Finally!
 

Well, good week for fish. Finally got the black leopard wrasse I've been after for 3 years, and finally a healthy achilles tang, after searching for 12 years.

I've known the wrasse for a few years, and he's gone right into the display from a trustworthy tank. The achilles is in QT for a week for treatment with CP, then upstairs to see some of his old friends.

Pics to come :)

Nice score.

Cool! Good luck with the transfer and QT and settling in and all that. Pictures soon please!

The tang is pretty bullet proof. I've known it for 2 years, it used to live in the display at Pro Reef..just want to hit it with CP as preventative before it goes upstairs.

Woop! looking forward to see him

Hey awesome! Can't wait to see pics :biggrin:

What's cp? I'm having a blonde moment.

chloroquine phosphate. Alternative to copper and much safer. Treats ich and velvet (and brook, apparently).

awesome . look forward to seeing these
congrats

Nice Brad!!

Nice score Brad! How big is the Achilles?

tap tap tap
:twised:

Pix or it dint happen!

also vote for pics:mrgreen:

that sounds awesome Brad looking for ward to seeing your prize.......

I am like you I got me a really nice powder Blue and it was ick free and fit very nice in my tank and doing well..

He's about 4 inches, I guess

And here's a pic in his temp home. The wrasse is gone into the sand already, I'll have to get him tomorrow.

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/d...ps00affc32.jpg

Oh, and those spots are on the glass, not the fish :)

B.E.A.U.tiful! Always nice to see a heathy example of such a hard to keep species.

Ya, I was worried it might break out with ich, but nothing so far and eating well.
Most of the fish in my 180 used to live with this guy, I hope they remember each other -lol

reunited at last!

Brad, glad to hear you got fish!

nice fish again Brad maybe once the cue is setup I will be able to have one with my powderblue

Ok, not sure why I thought that would work well. Powder Blues DO NOT like Achilles one little bit....

maybe remove the pb for a bit?

hows your new buddy doing besides that eating everything you offer?

I'm shocked!! (Not really). That's a tough call to make.. Powder Blue or Achilles.. #FirstWorldProblems ?

I would have to remove 170g of water first. Light out right now, it's calmed down a bit
Ya, eating well, even in the first 30 seconds in 180.

I was kind of hoping they would remember each other from when they lived together..

And you could be a bit more sensitive and supportive :)

Sorry! I'll try harder! (Next time).

Are you doing the mirror trick?

mhmm :)

Not yet, I have to find a mirror that Christy won't kill me for ripping off the wall -lol

Lights out is helping while I find a smaller mirror

Use one.. It works like a charm! Go to the dollar store or london drug and get a hand held one.. Mine has a hole in the handle and I hang it on the outside of the tank with a magnet holder.

I have to go pay Jap the money I lost betting him this would be fine, I'll check home sense while I'm there :razz:

Lol

The mirror trick worked wonderfully. For less than a second :) I turned the blue channel on (try that with MH!!) and it seems the PB "may" let the Achilles exist. For now.

Yeah Brad, but dont forget when Bruce (Achillies) went in the Pro Reef tank at first the two of them were a constant war, but after a few battles they calmed down. The huge gash the powder blue had from Bruce was like 3" long, remember?? They will remember each other just give them time.

Oh and oooooh black leopard.......sooooo cool. Had one for a short while once, loved her. Maybe one day again. Can't wait to see them both in there.

Was home for lunch today, looks like the Achilles is ok as long as he doesn't go near the food clip. Then it's on. I'll give him his own dinner tonight. I may not have to drain the tank afterall!! :)