400 gallon project

[Delphinus]

They look pretty good even if the resolution is dumbed down some! They have a slightly sped up feel to them too, or are they realtime? It sort of looked like it might have been about twice normal speed?

[untamed]

I just timed viewing of the original file...then timed the viewing of the Photobucket version. The Photobucket version takes about 1 second less time to view than the original. Very interesting...you may be on to something there.

The tank was pretty active when I shot it. The fish knew I was there and they hadn't had dinner yet.

[untamed]

Bored....so I thought I would do some photography. It is good to just shoot the tank every now and then for no reason as it helps me to watch the growth.

Moe is such a willing subject...

[Pan]

There was a Lookdown for sale locally today....I so almost bought it. I've never seen one in person. Was so cool looking. New fish day is so stressful.

[untamed]

Well...I purchased two new fish yesterday. (addiction is tough...) I've got a pair of Orange Spotted Sleeper Gobies. The two of them share living quarters and seem inseparable, so I'm assuming I have a male/female pair.

You can see in the latest pictures, my sand bed is anything but clean. I've long looked for a fish or two that might do the job of munching up the sand. The cuke's do a pretty good job, but they just don't cover enough area fast enough.

These two have gone about immediately building a burrow. In fact, they've surrounded their new home with a good 3" or 4" pile of substrate. It is very dramatic the change in the tank that they have caused in such a short time.

So far, I can't interest them in any food. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff in the sand bed, but I sure would like to see them eating something that I can see.

When they sand-sift, they tend to just sit on the bottom and sift. They don't rise up in the water as they sift, so the sand is generally staying on the ground and not ending up on top of my coral.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by untamed

Well...I purchased two new fish yesterday. (addiction is tough...) I've got a pair of Orange Spotted Sleeper Gobies. The two of them share living quarters and seem inseparable, so I'm assuming I have a male/female pair.

You can see in the latest pictures, my sand bed is anything but clean. I've long looked for a fish or two that might do the job of munching up the sand. The cuke's do a pretty good job, but they just don't cover enough area fast enough.

These two have gone about immediately building a burrow. In fact, they've surrounded their new home with a good 3" or 4" pile of substrate. It is very dramatic the change in the tank that they have caused in such a short time.

So far, I can't interest them in any food. I'm sure there is a lot of stuff in the sand bed, but I sure would like to see them eating something that I can see.

When they sand-sift, they tend to just sit on the bottom and sift. They don't rise up in the water as they sift, so the sand is generally staying on the ground and not ending up on top of my coral.

Cool Looking picture, I have a ladder glider that does the same thing...they really can do wonders for sandbeds.

[untamed]

OK..these two are quite the busybodies...Anyone who is tuning into the webcam is getting a good show of how busy these two are. Compare these pictures, and look at what they have accomplished in only 2 days!

The tank is often milky as they are disturbing a lot of really fine sediment. There is so much water movement that this sediment doesn't seem to be settling on anything yet. It may lead me to run mechanical filtration of some kind. Or, it might just clean itself out as they keep at it. Regardless, these guys are doing a marvellous job of cleaning my sand (and stacking it!)

Before Gobies:


After Gobies: (check out the sand pile around the rock in the middle)


"The chomp line"...