SNAKEMANVET
PREMIUM MEMBER
Congrats John,Your tanks look great.I really wasn't into angels until I heard your lecture on angel fish at mtrc.I now have a coral beauty and looking to add another soon. btw the rbta I got from you is doing great.
To those who have been waiting for pics from my tanks
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Fish2reef
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Congratulations on the well deserved recognition not only by the 2nd Tank of The Month designation, but also expressed on this thread.
You are one of the leaders in the reef keeping hobby, leadership is sometimes place on our shoulders wanted or not, some step up and meet the expectations some surpass. Judging by the time and care you take to answer everyone’s questions, the passion you convey in your talks, the inspiration and encouragement to all of us trying to someday reach your level of accomplishment; you surpass leadership expectations.
I also commend you on the value and recognition you always express for your family. Pass on a well deserved “thank you” to your wife since we have benefited indirectly from her support of your projects. I wish health and blessings to the little ones.
May the success keep growing and hope to see you again in South Florida soon.
PS. Do not fear Manny’s handicap, big dog with small bite. LOL
You are one of the leaders in the reef keeping hobby, leadership is sometimes place on our shoulders wanted or not, some step up and meet the expectations some surpass. Judging by the time and care you take to answer everyone’s questions, the passion you convey in your talks, the inspiration and encouragement to all of us trying to someday reach your level of accomplishment; you surpass leadership expectations.
I also commend you on the value and recognition you always express for your family. Pass on a well deserved “thank you” to your wife since we have benefited indirectly from her support of your projects. I wish health and blessings to the little ones.
May the success keep growing and hope to see you again in South Florida soon.
PS. Do not fear Manny’s handicap, big dog with small bite. LOL
CeeGee
New member
a quick question copps,
after you quarrantine and make sure your fish are healthy, eating and ready to be moved to the display tanks how often do you have problems with any type of disease?
I ask this as one of our local club members made a statement that ich is always present and when stress is a factor fish get sick in what appears to be a parasite free tank. I don't believe this. IMO ich is a parasite that once eradicated will not show back up unless reintroduced by improper quarantine, treatment etc.
this led me to thinking that once healthy I haven't really encountered any types of problems with my fish aside from the occasional nipped fin. I don't keep as many specimens as you so I was wondering if you ever encounter problems after you get fish settled into their new home.
after you quarrantine and make sure your fish are healthy, eating and ready to be moved to the display tanks how often do you have problems with any type of disease?
I ask this as one of our local club members made a statement that ich is always present and when stress is a factor fish get sick in what appears to be a parasite free tank. I don't believe this. IMO ich is a parasite that once eradicated will not show back up unless reintroduced by improper quarantine, treatment etc.
this led me to thinking that once healthy I haven't really encountered any types of problems with my fish aside from the occasional nipped fin. I don't keep as many specimens as you so I was wondering if you ever encounter problems after you get fish settled into their new home.
n0rk
More is better-er!
We got out of it well enough mate, the reefs aren't handling it quite so well though :sad2: I do see, it's exciting to know that we can provide some of the best in the world to Angelfish guys such as yourself :lol2:
I guess all that's left is for you to come over and collect your own sometime? :lol:
claytonkelly2004
New member
Can we see some more pics of the Cocos Lemonpeel? How do I go by getting a pair of these? I think a they would look great with my Jocs.
mapleredta
Reef addict
Is anybody else having an issue with the link in the first post not working?
copps
Premium Member
Hey Yuri, I keep a mix of different Pocillopora, Montipora and Acropora... really any coral could take the temps of 68 to 72, although growth may be affected... but again, the corals are secondary in that display...
:thumbsup:
Wow... thanks for those amazingly kind words! I'm still learning everyday as we all are in this hobby... which is one of its assets! You'll never get bored, and you'll never have all of the answers or know everything... and to those who pretend to... look out for them!
Humans have been aquarists for thousands of years, yet those of us living today (and reading this thread) are the lucky ones who get to pioneer the thriving closed marine aquarium system in the present time!I already showed your comment to my wife... who appreciated the thanks! God knows she puts up with enough!
Family is first!And as for fearing Manny... I sooner fear my 2 1/2 year old daughter...:fun4:
And I will be in South Florida speaking for FMAS again next month!:dance:
Copps
Mark 75g
New member
John,
I see that you have a regal angel in your tank along with all others. I just bougt a red sea regal on friday and as of yesterday he is still not eating. He is appx 6in length and is nice and healthy looking. Was at the wholesaler for about 3 weeks and was eating mysis atleast thats what my dealer was told. I have tried mysis, mysis soaked in garlic, hanging nori in the tank in multiple places. He is swimming around the tank (175gallon reef tank sps-soft).
Should I worry or is that normal? Whatched for about 1hr while feeding and was not bullied by an other fish.
I see that you have a regal angel in your tank along with all others. I just bougt a red sea regal on friday and as of yesterday he is still not eating. He is appx 6in length and is nice and healthy looking. Was at the wholesaler for about 3 weeks and was eating mysis atleast thats what my dealer was told. I have tried mysis, mysis soaked in garlic, hanging nori in the tank in multiple places. He is swimming around the tank (175gallon reef tank sps-soft).
