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Glad to hear your mom's surgery went well. I'm sure that's stress off everyone.

 

Yes, considerably less stress. My father has now replaced my shift at the hospital to watch over my mom. The most amazing thing is that she actually walked from her bed to the bathroom less than 24 hours after her surgery. If all goes well, she would get discharged within the next few days.

 

Also, I found this on LA:

 

http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+6&ddid=241533

 

So my 'Fire and Ice' zoas are actually called Fiery Grapes. The yellow mouths and distinct inner whitish-blue, outer purple rings as well as red skirt all match. :)

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Good news! My mum was discharged from hospital today because she made quick progress! :D Although she needs constant rest, I love having her back home again. Hospital shifts were stressful on everyone, and even though the staff there were amazing and nice, I'd still prefer to see her recovering at home than in an unfamiliar ward. :)

 

Also, here's a small FTS today of the tank (some polyps closed up because my hermit just ploughed through them) - I'm planning on gluing the Implosion Green Palys to the front/center of the LR piece, and the brown Magician paly colony on the left of the pic (right of the rock) as well. I'm still debating if I should glue down the Fingers though. Is this advisable?

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and I'll be picking up some of my corals tomorrow - tiny colonies and frags. :)

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I did a big mistake last night. I was busy righting back some of the corals my hermits had toppled over and didn't realize a small strip of tissue paper was stuck to my palm. Next thing I know, that tiny strip gets wet and sucked in by my wavemaker, grinded to a gazillion pieces and I had tissue confetti all over my tank. Dusk, my clownfish ingested some bits, and my corals opened up for feeding. I did an emergency 90% WC to get as much of the tissue debri out and checked up on everyone, and they seemed okay. Today morning, Dusk was even doing his usual shimmy dance with his new caramel clownfish friend I picked up yesterday evening (she didn't ingest the tissue), and by afternoon he had deteriorated tremendously. He can't swim straight and is colliding into corals, rocks and even the glass. He's also breathing rather rapidly.

 

I fished him out of the tank and set up a mini hospital tank with an airstone for him, but he's lying on one end, looking exhausted. Is there any way to help him, or do I just wait it out and hope for the best?

 

I have other things to update you guys with, but this takes precedence.

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Don't feed him unless you want to try a cooked pea (the inside mushy part).. if he'll eat that, it is a laxative. I have used it on fresh water fish before.

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Don't feed him unless you want to try a cooked pea (the inside mushy part).. if he'll eat that, it is a laxative. I have used it on fresh water fish before.

 

Too late, Tam. He just passed away a few minutes ago. The other fish and inverts in my tank are doing well. Some of my corals however, are unhappy. I think I might need to do another WC and some more sandbed vacuuming. Gosh, what an utter nightmare. :(

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So sorry :(

 

I didn't really think of it before but I suppose if a fish ate something not sharp like tissue paper... putting them in a small cup of water with a high dose of prazipro (drop or two) will make them vomit. I guess it would have to be done immediately after though.

 

I sort of found out that side effect accidentally while battling super flukes.

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That stinks about your clown shadow :(.

 

:tears:

 

So sorry :(

 

I didn't really think of it before but I suppose if a fish ate something not sharp like tissue paper... putting them in a small cup of water with a high dose of prazipro (drop or two) will make them vomit. I guess it would have to be done immediately after though.

 

I sort of found out that side effect accidentally while battling super flukes.

 

Prazipro is apparently now illegal in Malaysia - I just found that out several weeks back. Most of the Prazi found here has been snuck in via Singapore, and used primarily in LFSes. I could secure some again, but unfortunately I didn't think of this either. I was too busy freaking out and trying to siphon out as much of the tissue as I could. :(

 

oh man. Was it your newest clown? sorry to hear.

 

Thankfully the newer one was still too suspicious of eating any food on her first day, so she didn't bite. Neither did any of my other livestock. But Dusk was happily zipping around and wolfing down bits of paper before I could even shut off the pumps. :(

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Before I explain, here are some pics:

 

 

 

 

My 2-year-old hermit crab. Approximately 3.5" and still growing.

 

 

 

 

My mini maxi carpet nem back to 100% original yellow and green color.

 

 

 

Soft finger leather with full PE after Reef Roids.

 

 

 

Scooter the Algae blenny.

 

 

 

Colossus, my largest hermit. 4.5" in girth.

 

 

So okay, here goes. I think Firsttimereefer is probably the only one who more or less knows what's already happening with my tank.

 

As most of you know, Dusk passed away after ingesting bits of tissue by accident. The day the incident happened, I went to LFS B to pick up a new clownfish to pair up with Dusk. Dusk did his shimmy dance with the new caramel-colored clown that I named Dawn, and it was all good until the tissue incident occurred. Problem is, I also picked up another fish at LFS B, which you might call an impulse purchase. I picked up a spotted mandarin dragonet male that was incredibly plump and approximately 2.25" long.

 

Without any training whatsoever, the male mandarin dragonet has eaten frozen mysis, frozen brine and even Hikari Marine S pellets. He was wild caught and just shipped in and was very stressed at the store, but perked up a lot in my tank and has a heart-shape on the third spot along his spine:

 

 

 

 

 

And this is Dawn, the caramel-colored clownfish. LFS B had no idea that this was a special type of clownfish and sold it to me for RM5, when it usually costs RM 60 (x12 the amount I purchased it for):

 

 

 

And then Dusk passed away. I was heartbroken. I mourned for him, and unlike my other fish that get wrapped in a special tissue paper and then get flushed or binned, I gave him a proper send-off.

