The Life of Blue Spots Tank 1800L

[dave.m]

And you're going to quarantine all these new fish properly, right? No more bouillabaisse?

Dave.M

 

[Blue spot]

well sort of Dave. The second smaller qt tank was "non negotiable, next thing I'll be wanting to keep a baby whale in the garage" so I've had a glass box made to fit in my sump and they are all in their with a bit of rock. Not great , but better than nothing. Lol

 

[Blue spot]

I've got a question on qt. Say I've got these fish in qt then in 4 weeks time I buy another fish. Do I put it in with the other at fish or will I then have to do it all again?

 

[Blue spot]

Also . Today's the day ! Tank re-scape. Wish me luck and I'll see you in about 12 hours .

 

[dave.m]

You should definitely NOT mix quarantine batches. Each group needs its full 6-8 weeks of uninterrupted quarantine.

You should control your urge to purchase. Otherwise you're just flushing a lot of money down the drain and needlessly killing a lot of beautiful creatures.

Dave.M

 

[Blue spot]

Well all done and I'm happy with the result. I've got loads of room now. Cheers Dave I'll hold off on more fish then

 

[Nick James]

Read through your entire thread. It's been very interesting and your photography skills have improved! One thing I used for bryopsis was peroxide. I mixed some in with baking soda and applied it directly on the bryopsis with the flow off. Seemed to work for spot killing one people have dosed it as well. I would research it thoroughly as it could kill off beneficial creatures as well of overdosed.

 

[Blue spot]

Hi nick, thanks for the info I'll have a good read of that. I have got to admit I am a little worried about adding peroxide to the tank, dont know why I feel this way , im probably just worried I would mess it up in a major way, but what the hell . I've tried nutmeg ! Lol

 

[Blue spot]

Oh and a small correction on one of the new fish. It's a lizard blenny , not a lizard fish. Or at least I hope it is.

 

[Blue spot]

Well that was a disaster my in sump quarantine tank has split an edge. Just had to catch all the fish and put them in the tank. Not to worried though I got them from my normal lfs who qt's for a month before sale so hopefully I should be ok. Qt off for repair !

 

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Picture update . Sorry for some of the pics, lost the setting on my camera and completely forgot how to use it again so some pics are a little.. Shall we say... Brooding .
So this is my rescape. Not a look I would normally go for but its more functional than totally asthetic. The one end is the same (this is the end with the rod through) then I've gone for a more central block linked to the other end by a mini canyon. Fish can swim all the way around and the Rock is more central to my lights and lower down. Reason for this is the last scape I did went more to the back of the tank and left a lot of swimming space out front but . 1 when I placed corals they were to far back for the light and 2 the fish did a lot of swimming back and forth (not very interesting) . So far the fish seam better. I've got tons of space for corals as I can use all sides and the top of the rocks , so although I find it slightly ugly hopefully it will suit everything better.

 

[ramasule]

Looks nice, what is that fish at the end of your shots?

 

[Blue spot]

That's my happy mistake. A tasseled filefish. She's pretty big now, but a real character 1 eye is always on you. arrow head crabs are a definite no no, but so far everything else is ok. Small fish , anemone crabs, emerald crabs, blood shrimp and cleaner shrimp. I've read they can get to 10 inches , she's about 3 to 4 at the minute and has seamed to have slowed down on growth. I'm hoping that's it !

 

[Blue spot]

Hey nick , hope your still reading I've done some research on that baking soda and peroxide. Hopefully you can see that cleaner water and the mother of all sea hares has cleaned a lot up, but I still have a few stubborn spots that I would like to blitz. The thing I can't find is what concentration to use , do I just put it all together and squirt it on the area? Just wondering what you did. Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Blue spot]

Can't believe I forgot to ask this question. When I was moving my rock I lifted a piece and this creature shot out and swam off . I didn't get a picture and i couldn't find it again. It looked like a long black worm of some discription but it moved very fast , it didn't have legs and swam like a snake I would say it was about a foot long. I have googled black worm like a ribbon and the closest thing I can find surprisingly is something called a ribbon worm. I've never seen anything like it before, and I'm familiar with a bobbit worm so at first thought it might be one of these , but definitely not. Does this sound about right for a ribbon worm? Again it moved really fast (and I nearly had a heart attack when this thing shot out)