billerbong Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Really cool scape -- love your use of mangroves and air plants! Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 3 hours ago, gena said: Agreed. Not big-time hiders. But they are shy. The longer you have it, the braver it will get. Great fish. Hmm. Good food for thought. Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 20 hours ago, samnaz said: Painted or Wartskin Anglerfish. The tinier the better. Obvi unsuitable for most tanks probably including yours but it's always my first fish choice. I mean who can resist this?!... Dang and I thought I had a little one insert wiener jokes................... What do you feed that thing? So what fish are you really after? There are many fish out there that would fit the bill............what swimmers do you have now? 2 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 I have 2 clowns, starry blenny, and royal gramma. I want some open swimmers. Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 @spectra so what are your suggestions? Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 10 minutes ago, Nixperience said: @spectra so what are your suggestions? Well in my 30 I only have one clown, a algae blenny, a target mandarin, midas blenny and well a mystery wrasse..................... so not really sure................. Hell I would like more fish to but.............. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Just now, spectra said: Well in my 30 I only have one clown, a algae blenny, a target mandarin, midas blenny and well a mystery wrasse..................... so not really sure................. Hell I would like more fish to but.............. Well you have 1 more fish than I have. If I don't increase the bioload, I'll either have to keep feeding heavy or my macros will wither. I like mystery wrasses. Don't they jump? 1 Quote Link to comment
spectra Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 7 minutes ago, Nixperience said: Well you have 1 more fish than I have. If I don't increase the bioload, I'll either have to keep feeding heavy or my macros will wither. I like mystery wrasses. Don't they jump? Who knows but I run the top on my 30.............. only tank I do it on. Hell my 100 has a corus, possum, leopard, and the chaoti........................knock on wood....................no top 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 Just now, spectra said: Who knows but I run the top on my 30.............. only tank I do it on. Hell my 100 has a corus, possum, leopard, and the chaoti........................knock on wood....................no top I guess it's just luck of the draw. Not sure I'd want to risk it with $100 fish. Is it easily spooked? That tends to be the main jump factor. Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 18 hours ago, spectra said: Dang and I thought I had a little one insert wiener jokes................... What do you feed that thing? So what fish are you really after? There are many fish out there that would fit the bill............what swimmers do you have now? I don't actually have one (YET). Pic came from google. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 I was trying the lid, but i think with the mangroves and rock coming out, it looks stupid. And it's a pain in the ass to do maintenance now. Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 My PSW got a lot braver overnight after I moved the two big clowns out of the tank For free swimmers, how about bangaii cardinals? Ummmm, so I may have just gotten five of them today for the 40g 2 Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Lids look stupid period. One of the pros of having a tank with no fish 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 50 minutes ago, teenyreef said: My PSW got a lot braver overnight after I moved the two big clowns out of the tank For free swimmers, how about bangaii cardinals? Ummmm, so I may have just gotten five of them today for the 40g The bangaii are cool, but they kind of tasty still a lot. I really wish I could have a wrasse. But that school looks awesome. Also, that's like 15" of fish full grown. Quote Link to comment
billerbong Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 I had the same problem with my lid -- I knew I wanted jumpers and decided to keep the lid. I went for an acrylic lid as it looks a little less invasive than the IM black rimmed one. I added some hinges so I can still do take maintenance without taking it off completely. I Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 minute ago, billerbong said: I had the same problem with my lid -- I knew I wanted jumpers and decided to keep the lid. I went for an acrylic lid as it looks a little less invasive than the IM black rimmed one. I added some hinges so I can still do take maintenance without taking it off completely. I Wow that is a sweet mangrove! Quote Link to comment
billerbong Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Thanks! It was a challenge getting it to work with a tank this shallow but I'm pretty happy with it. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 1 hour ago, billerbong said: Thanks! It was a challenge getting it to work with a tank this shallow but I'm pretty happy with it. How old is it? Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Just noticed my monti has been developing some purple striping. Is this a good thing? Bottom half you can see it. More prominent when not an iPhone photo. Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 I lowered the left shelf 1.5" to get as much head room as possible for the incoming frag tank. Not sure if I'll need a fan in there yet or not. We'll see. Oh, and I've decided on a coral beauty for the next fish. 2 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 Reefcleaners just shipped some halimeda and gracilara today. I'm going to get a BTA from a local reefer Wednesday. And I'm waiting for my frag tank to be built and shipped from oceanbox designs. Woot! 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 6, 2017 Author Share Posted June 6, 2017 BTA got delayed because he couldn't free it up yet, so I went and got a new fish instead. I've been debating it and trying to avoid coral nippers and jumpers really eliminates most fish. I decided that I have enough macros and I feed frequently enough that I would risk the coral nipping behavior. I got a Fiji Coral Beauty. She's hiding in a cave right now, but she ate at the lfs before I took her home. I'll have pics when she joins the party. 1 Quote Link to comment
Nixperience Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 She's out and happy 4 Quote Link to comment
Weetabix7 Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 11 minutes ago, Nixperience said: She's out and happy Oooh, beautiful!!! I've always wanted to have one of these. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lula_Mae Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 1 hour ago, Nixperience said: She's out and happy Pretty girl! Quote Link to comment
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