Carrie

Hello ARCers,

I am in desperate need of advice. I got home from class tonight, and Mick Jagger, my blue spot puffer, has a nasty injury to his side. He has only been in the tank for three days. There is one Chili Coral acclimating as well. Could the Chili Coral have stung him? Did he get beat up by the mean Chromis? or Did he inflate during transit and get air stuck?

I have added a stress coat, but I am not sure how to treat him. He is eating like a little piglet, and the injury is not effecting his ability to swim.

Thank you so much for your time,

Carrie

Thought I would give an update.

The wrasse never took to the black worms. I tried a few days per week with them. My other fish loved them, I however, was not too fond of the whole idea. After three weeks of eating pods and picking at rocks, she took her first frozen food today. In case anyone else is runs into a similar issue, I finally got her to eat a mix of Mysis, cyclopeeze and spirulina completely soaked in garlic extreme. I will warn anyone who has not used the garlic - your entire house will smell like it. It was well worth getting this beautiful girl to eat.

Just another lesson in 'research before you buy.'

Fusegoby or Cave Gobies - as long as you don't have any very small shrimp.

Any of the Bristletooth tangs. (Kole-eye, two-spot, tomani)

Leopard Wrasse, very challenging yet peaceful fish.

I was on Pacific East Aquaculture, looking at clams, when I saw a tomato clown pair with a GBTA. On the scale of clownfish aggressiveness, where are tomato clowns? Closer to Percs or Yellow striped maroons? Also, has anyone ordered from Pacific East?

Supervisor for Apple. Could be confused as babysitter, frat-house mom, or cat-herder depending on the day.

Engineering is mostly in Cupertino.

You can't control me!!! =P

You are a brave man. or just insane.

Great, now I am going to be broke.

I picked it up today, but she is only out in the morning, so hopefully I can get her eating first thing tomorrow. I will pick up some black worms later in the week if she still isn't eating. I've heard they can't resist them.

Mine came out first thing yesterday morning. Hopefully she will do well. I am waiting to see her eat.

Well, I let her out in my tank. She swam around and explored a bit, then buried herself in he sand for the night. Fingers crossed, she comes out in the morning.

I just started researching my evenings impulse buy, (yes, I know better) and I am having an 'Oh, Crap' moment. My pretty fish is difficult at best. So I am turning to my fellow reefers and hoping someone has advice for me. (Other than to quit impulse buying.) Has anyone kept a black leopard wrasse successfully? If so, what did you do special. Thanks!

Give her a break. Her brain's the size of a pea.

I bought them from ReefKoi on eBay. He is also the one that has the "true" Purple Hornets. I was a little concerned ordering from there, but he was an absolute pleasure to deal with. I bought 6 corals from him, all are gorgeous, but those were the two that I needed confirmation on. Since I am still new at SPS, I have to research placement of each one I get.

Does anyone know what these are? A Millipora and Pocillipora of some type?

Thanks,

Carrie

That is beyond AWESOME! How do you think he got in there?

I'll be there.

Isn't it nice when the algae dies off! Great job!

Most people have their location listed under the date they joined. I am in Taylor Tx.

Carrie

I just went through this a few months ago. First get any pieces of the heater out of the tank ASAP! Start running carbon and buy another heater. You are going to need to do a 40-50% water change, as soon as you have the available saltwater, so I would start preparing it now. If you have MH lights, you may want to keep your lights running to keep the water warm. You need to make sure the water gets warm again but not too quickly. Do another large water change in a couple of days after your fish get settled again. I was able to save most of the fish and all inverts except the stars and snails.

Good Luck and my thoughts are with you.

I can frag mine if you would like some. It is pulsing xenia.

Just let me know.

Congrats! Your tank is looking gorgeous.

Here is the answer I received from WWM.

when you frag a coral, such as a Euphillia for example, you can see

that the skeleton separates the polyps. That means each polyp must be fed.

With some corals it is easy to see if this is the case, others not so. In

fact it is a pretty safe bet that there are many corals that no-one knows

exactly how these processes work, so if in doubt... feed the lot. (With Polyps it)

depends if they are solitary or if they share a coenenchyme, a basal mat. This depends on the species. It is a pretty safe bet that nutrients

are exchanged between polyps via the coenenchyme, so if this is how the

coral spreads it must be a vector. Please read here

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-06/eb/index.php and here:

http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0198/0198_1.html. With a bit of

sifting you might find some answers...

In reading the book that Chris got me, I learned that SPS corals have a structural system that allows them to share nutrition between polyps. It also said some LPS have that same ability. So here is where I get confused. How do I know if my LPS is sharing nutrition, or if every polyp has to eat individually? My two LPS at the moment are branching frogspawn and candy cane. Also do palys and zoas share nutrition, or are they complete individuals.

With corals, as with life - the more I learn, the less I know.

Thanks for the hospitality and the beautiful frag. It is already looking great in my tank!

Notice how he opens up a fresh mouth AFTER he leaves my house....come on back big guy, and try not to pee your pants....

And I love you too Carrie!!!!

It's OK mama. He's just jealous!