Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread

[melev]

No, that isn't a catch. That is a lure. Now that he's hanging out in there, it'll be easy to catch him with the trap door in place. That is why the trap goes in a few days before I try to capture my prey.

 

[huge1day]

Are you getting rid of the longnose or going to put it in your small tank?

Bart

 

[melev]

It's going to someone else's system. No more predatory fish in my reefs.

 

[Alaska_Phil]

Talk about mixed feelings...Hawkfish are so darn cool. I've considered converting my 29 to salt just so it could house a flame hawk.

But I may be in really big trouble now. I'm going to a Business that's selling it's display tanks tomorrow to look at them. One's a 280 gal!!!
God help me! :lol:

Phil

 

[jnarowe]

you're done Phil. Just admit you have a problem, and bring a truck.

 

[Alaska_Phil]

Sorry...no time to talk...have to re-read this thread from the beginning...going to be up all night

Phil

 

[melev]

:lol:

 

[njdevilsfan]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11284018#post11284018 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Alaska_Phil
Well, just tried to order an RO/DI unit from Marc. Got the following from paypal


"This account has been permanently locked with a $0.00 USD balance. All information associated with this account has been blocked from the PayPal system and cannot be registered with another account."

Won't let me use my credit card either, won't let me start a new account. I'll try it again tomorrow, if that doesn't work I'll call Marc and see if we can work something else out. I really don't understand this, I've only used paypal twice, and both transactions went through without a hitch. Grrr...

Phil

just call them and talk to a rep i did it
i also ordered a rodi from melv
my tds went from 140 to less than 2
it was super easy to install and he will help if your a tard like me
you will save enough money to buy hundreds of snails quick at the prices you are paying for water
i have and am fighting hair algea and a phos sponge plus snails plus purple up (i know half of the people reaing this are muttering under their breath) is how i have always beaten it


seems the snails mow it and the coraline covers it
good luck and stay warm m8

 

[melev]

No video - sorry.

Whilst I was feeding the aiptasia in my tank, the fish all swam around my hands hoping it was food and not Aiptsia Control. I noticed the Longnose Hawkfish was parking everywhere, including in the trap.

How easy is that? No bait - just capture the fool.

What I didn't realize was with my new bracket method, the door doesn't fit. Dumb, huh? I took the door and put it on the end of the trap while the fish watched me, and removed him from the reef.

He's nearly 5.5" long. I took a few pictures I'll post later.

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

dang, talk about an easy catch. wish all fish were that easy to get out of a tank. congrats

 

[jnarowe]

Funny that you mention that, because mine loves to perch right where I am working on the tank and check me out. The other fish split, but it will hang right under me while I am laying on top of the tank.

 

[Alaska_Phil]

Dang, wheres the fun in that! You didn't even have to tear your reef apart trying to net him

Congrats

Phil

 

[melev]

So this is what he looked like after being trapped.

The trap is roughly 5.5" wide internally; the fish was pretty long since it almost touches tip to tip. Once I had it, I had to figure out what to do with it. So, I called my LFS. No answer. Call his other number. No answer. Jumped into my car, drove down there and found him mixing saltwater in the backroom. Ran home, got the fish, and dropped him into one of the fish tanks there.

And before I left, I saw a tiny cute Longnose Hawkfish in the tank above mine. Awwww.

 

[Alaska_Phil]

So...um...after all that mucking about with the trap...did you ever consider just baiting a hook with a peppermint shrimp? :hammer: :uzi:

Phil

 

[melev]

You know, had I realized it would have been this easy, I would have just reached in the tank with my bare hand and fish'd him out.

 

[zibba]

Melev,

After my long post bragging how great my CBB was doing from Liveaquaria; how much frozen food it has been eating over the past 3 months and how all the aptasia seem to have just disappeared (even though I never saw it eat one). I woke up this morning to him upside-down wedged between a rock. It is still breathing, but clearly is in rough shape. I pulled him out and put him in my refugium so see if there was any chance. I have no idea what happened. Yesterday it was swimming great and ate a bunch of PE mysis and regular mysis. This morning when I pulled it out, it had some dark patchy spots and some spots where it looked like blood had come to the surface of the scales. My guess is that somehow it got sucked into the side of a tunze, but really I have no idea what happened. Currently, it isn't swimming around in the refugium, just lying halfway on its side and struggling to breath.

Sad news for me. It was my favorite fish to watch and I thought I was really lucky getting one to eat frozen mysis & aptasia.

R.I.P.

 

[Micki]

awww, I'm sorry.

Just another reason I refuse to have any equipment in my display tank...

 

[zibba]

dp

 

[jnarowe]

Try to hold it in front of a powerhead to force water over its gills. This can work. I have done it and seen it done.

 

[skey44]

i've seen this unexplained problem in cbb's before. a lady once brought one in after owning it for two years with similar sores that you describe and she didn't have tunzes. It also occurred very quickly. these fish are not the best shippers and have seen this happen many times- eating fine then developing the sores- I guess i'm not much help bc i really don't know what it is (i've heard internal injuries and possible cyanide side effect) or what to do, but they are not very viable in my opinion as an aquarium species- most places only carry them bc they are inexpensive wholesale wise (no matter where you get them from), but no one (that i know of) has really good survival rates with them. I'm sorry about this, they are beautiful fish.