Snow_Phoenix Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Ratvan said: I might have to try that idea out, will save Shady from relaxing on the Powerhead Yeah - all you need is a magnetic clip (the seaweed one) and just some mesh. They seem to love perching on things - especially vertical perches and overhangs. If there was a way to get some magnetic rocks here at reasonable prices, I'd pick up 2 to 3 because I know these gals would enjoy them. 1 hour ago, Tamberav said: You take great photos. This thread is always full of eye candy. Thanks, Tam! Some of the background in the pics can be a tad grainy though. I've tried to adjust it using Lightshop, but no dice, so I just leave it as it is. Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 I took these without any lens filter during mid-afternoon today. Lights were most on whites with the blues slowly revving up. 😊👍 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 Foxy on patrol: Cleo hovering over the sandbed: She is still very active. But not eating prepared food properly. 😕 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 I took these with the yellow lens filter during evening. By this time, the whites were dialing down and the tank was mostly doused in blue. My little lions: 🥰 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 I truly appreciate their beauty, especially when they swim together: 🥰 I'm honestly sorely tempted to forgo my last two fish slots and get a third lion - possibly another female. The bioload will be a pain though! Still thinking hard about it. 🤔 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Begging for food: I'll drop in a couple of shrimp later. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Fancy fins. 💦 Dropped in some frozen krill earlier. Lily tried one, but wasn't too thrilled. I think when push comes to shove, they will evetually accept frozen if they are hungry enough. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 28, 2022 Author Share Posted May 28, 2022 Fed the shrimp some tetrabits pellets then dropped a few of them into the tank: Both lions immediately caught one each. I saw one of the fish get a second helping, but I am not sure whether it was Lady or Lily. At least the lions are sated for now. 👍 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Foxy really enjoyed some frozen clam meat last night. Caught her trying to find any leftovers in the shell this morning. 😅 Cleo on the hunt for more pods and worms. Still no luck in completely weaning her onto prepared, but I am still trying. Hawke. 🥰 PJ up close. She's so pretty. 🥰 My version of CUC for this tank: 😅 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 The lions were reasonably active today. They love perching under overhangs or on rocky surfaces (and even the clam feeder! 😅), but I noticed they like to swim about too. They're cute now, but will be a force to be reckoned with when they grow up. I truly love my pair and am thankful for them. 🥰 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 Happy lions this morning. 😊 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 A closer look:- Puffy! 🥰 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 New bottle of liquid brine shrimp for my fish tomorrow~ 😊👍 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 17 hours ago, Snow_Phoenix said: That's one prickly picture. 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 The tank is slowly coming awake. Lady and Lily are very active and energetic already. 😊 Lady: Lily: 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Fed the lions some live ghost shrimp (which have been fed with Tetrabits pellets in advance) today evening. Now I have 2 very happy lions with bulging bellies. I saw my hawkfish heckle a shrimp, but I'm unsure if he caught it. He looks chubby though, but that could be due to the amount of pellets he's been gulping down daily during the feeding sessions. Thinking of dropping in another frozen clam and some liquid brine shrimp into the tank tomorrow morning, if I have time. I'll be mostly cleaning up my discus tank in preparation of 2 new 2" leopard discus juvis that I just purchased online from a breeder today. Looking forward to those lil' guys, and I hope they ship well like their predecessors. They should be shipped out tomorrow, so I reckon they'll arrive a day later (on Thursday), if everything goes well. Definitely a lot of work incoming tomorrow morning! 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 Looking intense under heavy blues this morning. 💦 Three guesses to which fish left this early morning present in the clam feeder today. 🤦♀️ 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 Lily this evening: Lady. 🥰 Bonus: I don't even want to know. 🤦♀️ : 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 Y'all, she's literally perching upside down from my aquarium lid! 🤣 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Some curious lions up and about this morning: 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Lady and Lily together: Usually one follows the other around the tank. I'm glad they get along very well. 🥰 3 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Dropped a few shrimp into the tank for the lions. It was supposed to be 2 shrimp per lion. Instead, I watched my pajama cardinal - a supposedly *peaceful fish - hunt one down and gulp it, and my hawkfish grab another one and bash it against the rocks before eating it. I honestly had no idea how brutal these guys were. One of my lions ate the remaining 2, so I was still stuck with 1 hungry lion. I grabbed 3 more shrimp and my second lion had 2 of them. The last shrimp was ripped into half by my foxface and Foxy swallowed the tail-end, while Hawke the hawkfish ate the head. 👀 I think any future fish that goes into this tank will need to compete with the aggression I'm currently seeing. A large blenny would be good, but the clownfish would most likely have to either be a fire, tomato, clarkii or maroon. Anything *softer can't keep up. 🤔 1 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 I was supposed to have some pods to be delivered to the house this week, but the store was very busy so I took a trip to the LFS myself to pick them up. I wasn't planning on visiting my LFS this month, but since I was already there, I spotted this fish: Which was squishing a nem and incredibly large. 😅 Since the store was stocked with fish, I decided to grab a few things, including 2 toadstool frags for this tank (a weeping willow & a green neon-polyped one), and 2 fish - the pink skunk clown in the pics above, & a L-sized lawnmower blenny that was putting on a territorial display against another blenny in the next glass compartment. 😊 The blenny's boldness reminded me so much of my previous Starry blenny, Thanos. Although this new fish smaller, it is still larger than my lions and can hit 6"+ in time. I gave both a fish a 30 min. peroxide bath: Then moved them both into QT to begin the hybrid-TTM process: They're reasonably active, although the blenny is underweight - which is expected since it just arrived at the store yesterday. The first 24 hours in QT is always the trial period for new fish, so I hope the pair makes it overnight. If they complete the QT process successfully and are added to the DT, then that should wrap up my stocking plans for this tank. I admit I did have a strong pinch of longing to purchase a chunky, 5" long XXL-sized mandy at the store, but I refrained. 😕 I do miss my dragonets terribly everytime I see a new one at the shop, but with the current direction of the tank (predatory), it is impossible to keep one in this. The only dragonet I can think of that can remotely be large enough not to be eaten is the mother blenny/sailfin dragonet, which can hit 12" in the wild. Owing to its ultra-rarity in stores here + extreme size & huge bioload, I don't think it's a good fit for this setup, although I do long for a dragonet of some sort. 😔 I guess I just can't get over my first love in this hobby - dragonets. 🤦♀️ Back to this tank, the new frags haven't opened up yet. I dumped a bag full of live pods in the fuge to seed it, but my glass is filthy. Will take pics once I clean the glass tomorrow (too tired today) and hopefully the leathers will open up soon. 👍 2 Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 Just checked on both of them. They're doing okay for now: The blenny is quite alert, but the clown's resting - I moved the lids and wiggled my fingers above the water, and she immediately swam up to greet me. I am a bit worried however, because her breathing is a *bit elevated. I'll check up on them again later. Turned the main room lights off so that all the animals can rest. Sometimes I feel like I have a mini zoo at home! So many animals, and so much responsibility. 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Seems like you never take a break; I guess you're just a gluten for punishment. But I commend your treatment of all of the fish that you get. 👍 1 2 Quote Link to comment
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