Lance's 225 gal tank

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Is he new? I think new clams are just stressed from the move and stressed clams smell like food apparently. I've had this happen with new clams that the fish were all over it for the first day but it got all better afterwards. If they are really picking at it yeah put the basket over top so that they can't but after a day or two it should just be "yet another clam, same as the others" to them.

Well.......... yes and no Tony. It is a new clam, but it was placed in the tank on March 5th. The fish just started on it last night. The basket is going on for a few days and we'll see what happens.

[Delphinus]

Oh ... ok, weird. Don't know then....

[Lance]

I just noticed there appears to be what looks like a little bit of algae growing on the shell. All three of those fish are algae eaters. I'm just wondering if that's what they were picking at, and the clam of course instinctively closes. I don't see any damage to the flesh at all. Sound feasible?

[Delphinus]

Could very well be, and the clam just isn't used to that. My tangs pick at shell surfaces all the time and sometimes they close up, sometimes not, so who knows why the difference, maybe how close to the mantle or how fast they approach or ... something like that.

JUST got around to watching the videos (it's been that kind of a week ) .. the tanks look great! How many fish are there in each tank?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Could very well be, and the clam just isn't used to that. My tangs pick at shell surfaces all the time and sometimes they close up, sometimes not, so who knows why the difference, maybe how close to the mantle or how fast they approach or ... something like that.

JUST got around to watching the videos (it's been that kind of a week ) .. the tanks look great! How many fish are there in each tank?

Thanks Tony,
90g = 9 fish: (6 small, 3 medium) Chocolate Tang will go in large tank when larger; he's just a juvi now.

225g = 14 fish: (4 small, 4 medium, 6 large)

[Lance]

I finally managed to get to Oceanic Corals and meet Paul; every time I'm in the city I can't seem to find the time to get out to Aldergrove. I made it this time. We had to go out to Langley and pick up my sister's new Rottie puppy. Perfect opportunity to go see Paul. We had a very nice chat and he fixed me up with some nice corals.



I'll take some more pics when they colour up more, but they're already pretty sweet. Thanks Paul.




And of course I picked up one of these. If there's a new fangled gizmo on the market I've got to have one.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Lance

Um.. That's and interesting looking probe. Can you demonstrate how it works? Bonus points for a video

[Lance]

Originally Posted by kien

Um.. That's and interesting looking probe. Can you demonstrate how it works? Bonus points for a video

Sorry Kien. Unless you're a Doctor of Proctology, there will no videos or demonstrations.

[Skimmerking]

Hmmmmm love the doo hicky Lance can i have one

[Lance]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Hmmmmm love the doo hicky Lance can i have one

Why? Having a problem with your doo hicky?