Just added My Dream Fish - Page 2

fisheye · 12-14-2003, 10:19 AM

Sweet!!

Woodstock · 12-14-2003, 12:31 PM

Regal's LOVE to hide! Mine used to get in places where I was certain it was stuck! LOL.. but it knew exactly what it was doing.

Gumby · 12-14-2003, 01:04 PM

i'm relieved.

The regal just came out, but movement outside of the tank (kids, dog, us) makes him go right back into the hole.

I got seaweed selects in the tank to eat until I can get some good nori. Is that good stuff? (the seeweed selects?)

Gumby · 12-14-2003, 03:33 PM

Update: He is out and swimming around. It seems like he has taken a liking to the Royal Gramma's home. The Gramma does not seem to be happy about it.

I do see something that concerns me. One side of the Regal is almost an indention or two that look like he has not eaten. I did not see this at the store. I did feed them just a little while ago and it did not look like he ate anything, he just swam around the guys who were eating.

I movedd the seaweed select up closer to a spot where all of the fish congregate. Hopefully that will help.

Woodstock · 12-14-2003, 03:47 PM

Once he finds the seaweed, he'll tear into it!! Just give him another day.

Don't you hate it when a fish is skinny... I purchased my powder blue from saltwaterfish.com and I thought it might die because it was very thin. I could see it's bones

. It eats like a pig now though and has gained a lot of weight.

Gumby · 12-14-2003, 03:49 PM

The gramma is chasing him all over the tank. Ther are marks on the Regal's body from the gramma. This is worrying me.

Suggestions for assisting this transition?

Pro_builder · 12-14-2003, 04:11 PM

pics please, when you get your new camera.....

Woodstock · 12-14-2003, 09:47 PM

That's not good gumby.

Hopefully the gamma will stop or atleast reduce the harrassment soon. Is the tang still eating ok? Is it breathing really hard and fast? If it's really stressed, try rearranging the rocks.

Gumby · 12-14-2003, 11:30 PM

Just got back from work.

The Gramma seems to have stopped the beatings and the Regal is swimming around (damn, what a beautiful fish!)

He is pretty much doing his own thing and the others are doing what they always do, hang on one side of the tank.

The Regal looks like he has eaten some and the seaweed selects looks like it has been touched. But i have not confirmed that he is eating by seeing him eat.

He is breathing a little hard, but it looks to be less than when i left to go to work.

I promise I will produce a pic when we get a new camera or get ours repaired.

mredman · 12-15-2003, 01:02 AM

Is the fish a royal gramma (with a gradual color change from purple to yellow) or a pseudochromis, which has a distinct color change? The pseudochromis are mean critters, especially to new additions.

Mike

Gumby · 12-15-2003, 07:51 AM

there is no doubt in my mind that it is a royal gramma. this is my 3rd royal gramma and with exception to being mean to the regal and taking some plants and making a nest , it exibits all of the normal gramma type activities that i have seen in the past.

Flipper · 12-15-2003, 03:27 PM

Congrats!!! Send pics!

Gumby · 12-15-2003, 10:10 PM

Update: Dang, this fish can eat!

But it looks like i do have a small bit of ich on him from the gramma beatings. He is still breathing a little more than what I think he should be.

I do have a skunk cleaner shrimp. I hope he uses him.

I will be making a water change tonight.

Gumby · 12-16-2003, 10:42 PM

He is fatter now than when he was at the fish store from eating the seaweed selects, and he looks tons better than he did after the beatings from the gramma.

I moved two of the bigger rocks that the gramma hangs around to the other side of the tank. It seems to work some, the gramma does not seem to be as angry.

Just wanted to let you all know.

James

Craig Manoukian · 12-17-2003, 12:59 AM

Great job on rearranging the rock to blur the territorial lines! Glad to hear your tang is much better. I would hold off on adding stress by trying to catch it to treat ich. He should gain his strength and beat the parasite on his own!

A belated congrats on getting this great tang and also for hanging in there and keeping us posted. Adding a little meaty food like mysis fortified with som Zoe or Selcon vitamins certainly wouldn't hurt.

12-14-2003, 12:31 PM	#17 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,862 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Regal's LOVE to hide! Mine used to get in places where I was certain it was stuck! LOL.. but it knew exactly what it was doing. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

12-14-2003, 01:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	i'm relieved. The regal just came out, but movement outside of the tank (kids, dog, us) makes him go right back into the hole. I got seaweed selects in the tank to eat until I can get some good nori. Is that good stuff? (the seeweed selects?) __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total. Last edited by Gumby : 12-14-2003 at 01:14 PM.

12-14-2003, 03:33 PM	#19 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	Update: He is out and swimming around. It seems like he has taken a liking to the Royal Gramma's home. The Gramma does not seem to be happy about it. I do see something that concerns me. One side of the Regal is almost an indention or two that look like he has not eaten. I did not see this at the store. I did feed them just a little while ago and it did not look like he ate anything, he just swam around the guys who were eating. I movedd the seaweed select up closer to a spot where all of the fish congregate. Hopefully that will help. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total.

12-14-2003, 03:47 PM	#20 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,862 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Once he finds the seaweed, he'll tear into it!! Just give him another day. Don't you hate it when a fish is skinny... I purchased my powder blue from saltwaterfish.com and I thought it might die because it was very thin. I could see it's bones . It eats like a pig now though and has gained a lot of weight. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

12-14-2003, 03:49 PM	#21 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	The gramma is chasing him all over the tank. Ther are marks on the Regal's body from the gramma. This is worrying me. Suggestions for assisting this transition? __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total.

