lletellier December 9, 2007 Author December 9, 2007 Alright i'm down to just the two clowns in my tank... here is what it looks like after three weeks I'm still trying to finish off the hair algae I really need to take everything out and scrub it down but I just started a new job and havn't had time to get around to it. I want to add 2 or 3 more fish to the tank here is what i'm thinking of... midas blenny or bicolor blenny rainfords goby Carpenters Flasher Wrasse Any suggestions??
jason the filter freak December 10, 2007 December 10, 2007 Hey tank is looking great, hope that clown school works out for you!
lletellier December 24, 2007 Author December 24, 2007 Holiday Update! for those of us that view time off from work as more time to look at wamas here are a few pictures of my tank with my new items: 1 rbta and 1 clam. Very happy with the way things have turned out, I may add a few more things but not till after the holidays. I am horrible at taking photos but you get the idea.
lletellier December 26, 2007 Author December 26, 2007 does anyone have the link to getting your clowns to host in an anemone?? so far my clowns have shown no interested in my rbta
zotzer December 26, 2007 December 26, 2007 I don't have a link, but I know Niki had success with this..... - Don't feed the tank for a day or two, and then simply grab some mysis with a reef tweezers and target feed it to your anemone. Repeat until the clowns come to eat and "discover" the 'nem. Tracy
jamesbuf December 26, 2007 December 26, 2007 It could also just be a matter of time. You've only had it for 3 days. I've seen it take weeks for their clowns to finally host in the anemone.
lletellier December 27, 2007 Author December 27, 2007 It could also just be a matter of time. You've only had it for 3 days. I've seen it take weeks for their clowns to finally host in the anemone. true true... you really can't rush anything in this hobby oh well just have to wait and see I guess, i'll give the feeding trick a try when I get back home.
lletellier January 14, 2008 Author January 14, 2008 Updated Photos... a little bit has change and I built myself a little frag rack toadstool purple lta palys golden midas blenny in hiding new 4 stripe frag rack most from doug at the social, Thanks again! swap frag and apple chalace from yauger some zoas Having some issues with nasty brown algae... any thoughts on what to do about it? Told someone I'd upload another sump shot
toastiireefs January 14, 2008 January 14, 2008 (edited) nice i really like it! !! i feel like an open brain, (either a lobo or trachphyllia (sp?) would look perfect in your tank and that frag rack is so "cute" like its actually adorable!! haha i want one! Edited January 14, 2008 by toastiireefs
lletellier January 14, 2008 Author January 14, 2008 nice i really like it! !! i feel like an open brain, (either a lobo or trachphyllia (sp?) would look perfect in your tank and that frag rack is so "cute" like its actually adorable!! haha i want one! yeah I like brain corals I may have to pick one up eventually, as for the frag rack it was VERY easy to make its just super glued together nothing special and obviously not my own idea. If you want one let me know cause I have a ton of egg crate at my house
treesprite January 14, 2008 January 14, 2008 youve done such a good job with such a small amount of space - small and sweet and not so small as to get boring. I like your little frag rack.
lletellier January 16, 2008 Author January 16, 2008 bump for the move into the dedicated tank thread?
Rascal January 16, 2008 January 16, 2008 Really nice looking tank. A great example of what can be done for those interested in this hobby but not quite ready to set up a monster tank yet. As for the brown algae I would just wait it out. Eventually it will get displaced by coraline. For clownfish hosting I had success once by directing a single moonlight at the anemone at night, with it being the only light in the tank. Once they figured out the whole hosting thing they have not needed any help since. In the last 4 years since the demise of that 1st BTA (added to a 2 month old tank by a newbie, you know the rest ) they have hosted in everything from xenia to torch to ricordia. They always go right back to an anemone when they can though. I now have 5 BTAs in the tank and the clowns pretty much rotate b/n them. They stay away from the rock / flower anemones though. Smart.
lletellier January 16, 2008 Author January 16, 2008 Yeah they still havn't touched it, I tried not feeding for a few days and got them close to it but still have showed no interest... I don't know why but none of my fish ever go on the left side of my tank... all 4 of them stay on the right... no idea why, is it possible they don't like the high flow from my return? I'm thinking about splitting my return into two over the edge returns to reduce the intensity and to even out the flow more.
davelin315 January 17, 2008 January 17, 2008 Moved for you, sorry, didn't see it earlier! Those look to be the start of diatoms, is it kind of like jelly and do bubbles get caught in it periodically?
zotzer January 17, 2008 January 17, 2008 ooooh, I think I spotted some of those Dr. Mac pink and gold zoas. They are so pretty....and WOW, do they grow fast, or what??!! Tracy
gmubeach January 17, 2008 January 17, 2008 Yep that was the first coral I ever traded! I fragged it from dc mac's coral a few months ago and traded it to lance... Looks like its doubled in size since we traded!
lletellier January 17, 2008 Author January 17, 2008 (edited) I don't know about doubled but they seem to be doing well... I got a frag of red palys from stevem this week which still havn't opened up :/ not sure what the deal is. Edited January 17, 2008 by lletellier
lletellier January 22, 2008 Author January 22, 2008 my clowns started hosting this week... but not in my 4" rbta they chose my 1" purple lta... I'm keeping an eye on it to make sure they don't beat it up too badly
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