Lance's 225 gal tank

Lance · #1 01-10-2011, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by PoonTang

Sssssshhh. Don't give her any bright ideas. Actually none of my mishaps have ever cost me a trip to Mexico either.

Ha ha! Touche

Lance · #2 01-13-2011, 10:46 PM

I swear my captive-bred Yellow Assessor is the toughest little SOB I've ever seen! I got this fish 2 months ago and he's already survived three traumatic experiences.
Upon arrival I floated his bag in the QT tank. Somehow he jumped out of a small hole in the top of the bag and did a five foot header to the floor, where I nearly stepped on him when I came back to mix some tank water with the bag water. I picked him up and plopped him into the tank. 24 hours later he has Ich! Grrrrr. Obviously caught it at the LFS. Treated him with Cupramine and he remained in QT for 8 weeks. After the 8 weeks he was fat and healthy so into the 90g he goes. The Coral Beauty, (the little dink), immediately gives him a hard time and the Assessor spends most of his time hiding under a large Torch Coral coming out at feeding time only. After a few days the CB accepts him and everything is fine. Came home from work today and go to change the filter sock in the sump and find the Assessor in it. I don't know why I looked in it but I'm glad I did: Otherwise he would have gone through the washing machine in a few days. Pop him back into the tank and away he goes on his merry way. If anyone is looking for an indestructible little fish I highly recommend these little guys. Can't kill them!

P.S. I betcha the little bugger would have made it through the washing machine too.

PoonTang · #3 01-14-2011, 01:50 AM

Ha Ha that funny because I have found my clown goby in my filter sock twice. The first time i changed the sock and just had it sitting in a large bowl while i was doing other stuff. about 5 minutes later i took the sock outside to give it a rinse off with the hose and found the goby in the sock. AArgh run back upstairs and toss him in the tank. Did the same thing about a month later, now i always look inside as soon as i change it.

Lance · #4 01-14-2011, 02:01 AM

Yeah, after this I'll be checking it every time.

Delphinus · #5 01-14-2011, 02:15 AM

Wow, for me those socks come out so dirty I usually HAVE to invert them and do a quick prerinse. I figure if I'm going to do that, I might as well pick out all the 'pods and worms and brittlestars and whatever else might be worth saving and I toss them back into the tank. Sometimes there is indeterministic goo that makes me wonder just what the heck it is, ... that stuff I don't save.

Have found a few fish doing this!! Usually the smaller ones. The eel made it into the sump a couple times early on which tells me he must have gotten out of the bag somehow on his own, that would have been interesting to see as I sort of imagine that he would fly out of there.

Delphinus · #6 01-14-2011, 02:17 AM

BTW Lance I was looking at BRS and noticed they have 4" 200 micron bags, both felt and mesh - they say the mesh clog less easily so I might give those a whirl, you might want to check them out too?

Lance · #7 01-14-2011, 02:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

BTW Lance I was looking at BRS and noticed they have 4" 200 micron bags, both felt and mesh - they say the mesh clog less easily so I might give those a whirl, you might want to check them out too?

Thanks Tony. I'll definitely give them a try. I order from BRS quite regularly.