Bannerfish Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Looks beautiful, I love the wessophylia! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Looks beautiful, I love the wessophylia! That's the brain, right? Yes it's pretty mesmerizing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted February 20, 2012 Author Share Posted February 20, 2012 Update. Just added a nice hippo tang from Josh. Thanks bud! When I got home, the bucket was pretty cold, so I used my spare heater to warm the water a bit. Then waited until he started to move around. He's in the tank, hiding in the rocks right now. I'll get a picture of him soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 That is correct, I love those still have yet to buy one though. Where did you get yours, and does it grow well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 That is correct, I love those still have yet to buy one though. Where did you get yours, and does it grow well? I got it at RCA and it has doubled in size in less than six months. I'm wondering, how do they reproduce? I haven't seen where anyone "frags" these guys. Any idea how they multiply? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 (edited) thats awesome growth! from what ive gathered reading online, fragging them really isnt all that successful. people were saying that when they cut theirs, neither cut made it most of the time, although a few were successful. they were saying that when they did live, they took forever to look normal again. idk how they reproduce in the wild, if its from sexual reproduction or popping out a little mini-coral....? i wish people could frag them more easily, id love one that wasnt wild caught! Edited February 21, 2012 by Bannerfish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here's most of my fish: This is a nice group shot of several of the fish. Here's the new hippo and the yellow tangs My ellusive melanaurus wrasse and the ever present cleaner wrasse The baby of the tank. This red coris wrasse hangs out in one corner of the tank most of the time. Given that it is the smallest residents, it's not surprising. Here's a shot of the female skunk in one of the rose BTAs. All taken with my iPhone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe.kool Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Man that is a nice setup. How many lbs of rock and what kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe.kool Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 I've always heard bristle worms were bad. They can sting fish right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 those coris wrasses have some beautiful colors as babies. i need to get me a tang im gonna try to find out what the lavender tang looks like, ive never heard of them before you posted it up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Like the group shot, hard to get everyone to hold still for a good picture sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've always heard bristle worms were bad. They can sting fish right? I have read that. The big nasty that I posted last fall has not been seen since I got the malenaurus wrasse. those coris wrasses have some beautiful colors as babies. i need to get me a tang im gonna try to find out what the lavender tang looks like, ive never heard of them before you posted it up here. I have a picture of mine posted earlier. It's kind of light grey, with two blue spots aligned vertically in front of a lyre-shaped tail. It's a very active fish. Man that is a nice setup. How many lbs of rock and what kind? I think I have approx. 150 lbs. of rock. I only had maybe 30lbs. of it live to start. I ordered some dead rock and bought some from Prof. Then it was just time, time, time. Now 7 months later, I have pods and coraline and all sorts of other life going on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshdmartin Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 GLAD THE HIPPO MADE IT!!! tank lookin good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 GLAD THE HIPPO MADE IT!!! tank lookin good! Yep, the fighting is over and all are getting along fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 I posted in reef keeping as well, but want to keep it with the chronicle of my tank build too. My fighting conch has cracks in his shell. Nothing has fallen on him (that I know of) and there hasn't been any rearrangement in the tank either. Weird huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 New addition! four-legged star. I don't know what flavor of star fish it is, but he sure moves about the tank. On the glass, on the rocks, on the sand. He's big too. about 8" from one leg to the opposite leg! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Just noticed this guy on the top rocks. Pretty cool how much like a Christmas tree he looks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Mays Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 OUCH, WARM WATER BAAAAAD!!!! Hopefully not too bad. When I went to hang seaweed last night, my water felt way warm. I went and checked the thermometer and the tank was at 89 degrees! I quick went out to check the chiller and it wasn't running. Apparently, when we had the power glitches Monday night, my chiller had reconfigured the set point. The temp was set for 220 degrees! Thank God it only cools the water! I reset the temperature on the chiller control panel to 80 and all is well again. My corals still look stressed today. I checked my chemistry and all levels are good. I am doing a water changed tonight, hoping that all will come back to life. Fingers crossed everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaarrrggg Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Yikes! Hope everything is ok, at least 89 isn't soo bad. Lucky you caught it in time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerrickH Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Should recover. Assuming you bring the temp back down slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma13 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Hope everything works out all right. It is great to see pictures of the tank and know that it moved on to someone who is enjoying it and doing as wonderful a job as you are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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