FTOTM January 2009

[Doug]

Congrats Sarah. Finally had time to read it better. Nice write up and a very nice reef tank.

[Chaloupa]

thanks Doug!

[Chaloupa]

I finally got the Powder Blue out of the tank!!! YAY for me. Here's an idea for a fully stocked reef that has a fish you NEED out of the tank;

we got a piece of .080 plexi from a local plastics shop, cut it to the height of the tank and almost 1/2 the length of the tank. We then placed it in the water about 2-3 inches away from the glass like another wall....the fish could not see it, then we fed the fish inside the created wall, and once he went in, which was very quickly, the plexi being the size it was allowed for bending and we bent the end around so that he was trapped....hope that made sense then we netted him out.

This fish had completely outwitted us previously...the other 2 were a cinch with our large homemade fish trap...this one didn't fall for that trick nor did he bite the hook we used (we'd used that method previously with a clownfish that didn't want to leave the tank and it worked well with an 18g barbless hook!) My husband came up with this idea and it only took 5 minutes!!! No coral damage, no stress to the other fish, and a cinch! If only we had thought of it MONTHS ago!!

[Chaloupa]

And another update with the tank...(thanks to Christy for arranging it and picking it up)....I have changed my skimmer to a Euroreef RS250. I love it...gives me more room in the sump and less pumps than the H&S which is an amazing skimmer....just too bulky for my sump.

I also have added my Loonie sized Copperband Butterfly to the tank now that the Powder Blue is out..and I added a Moorish Idol. Moorish Idol police need not respond. I know it's not a recommended fish...but I wanted to give it a try once the tang was out as the 3 tangs killed my other Moorish Idol. Oh, and YES the Moorish Idol is eating Mysis and PELLETS!!!!! He LOVES NLS finicky eater pellets...they are amazing! The CBB tastes them too! The CBB has been in my Q tank for the past couple of months as I knew I couldn't add him until the tangs were gone!

[christyf5]

Congrats on getting that little bugger out of the tank Sarah, I'm glad the plexi worked out for you, I can't imagine the alternative (that being ripping the tank apart in an act of desperation ).

Can't wait to come up and see the MI

[Johnny Reefer]

Congratulations on FTOTM!

[Delphinus]

Like the plexi idea, might have to give that a try!! Thanks for sharing the tip. (I'm currently moving stock from one tank to another and have been dreading the point where it's the fish's turn!!)