My new Haddoni

[danreefs]

I waited a long time for my LFS to get a haddoni in with this color and good health. Here are some pics injoy

 

[jsharp1]

OOOOOOOhhhhhh, I like the color! Very nice!

 

[garygb]

It looks bleached to me, but otherwise healthy. I would expect with proper light it will get a rich brown color. Good luck.

 

[firedude33]

it does look a little bleached. maybe too much light?

 

[danreefs]

it does look a little bleached. maybe too much light?

Flash from the camera is making him look more bleached then he is. Yes he is a litte bleached. I do have some old glass tops i put on to block some of the light. I run T5s 6 bulbs 54W over a 75g.

 

[Toddrtrex]

Flash from the camera is making him look more bleached then he is. Yes he is a litte bleached. I do have some old glass tops i put on to block some of the light. I run T5s 6 bulbs 54W over a 75g.

The glass tops won't block all that much light. I would put 3 layers of window screening b/t the lights and the tank (( can use egg create to support the screening )), and then remove a layer every 5-7 days.

 

[jupiter]

What colour is that? It looks a lot like the haddoni I bought many years back (see my profile pic). It was a beauty but it was bleached and didn't last more than 2 years, although part of that might have been due to dropping a boulder of live rock on it ... twice

 

[danreefs]

The glass tops won't block all that much light. I would put 3 layers of window screening b/t the lights and the tank (( can use egg create to support the screening )), and then remove a layer every 5-7 days.

I will do that thanks Tod

 

[5h3rW1N]

its a healthy one !!

 

[Toddrtrex]

I will do that thanks Tod

Great, and I have a feeling that in time it will darken up, a dark green with stripes.

 

[danreefs]

Update. He has moved 3in to the right and that puts him in a cave that i made out of the LR. He is about 75% out of the light now. His color is getting better and he will take silversides. Im thinking he had to much flow on him and thast why he moved. I will move some LR around to make a better place for him somtime this weekend. But should i just let him be for now? or move him back in to the light alitte?

 

[danreefs]

Update. He has moved 3in to the right and that puts him in a cave that i made out of the LR. He is about 75% out of the light now. His color is getting better and he will take silversides. Im thinking he had to much flow on him and thast why he moved. I will move some LR around to make a better place for him somtime this weekend. But should i just let him be for now? or move him back in to the light alitte?

 

[jupiter]

I'm thinking he's trying to get onto the sand bed to burrow. He needs deep sand or he may never settle. You can't keep him on the rocks.

 

[danreefs]

small update. The nem is looking alot better now Injoy

 

[ocellaris123]

Very cool, neat porcelain crab you got paired with him. Im starting to catch the haddoni bug and am thinking of adding a smaller green one in a few months, dependent upon how my blue one does. He does appear a tad bleached but it should recover if given proper conditions as everyone has said. Best of luck.

 

[danreefs]

Here he is at 2 months and looking good

 

[Magga Pie]

Very Nice!! What kind of fixture do you have? I have a 75g and looking to upgrade my lighting.

 

[t4zalews]

that carpet looks awesome...are you going to be adding clowns..or just the crab? maybe add a trio of sexy shrimp or something

 

[t4zalews]

nvm..just saw the clown in the top of the picture

 

[danreefs]

Very Nice!! What kind of fixture do you have? I have a 75g and looking to upgrade my lighting.

Its a Nova Extreme Pro.