BigAl's 10g . . . - Page 9

Craig Manoukian · 02-02-2008, 07:23 PM

Happy, happy, happy!

BigAl07 · 04-21-2008, 11:34 PM

I went to feed tonight and noticed a "glob" on the floor in front of the tank. Upon closer inspection is was my mandarin. Apparently she decided to take up flying ..... she was not "dried out" but well beyond revivable! Why oh WHY would she do this? I've had her over 6 months... she was fat & sassy and looked GREAT!!

Grrrrrrrrr

Anselth · 04-21-2008, 11:39 PM

I'm so sorry Al! did something chase her?

BigAl07 · 04-21-2008, 11:42 PM

Not unless it was a POD! That tank is my "Frag Only" tank. She was totally alone in there other than a small clean-up crew, frags and LOTS of Pods...... grrrrr

Thanks Adam.

kathywithbirds · 04-21-2008, 11:46 PM

aaaaawww, sorry Al!! I hate it when they do that... disease, fighting, eating problems... OK, they're fixable, you can DO something about it but it's SO FRUSTRATING when a perfectly healhty fish decides to inspect the carpet. *sigh*

BarbMazz · 04-21-2008, 11:48 PM

Oh, Allen, I'm sorry for your loss! Such a beautiful fish....

tbittner · 04-21-2008, 11:48 PM

I'm sorry Al.

I didn't know mandarins were jumpers.

BigAl07 · 04-21-2008, 11:57 PM

Thanks GANG! This is MY first hearing of one "jumping". Honestly I'm as shocked as can be. Oh well.... off to LFS tomorrow to order something new....

KimPossible · 04-22-2008, 12:52 AM

Wow, you've got an amazing tank Allen. Jammed packed with color. I'm going to get me a shower suction container for frags too, great idea! But I see you've upgraded from that method

Sorry to hear about your mandarin

They are truly beautiful creatures

vdituri · 04-22-2008, 12:54 AM

I wouldn't have thought they could get up enough speed to jump.
I'm mean really. They just kind of hover.
It's like saying I jumped my volkswagen beetle over another car.
It just doesn't happen in nature.
At least not without nitrous.
Was your mandarin on drugs?

Sorry about your loss. Total surprise all around.

Craig Manoukian · 04-22-2008, 11:40 AM

Way bummer Al! My condolences!

BigAl07 · 04-22-2008, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KimPossible

Wow, you've got an amazing tank Allen. Jammed packed with color. I'm going to get me a shower suction container for frags too, great idea! But I see you've upgraded from that method

Sorry to hear about your mandarin

They are truly beautiful creatures

Thanks. Yeah I upgraded from "Suction cups" because over time they lose their "umph" and don't suction as well. I like the Mag-Racks a LOT!! Go Mag-Racks and you wont regret it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdituri

I wouldn't have thought they could get up enough speed to jump.
I'm mean really. They just kind of hover.
It's like saying I jumped my volkswagen beetle over another car.
It just doesn't happen in nature.
At least not without nitrous.
Was your mandarin on drugs?

Sorry about your loss. Total surprise all around.

I don't know about NITROUS but I have been suplementings his diet with VIAGRA! Reckon that had anything to do with it?

I hear ya bout hovering. I mean she never even really picked up any speed EVER! She was just SO mellow. Honestly if she had been more "dried and wilted" I would have thought that a fish from my 90g was out because there's no WAY my mandarin would jump. WHY oh WHY!! But alas who are we to ask why?

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Originally Posted by Craig Manoukian

Way bummer Al! My condolences!

Thanks buddy. I appreciate the kindness and LOCE shared here. It really IS like family!! THANK YOU!!

jglas26 · 06-11-2008, 08:51 PM

I know this thread has been inactive for a while now BUT I just had to say that this is one of the most inspiring threads I've ever seen!!!

BigAl07 · 06-12-2008, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jglas26

I know this thread has been inactive for a while now BUT I just had to say that this is one of the most inspiring threads I've ever seen!!!

Wow! Thank you VERY much! That really means a LOT! I'm working on this tank *been neglected some* and hope to revive it to better than before! I'll take pics and post soon

Thank you so much for the kind words

Cassette87 · 06-12-2008, 03:07 PM

I'm sorry to hear that Al!!

I remember when I had a FO tank with a niger trigger and snowflake eel.. I can't tell you how many times i'd wake up to my mom screaming in the morning as she walked past my room and saw it on the carpet... always was dry.. but always came back.. until one morning.. i wasn't so lucky..

