Christy's 180 build

[kien]

Is that your Melanarus sleeping in the sandbed?? Mine is the first to bed as well. He calls it a day about 8:10 on the dot! 10 minutes after day lights out and doesn't even partake in the evening feeding frenzy of frozen food goodness which happens at 8:15. Plus there's still a good 2 hours of light left .

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by kien

Is that your Melanarus sleeping in the sandbed?? Mine is the first to bed as well. He calls it a day about 8:10 on the dot! 10 minutes after day lights out and doesn't even partake in the evening feeding frenzy of frozen food goodness which happens at 8:15. Plus there's still a good 2 hours of light left .

Yep thats him. He heads to bed around 9:30 or so. He gets up early on sunny days as there is enough light coming through the nearby window for him to wake up to but on days it rains/cloudy he waits until the first MH comes on

[Delphinus]

My canary wrasse goes to bed around 7:30- 8:00 too. No idea what he's cueing on for time because there are no light changes around then. Internal chronometer alone I guess.

[Dez]

I came home today at 5pm and I asked my wife whether she saw the Hawaiian flame wrasse and she said "I don't know" then I proceeded to look all around the floor and in my stand to see if she jumped. I ended up finding my Solarensis wrasse that "disappeared" quite a few months ago all dried up. I was quite frantic at this point and fed some "frozen goodness". Out she comes from under the sand and has supper and swims around for about an hour and then heads "back to bed". Is this normal for wrasses to be lazy?

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Dez

I came home today at 5pm and I asked my wife whether she saw the Hawaiian flame wrasse and she said "I don't know" then I proceeded to look all around the floor and in my stand to see if she jumped. I ended up finding my Solarensis wrasse that "disappeared" quite a few months ago all dried up. I was quite frantic at this point and fed some "frozen goodness". Out she comes from under the sand and has supper and swims around for about an hour and then heads "back to bed". Is this normal for wrasses to be lazy?

I think that if they don't have a chick to show off for then yes, they're lazy. Get him a girlfriend. I'm thinking about it for my melanurus. I'm not sure if I would have to increase the sandbed size or just add another one

[Chaloupa]

Your Orange Shoulder is GORGEOUS! Can't wait til mine looks like that...sorry, I much prefer the adult coloration. LOVE the Powder Blue too...would really really like to add one at some point...but....we'll see! Tank is looking absolutely spectacular Christy!!!!!!

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Chaloupa

Your Orange Shoulder is GORGEOUS! Can't wait til mine looks like that...sorry, I much prefer the adult coloration. LOVE the Powder Blue too...would really really like to add one at some point...but....we'll see! Tank is looking absolutely spectacular Christy!!!!!!

Thanks Sarah. My Orange shoulder still has a bit of the yellowy tinge to it, can't wait till it gets the two tone grey. He looks jaundice-y at this point and it bugs me sometimes

PBT is a MUST for el giganto tank!!!

[Dez]

Originally Posted by christyf5

I think that if they don't have a chick to show off for then yes, they're lazy. Get him a girlfriend. I'm thinking about it for my melanurus. I'm not sure if I would have to increase the sandbed size or just add another one

Have you seen the price tag for a Hawaiian flame wrasse and I wouldn't have a clue how to sex them. I have only seen them at the store once in my life....they aren't a common fish.

Argh... BTW - love your melanurus' bed. It's like a little sand box that you buy for a little kid

[christyf5]

Originally Posted by Dez

Have you seen the price tag for a Hawaiian flame wrasse and I wouldn't have a clue how to sex them. I have only seen them at the store once in my life....they aren't a common fish.

Argh... BTW - love your melanurus' bed. It's like a little sand box that you buy for a little kid

Oh, I had no idea. Lucky melanurus wrasses are like birds. The guys are flamboyantly colored, the chicks have way more faded colors, like they've been left out in the sun too long.

Yeah that sandbox was the best I could do with not having a sandbed (and having no interest in installing one). I'm glad it worked, took him a few days to find it but the change in his personality was immediate. It was like watching a frenetic insomniac finally get some sleep and return to a normal state (that being crusing around the tank eating anything that dares to stick its appendage out of the rock and sleeping late/going to bed early).

[no_bs]

Beautiful tank Christy. Comming along very nicely.