New peacock settling in. Need to remodel a bit.

[carmelpi]

mine loves octopus, salmon, scallop, clam, shrimp, mahi mahi...

so far she leaves my filter clams alone (they're pretty big, too - couple inches).

 

[Jlentz]

I got the burrow in. Slightly different configuration than I originally posted. I kept the Y and he's made a really cool rubble entrance to it in the back of the tank.

I added about 30# of dry pink Fuji sand and probably about a 5 gallon bucket full of little rubble from when I carved up the pukani.

It's a blast watching him swim around with the rocks, moving sand around and whatnot.

 

[nmotz]

Great looking set-up. It is really fun watching them build isn't it? My Peacock has recently built a small fortress of rock and shell in front of both burrow entrances. He'll probably molt within the next few days.

 

[Jlentz]

He's been going to town with the rubble. I'm probably going to put more in tonight. I noticed last night he closed up his burrow so a molt may be imminent.

I added some yellowtail damsels last night and he seemed a bit cranky about the new tank mates so we'll see how it goes.

 

[Jlentz]

Saw him for a little bit tonight before he closed up the burrow. All fish still present and accounted for. A firefish seems to think one of the burrow entrances is a nice home. We'll see how that goes.

 

[nmotz]

Ha, that firefish is asking for it. My Peacock didn't come out today. He's all barricaded in his PVC pipe. Hope he makes it through!

 

[Jlentz]

Everything is all closed up now for the last two days. How long does a molt usually take?

I'm thinking about throwing a small cuc in tomorrow to try and get a little cleanup work done. I'm thinking a dozen or so snails and maybe a bunch of hermits.

 

[bfin3]

Sorry to get off topic but your rock is particularly nice. It almost looks like its all just one big piece

 

[Jlentz]

Sorry to get off topic but your rock is particularly nice. It almost looks like its all just one big piece

Yeah lol. I can't find a picture right now but brs sent me a freakin 75# Boulder..,

I'd ordered extra to allow me to carve it up and make it neat. I ended up making basically two large pieces. The one on the left turned out to be too big after I put it in the tank/water.., that sucked. But, I just ended up cutting it in half front to back and put it back in.