Jesus, been over 2 months since I last posted here! Sorry for that. Been pretty busy finding a new job since the current one is getting on my nerves. So, in case somebody is in need of a Lotus Notes/Domino administrator or knows someone needing one, let me know ;-)
Now then, I have stripped down my Red Sea 130D. Some of you remember my mods on the 130D I posted here. It was a good 4 years with it, but it has come to a point where it just didn't work out anymore for me. Too many modifications, too many hoses, cables and the like. And some errors I made as a beginner, too. It was good gaining experiences, understanding how things work out, biological and mechanical wise.
I moved some stuff into the new tank and most of all, I moved my male Salarias ramosus into the new tank where a female was waiting.
He was not too impressed being caught and put into the new tank at all, I can tell you. Never seen such red eyes on him being pissed off completely. And I was afraid for the female being torn into pieces in no time him being about 12 cm long now (which is 4,7 inch!). The female is a good third shorter than him. One day passed with him inspecting the tank step by step finding the most exposed stone in the tank making it his royal throne overlooking the tank.
The female was hiding the first hours completely somewhere in the rocks. I kept my fingers crossed.
The next morning I see them both grazing rocks and the tank walls. It's been now 2 weeks and today big boss Blenny decided to throw in a mating dance! She is just f*?"'ing fat now and that is not from feeding! Guess it was a good sign of them nibbling eachother on their fin tails. Hope that's it now and I have a couple of starfish blennies in my tank now ;-)
And yes, I promise here now to take pictures and videos of them! Serious!
What else is new? I got a couple of Amphiprion clarkii for the new tank and they are doing pretty ok so far. Guess they are not yet sure who is going to be male and female, but they get along for now. I just need a bigger anemone for them which I should get this coming week.
One of my biggest problems with the new tank, low nutritions. I have to add Nitrate and Phosphate into the tank despite overfeeding. Also reduced the pellets, but to no avail. I was expecting this due to the reef ceramics being so well structured and offering such a huge and cavernous surface for the bacteria. Well, I get that sorted out, too.
As a replacement for the RS 130D I am thinking of the new RS 130C or a tank from
Giesemann. Of course, whith reef ceramics again ;-)
So, promised, pictures will follow soon and now excuse me. I have to catch up reading here and see what you guys have been up too ;-)