Myka's 90 gallon build & 3 province move (Pics Feb 6)

Myka · #1 06-26-2009, 05:01 PM

I'm not surprised about the Jawfish either. I wasn't setup for it, and wasn't ready for it, and frankly I wasn't impressed that I had to deal with it (having not ordered it myself!!). Jawfish rarely seem to ship in good health to boot. They are "always" wormy, and have a hard time getting onto commerical foods. They are a tough fish to acclimate that's for sure. Once they are acclimated I still wouldn't classify them as hardy. I do find the Blue Spot to be much tougher than the rest though. Look how many fish out there aren't properly represented when purchasing though. Look at CBBs and Mandarins. They are both cheap fish too, which is doubly annoying because of the "who cares if it dies, it was only $20" mentality.

I am seriously reconsidering my plans of adding a harem of Pearly jawfish to the tank, but my heart is relieved when I see a nice healthy group come in that are eating well like has recently arrived at Bayside Corals here. He got a nice shipment in. IF I do follow through with the plans to try a harem they will be quarantined for some time to make sure they are parasite free and eating.

Oh, and the Assessor being a "she"...I'm just hoping because according to my research (hard to find info on Assessors btw) the males can become a bit boisterous, so I asked Kevin at Red Coral to pick the one that seemed to look the most female according to typical Pseudochromis characteristics (rounder fins), which is still just a guess really since I can't find any info on sexing Assessors. So, I am assuming, but mostly just hoping it is a she!

Skimmerking · #2 06-26-2009, 05:19 PM

that leather looks like a fine green finger i believe. Myka the kole looks alot happier too his/her colors are looking brighter. love the clam the one that i got from Bayside the baby squamosa i had to take it out of my tank and put it in Doug's 30 gal. It seems to have the pinched mantel look but the other clams that i have doesn't appear to have that problem. it happened to the other baby maxima that i had too.. Do you get that same problem?

Myka · #3 06-26-2009, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

that leather looks like a fine green finger i believe. Myka the kole looks alot happier too his/her colors are looking brighter. love the clam the one that i got from Bayside the baby squamosa i had to take it out of my tank and put it in Doug's 30 gal. It seems to have the pinched mantel look but the other clams that i have doesn't appear to have that problem. it happened to the other baby maxima that i had too.. Do you get that same problem?

Bah! I liked the Kole when it was mostly yellow with the Kole stripes! I have since found a few pics here and there of Koles with the yellower markings as juvies, so I think it's uncommon, but not unheardof. It changed back to the current color before the move, and hasn't changed much (if at all?) since moving to the 90. He uses up the whole tank though...thinks it's ALL his! He has gotten to be much more of a prick since moving to the 90 than he ever was in the 33. He was a model citizen in the 33.

My Squamosa has never had a pinched mantel. I got mine from Red Coral though. It had been growing lots I think...about 1/4" along the shell's rim since I got it in mid March. This is my first clam though, and although I have done lots of research on them (for a couple years actually) I am no expert.

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Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums

She was in a tank by herself and she would eat then any left on sand would take later on.
Great to see but your right not an aggressive eater.
Kevin

Ya, she is really snoopy. She swims around the tank picking at the rocks and picking at the bottom of the tank, but has to look at something closely first before trying to eat it. Haha! Thanks again for this spectacular fish Kevin!

fishytime · #4 06-28-2009, 04:11 AM

Wow Mindy...the blue in the assessor really shows up under some better lighting....got me thinking again.....my RG is the biggest wuss ever.....

Myka · #5 07-08-2009, 02:49 AM

LOL Doug!!! Oh come on, the Assessor is just so much nicer than a RG!

Well I finally got my @$$ in gear and did the aquascaping. From the time I started pulling corals out, rearranged all the rock (including zip ties and epoxy!!) to the time I had the corals all placed again was a whopping 8 1/2 hours!

I knew it would be a big job...

I'm not sure how many lbs of rock I left in there until I weight up what's left over (to sell), but I'm guessing I have about 80 lbs. I will be putting a bunch in the sump too. I will need to re-home the Finger Leather since it doesn't have a place anymore, so it's hard to tell but there is a double archway on the left, and then a pile on the right. There is a nice swimming area between the pile and the arch, but the Finger Leather is in the way. It will be more defined when the Finger Leather is not in there anymore. I'm fairly happy with the layout...the fish spend a lot less time hiding. Quite often the Bangaii and the Assessor are out front which is really nice!

Just before I started ripping the tank apart I took a bunch of top down photos. I don't have a box for doing top downs, so they aren't the greatest, but top downs always show the nicest color!

The next steps will be sand, get the sump running, and finish the canopy wrap and stand door. Whew! Getting there...slowly.

Without further ado...the pics! Keep in mind the tank still isn't filled, so there will be another 6" of water above the highest point of the arch.

Myka · #6 07-08-2009, 02:58 AM

I went a little nuts with the Euphyllia top downs.

Toxik · #7 07-08-2009, 03:23 AM

Wow, that's looking real nice. Good job