DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Here are some random shots, which I have just taken:
My 65G Shallow Reef Tank
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Acros & wieners, oh my!
Here are some random shots, which I have just taken:
These are great! The color contrast is very very good, and I love those anthias!!
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thanks for your praise Matt. My anthias are doing really well. I am glad that I listened to my lfs and bought them. There is zero aggression among them, which is another plus point. One negative point is that they do not eat mysis though they gobble large RS mysis (fresh water mysis).
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Since I took their photo last month, the two bubble algae have grown quite a bit. On numerous occasions, I tried to remove them without bursting them, but to no avail.
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I tried again tonight, but this time I succeeded to dislodge the one on the right hand side:dance:.
The b@st@rd looks really fat.
There is no way the one on the left hand side is going to budge. :mad2:
I tried again tonight, but this time I succeeded to dislodge the one on the right hand side:dance:.
The b@st@rd looks really fat.
There is no way the one on the left hand side is going to budge. :mad2:
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thank you. I have eight resplendent anthias. One of the females has turned to a male recently.
Love the selection of Angels in those last pic's, l currently have a female G.Melanospilos, hope to pick up a male on my next trip to the UK.
That Bubble Algae is a bute, l used to strategically place big uns like that in my neighbours garden, god only knows what they thought they were and came from, LOL.
That Bubble Algae is a bute, l used to strategically place big uns like that in my neighbours garden, god only knows what they thought they were and came from, LOL.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thanks Mike.
Abyss is your place to get a male G. melonospilos though Wharf can also get pretty much anything you want. I found out that Abyss had a pair of G. watanabei when I spoke to Steve about your UK trip. Sadly, my tank is not big enough for a pair.
I am glad that you have found useful purpose for your bubble algae. You have given me a good idea. I might try it on my departmental colleagues at my work place.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thanks b.
Thanks for your compliment.
I have no doubt your tank will be better.
Thanks for your compliment.
I have no doubt your tank will be better.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Sorry for the late reply.
:beer: Matt. That means a lot.
Thanks Matt. I am ashamed to admit that my second G. watanabei has also died. She jumped into my weir this time and was stung by my aiptasia scrubber. I have eventually closed all the gaps. There is no where to jump now. If this had not happened you may have seen all my five Genicanthus.
I hope your new female bellus turns to a male. I keep my fingers crossed. I always find female bellus angels more attractive than their male counterparts though.
I know you do. There is a Dutch guy who applied sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to get rid of green hair algae very successfully. A guy who I know inn the UK adapted this technique and applied it to both byropsis and bubble algae. He says that NaOH was very effective. However, note that as you most likely know this chemical is very potent and kills corals on contact and raises pH if used too much. If you are interested, I can send you the details of this Dutch reefer's thread on a UK forum on which he demonstrated the application of NaOH.
Cheers
:beer: Matt. That means a lot.
Thanks Matt. I am ashamed to admit that my second G. watanabei has also died. She jumped into my weir this time and was stung by my aiptasia scrubber. I have eventually closed all the gaps. There is no where to jump now. If this had not happened you may have seen all my five Genicanthus.
I hope your new female bellus turns to a male. I keep my fingers crossed. I always find female bellus angels more attractive than their male counterparts though.
I know you do. There is a Dutch guy who applied sodium hydroxide (NaOH) to get rid of green hair algae very successfully. A guy who I know inn the UK adapted this technique and applied it to both byropsis and bubble algae. He says that NaOH was very effective. However, note that as you most likely know this chemical is very potent and kills corals on contact and raises pH if used too much. If you are interested, I can send you the details of this Dutch reefer's thread on a UK forum on which he demonstrated the application of NaOH.
Cheers
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Thank you Mark.
Seeing coralline encrusting a bubble algae is new to me too. I kind of like it because the bubble bomb blends nicely within its environment.
No, I do not have any A. horrida. The one you are referring to is A. florida (I think!).
Seeing coralline encrusting a bubble algae is new to me too. I kind of like it because the bubble bomb blends nicely within its environment.
No, I do not have any A. horrida. The one you are referring to is A. florida (I think!).
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Anthias galore- all of them together as a tight shoal:
My female G. melanospilos has been behaving strangely for the two weeks in that it has been displaying what appears to be courtship behaviour. I created a thread here and asked people's opinion, but have not had any response yet. Does anyone have any idea?
Thank you
My female G. melanospilos has been behaving strangely for the two weeks in that it has been displaying what appears to be courtship behaviour. I created a thread here and asked people's opinion, but have not had any response yet. Does anyone have any idea?
Thank you
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
I was just sitting here feeling pretty good about the tank and then i saw your anthias shoal - absolutely beautiful Bulent
I have 3 out of 15 glassfish that 'shoal'.........they look like freshwater feeder fish.......... :hammer:
The acros are looking great :thumbsup:
Thank you for your compliment Andrew. I think I know what you mean by "freshwater feeder fish". Tetras? I kept them many years ago when I had a freshwater Amazon biotope.
I went to my lfs this morning to pick up the wild-collected acropora frags, which I mentioned to you in your tank thread. Sadly, the A. microclados colony bleached further and turned from light pink to almost white colour. I wanted a big piece, but did not want to risk it. The Acropora echinata colony was really nice and bigger than expected, which is 5 inches long. I did not hesitate to buy it. It came with a resident serpent star with very long hairy legs.
While I was there my lfs showed me another wild-collected Acropora colony, which I liked immediately. It has purple/blue tips against creamy/green body colour. Neither he nor I were able to identify it. I hope you can help me with its identification Andrew.
Finally, my lfs was keen to show me a mari-cultured Acropora hyacinthus. I must admit that it looked great with green colour against the red body. Because I am fixated with wild-collected acroporidae, I did not want to commit myself and thanked him for showing it to me.
When I came home and emptied the contents of my bags, this is what I saw:
Not two but three pieces, the third little one being the red planet.
May God bless my lfs. I am going to cherish this little beauty.Anyway, all the frags are in my tank now after being acclimatised carefully. I have listed to you Andrew and drip-aclimatised my corals over a period of a few hours. Here are their photos:
PS. Having looked at the mystery Acropora again, which my lfs and I could not identify, I have a strong feeling that it is a multi-coloured Acropora loripes. Do you concur? Someone else on a different forum suggested that it was an Acropora plana!
