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[Milad]

just some input
I was thinking about this when I was setting up my tank. I read some stories about autofeeders falling into tanks a few times. So one of the things that really intrigued me about using a mesh top was that I could feed through it. My pellets go right through the mesh and it has no chance of falling in if it ever fell. I also place the autofeeder above the light rack so i dont have to mess with it when Im opening the lid. you also cannot even tell its there unless you look for it or if you are really tall.

[Milad]

btw why you like the yellow assessor so much?

[Myka]

Jeez another crappy thread...sorry to hear about your losses! It is that time of year though...people move, people go on vacation, people are distracted away from the tank.

On a sidenote, I see you had a Yellow and a Blue Assessor together? How did they get on together? Were they added at the same time or different times? Theoretically they shouldn't get along, but I currently have a Blue and would love to add a Yellow.

[Leah]

Wow! So sorry to read this...glad some fish survived though.

[bignose]

sorry about your tank. So much work goes into this hobby and to come home to that would be horrible.

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by Myka

Jeez another crappy thread...sorry to hear about your losses! It is that time of year though...people move, people go on vacation, people are distracted away from the tank.

On a sidenote, I see you had a Yellow and a Blue Assessor together? How did they get on together? Were they added at the same time or different times? Theoretically they shouldn't get along, but I currently have a Blue and would love to add a Yellow.

I've always read that assessors are pretty non aggressive...?
Though I tend to only take first hand acccounts from aquarists into consideration of in tank aggression so maybe popular research opines differently.

I can attest to both my blue and my yellow never showing any aggression to each oother or any of the other conspecific basslets in my tank, so maybe I'm just lucky.
The yellow (about half the size of the blue) was added about a year before the blue one so strictly speaking from my experience you should have no issues at all adding a second assessor.

I guess theoretically, my 4 grammas shouldn't get along either though...

The blue is much more cryptic while the yellow is very interactive and swims upside down in the open water which (Milad) is why I liked it so much.

[fishoholic]

Sorry for your losses, that must of sucked to come home to

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Sorry for your losses, that must of sucked to come home to

The tank is in the basement and the minute I walked through the door upsairs I could smell trouble...

When I looked into the tank, there was like a half inch of film algae and the water was so cloudy you couldn't see more than a half a foot through it.

I thought it would be a total wipe out, plus it took me three days to make 200gallons of fresh sw so I had really almost given up on everything by the time I cleared away the film algae just before the third water change...

I couldn't believe it when everyone was still kicking other than the yellow assessor, all sps, 2 clams and most lps plus all of my zoas and shrooms looking like they were hung over.

I almost feel lucky after thinking it was a total loss.

[ALang]

Sorry about your loss.
Re: the feeder, it is very intriguing how it can come off the velcro. I was going to mount one just like that (except it will be a battery operated eheim) to help with some feeding chores. Do you have a cat? Maybe smelling the food and rubbed it right off the velcro??
And Milad, pls enlighten me, wouldn't the mesh interfere/ lessen the amount of light going into your tank? Just wondering because I got all these ugly glass tops on mine due to a few "jumpers", and it would be great to figure out another way to corral them in,m so to speak.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by gobytron

I can attest to both my blue and my yellow never showing any aggression to each oother or any of the other conspecific basslets in my tank, so maybe I'm just lucky.

The yellow (about half the size of the blue) was added about a year before the blue one so strictly speaking from my experience you should have no issues at all adding a second assessor.

Cool, thanks goby! My Blue is also quite cryptic, and if I could catch it I would put it in my Zoa nano so I would see it more often, plus the strong blue lighting in there would make it look awesome. Assessors aren't very widely kept, so I think there is a lack of precise information. Since they are a basslet you would assume they theoretically shouldn't get along, but there always exceptions. You aren't the first person I have heard of keeping a Blue and a Yellow together, and I think Leah (on these forums) also keeps them together. I have also heard of people keeping harems of Blues long-term with no troubles. Time to go buy a Yellow I should say.