I feel for you buddy!

02-02-2008, 07:23 PM	#121 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 19,012 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Happy, happy, happy! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

04-21-2008, 11:34 PM	#122 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I went to feed tonight and noticed a "glob" on the floor in front of the tank. Upon closer inspection is was my mandarin. Apparently she decided to take up flying ..... she was not "dried out" but well beyond revivable! Why oh WHY would she do this? I've had her over 6 months... she was fat & sassy and looked GREAT!! Grrrrrrrrr __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

04-21-2008, 11:39 PM	#123 (permalink)
Anselth Harlequin Tuskfish Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Jersey Posts: 967 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I'm so sorry Al! did something chase her? __________________ -Adam Learning on the fly My 70 Gallon Reef My 110 Gallon Build

04-21-2008, 11:42 PM	#124 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Not unless it was a POD! That tank is my "Frag Only" tank. She was totally alone in there other than a small clean-up crew, frags and LOTS of Pods...... grrrrr Thanks Adam. __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

04-21-2008, 11:46 PM	#125 (permalink)
kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,937 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . aaaaawww, sorry Al!! I hate it when they do that... disease, fighting, eating problems... OK, they're fixable, you can DO something about it but it's SO FRUSTRATING when a perfectly healhty fish decides to inspect the carpet. sigh __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

04-21-2008, 11:48 PM	#126 (permalink)
BarbMazz Madame Klanganator Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Near Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 4,054 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Oh, Allen, I'm sorry for your loss! Such a beautiful fish.... __________________ A Snail's Pace Beginning: an old lady's first reef http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...tml#post366161 ~not knowing how near the truth is we seek it far away~

04-21-2008, 11:48 PM	#127 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,563 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I'm sorry Al. I didn't know mandarins were jumpers. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

04-21-2008, 11:57 PM	#128 (permalink)
BigAl07 Do I look as lost as I am Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Waynesville, North Carolina Posts: 21,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Thanks GANG! This is MY first hearing of one "jumping". Honestly I'm as shocked as can be. Oh well.... off to LFS tomorrow to order something new.... __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Live Rock Rubble will do the SAME thing as Bio-Balls and is NOT a suitable replacement for BIO-BALLS in a Reef System! It's ALL gotta go!!* Nitrate (NO3) reduction is directly proportional to percentage of Water Change. Allen's home-made formula...currentNO3-((%WC.01)currentNO3)=finalNO3 (thanks Luukosian) This means if you change 50% of your total water volume (That's EVERYTHING) you'll get a net reduction of (NO3) somewhere around 50%. Ask me about how to increase your REEF budget without going without FOOD!!* Big Al's 10g Julie's (BigAl's Gal) 6g NanoCube Gone but not forgotten BigAl's Slow 90g Tank Chronicle Allens OFFICE 12g Nano-Reef

04-22-2008, 12:52 AM	#129 (permalink)
KimPossible Golden Moray Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,549 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Wow, you've got an amazing tank Allen. Jammed packed with color. I'm going to get me a shower suction container for frags too, great idea! But I see you've upgraded from that method Sorry to hear about your mandarin They are truly beautiful creatures __________________ Kim ~My environment is a product of myself~

04-22-2008, 12:54 AM	#130 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 6,244 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I wouldn't have thought they could get up enough speed to jump. I'm mean really. They just kind of hover. It's like saying I jumped my volkswagen beetle over another car. It just doesn't happen in nature. At least not without nitrous. Was your mandarin on drugs? Sorry about your loss. Total surprise all around. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

04-22-2008, 11:40 AM	#131 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 19,012 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . Way bummer Al! My condolences! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

06-11-2008, 08:51 PM	#133 (permalink)
jglas26 Bryozoan Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 60 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I know this thread has been inactive for a while now BUT I just had to say that this is one of the most inspiring threads I've ever seen!!!

06-12-2008, 03:07 PM	#135 (permalink)
Cassette87 Reef Lobster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Palos Park, IL Posts: 1,474 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: BigAl's 10g . . . I'm sorry to hear that Al!! I remember when I had a FO tank with a niger trigger and snowflake eel.. I can't tell you how many times i'd wake up to my mom screaming in the morning as she walked past my room and saw it on the carpet... always was dry.. but always came back.. until one morning.. i wasn't so lucky.. I feel for you buddy! __________________ Andy My 29 Gallon Reef

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