SeahorseBT
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Sweet gobies.
Tank turned 49 this year
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Paul B
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I saw three of them today so I know at least that many are still there, I would imagine the fourth will show up. Now they swim out in the open to eat live baby brine and all seem well. They are starting to lose that "store" look and their colors are much deeper and their fins are much more clearer.
In a few days they should all be in perfect health. In the store they just dump in a load of food and hope they will eat but they did not.
You need to feed different fish, different foods.
I am hoping they will spawn but that might not happen in full salt water.
I will be happy if they just keep adapting and live a long life in a reef.
They are cute and very cheap. They are also probably raised in ponds somewhere as many fresh water fish are.
In a few days they should all be in perfect health. In the store they just dump in a load of food and hope they will eat but they did not.
You need to feed different fish, different foods.
I am hoping they will spawn but that might not happen in full salt water.
I will be happy if they just keep adapting and live a long life in a reef.
They are cute and very cheap. They are also probably raised in ponds somewhere as many fresh water fish are.
dianezoo
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Paul, What was the fish (gobie?) that was trying to eat that coral piece that was identified as a colt? Is there any concern that he will be nibbling on corals?
Do your bumblebees now stay together? I have a bangal Cardinal that would go after little fish, shes mean, kills any other cardinal I put in here her/(him).
Do your bumblebees now stay together? I have a bangal Cardinal that would go after little fish, shes mean, kills any other cardinal I put in here her/(him).
Paul B
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Two of the gobies kind of interact, I don't know if they are playing, fighting or something in between. :laugh:
My Bangai cardinal goes after them when I put them in but after he gets used to them, he ignores them.
That fish that was messing with the colt was not biting it. That was a gobie that was cleaning a nesting site and was just trying to move it away.
My Bangai cardinal goes after them when I put them in but after he gets used to them, he ignores them.
That fish that was messing with the colt was not biting it. That was a gobie that was cleaning a nesting site and was just trying to move it away.
Paul B
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Not really but I did clean under the UG filter plates after the first 25 years.
I really wanted to see what was under there but it did need some cleaning.
I don't use a DSB so I can stir the gravel which I do a few times a year with a diatom filter.
I guess that can be considered an overhaul
I really wanted to see what was under there but it did need some cleaning.
I don't use a DSB so I can stir the gravel which I do a few times a year with a diatom filter.
I guess that can be considered an overhaul
Paul B
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Talaverus, a member on another forum was kind enough to test my water for me. I was very happy as I don't usually test for anything and was surprised by some of the readings.
The last number in each line is my reading, the number before it is the amount present in seawater.
For instance my calcium reads 516, seawater is 418
My copper and zinc seem a little high, but I figured that.
My nitrate is 5, not too bad
Everything else seems OK.
Thanks again Stuart.
Analysis Atomic Symbol Units
(ppm) Acceptable Range
(Assumes Corals) Natural Seawater Value Your
Sample Results
Aluminum Al mg/L <0.2 0.001 <0.02
Arsenic As mg/L 0.0023 - 0.0037 0.002 0.07
Barium Ba mg/L 0.01 -0.03 0.015 0.040
Boron B mg/L 3 - 15 4.4 1.76
Calcium Ca mg/L 350 - 422 418 516
Cadmium Cd mg/L <0.0003 0.000114 <0.0003
Cobalt Co mg/L 0 - 0.002 0.0000068 0.0023
Chromium Cr mg/L <0.05 0.0001– 0.0005 <0.05
Copper Cu mg/L 0 - 0.01 0.000212 <0.05
Iron Fe mg/L <0.1 0.00014 - 0.045 0.05
Potassium K mg/L 380 - 500 399 468
Magnesium Mg mg/L 1200 - 1350 1280 1320
Manganese Mn mg/L 0.000275 - .05 0.000275 - .002 <0.001
Molybdenum Mo mg/L 0.008 - 0.01 0.01 0.015
Sodium Na mg/L 10800 10800 9390
Scandium Sc mg/L <0.005 0.000001 <0.005
Nickel Ni mg/L 0.000633 - 0.01 0.000633 <0.01
Lead Pb mg/L 0.000002 - .001 0.000035 0.006
Lithium Li mg/L 0.15 - 0.3 0.178 0.02
Selenium Se mg/L 0.0000085 - 0.15 0.000085 <0.1
Silicon Si mg/L <5.5 2.8 0.26
Strontium Sr mg/L 7.7 - 13 7.7 - 13 6.38
Sulfur S mg/L 30 - 930 904 861
Titanium Ti mg/L 0.0000009 - 0.003 0.000014 <0.01
Uranium U mg/L 0.0025 - 0.005 0.0032 0.0010
Vanadium V mg/L 0.003 - 0.02 0.0012 - 0.002 <0.003
Zinc Zn mg/L 0.000529 - .01 0.000529 <0.1
Bromide Br 60 - 75 66 78
Chloride Cl 1500 - 19345 19345 20000
Fluoride F 0.5 - 1.5 1 0.24
Sulphate SO4 <2701 2701 2600
Sample Temperature For Remaining Analysis: 73.7F
Analysis Acceptable Status Results
Iodide mg/L 0.02 to 0.04 Reef Low 0.002
Iodine/Iodate mg/L Reef Low 0.00
Ammonia mg/L 0 (below surface) Normal - Client will see 0 <0.15
Alkalinity Total dKH 8 - 13 dKH Good 11.462
Alkalinity Borate dKH Good 2.236
Alkalinity Carbonate dKH 8 - 9dKh Good 9.225
Nitrate mg/L 0.1 - 2.5 Reef High 5
Nitrite mg/L 0 Good 0
Phosphate mg/L 0.07 High 0.2
Silicate mg/L 0.02 High 0.5
Salinity ppt S=35 Perfect 35
Specific Gravity 1.025 - 1.026 Perfect
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The last number in each line is my reading, the number before it is the amount present in seawater.
