Johnny Reefer's FOWLR

Chaloupa · #1 01-06-2007, 05:48 AM

My triggers (although they are very docile blue chins) haven't bothered zoos, green star polyps, red blasto, SPS, or any shrooms at all...they are model citizens...however the "reef-safe" rabbit fish made a nice light snack of most every coral in the tank after eating all the algae....GSP are just like algae I am sure!

Johnny Reefer · #2 01-10-2007, 03:46 AM

Well I put the Paly in the display tank a couple of days ago and it's lookin' good. The Triggers aren't touching it. The Bluechin took a curious taste test nip right away but nothing since. Looking forward to placing more....and shrooms....and giving some GSP a try too. Then I guess I'll have to rename the thread and drop the FOWLR

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Cheers,

Johnny Reefer · #3 01-31-2007, 01:48 PM

Major disappointment. Looks like Palys aren't going to work in this tank. The one paly has whittled down to a quarter it's original size. I'm guessing a crab (or crabs) is/are eating it at night. This is a big bummer as I was very much hoping to aquascape this tank with zoos and palys. I'll be moving this one into the reef tank tonight.

Cheers,

Beverly · #4 01-31-2007, 04:13 PM

Mark,

Palys and zoos like a moderate amount of water flow. I lost several frags a few months ago when I mistakenly placed them in low flow areas. Since increasing flow to the zoo and paly areas, I'm no longer losing polyps and my zoos and palys are spreading nicely.

Johnny Reefer · #5 02-16-2007, 06:11 AM

Some pics. I am growing very fond of this fish.

I call him Bartholomew, aka Blackbelly Bart.

More....

Johnny Reefer · #6 02-16-2007, 06:13 AM

Bozo.

Pinky and Bart.

More...

Johnny Reefer · #7 02-16-2007, 06:18 AM

Pinky and Chinwag.

And finally, in my quest to succeed with corals in this system, here is my latest attempt. Actinodiscus sp. mushroom. Was in the sump for approx 5 days and I put it in the display tank two days ago. So far, so good....but then....that's what I said about the paly

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Cheers,