110g Mixed Reef V2 - Page 215

fishoholic · #**2141** 03-19-2012, 11:59 PM

Love the Starry blenny, one of my faves too

So cute how you can see his little tassels on his head sticking out

fishytime · #**2142** 03-20-2012, 04:24 AM

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Originally Posted by fishoholic

Love the Starry blenny, one of my faves too

So cute how you can see his little tassels on his head sticking out

wait til you see him in person.....and no, I will not catch him out and give him to you!

.....just thought I would make the clear before you get here this w/e

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rainbow stylophora

another unknown stag of some shape or description

sunrise (reverse sunset) monti

Wester's blue milli

fishytime · #**2143** 04-01-2012, 04:30 PM

so Ive been having a huge aptaisia problem lately.....Ive tried Kalk paste.....Ive tried aptaisia destroyer.......Ive tried a bug zapper.....all these things just seem to anger the pests and they come back with a vengeance.....I was out and about and popped in to a competitors store and they had a small CBB....I asked the gent to feed him and he ate some brine.....so I nervously took him home, wondering who of my crew would jump him in.....my powder blue tang was the first to start the harassment....he pestered the CBB for a couple days, then on the third day the PB seemed to have calmed down and the CBB was cruising around the tank acting normal.....I thought I was in the clear......wrong!.....then my yellow tang started to chase the CBB.....between the two tangs the CBB was stressed to the point of not eating and was starting to look thin.....I had to do something so heres what I came up with....

this was not an easy fix......I couldnt just slide on big piece of eggcrate in because of the euro-bracing on the tank and because of the rockwork....so I had to finagle three small pieces in and ziptie them together inside the tank....do you have any idea how hard that was???

.....it took dang near an hour to do......there are some small openings at the bottom of the eggcrate where the smaller fish can get through but the big bullies cant.....Im not sure how long I will leave the divider in there.....I feel bad that my tangs are in a three foot tank atm but I need this CBB to fill in a bit and most of all start helping me with my nem issues....

another update.......back in V1 of the tank I got in on a group order from Ottawa Inverts and got a frag of yellow birdsnest......I loved this BN and it quickly became one of my favs in the tank.....I of course lost it in the big crash and have been trying to find a similar piece ever since.....I was recently over at another canreefers place buying some books he had for sale and I managed to convince him that his colony from the same OI order was big enough to frag.....he did so and I now have it back......thanks a tonne Scott!!!!.....you rock!!!

and a few more randoms

chris121277 · #**2144** 04-01-2012, 04:45 PM

Wow...looks like it was a real PITA to get the egg crate in there....lol, well at least the CBB should have a stress free time pickin away the the little boogers. Not sure if it's the time of year or what, but I've been having the same problem the last few weeks.....I haven't seen an aptasia in my tank for a long time.......now poof! I found five, the aptasia X seems to work, but there have been a few resistant SOB's that keep coming back

Love the Birds Nest......that's high on my list of next purchase's

Delphinus · #**2145** 04-01-2012, 06:23 PM

The first week with a new fish is the worst. Seems if they can get past that hazing then generally speaking it will get better. The eggcrate SHOULD help and ... well .. yeah, you can feel bad for the tangs but it's only for a few days, at least there's that.

Nice score on the yellow birdsnest .. I like these a lot. One day I might have to look for one myself as I've only been able to admire them in "other people's tanks".

And ... as an aside ... I thought of a new career for you: CNN ticker tape writer.

Every single post ...... comes out as one enormous run-on sentence ....... with no punctuation except ellipses ....... It's like reading one enormous stream of consciousness ..... which is an actual thing ..... google it someday ....... but it's no biggie ...... I've come to accept that your posts just kind of have a certain look and feel ....... and that lonely period character on the keyboard gets to get used an awful lot ........ in your FACE, comma key! ...... Coming up next on CNN ...... Robyn the cute anchor lady will flirt with the weather dude ....... and James Earl Jones will announce "THIS. IS. CNN." .... Don't turn that channel! ........

fishoholic · #**2146** 04-01-2012, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

And ... as an aside ... I thought of a new career for you: CNN ticker tape writer.

