LITTLE BLUE| IM30L (picking up pieces after the crush)

[A Little Blue]

13 minutes ago, micoastreefing said:

The pink one looks a lot like this Formosa stag from LA. 

 

Its really hard to tell on the other one, but def still an acro. 

Yeah, that’s the closest one so far. I would love it if that was a stag but as I remember, the guy that I got it from didn’t have any stags in his main tank. I guess we will find out in 6 months or so. 

To be honest, I’m not even sure what are its true colors. Besides, many corals in my tank look different than “same” corals in other ppls tanks. Perhaps because I don’t run my lights super blue or because my Alk is higher than most. 

[A Little Blue]

Pissed little fella 😏

[A Little Blue]

Meet BOLT - Curacao Deepwater Chromis 

 

 

Night on Little Blue reef:

 

And some latest frag additions:

 

[A Little Blue]

Since I assumed that my Circus Goby have vanished (I haven’t seen him in 2 months) I decided to replenish my fish stocking with new fish (deep water Chromis). Guess what? Circus Goby popped out of nowhere while feeding heavier few minutes ago. And now, I am a little concern with possibility of overstocked tank. 

I’ll monitor water parameters over the next month or so and I’ll try to determine a necessary approach to address this silly issue. 

[KW NANOREEF]

34 minutes ago, A Little Blue said:

Since I assumed that my Circus Goby have vanished (I haven’t seen him in 2 months) I decided to replenish my fish stocking with new fish (deep water Chromis). Guess what? Circus Goby popped out of nowhere while feeding heavier few minutes ago. And now, I am a little concern with possibility of overstocked tank. 

I’ll monitor water parameters over the next month or so and I’ll try to determine a necessary approach to address this silly issue. 

Fish are weird little creatures. I think @Nano Nano Boo Boo Is about to see his little clown goby pop out soon. Funny creatures, but you gotta love em!

[Cannedfish]

Bolt is a really cool little fish! How do they do under bright lights, being from the deep? Also what's personality like? I love seeing people get unusual fish!

[A Little Blue]

4 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Fish are weird little creatures. I think @Nano Nano Boo Boo Is about to see his little clown goby pop out soon. Funny creatures, but you gotta love em!

I’m experiencing some odd behavioral theater at the moment. It’s interesting to see how addition of one fish can shake foundation of social hierarchy. 

 

[A Little Blue]

19 minutes ago, Cannedfish said:

Bolt is a really cool little fish! How do they do under bright lights, being from the deep? Also what's personality like? I love seeing people get unusual fish!

Bolt is slowly growing on me. 

I would say behavior is extremely social and friendly.  Mama Clown isn’t so forgiving as she noticed grace and speed that Bolt uses to sail between food particles during feeding. Light doesn’t seem to be the issue. It stays in the open %99 of the times. Eats well and it has great appetite so far. Female clown seem to like to gang up on Bolt together with Firefish. Which is really odd since Firefish never bothered any other fish except few headbutt exchanges with Tailspot. Fortunately, Bolt is lightning fast and enjoys those silly chases from two, slow, dummies playing who is the “boss”. 

Most fish have been together for so long that new addition seems like a risky and radical proposition. But if new fish can’t take few punches every now and then, its place and survival on Little Blue reef is questionable. I certainly won’t go out of my way to accommodate the newcomers. 

If you can hold your own and survive, than you’re more than welcome, if not ..... there is the door. Lol 

I’ll keep a close eye on behavior of all fish involved in this little game of thrones. I have few options available if intervention is necessary. But I’m more concerned about bioload than silly mini-aggressions at this point. In both cases, I have a pretty good arsenal of options if there is a need to act. 

[specore]

Bolt has the build of a fish who can hold his own.  

[KW NANOREEF]

Let just say that I added Tom the flame angel to my tank yesterday and now my clown stays in the back of the tank while my canary blenny (bob) sticks himself vertical in the front corner of the tank. What’s even more weird is the fact that my lawnmower blenny is more active than ever lol. The clown and the blenny are both starting to figure out that Tom is one of the most docile fish I have ever had.

[A Little Blue]

13 hours ago, specore said:

Bolt has the build of a fish who can hold his own.  

He sure looks like it but his behavior is super mellow. He gets chased by crazy Clown female and just zigzags around till she gets tired. Lol

That didn’t surprise me a bit (aggression) since they are kinda related. 

What did surprise me was aggression towards Bolt from “innocent” Firefish. Trying to figure this out and my only conclusion is that Bolt likes to hang around the same part of the tank which Firefish claimed since the move to a new tank.  

11 hours ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Let just say that I added Tom the flame angel to my tank yesterday and now my clown stays in the back of the tank while my canary blenny (bob) sticks himself vertical in the front corner of the tank. What’s even more weird is the fact that my lawnmower blenny is more active than ever lol. The clown and the blenny are both starting to figure out that Tom is one of the most docile fish I have ever had.

