Fish & Reef Obsession

[Fish Crazy]

The triggers are very fun to watch "Fred" chases "Ethel" all over the tank - there is a big rock up front that they can swim around and it's like watching those old movies with chase scenes in one door and come out in a different spot

 

[nikkipigtails]

ooooo...I can't wait to see pictures of the new additions!

 

[Fish Crazy]

Ok so we have a Mag 24 with accelerators for the returns and there is great flow, however the sand is blowing out of the corners - what should we do?

Also any thoughts on how to put corals lower in the tank and not have them covered with sand by the dragon wrasse and diamond goby?

 

[Fish Crazy]

I purchased a blood red cleaner shrimp the other night and had not even had time to take pictures when we just noticed the dragon wrasse eating something - urggg it's my shirmp - I hope he enjoyed his expensive meal

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Yoikes, sixline and leopard wrasses can be very tough on ornamental shrimp!

 

[Fish Crazy]

Yoikes, sixline and leopard wrasses can be very tough on ornamental shrimp!

After he eat the shrimp his belly was very full hope he had a belly ache

 

[plecosword]

You have a black and white clownfish! man im so jealous! Your tank is really neat!

 

[Fish Crazy]

You have a black and white clownfish! man im so jealous! Your tank is really neat!

Thank you - we too love the B & W clowns except for the fact they do not understand what to do with the anemone

 

[plecosword]

Thank you - we too love the B & W clowns except for the fact they do not understand what to do with the anemone

haha, they look pretty young, I say give it time.

 

[Fish Crazy]

Well tragedy strikes again - I guess that is to be expected when you merge tanks. Last night we could not find the larger Black & White Clown and the tomoto clown has been picking on them so sure enough we found the fish on the floor behind the tank - so we moved the other 2 orange clown we have into the tank and spent over an hour getting the tomoato clown out of the tank -

We had the black clown for 2 years so it really (#@^%%^# me off that this happened - but at least we still have one left and it is getting along very well with the other clowns.

 

[lcstorc]

Sorry for your loss.
It is hard to lose a fish particularly one you have had for that long.

 

[Fish Crazy]

Ok this really blows, just when we thought the clown issues had been resolved the little black and white clown ended up on the floor - 2 years of baby and pampering them

 

[Fish Crazy]

A day without trama is a good day in the tank - Everyone is happy and healthy today can it be a sign or the calm before the storm

I've been swammped but I'll try to get pics up in the next day to show the progress of the tank

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Hang in there!

 

[lcstorc]

Sorry to hear about the clown.

 

[Fish Crazy]

Chemistry in Tank on 7/3/08
SG 1.025
pH 8.2
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Calcium 410
Phosphates 1.0

I hooked up the phosban reactor today to get the phosphates down

 

[Fish Crazy]

Fianlly after days of promising here are pictures

The toadstool is one I purchased from Reef Magic a week ago
The buttons are from a single button left on the rock after moving the rest of the colony - they have doubled in the new tank

This is another Reef Magic coral purchased last week

This frog spawn from Reef magic was 3 times bigger last year then my goby dumped sand on it and you can see how much is gone - it is looking better in the new tank - this is Ethel the female blue jaw trigger outside of her cave

This favites also from Reef Magic is very vibrant red the unicorn tank we call spivy is a camera hog

 

[Fish Crazy]

So the toadstool leather in the pictures above has become the target of the male bluejaw trigger - this morning after feeding the tank he has decided that the leather is fun to play with

 

[Craig Manoukian]

Good tank parameters and everything looks healthy!

 

[Fish Crazy]

Thanks Craig - since we set up this tank evrything is thriving not sure if it because they have more room, or the new I series solaris light, or they like the new aquascaping with lots of caves and such - either way I'll take all the good I can get