The Scleractinia Shallows
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Wrangy
Acrotrooper
I sure do and she's still going strong
Did you have any questions about her??
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Actually...yes.
LFS has a pair of them on hold for me, a terminal male and a small female/initial phase.
These two appear quite docile, even though the male is rather large at 5.5 inches in length.
Is yours pretty relaxed, or is it aggressive to other fish in the tank? Any issues with feeding?
What do you feed and how frequently do you feed?
Finally...got any recent pictures?
LFS has a pair of them on hold for me, a terminal male and a small female/initial phase.
These two appear quite docile, even though the male is rather large at 5.5 inches in length.
Is yours pretty relaxed, or is it aggressive to other fish in the tank? Any issues with feeding?
What do you feed and how frequently do you feed?
Finally...got any recent pictures?
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
That's fantastic!! They're absolutely wonderful fish :inlove: My lovely lady has been nothing but the perfect citizen! She is completely docile and non-aggressive towards anyone, she was a shy feeder for a long time but that might also be to do with her constantly hunting and eating, now she eats the pellets from the feeder ring as soon as they hit the water lol
She sleeps in the sand and is always out during the day strutting her stuff or hunting I really adore her and she's currently my oldest fish too, 2 or 3 years and I got her as a tiny juvi :love1: lolI feed a mix of 5 pellets, mixed into one lol ON Marine formula 1 & 2, NLS Pellets, Algaemax pellets and some special ocean nutrition professional pellets
As well as mysis. I feed pellets anywhere from twice to ten times a day lol every time I walk past the tank really and a mysis cube soak in selco boost once a day/two days I hope that helps answer your questions but you will not regret getting them! They are wonderful fish! I don't have any current pics though as she HATES the camera haha
Pife
Active member
Pife
Active member
I might swing by after work tomorrow.
Sorry for the thread hack Dom. More pictures and I wouldn't do this.
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
I'm seriously thinking about it! I'm getting a cheap one priced up for me to see what it's going to cost but it'll be super basic to start with and I might get more fancy if it works really well
On another note, the colours in the tank are really starting to come back again which is awesome! I'm getting some Vibrant to deal with the bubble algae that's taking over though lol
biggles
Premium Member
I'm glad the acros are coloring back up Dom, give it some time and everything will be right on track i'm sure
I could have one of those in my secret sump flubber tank with angels and all sorts of cool fish that eat acros......... i'm taking your lionfish if it's on order Dom - i just sent Dave a text in case you have it ordered.
What is the name of my new fish anyway Dom ? :wave:
I could have one of those in my secret sump flubber tank with angels and all sorts of cool fish that eat acros......... i'm taking your lionfish if it's on order Dom - i just sent Dave a text in case you have it ordered.
What is the name of my new fish anyway Dom ? :wave:
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
Definitely improving a great dealI'm glad the acros are coloring back up Dom, give it some time and everything will be right on track i'm sure
I could have one of those in my secret sump flubber tank with angels and all sorts of cool fish that eat acros......... i'm taking your lionfish if it's on order Dom - i just sent Dave a text in case you have it ordered.
What is the name of my new fish anyway Dom ? :wave:
It's amazing what stable parameters and a Radium can do :lol:You sure could! I'm just waiting for your acro eating angel sump rocket to blast off! lol Well he's already feeding on live and dead neon tetra's and I'm hoping the conversion to frozen silversides will be nice and easy
He is a lovely d. biocellatus, Fu Manchu Lionfish and Georgia and I are currently working on his pet name because we decided he had to have a proper name
martinphillip03
New member
I like Andrew Kevin Biggles! Now thats a proper name.
Marty
Marty
He is a lovely d. biocellatus, Fu Manchu Lionfish and Georgia and I are currently working on his pet name because we decided he had to have a proper name
Myka
Reefing since '93
White skin with blue corallites and polyps! Hopefully I can keep the white skin! lol
I don't normally "photo quote" because I think it's annoying to read, but when I do it's because I've seen something remarkable! I keep seeing this coral - in my dreams, just out of reach. I saved your photo and I'm going to send it to the Aussie supplier and ask for one. Last time I asked for a blue Echi and I got a pink Spath though, so I'm not holding my breath. I'll keep on dreaming.
sparker1663
New member
looking good dom. Can't believe you turned your radium off though......
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
You might have given me some name idea's
hahaIt's one of the most gorgeous I've seen, not many pieces with bone white skin and sky blue corallites :inlove:
haha I felt sad every day that it was offlooking good dom. Can't believe you turned your radium off though......
back on now lol
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
So there's a few minor changes and tweaks starting to hit The Shallows at the moment! I bought a little tub of Pro Bio F to play with, one dose already last night and the skim is about twice as dark today lol so there must be something in it! haha Just 2 spoons of it and I'll probably only do it twice a week or once a week
I also went a little silly and got a 22kg tub of the probiotic reef salt because if we're playing with bacteria I may as well go all out haha and I've wanted to give it a whirl to see what happens anyway
I've also upped the vitamin game in my tank seeing as it's all the rage at the moment lol
I also picked up some scrummy goodies :inlove:
And meet the Sump Monster!
The little Fu Manchu didn't make it through the week at the store due to mysterious circumstances so that plan is a little delayed
I also went a little silly and got a 22kg tub of the probiotic reef salt because if we're playing with bacteria I may as well go all out haha and I've wanted to give it a whirl to see what happens anyway
I've also upped the vitamin game in my tank seeing as it's all the rage at the moment lol
I also picked up some scrummy goodies :inlove:
And meet the Sump Monster!
The little Fu Manchu didn't make it through the week at the store due to mysterious circumstances so that plan is a little delayed
Wrangy
Acrotrooper
Tank shot I did a little bit of organisation and playing around with acro placement and I'm pretty happy with the new sorting for the moment, I tried it with my Biggle glasses on to take as much note of colour and growth form so everything is opposing and popping! You can't really tell from the picture but I'm happy, just need to deal with the bubble algae lol. I also did 50L water change today to use it up as I went to Dave's Siphoned pretty much the entire sump lol, that was very much needed and a quick vac of the sand as well Next water change will be the probiotic salt! I'm super keen to see what happens!
I also picked up a calcium reactor today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We blew up the solenoid in the store and a fuse :lolspin: so I need a new reg+solenoid but it's all set aside from a ph controller and I've got a vario blue ii peristaltic pump on loan while I get my own lol Veerrryyy close to having one running finally!
I did a little bit of organisation and playing around with acro placement and I'm pretty happy with the new sorting for the moment, I tried it with my Biggle glasses on to take as much note of colour and growth form so everything is opposing and popping! You can't really tell from the picture but I'm happy, just need to deal with the bubble algae lol. I also did 50L water change today to use it up as I went to Dave's Siphoned pretty much the entire sump lol, that was very much needed and a quick vac of the sand as well Next water change will be the probiotic salt! I'm super keen to see what happens!
I also picked up a calcium reactor today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We blew up the solenoid in the store and a fuse :lolspin: so I need a new reg+solenoid but it's all set aside from a ph controller and I've got a vario blue ii peristaltic pump on loan while I get my own lol Veerrryyy close to having one running finally!