Seems like new tankmate addition to an established tank gets all occupants freak out a bit. I wouldn’t worry about it. With time, excitement and anxiety will slowely die out. Flame is a pretty fish. I would concider it but I have some concerns with its bipolar behavior towards coral. 

In some tanks, Flame is a model citizen and others complain about its nipping fetish. Since I have no experience with this fish, I simply didn’t want to take any chances. Few guys on NR got Flame Angel lately and I’ll follow their experiences with this beautiful fish. 

[specore]

19 minutes ago, A Little Blue said:

He sure looks like it but his behavior is super mellow. He gets chased by crazy Clown female and just zigzags around till she gets tired. Lol

That didn’t surprise me a bit (aggression) since they are kinda related. 

What did surprise me was aggression towards Bolt from “innocent” Firefish. Trying to figure this out and my only conclusion is that Bolt likes to hang around the same part of the tank which Firefish claimed since the move to a new tank.  

 

Bolt needs to put the firefish in its place 🙂

[A Little Blue]

On 9/5/2018 at 8:26 AM, specore said:

Bolt needs to put the firefish in its place 🙂

He can handle himself just fine. Not sure if I would want that (putting FF in its place) as these guys gets spooked by any fish with hint of aggression towards them. And usually retreat within rock scape for safety. 

Resurrection of a Clown Goby complicated things a bit as I might have a bit more bioload than I would like to deal with at the moment. 

[A Little Blue]

Coral vendor that I got latest batch of corals from let me know that he had some issues with one of the montis and couldn’t ship it. At least it was nice of him to let me know and offer a refund or store credit (and some freebie). Things like this happens all the time and I can’t emphasis enough the importance of dipping and making sure pests don’t get introduced to close system sach as reef tank. 

 

 

 

*Forgot to mention new food that I am trying out. Ordered it from live aquaria. 

[A Little Blue]

And more bad news. It seems like my coral shipment got lost. Perhaps my instinct to put getting new frags on hold was correct. 

Edit: 

It arrived really late (after 8:30pm). 

Dipped and placed in frag tank. 

 

[A Little Blue]

Some acros looked good enough to be moved to the main tank. Monti will remain in frag tank for observation. 

(Still a little pissed. Pics taken few hrs after dipping)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Bolt blending into his surroundings. 

 

 

Some awesome stingers extension. 

 

 

Frag tank

[A Little Blue]

9/12/18

All good. Nothing new but new Kessil 360X lights are tempting. Should be out by the end of the year. 

(Pics taken at %90 intensity and %35 color as per Kessil controller)

 

[specore]

Wow...those 360x's do look nice.  

[mitten_reef]

2 hours ago, A Little Blue said:

9/12/18

All good. Nothing new but new Kessil 360X lights are tempting. Should be out by the end of the year. 

(Pics taken at %90 intensity and %35 color as per Kessil controller)

 

WOW, the bare bottom look is definitely growing on me.  I think when I think of bare bottom tanks, they tend to be, well, bare.  but with yours so filled-in, the fact that there's no sand doesn't really matter to me. 

[A Little Blue]

3 hours ago, specore said:

Wow...those 360x's do look nice.  

They sure do. On my Christmas list. 🤫

48 minutes ago, micoastreefing said:

WOW, the bare bottom look is definitely growing on me.  I think when I think of bare bottom tanks, they tend to be, well, bare.  but with yours so filled-in, the fact that there's no sand doesn't really matter to me. 

Thanks. BB tanks can be great (for SPS) or PITA if you don’t keep up with the maintenance. Fortunately, my setup is such that my maintenance is minimal (enormous amount of flow). 

And I haven't started to add chalices yet. Since they come from the deep, light requirements aren’t critical and makes them a perfect candidates to fill the bottom voids. 

[specore]

I've never been a huge fan of the BB look personally; however, some pull it off better than others.  Don't know if you have seen Mr Microscopes tank, but his is my favorite BB ever.  

 

[A Little Blue]

18 minutes ago, specore said:

I've never been a huge fan of the BB look personally; however, some pull it off better than others.  Don't know if you have seen Mr Microscopes tank, but his is my favorite BB ever.  

 

I don’t think I have. I’ll check it out. 

Esthetics weren’t my priority, but it has to look presentable. Decision to go B.B. was based on easy maintenance and flow. 

[specore]

4 minutes ago, A Little Blue said:

I don’t think I have. I’ll check it out. 

Esthetics weren’t my priority, but it has to look presentable. Decision to go B.B. was based on easy maintenance and flow. 

I think the reason I am drawn to his tank is he really owned the BB thing.  There wasn't an attempt to grow GSP or even place corals on the bottom,  and the result was your focus went entirely to the reef structure itself.  At one point he even put an acrylic square underneath his reef structure which gave a cool effect.  

 

Yours looks great BTW...it's one of the BB's I really like.  

[A Little Blue]

Very nice tank. I also like FishOfHex BB tank/channel on YouTube. 

[specore]

2 minutes ago, A Little Blue said:

Very nice tank. I also like FishOfHex BB tank/channel on YouTube. 

I'll have to look it up