Christy's 180 build

Greenmaster · #1 07-06-2010, 09:38 PM

Nice tank... any tank that wins reef of the month shows the person knows what they are doing :-)

christyf5 · #2 07-25-2010, 10:12 PM

Just got back from 10 days vacation and everything looks good for the most part, no corals lost but my royal gramma and one of my pyjama cardinals is missing. I'm hoping the gramma is just ****ed off and hiding somewhere, I've had him for almost 4 years

I didn't have high hopes for the cardinals as I bought 3 of them and they were having difficulties with the current and hiding next to the wavebox in a low flow area. As a result they need target feeding and well, they're pretty stunned fish.

The tank will need some work, it hasn't had a waterchange in about 3.5 weeks and the coral coloration isn't as bright as it used to be. With the reactors all offline the algae growth has surged and I see bunches of caulerpa and some sort of other algae which I know the name of but I'll be damned if I can remember which book I saw it in.

No pictures, I just finished working on the tank for about 3 hours and my back is done.

Greenmaster · #3 07-25-2010, 10:33 PM

Glad to hear that you didn't come back to a disaster.
How was the vacation?

Lance · #4 07-25-2010, 10:57 PM

Welcome back Christy! The PJ's will come around. I've had one for going on 3 years and he was like yours at first. After awhile though he learned to come out and get his grub at feeding time. They lose a little timidity after awhile.

christyf5 · #5 07-26-2010, 12:37 AM

The vacation was great, we went to my husbands family cabin at a lake near Fernie, the weather was damned near perfect (which equals sunny with a breeze so I don't die of the heat) except for a couple stormy/rainy days which were kind of neat.

Its funny, the pyjama cardinals come out when the lights are out so it must not necessarily be a flow issue as nothing gets changed at night, I guess with all the big fish they figure they might end up as a snack so they only come out after everyone has gone to bed.

Found my royal gramma, he came out to eat a few minutes ago!!!!!!!!!

Lance · #6 07-26-2010, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by christyf5

Its funny, the pyjama cardinals come out when the lights are out so it must not necessarily be a flow issue as nothing gets changed at night, I guess with all the big fish they figure they might end up as a snack so they only come out after everyone has gone to bed.

Found my royal gramma, he came out to eat a few minutes ago!!!!!!!!!

PJ's are naturally a nocturnal fish. They will change this in captivity though. Hurray! Glad you found the R.G.

Greenmaster · #7 07-26-2010, 01:07 AM

Yay! It's always nice when you find a lost fish.