Smurf Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 WOW! That looks so beautiful!! I love the vid, I love your tank, my goodness!!!! Its so awesome! Link to comment
Duncan Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Your tank is bad azz all the way! Admired your diy skills very much! And I like the bridge as well. Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Thanks alot Duncan and thanks to many like you I was able to get the info I needed to get into this great Hobby! Link to comment
c est ma Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 If you are interested next pic shows my female note the spots on her under carriage the male has none. Those really are the most incredible looking creatures imaginable, and SO photogenic. Very interesting shot of the ventral surface--which spots are you talking about? The ones on the abdomen? Base of the tail? I loved the vid! What a colorful, striking assemblage! I love your rockwork--so open and full of relief. And those frags are super. Looks like you even got some of Weetie's encrusting gorg, which I've lusted after since I first saw it. Splendid job! --Diane Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Yep Weeties stuff is fantastico:) Yep the abdoman ...the males have nothing on the underside there is just white lol I found this out the hard way when I had two females and they werent playing nice together I might add. It was kind of funny they would thrust there bodies at eachother then both run opposite ways lol. They never hurt eachother though. When I put this male in they bonded within 5 hours very peaceful critters I might add. Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 I Have a beautiful blue female if anyone wants it I have her in a 5g tank atm. This is her here. Also if ya dont have the stomach to feed it starfish what ya can do is let her eat like two legs then throw the star in the refugium til it regenerates. Link to comment
c est ma Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I still would have trouble with that... I'm just going to have to get my harley fix vicariously through your tank... I'm sure someone will jump at your offer! --D Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'd consider getting her, but I don't know if I have a good place to keep her at the moment. Are they sensitive or difficult to take care of, other than feeding them starfish? Do they have to have a mate, or do they do okay on their own? Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 They are fine on their own although they do like a snuggle buddy. Care is super easy throw a star in there once a month will be gone in like three weeks then dont feed her for like a week then repeat. The great thing is unl;ike other shrimp they dont agitate anything in the tank they keep to themselves. Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 They are fine on their own although they do like a snuggle buddy. Care is super easy throw a star in there once a month will be gone in like three weeks then dont feed her for like a week then repeat. The great thing is unl;ike other shrimp they dont agitate anything in the tank they keep to themselves. Hmm, I'm thinking... Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 do you guys think i should add anymore rock on the left or anything? Link to comment
SeeDemTails Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 If you want you could add a little to the left side, maybe you could do a ledge that would still give you open space under it but a place to put corals on the side of the tank. Link to comment
Mercuryne Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 do you guys think i should add anymore rock on the left or anything? +1 on Seedemtails "ledge" idea. perfect. Monk.. if for some reason Weetie, doesnt take the harly.. i might be interested.. but I will Always wait until she decided as she was the first interested. Link to comment
klarion Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I still would have trouble with that... I'm just going to have to get my harley fix vicariously through your tank... I'm sure someone will jump at your offer! --D Love this tank and who can argue with such beauty, though I agree on the sentiment. I also read that some people keep stars in a separate tank and cut off limbs to feed the shrimp while the stars regenerate lost appendages. But, I suppose it would be difficult for stars to regenerate in a home aquarium. Any thoughts on the matter? Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 If you want you could add a little to the left side, maybe you could do a ledge that would still give you open space under it but a place to put corals on the side of the tank. Itheing thats a great idea Ill see what kind of rock pieces I can find. Link to comment
crash43 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 monk i love it! i think its fine just the way it is but its ur tank...so u decide fer your self thats just my 0.02 Link to comment
c est ma Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 do you guys think i should add anymore rock on the left or anything? I'm sure you could do a nice job on any addition, but I also think it looks very, very nice as is. Love this tank and who can argue with such beauty, though I agree on the sentiment. I also read that some people keep stars in a separate tank and cut off limbs to feed the shrimp while the stars regenerate lost appendages. But, I suppose it would be difficult for stars to regenerate in a home aquarium. Any thoughts on the matter? Yeah, true stars are supposed to be hard enough to keep in a small tank w/o maiming them. I think you can't have it "both ways." --Diane Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Thanks for the input guys:) These shrimp are a blast to watch they play all kind of games like riding the snails and floating from the top of the tank to the botton its pretty funny. Link to comment
Monkfish Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 Well I was getting a starfish today for the Harlequins and decided to trade one of my false clowns for an all orange false clown I dont know much about these except its tank bred and false like the other. I thought it was different asw Ive never seen one but mnaybe its pretty common? Link to comment
singmealullaby Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 that's the first time I've ever seen an all orange clown . Looks cool. I'm diggin your tank build by the way, it's looking real good. Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 That, my friend, is called a Naked Clown (Yes, really!), and they are typically a little more expensive, so if you got a straight trade for an Ocellaris you got a good deal. Link to comment
Lalani Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 Naked clowns look......... freakish. Link to comment
Bigwavedave Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 You could add another bridge to the rocks at the left to give it balance. Although I am not sure balance is in your nature. I think it looks awesome the way it is. Dave Link to comment
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