I have another question with the butterfly, why only one? I thought through my searching a few years ago that they can and do better in schools?
The Butterfiy's are/were kind of an experiment. Never had a pyramid butterfiy before and wasn't sure how I would like him. He has however been a model citizen and is doing great.. The Longnose however did not make it. He died a few days ago which frankly did not surprise me. They can be such picky eaters and mine didn't seem the least bit interested in the food I was feeding until the day before he died. Given their beak like mouth, they are not well suited for chasing down food in a tank with high flow. Especially given that I never shut my pumps down via my feed cycle when feeding. Instead, I use my flow to distribute the food throughout my tank which unfortunately didn't bode well for the long nose.
Did you add the 4th Flame angel? It's not listed on your last 'inventory' list!
Yea, I added it. It was pretty skinny and almost immediately ended up getting stuck to the recirculation pump strainer. Sadly, that killed it the first night. In hindsite, I should have put him in the refugium for a week or so to fatten him up as he was really tiny but I got excited and didn't think about it until just after putting it in the tank. He was actually put in the tank a couple weeks prior but found his way into my overflow. I thought I had lost it but found it in one of my filter socks where he was living for at least a week. When I found him, I got excited and tossed it back into the tank. That was my mistake. As I said, I should have put it in the refugium to fatten him up.
The other 3 flames and the lemon peel are doing great though so I will probably leave well enough alone as I don't want to upset the balance.
Today I have a Flame Hawk coming. I'm kind of excited about that as I have been trying to find one locally for a while now. They have great personalities and this one is coming from a fellow RC members tank. It should have a very nice new home!
One thing I am kind of stoked on is that the Oscellaris Clown fish finally hosted my Anemones. As I understand it, Oscellaris clowns don't typically host in Anemones. Especially tank raised ones. I do however need to get another Percula clown for my male Percula so they can pair up.
Here is my current stock list minus the Flame Hawk who will be coming later today.
1 Engineer Goby (sole survivor)
3 ocillarus clownfish
1 percula clownfish
1 Lemon Peel angel in the display
3 Flame Angels
1 Naso tang
1 Lieutenant tang
1 Vlamingi tang
1 Unicorn tang
1 Mimic Lemon Peel tang
2 Sargent Major Damsels
2 yellow tail blue damsels
1 fox face
2 lawn mower blennies
6 PJ cardinals
3 bangai cardinal
4 royal grammas
2 diamond goby's
2 mandarin goby's
1 watchman goby
1 six line wrasse
1 Hoevens Wrasse
1 Pyramid Butterfiy fish
1 cleaner shrimp
2 coral bandit shrimp
1 harlequin shrimp
1 fire shrimp
1 giant RBTA
1 smaller RBTA
