110g Mixed Reef V2

[Delphinus]

I think that's my holy grail fish too. One day ... I have some major saving up to do. In the meantime you might have to put up with me coming over to visit and drool at the sight of yours! Congrats, hope he does well and .. I can't remember, do you have a cover over your tank or a skirt? Wrasses being jumpers and all ..

[lorenz0]

man you have just gone wrasse CRAZY. lol but a nice fish at that

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Pan

Nice...but...
The Mystery wrasse is nicer

Really??? Why do you think that? Not trying to be a jerk ....just really curious about what you like better about the Mystery wrasse.

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I think that's my holy grail fish too. One day ... I have some major saving up to do. In the meantime you might have to put up with me coming over to visit and drool at the sight of yours! Congrats, hope he does well and .. I can't remember, do you have a cover over your tank or a skirt? Wrasses being jumpers and all ..

Tony you are welcome to come and check it out anytime man. A lineatus may be easier to save for than you think. If you want, pm me and I can give you an idea of what we are charging for them. No cover yet.

Originally Posted by lorenz0

man you have just gone wrasse CRAZY. lol but a nice fish at that

Wrasses lol

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Trigger Man

Beautiful fish, I wish my tank could hold one of them without the risk of one of my other fish killing it.

What do you have that you think would take out a lineatus? Your corris???

Originally Posted by Carmen

Very pretty Doug!

Thanks Carmen but I was hoping for input on my fish

[fishytime]

Heres a few random coral pics.

[lobsterboy]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Heres a few random coral pics.

lookin good doug!!!

[fishytime]

I think I convicted and sentenced my bi-color angel on a case of mistaken identity. My acans are still being eaten. Last week I lost my new alien eye favia frag and my "lord" acan frag. I have three suspects....flame angel, regal tang( who I have seen picking at another favia colony I have) or my pepermint shrimp. The flame and regal are staying...Im not getting rid of either of them, so my coral stocking plans will have to change. I have a line on a rainbow acan frag(my Holy Grail coral) that I will seriously have to think about passing on

I am also going through a serious macro algae, kelp type seaweed bloom. Its everywhere in the tank. I finally got a few hours off yesterday afternoon and used the time to remove the 2x24w HOT5 retrofit kit I had in my old frag tank canopy and installed it over the fuge area of my sump. Sooooo....I now have a functioning refugium Only a year after I started the tank The only bulbs I had were a fiji purp and a reef blue, so I will have to bring home a couple new bulbs and a handfull of cheato from the shop. Hopefully a good ball of cheato will make a dent in the algea that I have in the display. I also am going to step up my efforts to remove a couple more fish, in hopes of reducing the bio-load in the tank. My coral feeding has also been reduced.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Really??? Why do you think that? Not trying to be a jerk ....just really curious about what you like better about the Mystery wrasse.

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I like the coloring and the eye placement and look....it`s like a sixline that got dressed up to go out

The coloring on some of the fairly and flasher wrasses looks to Hodge podge for me....to much going on. The Mystery wrasse just appeals to me aesthetically that's all. But remember I like the scoprionfish and frgofish though so

[Trigger Man]

Hey Doug you said that the Lineatus wrasse came in a little bigger then you wanted, around what size are you thinking it was? Ya I'm thinking the Red Coris wrasse would kill it, as I tried a Carpenters Wrasse a bit ago and it lasted 3 days. From my signature you can see the rest of my current fish, I don't think any of the others would be the culprits, but I could be wrong. Pm me the going rate for one, as I'm gonna try to get the Red Coris out to put one in.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Pan

I like the coloring and the eye placement and look....it`s like a sixline that got dressed up to go out

The coloring on some of the fairly and flasher wrasses looks to Hodge podge for me....to much going on. The Mystery wrasse just appeals to me aesthetically that's all. But remember I like the scoprionfish and frgofish though so

I think they both have their pluses. Mystery wrasse has the slightly more subtle beauty, funky eyes and cool behavior (the hunting part anyway). The fairies have that in your face beauty and are much more well mannered.

Originally Posted by Trigger Man

Hey Doug you said that the Lineatus wrasse came in a little bigger then you wanted, around what size are you thinking it was? Ya I'm thinking the Red Coris wrasse would kill it, as I tried a Carpenters Wrasse a bit ago and it lasted 3 days. From my signature you can see the rest of my current fish, I don't think any of the others would be the culprits, but I could be wrong. Pm me the going rate for one, as I'm gonna try to get the Red Coris out to put one in.

I didnt know what size it was...I didnt really care to be honest. Kevin said "so and so" has some, I said I want one. The one I got is probably four inches or so. If I had the luxury of choosing, I would have picked one 2"-2 1/2" to enjoy watching it mature. Also Ive noticed that my regal tang doesnt care to much for the lineatus. All of the small fish I have added since the regal was in the tank have gone un-noticed, so I think if the lineatus was a touch smaller he would have blended into the crowd a little better.

Some more coral pics (Hey lobsterbi check out that little frag you gave me in my last set of pics)




Not a bad bonus shot of the acro crab living in this colony.