owenj Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Love the macro stuffing going on in this tank. Highly admire your spawn plans for these difficult but oh so pretty fish . Wish I could commit to a mandy's needs. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 Those flowers are gorgeous. Hmm, I need to find myself a girl who would rather these to roses... Link to comment
Simone Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Got 3 new flower nems for this tank from a group order. A sexy shrimp is already picking out his favorite. Not all of these shown in the pic are mine, a couple are for club members. Where were these purchased from? They are lovely! Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 So amazing.. This is an amazing tank. Love the macro stuffing going on in this tank. Highly admire your spawn plans for these difficult but oh so pretty fish . Wish I could commit to a mandy's needs. Those flowers are gorgeous. Hmm, I need to find myself a girl who would rather these to roses... Thank you all for the kind words Where were these purchased from? They are lovely! VIP reef Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 For any of you who don't follow the mandarin thread. Here is a video of my odd couple the female ruby + pistol shrimp. Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Say-Whaaaaat!!!???? Fun video! Didn't realize they'd be compatable like that but it makes sense. Great catch! Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 12, 2014 Author Share Posted September 12, 2014 Say-Whaaaaat!!!???? Fun video! Didn't realize they'd be compatable like that but it makes sense. Great catch! I don't think its normal but then ... I don't think theres much/any info out there about the ruby red's behavior specifically since they are pretty new to the aquarium trade. So I guess who knows for sure what is normal? Link to comment
Mr. Microscope Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 I don't think its normal but then ... I don't think theres much/any info out there about the ruby red's behavior specifically since they are pretty new to the aquarium trade. So I guess who knows for sure what is normal? Well, occasionally a mother cat will take care of a baby racoon. Instincual programming can get confused. Though, who knows? This might be entirely normal behavior for the RR and pistol. We've just only ever associated the pistol with gobies. Anemones host damsel fish as well as clowns. Link to comment
owenj Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 That ruby dragonet is so stinking cute. Nice vid. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted September 28, 2014 Author Share Posted September 28, 2014 Hey everyone. Had a super strain of nasty ass flukes and I have been fighting it for a few weeks now. Either I had a bad bottle of prazipro or I had a resistant strain because my 1st bottle did nothing. I picked up a new bottle of prazi and have been every 4 days swapping the fish between two QT tanks and FW dipping in between. It's been about 2 weeks now and I don't see any flukes. I did however lose all of the gobies and the wrasse. The dragonetts, clowns, damsel, and gramma have survived so far. Debating on weather to put them back in the DT or go fallow for 8 weeks. Otherwise the coral/nem's/clam are doing well. In fact, the tank seems to be stabilizing/maturing.. finally... a year down the road and finally seeing growth in the corals. *cross fingers* Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Just saw your thread- really liked that video Man, sad loss of your fish Link to comment
Cameron6796 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 So sad, I would risk it if you can keep your fish happy and fed then I say at longer Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Loved the vid - could it be possible that they have a symbiotic relationship with one another? Maybe not as strong as a Hi-fin goby or Yasha goby with a pistol, but a weaker one. Or this could be a quirk of nature, in which case I love it all the same. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Apparently a coral spawned... not sure which.... saw the tank snowing. http://s74.photobucket.com/user/Tamberav/media/spawn2_zpse5bf9c24.jpg.html'> http://s74.photobucket.com/user/Tamberav/media/spawn1_zpsf51910f3.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Great catch with the camera! Cool pictures Link to comment
tibbsy07 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Dear Tamberav, please send me this tank and everything with it and I will take care of it forever. Thanks! Sincerely, Tibbs. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Just some catch-ups: 1. I finally beat the flukes a few months ago by dosing 2x the recommended dose of prazipro (normal dose did nothing). This however, did kill some inverts. 2. I re-did the sump entirly into a display sump with black acrylic background, ect. It will be for NPS. 3. My cat's tend to be party animals when I am gone for extended periods (days), pulling off couch cushions and crazy things they never do when I am home. Over x-mas break, they pulled my ATO out so the return chamber was so low the pump was sucking air and the entire display was covered in bubbles by the time I got home. This killed some SPS I had in there. The tank was also very cold as the heater is in the sump. 4. Two days ago the 40 breeder display cracked on the front pane from top to bottom. I was lucky I didn't end up with 40 gallons of water on the floor of a 2nd story apartment. The water was slowly seeping out so I had time to drain the tank and transfer everything to a 20g. I was able to borrow a 30 breeder from Matt to fit the stand and get my sump/filtration running again until I can get a replacement tank. I may upgrade to a 40B rimless. Link to comment
vlangel Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 O wow Tamberav, so sorry to hear of the unfortunate mishaps with your tank. I am sure that its discouraging to just get the flukes gone and now have to deal with the tank leak. My heart goes out to you. Hopefully with a new rimless 40 will be a new beginning! Link to comment
owenj Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Whoa! Glad you were able to catch the crack before you had a flood. I'm worried about how nutty our younger cats will be when we're gone for a week this summer. Our old one will be fine, but we've never left the younger ones for more than a day or two. Silly cats. Doesn't sound like your ATO broke though, so that's good. Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Dang! Sorry to hear all that - have you gotten things stable again? Link to comment
Tamberav Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 O wow Tamberav, so sorry to hear of the unfortunate mishaps with your tank. I am sure that its discouraging to just get the flukes gone and now have to deal with the tank leak. My heart goes out to you. Hopefully with a new rimless 40 will be a new beginning! Thank you Dang! Sorry to hear all that - have you gotten things stable again? Luckily I was home when the cracked happened. I have some plumbing to finish today, but everything is doing good now. Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Wow, when it rains it pours. I'm sorry to hear of the troubles. So glad you were home when the tank decided to crack. Hang in there Amber. Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Well got some exciting news My husband is awesome and ordered me a rimless 40g Breeder to fit my stand as a V-day gift ... 8-12 weeks delivery though. Wow, when it rains it pours. I'm sorry to hear of the troubles. So glad you were home when the tank decided to crack. Hang in there Amber. Thanks Kat Link to comment
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