Eric Alvarado

Since I have been busy roaming the forum today, thought I would post what these tiny buds turned into.

I have a coral beauty that tends to be a bit aggressive. I just made sure that all my new additions were bigger than him.

He killed all the fish that were 50% bigger than him.... the smaller ones survived (except a small clown). This is one bad hombre. Anyone want him? Come get him out of the tank and he's yours!

what side of town r u on???

I live in North Austin near Duval/Mopac. Send me a PM if you think you have the skills to catch this bad boy. I don't want to break down the tank or move the rock and stir it up.

For that matter, you can have him if I get him out. I just want him out - I don't care what happens to him after that.

I have a coral beauty that tends to be a bit aggressive. I just made sure that all my new additions were bigger than him.

He killed all the fish that were 50% bigger than him.... the smaller ones survived (except a small clown). This is one bad hombre. Anyone want him? Come get him out of the tank and he's yours!

I've got a 5" female Tomato Clown I've got the same problem with .

The Precula I had was pretty forgiving as long as fish were away from his anenome, all bets off when the other fish got near his zone though. I thought my 4.5" clown could hold his own against the coral beauty, called that shot wrong.

I have a coral beauty that tends to be a bit aggressive. I just made sure that all my new additions were bigger than him.

He killed all the fish that were 50% bigger than him.... the smaller ones survived (except a small clown). This is one bad hombre. Anyone want him? Come get him out of the tank and he's yours!

what side of town r u on???

I live in North Austin near Duval/Mopac. Send me a PM if you think you have the skills to catch this bad boy. I don't want to break down the tank or move the rock and stir it up.

I have a coral beauty that tends to be a bit aggressive. I just made sure that all my new additions were bigger than him.

He killed all the fish that were 50% bigger than him.... the smaller ones survived (except a small clown). This is one bad hombre. Anyone want him? Come get him out of the tank and he's yours!

I've used #22 fishhooks before if your in a hurry.

http://www.4seasonsf...y-Fly-Hook.html

I might go to the bat and tackle shop down the street to see if they have some. I have some small hooks, but really too big for this coral beauty. Dropped $50 on a trap, but really don't care if I use it or not. It is so depressing every time I look at this now empty tank. Gah that fish has me mad. Keep looking over at that tank expecting to see my favorite fish... grrrr.....

JB/ Roller: It's mixed right now - sps/lps. I have just about everything (monitorpa, acro, lps, zoas, hammer, torch, etc) which seems to be fine with the lighting as it is. I don't have any softies (besides a couple small colonies of zoas), no leathers, mushrooms, etc.

Timfish: It has square holds in the back. I would guess the tank is about 7-10 years old based on conversations with the previous owner. Good eye on the fact it is a DAS. You never fail to impress me. I really don't like hoods, and would rather not go that direction if at all possible. I have really enjoyed the look and feel of the tank as is. Whole family loves the tank - when the fish aren't getting killed (see lot's of death thread).

I was considering filling that space with 24-36 Inch Marineland Reef LED Light Fixture or the 36-48"48" one. Would probably light up the filter some, but would like as much light output as possible. I wasn't sure if that would be comperable to the 2x96w PC lighting that fits that space right now.

http://www.marinedepot.com/Marineland_Reef_LED_Light_Fixture_Flexible_Mount_LED_Light_Fixtures_for_Aquariums-Marineland_Instant_Ocean-AS33000-FILTFILDFX-vi.html.

Also thought about Hydo's Sun Pod (or something like it if he sold it). My concern here is not the cost of the lighting, but the fact it would take a cost a lot to get a chiller in the mix. (chiller+electric). Would need to lift it up some, the existing PC lights are 2" off the water base. The T5s are 3.5 off the water.

http://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/16302-current-usa-sunpod-250-watt/

Thanks

I am looking for some advice on lighting.

I have a 125G tank: 52”x24x24. It has 1 WavePoint 4xT5HOfixture and one 34” 96w x 2 fixture. Because of the design of the tank has ahalf height take hood (it is paneling matching the standing which is madearound the tank), I don’t want to hang any fixtures. (seemy avatar for a picture of the tank).

So, I am considering replacing the old salt covered, rustedscrews, PC fixture. I have entertained the thoughts of LEDs, T5, MH, or anotherPC unit.

I am reluctant to get MH, because that might involve someserious upgrades / changes to the system. Such as way to mount the unit, heatconcerns (it is probably the warmest room in the house with lots of otherelectronics putting out BTUs) which would probably result in a chiller. I wantto keep it simple. I thought about a single MH pendant type, but I have no ideahow I would integrate that in the look and feel of the system or if that wouldalso be a heating problem.

I have considered LEDs, but from what I have read, LEDs don’treally put out the same amount of light inch to inch. The PC fixture currentlyuses 36”x 7”. Nothing larger will fitinto the space.

Given a space of 36” x 7”, what would be the most efficient useof light in that space?

As always, thanks to everyone who responds. The value of the input from the forum is always invaluable to me.

Eric

Sorry to hear about that - I'd be losing my mind. Here's what Mark did:

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haha, I hadn't seen that one. Mark cracks me up again. We'll, since there is barely anything left to kill. I went out and bought a trap and had the exact same plan. Wish me luck. Wish I had been able to do this BEFORE he killed the clowns, but late to worry about that now.

Thanks, was worth the chuckle. Now to the waiting game.

Other option is prepare to do a large water change, drop the water level in the tank by 50%. You'll drastically cut away any escape routes and will be able to corner him much easier.

