400 gallon project

[Phanman]

are you planning on raising the fry at all?

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Phanman

are you planning on raising the fry at all?

Someday, I would like to try. I've done enough reading up on the idea that I know not to try until I have a lot more time and space. If anyone nearby wants to try, I will gladly collect the fry for them. (another batch of eggs should hatch tonight)

[Phanman]

yea i hear its quite time consuming... ive been following this snowflake thread for quite some time and it looks really fun but extremely time consuming.

check it out if you havnt seen it:
http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...clownfish.html

[untamed]

It is difficult enough to keep sponges alive long term...I don't need this kind of help from "Freckles". His motivation for this behaviour seems to be that this is where he likes to sleep and he's decided that this sponge is in his way. If I return it to it's regular spot, it is removed within about 1 minute.

This also gives everyone a good idea of just how large the vlamingi is getting. I just checked the records and he came to the tank almost exactly 9 months ago and was about 1" long at that time. Yikes!



Finally, an entertaining video of his sponge clearing skill...with guest appearance by almost every other fish right at the end of the video.


Now that you've watched the video once, watch it again and notice the brief territorial squabble between two cleaner shrimp on the right...

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Hah!! That is so awesome. Made me laugh....out loud

[lastlight]

That tank is just looking incredible. It's current state makes the older tank shots look like a barren wasteland. Holy GROWTH!

[Delphinus]

No kidding. That's one seriously nice tank. I like how the video closes off in a veritable explosion of fish all at once.

[JDigital]

I love your video updates.. haha.. Always something cool to be seen.