Bannerfish Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Ive gotten some new fish to put in my tank, a zebra eel and a cowfish. The eel seems to have bonded with my shrimp, i frequently see them hanging out together in the same places. The cowfish was supposed to go in a friends tank but after seeing how slow moving he really is hes stuck in my fuge for now. hes a friendly little guy, i love him! another pic is of my pectinia, i think i can finally see some growth on it, ive only had it several months lol. the other pic is my first yellow fiji leather frag doing great, i think its about doubled in size already. since then i have cut two more frags, i dont think they have attatched to anything yet but the skin around the cuts is healing and their polyps are always out. the mother colony is already healing and i can see new polyps starting to grow. this is my little pet project to see if i can successfully frag it, its probaby my fave leather and they dont have a very good survival rate from what i hear. hope yall enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rchavez Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill B Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I speak eel and I'm pretty sure in that first picture he just said 'snack' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 LOL Bill, much to my surprise the eel hasnt tried to eat either of my shrimp yet, theres a coral banded in this tank too. i doubt he would try to eat the coral banded unless he was starving, that shrimp is pretty mean. he would only go down claws pinching! i picked this eel up real late, got home late after a long drive, we were tired and hot, and didnt even think about my fire shrimp being in there with the eel until i saw the shrimp jump on the eel and get to work. So far so good, although i am prepared to not see the shrimp in there one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Grog Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 I like the pic of the cowfish amongst the macros. Good colors and a cute fish. Now I have to read up on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) Thanks, even though i dont think most people like the prolifera, i think it looks gorgeous. i prob wouldnt put it in the DT though unless i was doing a mostly-macro type tank. im a sucker for red macro, or any other color too that looks pretty, or has an interesting shape. i got this one from the dome, it was there for a few weeks and was already eating well. he eats pellets and frozen food in my house no probs. supposedly they can stress out, die and pollute the tank real bad, so i jumped on this guy after i heard he was eating and doing well. oh, and i found out my two new yellow fiji frags have attatched to rubble pieces, i was very excited to see them doing so well Edited July 16, 2012 by Bannerfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 When you want to get rid of one of those fiji frags let me know... :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Might be willing to let one go after another week or so to make sure its firmly attached they aren't very big though, these were my experimental frags, the crown area is about an inch long, but the frags seen to grow very quickly :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+etannert Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I like growing things out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=490+662&pcatid=662 I recently got this red macroalgae from Gulf Coast EcoSystems. I owe you some red macro, if you like it, you can have some. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 http://marineplantbook.com/marinebookbotryo.htm I like this link better. With respect to Caulera Prolifera, my drawf angels devour it. I like the way it looks in my macro lagoon. Not having succeeded with Turtle Grass, yet, I find C. Prolifera very attractive in the aquarium. I will experiment with this as a dehydrated veggie chip. I left some under a light canopy after doing in tank chores. When I found it the next day, I enjoyed the salty plant flavor. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 etannert, i do plan on being in the austin area pretty soon, if you want one pm me your number and ill text or call before i go down there and we can meet up. http://marineplantbo...ebookbotryo.htm I like this link better. With respect to Caulera Prolifera, my drawf angels devour it. I like the way it looks in my macro lagoon. Not having succeeded with Turtle Grass, yet, I find C. Prolifera very attractive in the aquarium. I will experiment with this as a dehydrated veggie chip. I left some under a light canopy after doing in tank chores. When I found it the next day, I enjoyed the salty plant flavor. Patrick Patrick that would be great! I dont have any of that stuff yet. Would you like me to bring a handful of the red stuff that melted away, or some dragons breath? I have TONS of the dragons breath right now, more than i know what to do with LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsea Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Dragons Breadth would be awesome. Now that I have seperated my growout systems, it is easier for me to set up species specific habitats. I would also like some of the Red Gracilaria (Tikahaviae) that you have maintained. At the rate that this Tang Heaven Red (G Parvispra) is growing, 15-20 fold increase in one month, I will be harvesting at least 5 pounds a week for consumption. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sascha D. Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Great pictures of the cow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Monnat Jr Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I love the picture of the eel and fire shrimp. I knew they're cleaner shrimp, but I've never seen mine perform cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannerfish Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 Patrick what would be a good time for us to meet up again? George, mine never cleaned anything at first, for quite a while. The fish would swim up to him, he would ignore them, the fish would get irritated and swim away. I think he started cleaning because I stopped hand feeding him all the time, maybe? I used to feed him every day lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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