12-14-2003, 10:19 AM	#16 (permalink)
fisheye Tunicate Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: fl Posts: 15 View Gallery Karma Komment	Sweet!!

12-14-2003, 04:11 PM	#22 (permalink)
Pro_builder DIY Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Oxford, Iowa Posts: 1,746 View Gallery Karma Komment	pics please, when you get your new camera..... __________________ -Troy 180 gallon Reef, 3- 250 XM 15K MH Electronic ballast, 380 watts VHO Actinics, 2- 5 watt LED Moon lights, 100 gal rubbermaid sump, 75 gallon Fuge, ETSS 600 Skimmer, 4700-5400 gph pump for return, Octopus 3000 controller, Iwaki 40 RL skimmer pump, 2- 65w PC 10K fuge lights, 2 55 gallon barrels, Custom light oak stand and hood, misc pumps, extra 600 gallon rated tank size protein skimmer. Purple tang, yellow tang, pacific blue tang, 2 green chromis, 1 Sand sifting star, snails, hermit crabs, 2 mated perculas, pulsing Xenia, Anenome, mushrooms, ricordia, zoanthids, kenya tree 1 1/2" tall, misc other hitchhiker stuff. DIY is my dream... ...well OK the only way I can afford this Addiction!! Just as the light goes on in my head... ... I break the bulb!!

12-14-2003, 09:47 PM	#23 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,862 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	That's not good gumby. Hopefully the gamma will stop or atleast reduce the harrassment soon. Is the tang still eating ok? Is it breathing really hard and fast? If it's really stressed, try rearranging the rocks. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

12-14-2003, 11:30 PM	#24 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	Just got back from work. The Gramma seems to have stopped the beatings and the Regal is swimming around (damn, what a beautiful fish!) He is pretty much doing his own thing and the others are doing what they always do, hang on one side of the tank. The Regal looks like he has eaten some and the seaweed selects looks like it has been touched. But i have not confirmed that he is eating by seeing him eat. He is breathing a little hard, but it looks to be less than when i left to go to work. I promise I will produce a pic when we get a new camera or get ours repaired. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total.

12-15-2003, 01:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
mredman Limpet Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 149 View Gallery Karma Komment	Is the fish a royal gramma (with a gradual color change from purple to yellow) or a pseudochromis, which has a distinct color change? The pseudochromis are mean critters, especially to new additions. Mike

12-15-2003, 07:51 AM	#26 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	there is no doubt in my mind that it is a royal gramma. this is my 3rd royal gramma and with exception to being mean to the regal and taking some plants and making a nest , it exibits all of the normal gramma type activities that i have seen in the past. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total.

12-15-2003, 03:27 PM	#27 (permalink)
Flipper Sturgeon General Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: New York Posts: 156 View Gallery Karma Komment	Congrats!!! Send pics! __________________ View my photo gallery 55 Gallon, 80 lbs. Live Rock, 3.5" DSB, 1.024 @ 80 degrees, Yellow Tang, Goldbar Maroon Clownfish, Blue Velvet Damsel, 2 White-Bonnet Clownfish, 2 Scissortail Gobies, Royal Gramma, Echinaster luzonicus Star, Red Linkia Star, Brittle Star, Pepermint Shrimp, Green Mushrooms, Protopalythoa Button Polyp colony, Feather Duster. Ocean Futures

12-15-2003, 10:10 PM	#28 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	Update: Dang, this fish can eat! But it looks like i do have a small bit of ich on him from the gramma beatings. He is still breathing a little more than what I think he should be. I do have a skunk cleaner shrimp. I hope he uses him. I will be making a water change tonight. __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total.

12-16-2003, 10:42 PM	#29 (permalink)
Gumby Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Miamisburg OH Posts: 387 View Gallery Karma Komment	He is fatter now than when he was at the fish store from eating the seaweed selects, and he looks tons better than he did after the beatings from the gramma. I moved two of the bigger rocks that the gramma hangs around to the other side of the tank. It seems to work some, the gramma does not seem to be as angry. Just wanted to let you all know. James __________________ Seeking Reefer Enlightenment i am the lorax, i speak for the trees 75g: 140+ lbs LR, 90+ lbs LS, 20+/- g sump (LR & Macro) coral beauty, bicolor blenny ,java scott damsel,2 clowns, 6 line wrasse and assorted hermits and snails 4 diff kinds of shrooms, 2 diff zooas, 2 diff star polyps and a frogspawn that is ready to split and a "free" Kenya tree. 2 - #4 Hydor Koralia's TERM II installed and pumping gunk Lighting - Current Extreme 260 watts - 2 T5 12k white (460nm) and 2 actinic with moon light on a timer for 8 to 9 hrs total.

12-17-2003, 12:59 AM	#30 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 17,915 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Great job on rearranging the rock to blur the territorial lines! Glad to hear your tang is much better. I would hold off on adding stress by trying to catch it to treat ich. He should gain his strength and beat the parasite on his own! A belated congrats on getting this great tang and also for hanging in there and keeping us posted. Adding a little meaty food like mysis fortified with som Zoe or Selcon vitamins certainly wouldn't hurt. __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

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