For instance my calcium reads 516, seawater is 418
My copper and zinc seem a little high, but I figured that.
My nitrate is 5, not too bad
Everything else seems OK.
Thanks again Stuart.
Analysis Atomic Symbol Units
(ppm) Acceptable Range
(Assumes Corals) Natural Seawater Value Your
Sample Results
Aluminum Al mg/L <0.2 0.001 <0.02
Arsenic As mg/L 0.0023 - 0.0037 0.002 0.07
Barium Ba mg/L 0.01 -0.03 0.015 0.040
Boron B mg/L 3 - 15 4.4 1.76
Calcium Ca mg/L 350 - 422 418 516
Cadmium Cd mg/L <0.0003 0.000114 <0.0003
Cobalt Co mg/L 0 - 0.002 0.0000068 0.0023
Chromium Cr mg/L <0.05 0.0001– 0.0005 <0.05
Copper Cu mg/L 0 - 0.01 0.000212 <0.05
Iron Fe mg/L <0.1 0.00014 - 0.045 0.05
Potassium K mg/L 380 - 500 399 468
Magnesium Mg mg/L 1200 - 1350 1280 1320
Manganese Mn mg/L 0.000275 - .05 0.000275 - .002 <0.001
Molybdenum Mo mg/L 0.008 - 0.01 0.01 0.015
Sodium Na mg/L 10800 10800 9390
Scandium Sc mg/L <0.005 0.000001 <0.005
Nickel Ni mg/L 0.000633 - 0.01 0.000633 <0.01
Lead Pb mg/L 0.000002 - .001 0.000035 0.006
Lithium Li mg/L 0.15 - 0.3 0.178 0.02
Selenium Se mg/L 0.0000085 - 0.15 0.000085 <0.1
Silicon Si mg/L <5.5 2.8 0.26
Strontium Sr mg/L 7.7 - 13 7.7 - 13 6.38
Sulfur S mg/L 30 - 930 904 861
Titanium Ti mg/L 0.0000009 - 0.003 0.000014 <0.01
Uranium U mg/L 0.0025 - 0.005 0.0032 0.0010
Vanadium V mg/L 0.003 - 0.02 0.0012 - 0.002 <0.003
Zinc Zn mg/L 0.000529 - .01 0.000529 <0.1
Bromide Br 60 - 75 66 78
Chloride Cl 1500 - 19345 19345 20000
Fluoride F 0.5 - 1.5 1 0.24
Sulphate SO4 <2701 2701 2600
Sample Temperature For Remaining Analysis: 73.7F
Analysis Acceptable Status Results
Iodide mg/L 0.02 to 0.04 Reef Low 0.002
Iodine/Iodate mg/L Reef Low 0.00
Ammonia mg/L 0 (below surface) Normal - Client will see 0 <0.15
Alkalinity Total dKH 8 - 13 dKH Good 11.462
Alkalinity Borate dKH Good 2.236
Alkalinity Carbonate dKH 8 - 9dKh Good 9.225
Nitrate mg/L 0.1 - 2.5 Reef High 5
Nitrite mg/L 0 Good 0
Phosphate mg/L 0.07 High 0.2
Silicate mg/L 0.02 High 0.5
Salinity ppt S=35 Perfect 35
Specific Gravity 1.025 - 1.026 Perfect
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Paul B
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I aquired another bumblebee gobi today and am aclimating it now.
I also tried frozen baby brine shrimp for the first time and my fish don't know the difference. I wanted to try them for when I go on vacation and someone feeds my tank, I can't expect people to hatch shrimp for me and feed the fish. The frozen baby brine work fine.
I also tried frozen baby brine shrimp for the first time and my fish don't know the difference. I wanted to try them for when I go on vacation and someone feeds my tank, I can't expect people to hatch shrimp for me and feed the fish. The frozen baby brine work fine.
yungreefer2410
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well thats good news. do you have cc or fine sand?
yungreefer2410
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what is dolomite?
yungreefer2410
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i just searched and it looks like concrete stuff?...
yungreefer2410
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it is on a wholesale level. apparently its used for concrete
Paul B
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This pair should spawn any time now. The male on the right keeps pushing his very pregnant babe to the back into the nest then when he gets her there he pushes her against the rocks to lay eggs.
She is almost ready but not quite yet and I can tell by her expression that he is going to be sleeping on the other side of the tank if he doesen't leave her alone.
This is just a guy I wanted to add
She is almost ready but not quite yet and I can tell by her expression that he is going to be sleeping on the other side of the tank if he doesen't leave her alone.
This is just a guy I wanted to add