out at all during the day? I hear they are much more active during the night.

 

[superkat]

that is one of the most social bettas i've ever seen. not only does he stay out all day...swimmin' around...he eats right out of my fingers.

 

[frofan]

Glad to see the betta is doing good! He was too crowded in my tank and was showing stress symptoms. Are those recent pictures? He is looking good.

 

[superkat]

hey Steve! Yes..just took them two days ago. I so love him. He is so social. Hangs out with the lion fish...

eats very well, right from my hand and has a nice fat tummy!

 

[mynock11]

nice tank and good looking fish kat..

 

[superkat]

thanks!

 

[superkat]

and while i was down in the studio....updated pics of the 55g (aka...The Depth Star):

Darth Fuzzy

Darth and Snowflake

FTS

Marine Betta - not shy at all.

 

[superkat]

oh yeah...and this is what the fish are looking at tonight:

 

[Dave VG]

Darth Fuzzy is just too cool....and that snowflake. What do you feed the tank and how much and how often? I saw a predator tank at our last meet in Binghamton and can't stop thinking about it. Someday maybe. Oh and very interesting painting you have there as well I really like it.

 

[superkat]

It's actually the easiest tank in the house. The other tenant, that you can kinda see in the picks, is Patrick the starfish. He's HUGE. Moves like and eats like an octopus. My cleanup crew consists of nasty crabs from my tanks and other people's tanks (so if you ever need to get rid of one, let me know). Coral wise, some palys, some ricordea and other misc mushrooms....and the aiptasia forest. :wildone:

Every other day, I feed frozen krill. Darth will eat two or three whole krill, the betta eats at least one chopped up, the eel is the most aggressive, grabbing food from others and wrapping his body around it. Patrick, once everyone else is happy (already had snowflake nip me once...not fun) gets a whole jumbo shrimp from Weggies. Coral wise...i don't spend too much time worrying about them...when I think of it, i throw some coral frenzy in there.

water changes here are done to maximize the use of salt...any water changes on the 120g or 90g go to changes on the 55g.

If you are on the fence about starting one? Go for it. I love mine. Next add to that tank will be a trigger fish.

(and thank you! experimenting with some Jackson Pollock techniques on canvas. other paintings of mine are in a gallery on my RC page. So visit....hee hee.)