Fishoholic's 2012 nano contest entry

[The Grizz]

I likey the mini reef!! Corals look happy! & grizz approved

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Xadieu

Where are the fishies? You can't call yourself a fishaholic w/o any fish in your tank!

I know right!?! I want to add a barnacle blenny (but of course no one has them in stock, they did a month ago but NOOOOOO not now ) and I asked Steve to hunt down a flaming prawn goby (here's hoping as they are hard to find).

Originally Posted by lockrookie

She sends them on return pump quests to the big tank

Originally Posted by Xadieu

That must be a fun roller coaster ride for the fish

I'll have to ask them how it was the next time one tries to take a ride into the sump (thankfully that hasn't happened in awhile) although my starfish went the other way and went upstream from my 80g to my 230g reef.

Originally Posted by lockrookie

My guess is they are hiding or in qt thus far no worries but she has had it happen on another build thread

Close, but right now they are waiting to be ordered in for me. So yell at Steve (Red Coral) for me and tell him to get on it

In case people don't know

Barnacle blenny


Flaming prawn goby

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by The Grizz

I likey the mini reef!! Corals look happy! & grizz approved

Whoohooo Grizz approved, must be doing something right

[fishoholic]

So I've had a busy week Over the past 7 days I've bought/moved over some pretty zoas (made room in the tank for them ) added a candy cane coral, added a barnacle blenny and a Pom Pom crab and finally (after buying it 3 months ago) I got brave enough to put my tiny bleeding apple scoly in. I also did a water change, cleaned the glass and the skimmer Going to add the prodi bio later tonight.

Waiting for the zoas to open so I can take/share some pic's

Somehow I don't think this is helping the zoas to open (on the plus side its a pretty good pic for it being taken with my iPhone)

[mrhasan]

Make sure its not feasting on those zoas

Mine used to feast on zoas. Possibly because I didn't keep them well fed.

Originally Posted by fishoholic

So I've had a busy week Over the past 7 days I've bought/moved over some pretty zoas (made room in the tank for them ) added a candy cane coral, added a barnacle blenny and a Pom Pom crab and finally (after buying it 3 months ago) I got brave enough to put my tiny bleeding apple scoly in. I also did a water change, cleaned the glass and the skimmer Going to add the prodi bio later tonight.

Waiting for the zoas to open so I can take/share some pic's

Somehow I don't think this is helping the zoas to open (on the plus side its a pretty good pic for it being taken with my iPhone)

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Make sure its not feasting on those zoas

Mine used to feast on zoas. Possibly because I didn't keep them well fed.

Never thought they would eat zoas! Just thought he was walking on them or maybe cleaning algae or pods off them, I will freak if they eat them Note to self feed more often and give frozen more often.

Are you sure your sexy shrimp were eating zoas? Kinda freaking out now as I've never heard of such a thing.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Never thought they would eat zoas! Just thought he was walking on them or maybe cleaning algae or pods off them, I will freak if they eat them Note to self feed more often and give frozen more often.

Are you sure your sexy shrimp were eating zoas? Kinda freaking out now as I've never heard of such a thing.

I can't comment on the ones you have but mine were. Upon searching, I found out that if not fed atleast once each day, they will much on corals, particularly zoas.

Here's a good read on them:
http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/15121...shrimp-thread/

Here's a quote:

Are sexies reef safe?
YES! But, if they are not kept well fed, there is a big chance that they will munch on your corals. Some people don't have trouble with this at all, but I personally have to feed mine at least once a day, or else they start binging on zoa skirts.

Maybe its a hit or miss too