The Life of Blue Spots Tank 1800L

[Blue spot]

does anyone know what this is ?

does anyone know what this is ?

and before anyone mentions it, i know its seaweed ! just wondering what type, it looks bright blue when under lights so I thought Id'e let it grow, but it does seam to be spreading a little now. just thought i had better check its not going to smother the tank .

 

[Blue spot]

i also found this ??

i also found this ??

any ideas , I've not put it in on purpose so must have come in on some coral ?

 

[Blue spot]

fish trap

fish trap

I have not mentioned this on here, but by profession I am an design engineer, when faced with the difficult task of trying to catch the uncatchable damsel (who is annoying me greatly, i knew I should not have put this damsel in, but it was so peaceful in my other tank) I came up with an engineering idea so cunning it cannot fail. Take one unruly damsel…. get it favourite home/hangout and ...et voilà!

As you can see, somebody studdied pretty damn hard at design school !!

 

[Blue spot]

patent pending…… hands off you people out their !

 

[dave.m]

Your images are too poor to tell what either the algae or the pink smear are, but if your tangs are not touching the algae then I'd be concerned and remove it from the tank before it becomes a problem.

Dave.M

 

[worm5406]

Images are hard to tell. When taking pictures you need to be as perpendicular as you can, no off-angle pictures.

The images do look nice!

Take some more!

 

[Blue spot]

Well the tang isn't touching it so I'll take it out, thanks Dave, And worm you're techy, my pictures are much clearer but I have to down grade them to get them to upload on the website album. Any suggestions ? And lastly what about the jawfish any ideas anyone?

 

[dave.m]

On the jawfish - could be anything: internal parasites, malnutrition, something nasty in the water or substrate, old age, alcohol/drug abuse, etc.

Dave.M

 

[Blue spot]

Lol. It has been missing a few times in the day when I've looked for it, so their is a great possibility it could have popped out to Visit it's local dealer. This is the one that stopped eating a while back, so now you have said that I think it may have been bullied and stopped eating again. Plus I have 2 and the other is doing great. So how do you force feed a jawfish ?

 

[worm5406]

Well the tang isn't touching it so I'll take it out, thanks Dave, And worm you're techy, my pictures are much clearer but I have to down grade them to get them to upload on the website album. Any suggestions ? And lastly what about the jawfish any ideas anyone?

Personally I have a google account that I upload my pictures to. I do have a few of the other hosting sites, too.

Once I upload them to google, I move them to an album, setup just for tank pics. Once it gets to about 500 pictures I make a new one.

From there there is a link item to the right. I use the one for picture only with out a link to the album. I also adjust the size.

If I want a larger pixel image I use one of the other hosting sites. Zero downgrading on the images this way.

 

[o2manyfish]

The algae looks like bryopsis. You want to remove it and make sure you pick the base from the rock. It can get out of control, and will take over areas of the tank and overpower and kill corals.

Dave B

 

[Blue spot]

Thanks worm .ill give that a go. And thanks O2many , googled byropsis and it does look like a strain of this. I knew I shouldn't have let the "that looks pretty" get the better of me. I have removed the big parts but it has already seaded into the Rock tried picking it off but it's well on their. To add to it the only picee of live rock I added to the tank which the byropsis is on has got bubble algae ! And this has spread to the surrounding rock. So I'm picking that off as well. So the live rock is history , gone. My coraline has started all over the tank and this was the only reason I added it.
On the jawfish front it's not looking good at all. Today it had a piece of white stringy poo stuck to it, I am trying to hand feed it but it is just spitting out everything. It's got no white blotches or anything on it, if it wasn't spinning around it would look reasonably healthy , but thinner than I would like, their is a possibility it is eating itself, but not sure. Don't know if I am doing more harm than good by catching it to try and feed it. But can't think of anything else to do.

 

[o2manyfish]

None of the fish will eat bryopsis. I have had it pop up several times, and it can take hold quickly. Over here in Los Angeles, we get something called a "Sea Hare" - It's an ugly looking creature that looks like a giant slug. But they will eat the bryopsis and eat all the way down to the root.

Some people have said the Sea Hares have a short life expectancy. I have had them live in my tanks for up to 2 years. And have had them start spawning. In my 400 I kept 3 of them healthy for a long time.

Dave B

 

[Blue spot]

They have a sea hare in my local lfs at the moment. Will it crawl up the rocks ? I only ever sea them on the sand. Does anything bad happen if the die, like a sea apple ? School boy questions sorry but never kept them, also o2many , what fish is you're profile pic? It looks like a bit like a venustus but I've never Seen one in the uk, herd they are difficult to keep.while I'm on May as well ask another question, what about an arrowhead for the bubble algae ? Herd mixed reviews about how safe they are.

 

[Blue spot]

Jesus O2many. Thought ide try and answer my own question about the fish so had a look at you're thread..... Stunning tank ! Love lt, given me some inspiration , but got another question now, what is the Orange fish with the black tail looks a bit like a basslet shape ? Needles to say I've subscribed.

 

[Blue spot]

Blue spot update. It am not dead yet!! Completely amazed, if you had seen the sorry state of this fish you would have said it was a gonna. I'm not going to say a full recovery but it can swim again (highly recommended when your a fish) and it is eating somthing. Not when I try to force feed it , but it must be eating somthing. The plan now is to catch the damsel (no luck with my ingenious fish trap yet ( patent pending)) and reintroduce the blue spot back into the tank, the othe blue spot by the way is going from strength to strength. It eats everything , flake, mysis, brine, pods, lobster eggs, red plankton, bits of prawn and cyclops (everything seams to love this in my tank and yet I dont know what they are, I should read up on them) . It didn't do this when I first had it, but I spot feed it twice a day and then it takes its chances with everything else. In all a good week

 

[Blue spot]

Help needed

Help needed

Well the blue spot is still alive!!! I realy do not know what to do with this fish? I have caught the damsel and swapped it with the blue spot, so blue spot is back in the main tank. It is still gasping and almost making a sort of cough motion now and then (like its choking) it still cannot orientate itself. As soon as it hits open water it swirls around rapidly until it hits the sand. Then it sort of tips over with its face in the sand. This fish has been like this for 2 weeks now. I am now fresh water dipping it for 4 minutes every day. I've searched the thread with no clue as to what this fish has???? Still don't think its Bsjf disease as it has no patches or anything on it and what it's eating I have no idea... Help !! I'm trying hard to save my fish

 

[dave.m]

This is your blue spot on drugs.

Dave.M

 

[teemee]

hi,
love your aquascape, and the jawfish! I was wondering what kind of angel that is? Kind of looks like a tigerpyge, but not like any we've had locally... which means nothing - anyhow, it's gorgeous!

 

[Blue spot]

Hi tee mee. Cheers. Yes it is a tigerpyge, I thing they normaly have a black tail , but mine hasn't ? When I first had it , it was tiny and not very colourfull (so had it for a good price) however as its aged and grown it's got really colourfull and looks stunning in real life. Realy like this fish , not aggressive and it's well fed so leavs the corals alone.