ninjamyst Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Those are nice watermelon zoas 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 25/1/2018 at 1:54 PM, ninjamyst said: Those are nice watermelon zoas Thanks Ninja, i love your tanks! That evo is a piece of art! 2 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 Update: tank is doing great! Just tested everything today. NO2: 0 NO3: 0 NH3/NH4: 0 It’s my daughters birthday on friday. You guys and girls think the tank is ready for some fish? I’ve got my eye on a maited pare of clownfish. 2 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great clean tank! 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 So today is my little girls birthday. This is a part of her gift, meet X and O It’s a pair of percula fancy black clownfish. Welcome home x and o. I know we need better names 2 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Thinking about naming them toothpaste (male) and Jacky (female) after my favorite belgian song. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Today i made some pictures of my tank under natural sunlight! Pretty sweet to see how my zoas open up. 2 Quote Link to comment
teenyreef Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Looks great, and I love the new clown fish! The fact that your zoas are doing well is a good sign. And the rocks look like they already have coralline on them, or maybe some kind of encrusting coral? Did you say they were dry rocks? 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 Just now, teenyreef said: Looks great, and I love the new clown fish! The fact that your zoas are doing well is a good sign. And the rocks look like they already have coralline on them, or maybe some kind of encrusting coral? Did you say they were dry rocks? Thanks Teeny! Yes the rocks are dry rocks. They actually make them to look as natural as possible with fake coraline and encrusting coral look. I liked it the minute i saw them. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Long time no update... I had a major setback. You can call it clownfish horror . My beautiful mated clownfish pair had brooklynella. I lost the big one after one week. The little one got hit by the mp10 after day 3 in the tank but managed to survive it. He had a big wound on his head but was eating good and was always swimming around. Sadly he died yesterday. The zoa coral is still doing great. Going to leave the tank fishless for a while and just add a small torch coral that i got from a colleague. Really sad i lost my two clownfish so quickly... 1 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 18 minutes ago, Rory282 said: Long time no update... I had a major setback. You can call it clownfish horror . My beautiful mated clownfish pair had brooklynella. I lost the big one after one week. The little one got hit by the mp10 after day 3 in the tank but managed to survive it. He had a big wound on his head but was eating good and was always swimming around. Sadly he died yesterday. The zoa coral is still doing great. Going to leave the tank fishless for a while and just add a small torch coral that i got from a colleague. Really sad i lost my two clownfish so quickly... Ugh! No! That's so sad to hear! Brooklynella is something that can stay in your tank. You should go fishless for a few weeks (6-8) until it completely dies off. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I am sorry you lost your fish Definitely go fishless for awhile. What I have done is have the LFS order ORA clownfish (or other captive bred fish) and tell them to leave them in the bag and call ASAP and I will pick them up. This way they don't get exposed to wild fish. I have also bought fish directly from breeders. Quote Link to comment
TatorTaco Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 On 2/19/2018 at 9:27 AM, kimberbee said: Ugh! No! That's so sad to hear! Brooklynella is something that can stay in your tank. You should go fishless for a few weeks (6-8) until it completely dies off. This. I'm in the same boat. Going fishless is pretty boring too tbh. Sorry man. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 19/02/2018 at 4:27 PM, kimberbee said: Ugh! No! That's so sad to hear! Brooklynella is something that can stay in your tank. You should go fishless for a few weeks (6-8) until it completely dies off. Will do Kimber... I am absolutely gutted . On 19/02/2018 at 4:32 PM, Tamberav said: I am sorry you lost your fish Definitely go fishless for awhile. What I have done is have the LFS order ORA clownfish (or other captive bred fish) and tell them to leave them in the bag and call ASAP and I will pick them up. This way they don't get exposed to wild fish. I have also bought fish directly from breeders. Thanks Tamberav, the fish i got were tank raised. The problem is the lfs i got them from has one big coral island (it holds al the wild caught fish too) and several small tanks that are connected to the main tank. So acutally it's one big system. So every tank raised fish is exposed to diseases from the wild caught fish (even though wild caught fish are in small quarantine buckets the first 2 weeks). I know not the smartest idea from my lfs... 16 hours ago, TatorTaco said: This. I'm in the same boat. Going fishless is pretty boring too tbh. Sorry man. Sorry to hear this TatorTaco, indeed fishless is boring for the moment! i've got one snail and a zoa to stare at Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 43 minutes ago, Rory282 said: Will do Kimber... I am absolutely gutted . Thanks Tamberav, the fish i got were tank raised. The problem is the lfs i got them from has one big coral island (it holds al the wild caught fish too) and several small tanks that are connected to the main tank. So acutally it's one big system. So every tank raised fish is exposed to diseases from the wild caught fish (even though wild caught fish are in small quarantine buckets the first 2 weeks). I know not the smartest idea from my lfs... Sorry to hear this TatorTaco, indeed fishless is boring for the moment! i've got one snail and a zoa to stare at Yeah, most LFS mix the captive bred with the wild caught If the LFS can order and keep them in the shipping bag for you (assuming you can go get them), it works really well. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 21/2/2018 at 4:54 PM, Tamberav said: Yeah, most LFS mix the captive bred with the wild caught If the LFS can order and keep them in the shipping bag for you (assuming you can go get them), it works really well. That’s a great tip! Thanks Tamberav! 1 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Got a nice ric today for about 10$. Been fishless for 2 weeks now, only 6 weeks to go . 2 Quote Link to comment
vlangel Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 I am sorry for your losses, that hurts. Your tank looks very nice though. Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 A few pictures 4 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 looking great man! Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Close up pic of the new ricordea there is a little feather duster growing on my zoa’s frag plug. At first i thought it was aiptasia but then i saw the tube. Going te leave it there. 23 hours ago, vlangel said: I am sorry for your losses, that hurts. Your tank looks very nice though. Thanks man! 19 hours ago, SURVEYMAN46123 said: looking great man! Thanks Surveyman! 2 Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Video update Tank is doing really great after the brooklynella setback... If you watch the video you can see the little feather duster. It has grown quite a bit. Last night i saw 2 super small bristle worms. Should i try to catch them? 2 Quote Link to comment
kimberbee Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 48 minutes ago, Rory282 said: Last night i saw 2 super small bristle worms. Should i try to catch them? You can if you want, but I wouldn't bother - I have tons in my rockwork and sand. They can be a good part of the clean up crew, especially since they tend (in my experience) to stay near the rock/sand line where it can be hard to clean. On the flipside - big ones can be a nuisance and can effect corals (I've seen bigger ones take food out of my acans mouths!). Don't touch with your bare hands - they sting! Quote Link to comment
Rory282 Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 On 9/3/2018 at 4:24 PM, kimberbee said: You can if you want, but I wouldn't bother - I have tons in my rockwork and sand. They can be a good part of the clean up crew, especially since they tend (in my experience) to stay near the rock/sand line where it can be hard to clean. On the flipside - big ones can be a nuisance and can effect corals (I've seen bigger ones take food out of my acans mouths!). Don't touch with your bare hands - they sting! Thx for the advice Kimber. I’m going to leave them in my tank for now. So my snail was cleaning the little piece of live rock my ricordea sits on and they both tumbled down on the sand. Ricordea was a little bit pissed off but it’s fine now. another little video, it’s just so relaxing to watch that little tank. 3 Quote Link to comment
SURVEYMAN46123 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I love this little set up. Gonna be striking once you get more coral in there. Quote Link to comment
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