Lula_Mae Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Awwww!!! My favorite grumpy faced dingwobbler fisher fish! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 8 hours ago, Lula_Mae said: Awwww!!! My favorite grumpy faced dingwobbler fisher fish! I know I've never been so upset by a fish loss before Quote Link to comment
Thunder Goose Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 So sorry. This is the hard part of the hobby. We'll all miss Bubba. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, Thunder Goose said: So sorry. This is the hard part of the hobby. We'll all miss Bubba. You're absolutely right. I got lucky for the first 2 years in this hobby and didn't lose one fish or invert. Too bad that didn't last. On a happier note, I was watching a reefbuilders video and spied one of my paintings on Jake Adam's art wall! right behind his head... 14 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well, I ordered a bonded pair of hi-fin gobies and a red striped pistol to go in my macro tank. They're coming today. But now I'm thinking of putting them in this tank..... so there may be a surprise later 4 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 So sorry to read about Buba. He was so much fun to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment
lkoechle Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I am sorry about Bubba. I came on to catch up and this is not what I wanted to read. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 9 minutes ago, lkoechle said: I am sorry about Bubba. I came on to catch up and this is not what I wanted to read. Yeah, definitely not a good update. I hate not knowing what caused it. 51 minutes ago, debbeach13 said: So sorry to read about Buba. He was so much fun to watch. Thanks Deb. Quote Link to comment
cnseekatz Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 I'm sorry to hear about Bubba! That stinks! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 1 hour ago, cnseekatz said: I'm sorry to hear about Bubba! That stinks! Thanks Chris I know you know that pain all too well. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 11, 2017 Author Share Posted July 11, 2017 Well, a good ending for the contest tank today. I trimmed off about a gallon of macro algae as it was getting too jungly and did a water change before the gobies and pistol got here. I acclimated the gobies and shrimp then dumped them into their new home. One goby went off exploring and the other immediately found the pistol. I have no idea where the adventurer is, but the other two have been building stuff all day. They first chose a chalice frag to live under but that didn't really work so I moved some snake polyps over for them to live under. Photo (I sure hope the other goby finds them tonight) And full tank shot after trimming. Of course I knocked over the sponge, knocked off some stuff that was glued, but there's more room for stuff to continue growing now. 10 Quote Link to comment
debbeach13 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Quote Looks great and nice additions. 1 Quote Link to comment
SeaFurn Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Tank tooks amazing! So neat the goby and shrimp buddied up so fast! 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Looks great! So sorry to hear about poor Bubba..... it always sucks when you have no idea of the cause of death. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 11 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Looks great! So sorry to hear about poor Bubba..... it always sucks when you have no idea of the cause of death. I know. I of course blame myself. I think I may have overfed him - although I was careful to look to make sure his stomach didn't look like it had anything in it before I fed the tank. I actually think he may have eaten a hermit crab, shell and all, about 3 weeks ago. I thought the bump in his stomach looked like a shell. But after a couple days he seemed normal again so I figured it was just a shrimp outline. 2 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, stellablue said: I know. I of course blame myself. I think I may have overfed him - although I was careful to look to make sure his stomach didn't look like it had anything in it before I fed the tank. I actually think he may have eaten a hermit crab, shell and all, about 3 weeks ago. I thought the bump in his stomach looked like a shell. But after a couple days he seemed normal again so I figured it was just a shrimp outline. You'd think they would know not to eat some crazy sh*t like that. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, WV Reefer said: You'd think they would know not to eat some crazy sh*t like that. Ha right? I'm still not sure. But I did have a tiny hermit in a cerith shell and that's what the outline looked like. When he seemed fine after a week, I stopped worrying. Not sure if it was that - more likely me over feeding. I would put in two gut loaded ghost shrimp 2x a week. I'm thinking that was too much. Still no sign of the other goby. They are both really tiny so I looked in the back chambers and still nothing. I also looked around the tank thinking he could've jumped but didn't see anything. Maybe he's still hiding in some macro. Jeff named the goby and shrimp pair: red and bumble 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 14 minutes ago, stellablue said: Ha right? I'm still not sure. But I did have a tiny hermit in a cerith shell and that's what the outline looked like. When he seemed fine after a week, I stopped worrying. Not sure if it was that - more likely me over feeding. I would put in two gut loaded ghost shrimp 2x a week. I'm thinking that was too much. Still no sign of the other goby. They are both really tiny so I looked in the back chambers and still nothing. I also looked around the tank thinking he could've jumped but didn't see anything. Maybe he's still hiding in some macro. Jeff named the goby and shrimp pair: red and bumble They are cute! I definitely want a goby shrimp pair when the big tank is ready. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mariaface Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Dangit, Stella! You beat me to posting about the wheeler goby pair and shrimp I got this weekend I should put up a longer post later this week; my thread's been lacking in details.. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 25 minutes ago, Mariaface said: Dangit, Stella! You beat me to posting about the wheeler goby pair and shrimp I got this weekend I should put up a longer post later this week; my thread's been lacking in details.. Well that's so cool! We copied each other without even meaning to. This morning though I don't see any of them. It's not a large tank - how can two gobies and a shrimp hide that well?? 2 Quote Link to comment
Mariaface Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, stellablue said: Well that's so cool! We copied each other without even meaning to. This morning though I don't see any of them. It's not a large tank - how can two gobies and a shrimp hide that well?? You're telling me! I swear the three of mine are huddled inside the tunnel under a rock, with the tunnel almost closed. How are they breathing?! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Finished up a couple of new paintings yesterday! and my FTS for week 9! Time flies the pistol and goby apparently threw algae around all night as I looked in the tank this morning and algae was everywhere. Every piece had been dislodged from the mangrove planter except the blue scroll and is now on the sandbed free floating. I'm going to need to do some regluing and such later. 5 Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Nice, any SPS paintings in the works? 1 Quote Link to comment
ReefWeeds Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 1 minute ago, Sk8n Reefer said: Nice, any SPS paintings in the works? Actually..... now that you mention it.... yes ? But since I'm not sure how they will turn out, I haven't posted them up yet 3 Quote Link to comment
Sk8n Reefer Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 I am sure they will be as amazing as your others!! 1 Quote Link to comment
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