 

In between all this and after I had purchased Dawn and the new male Mandy (I named him Carlos), LFS A called to say their major DT holding ALL my corals crashed. I rushed over to pull everything back, but it's been two days and none of the zoas, GSP, pipe organs and other colonies opened, even in my tank. LFS A has actually done the undoable - they managed to kill my entire GSP colony. Even though I still have fractured bits of GSP mat clinging on to a rock that I carefully laid in my tank, only one lone polyp opened up and that was it. The rest of the GSP mat were sloughed off by my hermits and blenny. The pipe organ was worse - covered in debri and came with a weird purple slug that was an 1" long that I got rid off. So naturally I was flustered. I purchased 2 fish from LFS B, had to bring back dying corals and my only healthy nem (did I mention they lost my other nem as well?!) from LFS A and was aware that my bioload was going to be overloaded.

 

So I crossed my fingers, prayed really hard and introduced everyone into the tank. Did a 30% WC just in case. This, was roughly a day or two ago.

 

Today, LFS B calls me to say that some of the freshwater fish pellets I ordered had finally come through. So I drove against my specialists orders to LFS B to pick up my pellets. And hey, I spotted some clownfish. So I decided, against my better judgement, to purchase one regular baby Occy. Then I saw my weakness. A lone female Mandarin that was huge. After 30 mins of wrestling with my conscience, I made my second impulse purchase.

 

And well, I introduced both fish to my system and the unthinkable happened. The clownfish bonded immediately and the Mandarin began to do a courtship dance. My jaw dropped. I have hundreds of photos literally snapped today alone of them dancing, shimmying, snuggling, eating together and even playing with their reflections.

 

And before you kill me for this - I have a 12" (L) x 3" (W) x 10" (H) acrylic fuge box and a bread loaf size of Chaeto arriving on Tuesday. I have to shove my centerpiece forwards and squeeze the box in, but it is -hopefully- doable.

 

I will be changing the water by 30% every Mon, Wed and Sat over the next month until everything settles down and the bioload catches up. My tank's temp is running between 26'C to 27'C so that's great so far.

 

Here are some pics:

 

1) clownfish courtship:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The new pair are named Dusk II and Dawn I (but I'll just call them Dusk and Dawn).

 

2) spotted mandarin dragonet courtship (Carlos and Isabella - or Bella for short):

 

 

 

 

 

Spending time next to one another.

 

 

 

Carlos hovering over Bella.

 

 

 

Resting on top of one another.

 

 

 

 

 

So there you go. Won't be updating much from here on out unless something interesting happens, I guess. Thanks for watching.

 

~Shadow

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I'm so glad some positive events are happening in your tank! I really felt for you when you lost Michael and it's so great that you can have a mandarin (or two ;)) back in your life again. They are adorable!

 

You might recall that the same thing happened to me when I introduced my two spotted mandarins; they bonded instantly and have been best buddies ever since. It is so cute to watch them interact. Not sure if it's luck or a matter of getting a pair that are the right size in relation to each other.

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I'm so glad some positive events are happening in your tank! I really felt for you when you lost Michael and it's so great that you can have a mandarin (or two ;)) back in your life again. They are adorable!

 

You might recall that the same thing happened to me when I introduced my two spotted mandarins; they bonded instantly and have been best buddies ever since. It is so cute to watch them interact. Not sure if it's luck or a matter of getting a pair that are the right size in relation to each other.

 

I know. I miss him terribly as well - there are days I do think of him, and truly wish I could reverse time. :tears: But...I am grateful and happy to be given a chance to raise Mandarins again. Training them is half the battle - keeping them at peak health long-term is another half. Michael lived with me for almost a year and was two-years-old in total (he initially belonged to another reefer who kept him for about a year). I recall re-training him and although it took a while, I managed to pull it off. Right now I fear for Isabella a little since she hasn't eaten anything yet, but given time and training, I'm sure she will. The bioload in my tank however, is right now incredibly high. As soon as I have breakfast, I'll be doing another WC. :)

 

And yes, I recalled your experience as well - it was the first thing that hit my mind when I watched my pair interact too! I think it's a mixture of luck as well as size relation as you said. Although my female is much more plump, she's only slightly longer than the male. The major difference between the two isn't so much the length, but more of the girth, I noticed. :)

 

I'm thrilled they're all doing so well. Everybody looks happy and they're in love.

 

I know, and I truly hope it lasts. I can't wait for my fuge box and Chaeto to arrive though! It's coming from six states away up north. :)

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Found a weird black flaky thing clinging on to Isabella's head right before I turned the moonlights off.

 

Turns out to be an isopod, so I gently scooped my Mandy into a tiny cup, frisked out a pair of tweezers from my old zoology kit and tried to gently extracted it from her. After poking her once by complete accident - to which she gave me 'The-Great-And-Mighty-Mandy-Stare-of-Doom', I decided to gently brush my fingertip along her head to see if I could dislodge the isopod. After a few strokes, it let go of the fish along with a tiny trail of mucus, and I immediately isolated Isabella before checking her over to see if she carried anymore hidden isopods. Didn't locate any so I released her back into the tank. Now I'm just hoping that that was the lone isopod that unfortunately hitchiked on something, and there aren't any others lurking amongst my LR. :unsure:

 

 

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Yikes, sounds nasty. Things stuck on your fish.

 

I know, they're horrible little bugs. :(

 

 

As for the tank, I did a WC yesterday and things looked fine. I brought the rockwork to the very front to accomodate the new in-tank fuge arriving tomorrow/day after with Chaeto, and I had to juggle around with some coral pieces to make everything 'fit'. The display looks a bit too cramped if you ask me.

 

This morning however, I noticed both my clowns were paler than usual and breathing slightly heavily. They weren't gasping yet, and weren't completely washed out, but I anyways set up a hospital tank and placed them both in it with some Metronidazole. Might include some antibiotics as well if it progresses into something else. I'm just hoping it's not Brook, or it's pretty much a lost cause. :(

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