Every single post ...... comes out as one enormous run-on sentence ....... with no punctuation except ellipses ....... It's like reading one enormous stream of consciousness ..... which is an actual thing ..... google it someday ....... but it's no biggie ...... I've come to accept that your posts just kind of have a certain look and feel ....... and that lonely period character on the keyboard gets to get used an awful lot ........ in your FACE, comma key! ...... Coming up next on CNN ...... Robyn the cute anchor lady will flirt with the weather dude ....... and James Earl Jones will announce "THIS. IS. CNN." .... Don't turn that channel! ........

fishytime · #**2147** 04-02-2012, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by chris121277

Wow...looks like it was a real PITA to get the egg crate in there....lol, well at least the CBB should have a stress free time pickin away the the little boogers. Not sure if it's the time of year or what, but I've been having the same problem the last few weeks.....I haven't seen an aptasia in my tank for a long time.......now poof! I found five, the aptasia X seems to work, but there have been a few resistant SOB's that keep coming back

ya it was a PITA.....royal PITA

......Im sure that "Murphy's law" will kick in and the little bugger wont eat the little buggers

....aptaisia are like la cucaracha, mang!

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

The first week with a new fish is the worst. Seems if they can get past that hazing then generally speaking it will get better. The eggcrate SHOULD help and ... well .. yeah, you can feel bad for the tangs but it's only for a few days, at least there's that.

ya, I hope your right Tony.....I fear that once I open the gates the thrashing will resume.....please let me be wrong....

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Love the Birds Nest......that's high on my list of next purchase's

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

Nice score on the yellow birdsnest .. I like these a lot. One day I might have to look for one myself as I've only been able to admire them in "other people's tanks".

thanks guys......Im stoked to finally have a piece back.....

and I think Sean (xtreme) just posted some up for sale....not sure if its the same species or not, but......

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Originally Posted by Delphinus

And ... as an aside ... I thought of a new career for you: CNN ticker tape writer.

Every single post ...... comes out as one enormous run-on sentence ....... with no punctuation except ellipses ....... It's like reading one enormous stream of consciousness ..... which is an actual thing ..... google it someday ....... but it's no biggie ...... I've come to accept that your posts just kind of have a certain look and feel ....... and that lonely period character on the keyboard gets to get used an awful lot ........ in your FACE, comma key! ...... Coming up next on CNN ...... Robyn the cute anchor lady will flirt with the weather dude ....... and James Earl Jones will announce "THIS. IS. CNN." .... Don't turn that channel! ........

Geez! First he gets "on" me about the content of my posts and now he gets "on" me about how I post. Is there any way of making this guy happy?

....... Im fully aware of the style(if you wanna call it that) of my posts.....I didnt (and dont) want my posts to look like every Harry, Dick and Tom's posts

......

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quiet you!

MarkoD · #**2148** 04-02-2012, 03:53 AM

That's what I did when I added my moorish idol. After 10 days the purple tang was still aggressive Towards him.

fishytime · #**2149** 04-02-2012, 04:21 AM

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That's what I did when I added my moorish idol. After 10 days the purple tang was still aggressive Towards him.

Im hoping that my yellow isnt the exception to the rule....purples and sailfins are known for being the more aggressive of the zebrasoma tangs and yellow and scopas are supposed to be less aggressive......*sends vibes towards his yellow* "mellow yellow....mellow yellow"

MarkoD · #**2150** 04-02-2012, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

Im hoping that my yellow isnt the exception to the rule....purples and sailfins are known for being the more aggressive of the zebrasoma tangs and yellow and scopas are supposed to be less aggressive......*sends vibes towards his yellow* "mellow yellow....mellow yellow"

after getting rid of the purple tang i ended up getting rid of both of my yellow tangs too in an effort to keep my moorish idol as happy as possible