EnjoiFish's 10 Gallon Reef, New pictures...2/24 Options

[hxcaquaman]

clown gobies are throw aways, they are too slow and picky when it comes to eating, unless you get a citron

[EnjoiFish]

You could get one more small fish easily considering all you have is the Bicolor Blenny which usually hides in holes anyways. Find something that will swim a little more and be out in the open, which actually pretty much rules out gobies. Maybe the typical true percula?

My bi color is surprisingly active. He swims up to the front and waves his tail fin like a dog, then smacks his face off the glass (eating pods I suppose or maybe he's just dumb). Another little swimmer would be nice. We'll see.

Nice!

Thanks!

This post has been edited by EnjoiFish: Aug 4 2008, 08:10 PM

[iglowce]

my yellow clown goby eats all the time and starts to nip sps <sigh!>

[ddr_phish]

my yellow clown goby eats all the time and starts to nip sps <sigh!>

I've heard of this before, what he's actually doing is eating the mucus off of them. Sounds less harmless but it still annoys the SPS enough and can damage it.

Right now my BiColor has taken up sticking halfway out of a hole and other half laying across my Orange Digitata! GRRRR

[EnjoiFish]

Pictures!

Some new zoas I picked up today.


GSP frag. It was free.


My first ricordea and it's already beginning to split.


Upside down.


Lounging.

[EnjoiFish]

And more pictures.

[Obsessed Reefer]

Wow. Love it. From what I read, you only have the Blenny, right? Are you planning on another fish?

[hxcaquaman]

Wow. Love it. From what I read, you only have the Blenny, right? Are you planning on another fish?

dearest Obsessed Reefer:

This is ian, enjoifish's bf, as of recently we are both thinking of adding more live stock our tanks but with only 10 gallons to work with, we aren't too sure what we are going to be getting, who knows.

right now we are kinda just sitting back and letting things adjust and hoping for some more splitting and moving within our coral livestock.

thanks for looking

Ian

[EnjoiFish]

Wow. Love it. From what I read, you only have the Blenny, right? Are you planning on another fish?

Thanks! I was considering getting a Hi-fin/pistol pair, but I've heard mixed reviews on pistols and cleaner shrimp. Since Frank is here to stay, I'm opting to go without the pair. Besides, the hi fin goby is so tiny, it looks like my blenny could swallow it whole! Otherwise, I am very undecided about what other fish to get, if any.

[EnjoiFish]

Months ago, Ian and I were working on setting his tank back up. We had the liverock laid out all over the floor and this little guy crawled out, snipping away. I tossed him in my tank. He was always pretty shy, but eventually warmed up to me, or at least to the turkey baster. Last week I noticed him sitting next to my frogspawn, stuffing his face, with little neon green bits. Some say these crabs are reef safe as long as they are well fed, well not in my case since he was spot fed only a hour or two before. Since then, I've watched him piss off my coral, pick at my cleaner shrimp, and pull food right from my palys' mouths. I've been trying to figure out the best way to trap him and Ian goes and pushes him off a rock with a turkey baster, right into the net.

When you can't out smart them, bully them.

Now for some night shots:











This post has been edited by EnjoiFish: Aug 6 2008, 11:47 PM

[hxcaquaman]

I didn't know you had such a great photo of the bastard crab, now I know what you do while I'm at work. the 3 c
camera
candy
chair
all infront of the tank

[dahliaheartsyou]

My palys blow me kisses.

Hermes

these are my favs.
they caption is so perfect and cute on the palys, they are really pretty too!
your hermit looks like he is in special ed. classes. lol.
those bright pink/red ones need to be in my tank
and the expression on the blennies face is freakin hilarious "hey, what's goin on out here?!"

also, I am glad you didn't want/get the jawfish due to your tank size, always good to see people who care.

This post has been edited by dahliaheartsyou: Aug 8 2008, 02:43 AM

[EnjoiFish]

Thanks Dahlia!

If anyone should be a special ed class, it's my blenny. He's not the brightest, but I love him. My hermit is more of a bully. He once ripped a snail out of its shell, looked around inside, and didn't even bother to put it on. And he tramples over e v e r y t h i n g.

Those zoas are starting to spread since I got the new lights. Maybe after that super huge frag swap, we could trade some stuff.

Thanks for looking.

[EnjoiFish]

New FTS:

The Great Wall of Rock


I rearranged the rock since my shrooms weren't enjoying the new lights. I took the mystery brown coral out since it started to bleach. It looks a lot better in Ian's tank since his lights aren't quite as intense. I'm still working on finding a place for my new candy coral. My LFS guy suggested keep it low until adjusts, but it keeps getting knocked around my hermits and snails. I'm letting it sit for now. I really need to just keep my hands out of the tank for a few days.

New plans for the tank:

Make a hang-on 'fuge. Still debating on what size filter to get. I don't want so much flow that it kicks my sand around.

Switch from 20k Ushio bulb to Phoenix 14k. The color is great, definitely more white than blue, but I'd much rather have tons of coral growth.

Finally return those damn Hydor Koralias (we accidently ordered the ones that go with the wavemaker, not the ones that plug in individually)

Sit back and watch everything grow out. I want to buy more coral but my tank was starting to look like a yard sale with all these random pieces sitting everywhere.

Some more pictures:

Random zoas

Piggyback Ride

Alien vs Predator

Can you tell I love this little guy?


Let me know what you think!

[bugbabe623]

Thanks for going to my thread! OOOH I love the bulb you have in that tank! I'm going to have to get me one of them when it's time to replace my bulb (I bought it used so I think I need to replace it in december if it was 4 months old) You have such pretty corals I hope my tank looks just as pretty!

Your blenny is so precious.

[EnjoiFish]

Thanks for going to my thread! OOOH I love the bulb you have in that tank! I'm going to have to get me one of them when it's time to replace my bulb (I bought it used so I think I need to replace it in december if it was 4 months old) You have such pretty corals I hope my tank looks just as pretty!

Your blenny is so precious.

It was a used bulb though so the blue may have worn out on it already. I've heard mixed reviews as to whether they are a washed out blue or more white lamp. Mine of course is more of white light with a purplish tint. I like it, but I'd much rather have growth. I'm going to try out the Phoenix 14k next. CollegeNano has some comparison shots between the two if you want to see how his Ushio bulb looked.

Thanks for looking!

[EnjoiFish]

Not enough real estate.


Candy Coral...not my favorite, but it was so cheap. It's been knocked around by hermits and snails all week. Luckily it didn't lose any flesh, so it's recovering quite quickly.


Time to cut the strings. Xenia frag happy and attached after being cut from the mother colony only two days ago.


Little Green Monster. Seems like only a week ago, it was a tiny little frag that barely opened. Wait...it was only a week ago


Ah, the wondrous growth of newbie corals. I can't wait to frag it and trade it in to my LFS.

[DCG1286]

Sweet looking tank you got there!!! Love it!

-David

[irishtexan]

Nice tank! Do you have any problems with heat from the light?

[JerseyChick]

SO CUTE! Your tank is really pretty, I say that split in the Ricordea is pretty close to finished... way to go, now you have two beautiful ricordea. I wish my local place sold ones as pretty as that.