Should I worry or is that normal? Whatched for about 1hr while feeding and was not bullied by an other fish.
copps
Premium Member
Ich (Cryptocaryon) is absolutely not always present in a tank... yet it is VERY common in reef systems, especially those where proper quarantine is not done. It is similar to the "red bugs" that us long time sps hobbyists first dealt with about ten years ago... basically EVERY sps system that had traded corals had them... since Dustin Dorton came out with the treatment, most all systems now do not have the bugs that have treated, and properly handle incoming sps frags... this is the same with ich and other maladies... most all systems that use the "dump and hope" approach have Crypto... most existing fish will build an immunity to the parasite yet still be carriers, and just like with the red bugs and most other parasites they are opportunistic and take advantage of stressed animals for whatever reason... with that said there are many different parasites, and many different strain of each from around the world, so even if you have one parasite you do not throw caution to the wind and allow others in. If something does make it by my UV sterilizers make it very tough for the parasites to get a foothold and reproduce to catastrophic numbers... Many of the fish I get are pretty fresh from the ocean, and I deal with many parasites on a regular basis, but fortunately with my QT procedures this is almost always isolated to there...
Yes, among others...
I would love to collect there! I enjoy collecting fish... here are a few shots of me in Hawaii...
Palming a supermale flame wrasse at 100 feet...
And one last one wrestling an octopus...
I'll PM you... here's junior... none in this system though...
Copps
copps
Premium Member
I have three regal angels in this system... my favorite species probably...
In regards to your regal, first off your specimen is most likely from another location in the Indian Ocean... true Red Sea regals are nearly nonexistant in the industry right now...
And also most likely your regal has not fed much... according to many wholesalers there fish are always "eating mysis"... a six inch regal is a tough nut to crack and too large in my opinion... at that size they get very set in their diet in the wild and are tough to transition to a captive diet, in addition to the other problems regals face...
Also, your chances of cracking a tough nut like this in an established system with other fish is that much tougher. Even with no overt aggression, being placed with other established fish in a brightly lit tank where food probably lasts between 8 and 20 seconds is daunting. In a properly designed QT with only ambient light and no food competition or stress these fish are much easier to adapt... to feed try any fresh mollusk on the half shell from your grocer... these are often irresistible... but in an established system they may be eaten by the existing fish before the regal has an opportunity to try it...
While regals are being kept with frequency now long term (I've had a few of mine well over five years) they should still be attempted by only experienced fish keepers. And I often read you should not QT delicate fish like regals... statements like this make me want to bang my head against a wall... many people rush through the QT process and have little confidence in keeping a fish alive in their QT system, talking about how their reef is more established... in reality we should have just as much confidence in our QT systems as our reef, and as a matter of fact I have more control over the life of a fish in QT than I do in one of my displays for many reasons...
I also get written from many people about how they are cutting their QT teeth with either a very expensive fish or a fish like a regal angel... like anything else in this hobby there is a learning curve with QT tanks, and attempting some of these fish is the equivalent of trying a full blown sps tank as your first reef!
UV sterilizers absolutely aid in the control of outbreaks of parasitic disease in a reef tank... plain and simple. You could argue HOW effective they are, and of course they will not eradicate parasites, but I've found them to be absolutely helpful... Just as with my job as a systems engineer, I do not care what a study from 1978 says or the opinions of certain people, I care about what works for me... and these work. I will say there are many Mickey Mouse units out there and not all are effective, but to make a blanket statement saying UVs are not effective at all is ludicrous... but usually these are also the people that say you could not keep angels in reefs or in pairs or harems or about 20 other things I've done... ask many of these people why and what experience they've had and they'll either say they read it in a thread or in some book that was published before I was born.
Copps
John,
You are my Icon, always have been. I came to a realization a few months ago about Centropyge coral predation. They go after injured, sick, or stressed corals (except, unfortunately, Trachy's which still =Angel Crack).
I'm working on my 2nd Reef now (as you may know or not), with my old C. bicolor in it. I never saw that angel peck at anything that wasn't already in dire straits.
Your systems are truly inspirational to us rookies!
And Regals are *THE* Angel, as far as I'm concerned!
Keep up the good work!
Matt
Current Tank: 60 gallon Reef
You are my Icon, always have been. I came to a realization a few months ago about Centropyge coral predation. They go after injured, sick, or stressed corals (except, unfortunately, Trachy's which still =Angel Crack).
I'm working on my 2nd Reef now (as you may know or not), with my old C. bicolor in it. I never saw that angel peck at anything that wasn't already in dire straits.
Your systems are truly inspirational to us rookies!
And Regals are *THE* Angel, as far as I'm concerned!
Keep up the good work!
Matt
Current Tank: 60 gallon Reef
n0rk
More is better-er!
Looks like a big bloody lot of fun mate, not bad visibility for 100 feet either! Especially like the Octopus... tricky suckers they are
occasionally see them come a fair way into the estuaries around these parts, certainly interesting to tangle with when you're taking a nice afternoon dip. If you're ever over this side of the big blue, give us a yell - I'm sure the local aquarium society I'm secretary for would have more than enough contacts to get one such as yourself a pretty good dive in the untouched parts of the GBRMP!:thumbsup:
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