Some new fish...
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Recty
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My copper went from being between .5 and .6 to about .15 right now, it's almost the lowest it can be and still show color. I'm hoping by tomorrow or the next day, the copper is totally removed and I'll just leave the carbon in to remove residual copper that is leeching back out of the rocks.
I also ordered the 250ml size of Cuprisorb, I think I'm going to run that instead of carbon once it gets here, then I'll be able to put my cleaner shrimps and fire shrimps into the main tank, as long as I've not shown copper traces at all for a week or two.
I also ordered the 250ml size of Cuprisorb, I think I'm going to run that instead of carbon once it gets here, then I'll be able to put my cleaner shrimps and fire shrimps into the main tank, as long as I've not shown copper traces at all for a week or two.
Recty
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Well, 3 days of being copper free and the fish are eating like little piggies again.
HLLE is still very obvious on the big emperor, but all the other fish you cant see it on unless I'm using the macro lens and getting a larger than life size picture.
Hopefully the emperor comes around.
I've got a new fish coming in on Wednesday so I'll need to make room in one of the QT tanks
HLLE is still very obvious on the big emperor, but all the other fish you cant see it on unless I'm using the macro lens and getting a larger than life size picture.
Hopefully the emperor comes around.
I've got a new fish coming in on Wednesday so I'll need to make room in one of the QT tanks
yukonblizzard
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15159643#post15159643 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Recty
Well, 3 days of being copper free and the fish are eating like little piggies again.
HLLE is still very obvious on the big emperor, but all the other fish you cant see it on unless I'm using the macro lens and getting a larger than life size picture.
Hopefully the emperor comes around.
I've got a new fish coming in on Wednesday so I'll need to make room in one of the QT tanks
I am glad they are eating better for you.
What kind of new fish did you get?
Recty
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It's a secret But I'll get it in tomorrow and maybe post a picture or two.
My brother borrowed my camera again yesterday, he is flying to a remote village up here in Alaska and wants to get some good photographs so anyway, I wont have my good camera for getting pictures of the fish until next Monday or probably Tuesday.
But I'll get it in tomorrow and maybe post a picture or two.My brother borrowed my camera again yesterday, he is flying to a remote village up here in Alaska and wants to get some good photographs so anyway, I wont have my good camera for getting pictures of the fish until next Monday or probably Tuesday.
yukonblizzard
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15166277#post15166277 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Recty
It's a secret
My brother borrowed my camera again yesterday, he is flying to a remote village up here in Alaska and wants to get some good photographs so anyway, I wont have my good camera for getting pictures of the fish until next Monday or probably Tuesday.
Ahh, I hate secrets.
Recty
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She arrived and appears to be in good condition. Active, although looks a little frantic, not the normal calmness I typically see when they are drip acclimating. The water is very yellow (hard to see in the picture because the flash whitens everything) and smells horrible, but the fish looks good.
Probably about 5" long, maybe a little closer to 4.5", hard to tell. I'm excited, it's a beautiful looking queen, lots of blue on it.
Probably about 5" long, maybe a little closer to 4.5", hard to tell. I'm excited, it's a beautiful looking queen, lots of blue on it.
yukonblizzard
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Beautiful!! I love Queens, did you get him from an lfs or online?
Recty
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Online, ccritters.com. I've been enjoying working with the actual divers who catch the fish, it's nice and so far a pretty good experience. Plus you know your fish havent sat in a distributor's tanks for who knows how long, getting diseases and basically treated badly, then passed on to a LFS and the same thing, then into your tank.
This was caught on Sunday, sat in the diver's tanks for 2 days then now it's in my QT
This was caught on Sunday, sat in the diver's tanks for 2 days then now it's in my QT
Recty
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Just a couple more pictures, I really like this fish. Angels are just so cool and this queen is no exception
Man, I am really missing my good camera. This queen is just finishing up the juvenile coloration, I can barely barely barely see the white stripes, I bet they are gone within a month.
Man, I am really missing my good camera. This queen is just finishing up the juvenile coloration, I can barely barely barely see the white stripes, I bet they are gone within a month.
Recty
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Yep, long ride
I think her mouth is a little messed up, it looks to me either the net they caught her with or else in the bag while shipping, rubbed the top of her mouth and it looks a little raw and beat up.
For what it's worth, my emperor angel came in looking almost exactly the same and it went away within 3-4 days.
Recty
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Well, these pictures are really crappy quality, but I wanted to show the amazing colors on this queen when the flash isnt being used. I've been waiting for a really blue queen angel to show up for a couple months now and finally got one in... I jumped on it when I found it available.
Unfortunately, my point and shoot camera without the flash has a really slow shutter speed, so the pictures are blurry, but I just wanted to show her coloration so the clarity I guess isnt that important.
I CANT WAIT until Tuesday when I get my camera back.
These were all just taken with a pretty dim room light on. I use that in my second bedroom instead of individual tank lights, as the fish dont seem to mind it at all whereas if I turn on even a semi bright light directly over their tank, they seem to just hide in the PVC.
Unfortunately, my point and shoot camera without the flash has a really slow shutter speed, so the pictures are blurry, but I just wanted to show her coloration so the clarity I guess isnt that important.
I CANT WAIT until Tuesday when I get my camera back.
These were all just taken with a pretty dim room light on. I use that in my second bedroom instead of individual tank lights, as the fish dont seem to mind it at all whereas if I turn on even a semi bright light directly over their tank, they seem to just hide in the PVC.
Very pretty fish! It does have a lot of nice blue on its body.
Reefer334 has one that is really blue as well
http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=1207&title=Chris's_Picture_Journal
lower middle of the page....lots of coral and one of the queen by itself. It is more like 11" he says so maybe your fish will get more blue as it goes as well.
Reefer334 has one that is really blue as well
http://forums.marineaquarist.org/index.php?tid=1207&title=Chris's_Picture_Journal
lower middle of the page....lots of coral and one of the queen by itself. It is more like 11" he says so maybe your fish will get more blue as it goes as well.
LuvAngels88
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Wow, just beautiful. Amazing colors on the Queen! Congrats!
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