Yes, I suspect that is all I have left. In order for that to work, I will have to remove all the rock. The aquascape was made with tons of "sleeping" room, which has translated into tons of hiding room. *sigh*, I really didn't want to stir everything up like that.

Take your time trying to catch it. You need a large trap, the biggest one you can get, and leave it for days before trying to catch it. Only feed inside the trap, it will float out so the fish can get it. This might be enough to get him in the trap eventually. You've got to quite chasing with the nets, you are only making it more skittish. Go back to business as usual this way the fish can calm down and will be more inclined to take risks like going in the trap. What kind of fish trap do you have? OR you could spear it, should make you feel a little better.

In the last couple of weeks I have caught a blue face angel, femal anthias, male anthias, sailfin tang, scopas tang, and a yellow tang using this method....it works.

Yes, I understand and appreciate the feedback, but that stategy means all the other fish he doesn't like die (which might be now, as everything else that isn't tiny and can hide is dead). Right now, my lawnmower has not come out, so he is clearly stressed. As mentioned, I have been trying traps. Losing more fish is unacceptable, thus, waiting weeks won't work. This guy is dead meat one way or another today. I never mentioned hanging out with nets (which has not been my strategy). I am considering hanging out with a spear though.

He won't go anywhere near the traps. Maybe would get him in time, but as mentioned, I need him out now before he kills more fish.

As far as traps, been trying a couple homemade ones off the net. Where can I pickup a good trap? I will want it for later for sure.

Gah, so angry right now.

Thanks

Well, after 3 happy months of fish keeping, thought I would relay my little saga of the downside to fish tending.

Our 125 had the following fish last week.

1 Nubius Tang

1 Chocolate Tang

1 Coral Beauty

1 Randal's watchman and pistol shrimp

2 firefish

1 lawnmower blenny

2 clowns

Today, I have 2 firefish and 1 lawnmower and 1 coral beauty,(and the randalls and pistol). I was keeping up with 10% weekly water changes, alk 2.9, ph 8.2, sal 1.026,nitrates around 10, no nitrites or ammonia. Corals doing fine, flogspawn, torch,hammer, millipora, pavona, zoas, montipora, etc. Mostly new small frags.

Last Friday, I wake up to find both my tangs hiding. They wouldn't come out of the rock. Odd I thought, but hoped for the best and went about my business and off to the office. Came home that evening, and sure enough, they were still hiding. We could see them behind the rock, they looked healthy –didn't see anything on them, they were just hiding.

Saturday morning, 1 dead tang, 1 missing tang. We tested the water parameters again, and now we paid special attention to the tank. After chatting with Shane down at fishy business, he suggested that we keep a hard eye on the coral beauty. Water parameters looked good, fish were hiding, corals healthy are all signs of aggression by another fish – and that coral beauty was the likely suspect.

So, we watch, and sure enough, that coral beauty was eyeing, slipping under our 4" clown. We knew we needed to get him out. So out come thenets, traps, mirrors, and every other suggestion we read online.

Darn, that fish knew what we were about and just wouldn't take to any of the strategies. The tank has a back rock wall, so we did not want to break it down and drain it to get this darn fish out.

So 1 week of anguishing over how to get this fish out. Friday night again (do fish work in days of the week?), we woke to 2 more dead fish. Both the clowns dead. The large one twitching, the small one on the bottom covered in narsarius.

No fish show any signs of sickness, they were fine the night before, so definitely believe this is a bad case of aggression. Although, I have not seen the lawnmower this morning, and am concerned he may also be a victim.

Anyone have any advice on how to deal with this situation,or how I could have handled differently?

Thanks

Yes it is

Thanks Whit, was a pleasure to meet you today. My daughter is very happy with her new bedroom fish tank

Is this still available?

Is this still available?

It doesn't come with legs.

The link in the picture shows legs, and can be purchased. Was wondering if they can be adjusted.

Do the legs adjust or are they fixed at the end?

any lights or hood?

Pay Shane to drop by. He would probably do it.

My peppermint was attacking my 5" mini/maxi carpet anemone. He had to go, my other one has been on good behavior.

I was reading up on Asteria just yesterday. Seems to be a bit of debate if they eat them or if they get ill, then they will eat the damaged / die-off. Most people are reporting them as completely harmless, and your problem probably happened before the asterina's picked on the dead ones.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/asterinafaqs.htm

Absolutely, kudos to you Mark.

Had my daughter hanging on the edge of her seat, then she saw what was going on and gave me that "dad" look (with a big grin) Priceless.

I need an aggressive peppermint shrimp if you'd like to relocate him...

by the time I read that, I had already had him move on (dropped him at the LFS). I would have happily handed him over.

Was quite easy to get one of them, the other was way smarter. It's been a few days, and after stressing the tank out trying to catch the last peppermint, the remaining shrimp seems disinterested in the anemone. So hope I captured the aggressor. Would make sense since after I dropped a bottle with food in the tank, he darted right into the bottle and bamb, i had him. The other was much more cautious and would get at the lip, and never go in.

Hope he leaves the anemone alone and we all stay happy J

Alight, I have a peppermint shrimp that is aggressively attacking a mini-carpet anemone I introduce a couple weeks back. He'll get on top of it and poke the heck out of it.

What is the best catching method for shrimp? Almost had him with the net since he was fearless, but since I missed him, now is has gotten wiser.

Anyone have any luck on a QUIET pump for a skimmer. My skimmer pump is starting to go out, and I want to replace it. Looking for a good brand that is known to make high quality low noise.