I doubt it. I suppose we are going to find out. He will get bigger...

I like this experiment, if it proves that one growing fish can not wipe out all your sps then i may need to try out a couple of coral eating butterflys in a larger tank with plenty of SPS.

think of it as a clown goby in a smaller tankw ith smaller sps.
Will do damage, sometimes pretty noticably but won't knock out a tanks worth.

Hey untamed, you got any pictures or your unicorn? I didn't see it in the vid with the vlamingi playing with the sponge.

what kind of anemone is in the pic behind your majestic?

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0507.jpg

Kinda looks like a big mojano???

That's Lancelot. He is just starting to develop a horn. He's also a bit camera shy and has an odd habit of eating air bubbles.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/101_0167.jpg

Wow...looking at the size of the coral in this photo makes me realize this is an old photo.

I have two of them. Green/Gold/White. They are very pretty, about 5" diametre. They were hitchikers on the Florida live rock. The TampaBay Saltwater website calls them "Flower Anemones", but I've also heard them called "Sand anemones".

Tank shots
 

RC wanted some full room shots...so I shot these today. As I said there...I'm no interior decorator, but these do provide some scale to the tank.

Really...just an excuse for an update. Tank is OK. Still more cyano than I would prefer.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0210.jpg
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0213.jpg

hmmm this is a hint perchance of something in the future?? :cool:

No...no, it wasn't a personal request or anything. There is just a thread in there where they were asking for "full room" shots, so I thought I would contribute.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...6#post13897616

Damn! I was hoping a Tank of the Month for you.

That conversation about "unicorn chromis" got me thinking that I needed an updated photo of my Unicorn. He is an extremely difficult fish to photograph. Are you getting a horn, Lancelot?...

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0342.jpg

It is difficult to tank any picture of the tank without this guy parking himself in front of you. So I agreed to take his picture, just so he would leave me alone for a while. At 10"+, Freckles is just beginning to show signs of his adult colouration. His face is getting a bit lighter and his tail has started to show signs of streamers.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0329.jpg

I'm curious how much mysis these guys go through in a week? :)

Tank's looking great Brad. It's nice to see such a mixture of gorgonians and SPS too. Not very often you see tanks with both doing well.

Ha..ha...they do get mysis every now and again but it is just for fun.

The vlamingi can eat a 4" x 4" piece of nori in one piece.

Freckles looks great.

If I remember correctly, Lancelot was quite shy compared to your other fish. When I was over anyways...he seemed to follow the others but stay in the back.

Nice pics as always!

Fts
 

Yesterday, I gave the tank a day of darkness. The cyano was just getting too much, so I decided to give this a try. I had tried it once before, but I chickened out last time and allowed 1 halide to be on while the lights were raised up.

This time, I didn't let any lights come on at all for about 40 hours. During this time, I fed the fish as normal.

What a dramatic difference! The cyano is 100% gone. Now...it remains to be seen if it will come back or not. If nothing else, I have learned how to make the tank look really good for when we have our next BBQ or frag swap, anyway.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0347.jpg

I see that you have the dreaded red turf algae on your rocks. Have you figured out why you have it i had it on my rocks when i had my 120 gal and it was really bad.

Damn, I wish I could take pics of this tank.. hahaha..

Looking good. Do you got a before and after tank shot of the Cyano.. like above, but before?

You have the fattest fish Untamed.

Next time it gets bad, I'll make a point of doing a before and after shot... But this shot, taken in January, gives you a pretty good idea of what the sand bed looked like a few days ago.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...000_0280-1.jpg

Geez....this was January. I can't believe the size that some of the little frags in this photo have become since then...

I suppose I do. I've never really given that algae a 2nd thought. It doesn't seem to be any kind of problem. I assumed that it was naturally part of the Florida rocks. The tangs seem to like it and it stays closely trimmed.

...except for the Lookdown! I think the Atlantic Blue is getting a double chin...and the foxface does seem a bit fat....but I firmly believe that my Nasos are shaped the way Nasos are supposed to be shaped. No doubt that my challenges with cyano are related to heavy feeding.

Is the Tank web-Cam still working Brad? couldn't get it to show me anything.

Yes, it is working fine. Viewing hours are only 1PM to 10PM PST. You also have to click on the "single" tab in order to see the tank.

http://brads-aquarium.viewnetcam.com:50000

ok after 1 pm, thanks

Hey what about me...I have just about the fattest wrasse around :)

Tough day....
 

We lost power up here on Westwood Plateau today for about 4 hours. Believe it or not, this the first power failure I've had since the tank started. It was a pretty nice day today, so it is odd...

The tank seemed just fine throughout. The power failure happened just before lights-on, so the tank was at it's lowest daily temperature. Over the four hours, temp dropped about 2 degrees....from 78 to 76. No fish showed any signs of distress, but I think the starfish seemed to be out-and-about a bit more than normal.

I got my generator out and ready and was probably another hour or so from firing it up when the power returned.

Then, a few hours later, Buster (the white cheek tang) had some kind of accident during lunchtime feeding. I'm not sure if he got slashed by someone or just ran into a piece of coral. He was already not doing really well as he has been fighting some kind of infection/parasite of late. Now, he's going to have to recover from this wound. I hope he makes it.

So far, he continues to behave normally. I think time will tell if this wound becomes infected or not.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0381.jpg

Looks like a slash from a tang to me and Lymphocytis.

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/
Links left sidebar to info-links---->disease. Scroll down to lymphocytis

That slash looks NASTY... Ouch!! Hope he recovers. I love White Cheeks..

Every year (for the last 7 yrs) at this time my tank goes through a cyano cycle as well. In the past I've tried to fight it aggressively to no avail, this year I'm going to let in run its course to see if it will clear up on its own in the same time frame as the other years.

Good luck with that fish, I hope it makes it.

Ive been battling what I think is Cyano, or Dino's for about a month now. Wonder if its related????? Every 2 days my rocks and sand are covered with red/brown. Turkey baster gets it off easy though.... Makes me mad

My "one day of darkness" experiment continues...It has been almost three weeks since the single day of darkness and my cyano has not yet returned to where it was. The tank was extremely clean for 1 week...much, much better than usual for the 2nd week and still very good by the 3rd week.

It would seem that a single day of darkness will last me about 1 month to keep cyano under control.

It has been 10 days since Buster got slashed (I now presume by the Achilles). It would seem that he will recover completely within 2 weeks.

Dec 31
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0381.jpg

Jan 10
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r...s/100_0447.jpg

Wow! Unreal how fast they heal.

Is his fuzz falling off?

I would say that his fuzzy spots have not improved and may be slightly worse over the past two weeks.

How is the PBT? Another question, I noticed that in both pics of your pbt he is in the same area of your tank. What is it that he likes there, or is drawn to???

No significant change to the A. japonicus (aka White Cheek, aka Powder Brown). I'm feeding a variety of antibiotics/antifungals. A few weeks of Selcon in the food did nothing. He continues to eat well.

He does have a favourite hang out. It is an area that is too small for the achilles to get into. This just means that each time they have a bit of a scrap, it usually ends with him mounting a defence from his sheltered area. I was able to take those photos by waiting for him to return to his comfort zone along his usual route.