Minh's 320 reef

[OrionN]

The big boys in my tank. Thr Foxface is 6.5 inches. The PBT is very aggressive and got his spike permanently extended.

The Tusk is 5.5 inches

 

[kegogut]

Looks good Minh. Have you gotten your new HT yet? Are you keeping your old one?

 

[OrionN]

I will trade him out as soon as the LFS order one for me

 

[OrionN]

FTS today with my cell phone

 

[worm5406]

As always Minh you have a nice tank.

So hard to believe that is a nano.

 

[GSMclowns]

Minh, Did I missed something? Why are you trading the Harlequin Tusk out for a new one?

 

[OrionN]

Thanks Worms

GSMclowns,
As colorful, healthy and colorful my Harlequin Tusk is, I think Australia Tusk are brighter and more red in color. I am not sure since I have never seen on in person. Since I never have a Austalia Tusk before, I like to get one befor I become really attache to this one. He will go in a good home to a person who is getting him for cheap.
I just bite the bullet and get an Australia Tusk for at least three times the price of my fish.

 

[GSMclowns]

Oh IC.

I don't personally own them.. but I see them a lot around my area. The Australian one is simply beautiful. The color is way more intense and the red and blue color really stand out. It is worth the 300 dollars. Good luck

 

[OrionN]

The heat load on my fish room is crazy and mess everything up. I have air conditioner witht he main house and on a different zone control by thermometer in the room. However, the house need heat and the fish room need cooling. This really taxed my AC system and it did not work well. I end up bite the bullet and installed and MiniSplit for the fish room by itself and put in a automatic natural gas emergency generator for the house. This was a huge expense and the boss did not like it much. I have to really taken care of her this last week and weekend.
The generator is almost hook up, and the air-conditioner is running. The room temp is much better control.

A few picture this AM

 

[OrionN]

Picture of my Regal angel this AM with my cell phone:

 

[OrionN]

Picture of a few of my Goniopora this AM

 

[BattleAthletics]

Has it grown allot?

 

[OrionN]

My male Flame Angel is full grown and does not grow any more. The Regal, when I bought him about 6 months ago is just about the same zise as my large male Flame Angel, now he is about .75 inch larger. That is how much my Regal angel grow in 6 months

 

[BattleAthletics]

Sorry OrionN I was referring to the goniopora.

 

[OrionN]

They actually grew fast. There are two ORA red Goniopora there. The third and the fifth ones in that picture. The large one is the same size as the little one at this time 6 months ago or so. Grew atom a 1/2 inch frag to about 1.25 inch ball in about 6 months.
They eat a lot. They get at least several Mysis daily when I feed the tank. All of my Goniopora started as about 1/2 inch frag

 

[OrionN]

This evening I came home to this

 

[BattleAthletics]

What fish are you missing? I'd love to go see the tank but still coughing alot.

 

[OrionN]

YI spend 45 minutes count all my big fish. The regurgitated fish was too decomposed to ID, nothing more than partial skeleton with a little meat attached to it. All white, no color whatsoever to give a hint as to which fish it was. My tank is big full of rock. The sleleton was stuck to the VorTech and have been spewing bits of fish for ? how long. All the fish was full.
After 40 minutes or so I accounted for all the fish except the Yelloweye Kole tang and the Harlequin Tusk. I started to dread that the bone seem to barreled to be a tang. All the same I was hoping that it was the tang that got kill rather than the Tusk. Then I started to feel guilty that I like the Tusk better than the tang then...,...,...

Finally I got some food and put it in the tank. It was the Kole tang that got killed. I did not even know which carpet was the guilty one.

RIP, my beautiful tang. I am sorry that I was hoping it was you rather than the Tusk

 

[kegogut]

Sorry about the loss Minh. Its one of those things thats bound to happen eventually with so many anemones in the tank.

 

[worm5406]

Sorry for your loss, but it is interesting. I wonder how long it took it to digest it to that spot.