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[lastlight]

Thanks guys. He survived a day of halides and only came out a few times. Soon as 9pm hit and they went off he literally turned it on. I'm putting together another video (I'm sorta addicted to making these little vids now lol).

Originally Posted by MarkoD

danm it they had a acanthurus maculiceps at big als today but they wouldnt sell it to me because it would be "to hard to catch" in a tank with minimal live rock

Oh I hate that! When I was sourcing nice rock for the 225 I convinved a girl at big als to let me help her oust like 8 triggers from a piece in their tank. Took more than 30 minutes and I'm sure the triggers were pretty stressed (I felt bad but really wanted the rock).

Originally Posted by The Grizz

Brett, is there an easier name to remember for this?

Spotted Cheek is another I've heard...

Originally Posted by waynemah

Are you doing anything for low nutrient / dosing?

No just plain old carbon/gfo/water changes. I have some hair algae though!

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I have water but no rock, tank is in the back room, still have to hack up my walls...
Sorry to hijack but my light is finished

Awesome man get that thing going! Have you updated your thread with pics doesn't ring a bell.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Awesome man get that thing going! Have you updated your thread with pics doesn't ring a bell.

Thanks for askin' ...
Nope, all I've done is link the light mod. It took me 2 days with the wiring, and the burning of a ballast, and the crushing of a new ballast, and then the figuring out how to make the 2nd new ballast fit. So, no, there's been no build progress
Sucks to be me.
I hope to make some progress over the next couple of days, in between the job hunting.
I want to next tackle cleaning up our rec-room to make room so I can pull down all the suspended tiles and run some wiring. This will get me much further along as I will know 'exactly' where I can cut the wall for the plumbing and electrical.

Oops, sorry to hi-jack your thread. Verbal diarrhea.

[lastlight]

Here's my boy settled down a little... I was standing right in front of the tank for a lot of this footage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN3w-PxBZH0

You can catch a glimpse of the filefish making me nervous as hell too.

[gregzz4]

Looks like your Big head-banger might settle in. I like the fact that he/she is swimming amongst the rocks and picking at them.
I can't believe the size difference between your newbie and your 3-4 bars. And the bars are sooo fast too.
Again, there's a bunch of tank envy going on here.
I'm all fired up about a 4' tank (even though I sold a 6 footer) and I have to look at yours with so much jealousy. There just wasn't enough space in our livingroom for a 6 or 8 foot tank. Or in my head for the cost and upkeep of said swimming pool.
I envy you my friend

[lastlight]

So the darn filefish hasn't touched a single aiptasia. Does it sometimes take time or can I safely assume he's just going to be a freeloader?

[Aquattro]

One of mine never ate it when I was looking, but after a while, I noticed it gone. My other one eats it like a pig!

[christyf5]

mine took somewhere between 3 and 5 weeks to get going, that was when I noticed some missing majanos and aiptasia.

[Foxface]

Originally Posted by lastlight

So the darn filefish hasn't touched a single aiptasia. Does it sometimes take time or can I safely assume he's just going to be a freeloader?

Mine took a couple of weeks for me to notice, because I had anywhere from 500 to 1000 of them. He took care of them all!!!! It was fun to watch him as he hunted them down! I love this guy!!

[lastlight]

Sounds like I've nothing to worry about yet then thx guys.

He loves mysis and I am feeding the tank a lot of it twice a day because I don't have the maculiceps or the female squarespot on pellets yet. Both of these fish love the mysis as well which makes for a nice safety net before they sample the pellets. Female looks to be close... she watches her pig of a male gobble them down. Once I'm feeding less mysis maybe it'll force mr weirdo to look a little closer at those aiptasia.

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by lastlight

So the darn filefish hasn't touched a single aiptasia. Does it sometimes take time or can I safely assume he's just going to be a freeloader?

Brett sorry man he is only following his Master lol