Tamberav Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Thanks all So my urchin wasn't doing well since the move, sort of sluggish and not sticking well, he perished a few days ago I didn't take the body out right away and woke up to this today.... it is sort of morbid and cute lol The blenny thinks he has a new clubhouse complete with spy hole.... 2016-08-01_02-32-10 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr 8 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Omigosh, I couldn't figure out what it was at first! I'm sorry about the urchin, but that does make a really cute blenny house 2 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 Oh wow, looks like those ornamental urchins now. But the blenny- great repurposer. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Blennys are just too adorable Not sure where I will put this....but got this girl for a whopping $5 at the LFS... it is either a N. wennerae or N. bredini. She is about an inch big, right now. She is in a breeder box while I decide if she will live in the fuge or have her own tank. DSC_0054 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr DSC_0058 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr You can see the white meral spots in this shot. DSC_0060 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr Also picked up a 2g glass jar/vase thing, might do something with it. 2016-08-02_08-54-27 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr 6 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 $5 of awesome!! What a deal. Now imagine my Gert was 1/2" big. While Gertie went from complete maroon to green, this is like a combination of both! I'll be curious to see how she changes through molts. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Water change day! 10g changed... test day too. Ca: 415 dKH: 9 Mg: 1360 NO3: 1 PO4: 0.03 Dialed back the alk doser. Will probably add a little bit of Ca, it dropped from 440 last week so may need to start dosing a tiny bit of that too. $5 of awesome!! What a deal. Now imagine my Gert was 1/2" big. While Gertie went from complete maroon to green, this is like a combination of both! I'll be curious to see how she changes through molts. One mans trash is anothers treasure! Pretty much made my day to find this girl, I am curious how she will change too. Looks like she couldn't make up her mind last molt. 3 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Blennys are just too adorable Not sure where I will put this....but got this girl for a whopping $5 at the LFS... it is either a N. wennerae or N. bredini. She is about an inch big, right now. She is in a breeder box while I decide if she will live in the fuge or have her own tank. I'd say N. wennerae. When I got mine awhile back he had the same mottled pattern. First molt he went all green though. I've never seen them keep that coloration in a tank. Very cool! Have you decided where it'll be living? 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 I'd say N. wennerae. When I got mine awhile back he had the same mottled pattern. First molt he went all green though. I've never seen them keep that coloration in a tank. Very cool! Have you decided where it'll be living? N. wennerae and bredini are completely indistinguishable visually but I am going to go with N. wennerae since that is the name we all know. I decided against the fuge because I just know she will climb over the baffles. Plus she will get larger and if anything happened to my husbands clown in the fuge he would be pretty mad! I have the old fluval spec V I think would work great. Right now it is being used as a QT but I can just use a 5g bucket or anything for a QT really. I don't plan to have a light over the spec V, or at least nothing powerful, not sure if that will effect her colors or not. I would assume ambient lighting might still change her. Will put my suns in with her. She may molt before I even get the tank up though ;p 2 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 N. wennerae and bredini are completely indistinguishable visually but I am going to go with N. wennerae since that is the name we all know. I decided against the fuge because I just know she will climb over the baffles. Plus she will get larger and if anything happened to my husbands clown in the fuge he would be pretty mad! I have the old fluval spec V I think would work great. Right now it is being used as a QT but I can just use a 5g bucket or anything for a QT really. I don't plan to have a light over the spec V, or at least nothing powerful, not sure if that will effect her colors or not. I would assume ambient lighting might still change her. Will put my suns in with her. She may molt before I even get the tank up though ;p Yea that's right but I'm not sure N. bredini ever have that mottled green/ purple coloration. Not that it matters, badass whatever it is The spec V would be perfect for that little guy! 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 Picked up a new urchin today, this one is red which I like. 2016-08-06_07-39-43 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr And this tiny little angel was a good price, could almost buy two at the LFS for the cheapest one on Live Aquaria. Shes getting acclimated into a 20g L QT. 2016-08-06_07-41-10 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr The springer damsel is still in the Spec V QT and doing well, I think it has been 3 weeks now. I'm doing a 2nd round of prazi (double strength) and she finished CP, may add her to the fuge next week. She can hang out there until I'm ready to add her as the last fish. More of a passive damsel, but better to be safe. 4 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 7, 2016 Author Share Posted August 7, 2016 The angel is out cruising the QT (treating with prazi), ate nutramar ova with gusto this morning. Anyone else get stressed out when they have new fish? Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night to peak at the tank to make sure they are still alive. I swear each new fish probably raises my blood pressure the first month or two. 3 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 What kind of an angel is that and how big do they get? I've never seen one like that before. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 What kind of an angel is that and how big do they get? I've never seen one like that before. I did a some research before the purchase... here is what I came up with: It is a female bellus angel, Genicanthus bellus. They are open water swimmers and eat of the water column but snack on algae off the rocks too, one of the safest angels with coral as it is not part of their natural diet. They are listed as peaceful. There are exceptions to the rule and some ppl reported them eating coral or being bossy. LA has them listed as up to 7" in the wild but in captivity they seem to get around 4-6 inches average. Everything I could find suggested they are very slow growers. They are hardy and the most common issue it decompression because they are from deep water around 150-300ft. They are active swimmer and do need room to move around. 1 Quote Link to comment
FlowerMama Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Explain the decompression. Like they don't make it because people don't acclimate correctly? Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Explain the decompression. Like they don't make it because people don't acclimate correctly? The people who catch them not acclimating them properly. For deep water fish, you want to be sure they are swimming correctly and not pointing their nose down, ect. This video explains it better than I can 1 Quote Link to comment
RollaJase Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 How did I miss this! Tank is looking great so far . 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I missed this as well!! Looking great, Tam!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 How did I miss this! Tank is looking great so far . I missed this as well!! Looking great, Tam!! Thanks guys! I discover new threads every day and I'm like wtf where I been! 3 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Thanks guys! I discover new threads every day and I'm like wtf where I been! That's exactly what I thought when I found yours! 1 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 That's exactly what I thought when I found yours! Same!! Lovely tank Tam! That lined dartfish is so beautiful! And that rare goby too! Do you have any pics of the goby in your tank? Omgsh that angel is the cutest. How do you find all these awesome fish?? 2 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 Tux is settling in and finding many new hats. 2016-08-09_04-36-56 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr Same!! Lovely tank Tam! That lined dartfish is so beautiful! And that rare goby too! Do you have any pics of the goby in your tank?Omgsh that angel is the cutest. How do you find all these awesome fish?? Diver's Den mostly but that angel was from the LFS here. They seem to have really inexpensive fish. No pic of the goby yet but he is getting braver, today he was out snatching food but when he saw me he darted into the rocks and was eyeballing me from his cave. He doesn't trust me yet. I think he just needs time, my dartfish didn't come out for several months, then he would only snatch food and hide again for another month. I have had him awhile now though (maybe a year?) and now he is out all the time. He has a huge big fin but he was being a booger and wouldn't put it up for me when I had the camera out. 4 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 The angel is out cruising the QT (treating with prazi), ate nutramar ova with gusto this morning. Anyone else get stressed out when they have new fish? Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night to peak at the tank to make sure they are still alive. I swear each new fish probably raises my blood pressure the first month or two. This is totally me! The tank looks great and I love the new angelfish 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 10, 2016 Author Share Posted August 10, 2016 This is totally me! The tank looks great and I love the new angelfish Thanks, so far so good. I'm glad to know I am not the only one lol These fish go through a lot of stress but it stresses me out too! 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Fishy! 2016-08-10_11-44-55 by Tana Jahangier, on Flickr 10g water changed today... Nitrates creeping up a lil. I will have to keep an eye on that. I kind of went a little ham on the reef roids. Ca: 435 Mg: 1360 dKH: 8.6 PO4: 0.01 No3: 4 3 Quote Link to comment
yoshii Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 So cute! Is she eating well? 1 Quote Link to comment
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