morgan175 July 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 Not good. Hopefully the menu stops with those. Good luck to you.
DuffyGeos July 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 Butterfly has started nipping at plates, plates removed from the menu. Not good, but the fish is prettier then the plates IMO! How often are you feeding him?
surf&turf July 30, 2014 Author July 30, 2014 Not good, but the fish is prettier then the plates IMO! How often are you feeding him? My thoughts to, several times in the evenings, it was only the short tentacle ones, I have a long tentacle it doesn't bother.
DuffyGeos July 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 My thoughts to, several times in the evenings, it was only the short tentacle ones, I have a long tentacle it doesn't bother. Are you able to also feed him in the morning so he is not so hungry?
surf&turf July 30, 2014 Author July 30, 2014 Are you able to also feed him in the morning so he is not so hungry? I tried that this morning for the first time.
Mattiejay6 July 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 Butterfly has started nipping at plates, plates removed from the menu.Ruh roh!!! Although that one plate is hugeeeeee can't blame him!
surf&turf July 30, 2014 Author July 30, 2014 Ruh roh!!! Although that one plate is hugeeeeee can't blame him! I like the fish better than the plates, that's why i have 2 tanks.
DuffyGeos August 1, 2014 August 1, 2014 (edited) How are morning feedings going? Do you see any more coral damage? Oh and by the way.....GO HOKIES!!! Edited August 1, 2014 by DuffyGeos
surf&turf August 1, 2014 Author August 1, 2014 So far so good, haven't seen anymore more picking of corals. What the heck is a Hokie anyway?
DuffyGeos August 1, 2014 August 1, 2014 So far so good, haven't seen anymore more picking of corals. What the heck is a Hokie anyway? A Hokie is a well educated individual that attends / attended VA Tech which won the last meeting 34-17 in Morgantown back in 2005. What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O.M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition. Here's how that competition came to be. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that people shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. So a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie: Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy. Techs, Techs, V.P.I. Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah. Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia. Rae, Ri, V.P.I. Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki." Since the university had a new name and a new yell, new college colors seemed to be a desirable next step. During 1896, a committee was formed to find a suitable combination of colors to replace the original colors of black and gray, which appeared in stripes on athletic uniforms and presented an image resembling prison uniforms. The committee selected burnt orange and Chicago maroon after discovering that no other college utilized this particular combination of colors. Burnt orange and Chicago maroon were officially adopted and were first worn during a football game versus nearby Roanoke College on Oct. 26, 1896. The origin of the term "Gobblers" is disputed, with one story claiming it was coined in the early 1900s as a description of how student athletes would "gobble" up their more than ample servings of food. Another story attributes it to the fact that the 1909 football coach, Branch Bocock, wanted to stimulate better spirit amongst his players and initiated them into an impromptu and informal "Gobbler Club." Thus, the name was already popular when Floyd Meade, a local resident chosen by the student body to serve as the school's mascot, had a large turkey pull him in a cart at a football game in 1913. The school's president halted the cart after one game because he thought it was cruel to the turkey. Meade continued to parade his mascot, which he had trained to gobble on command, up and down the sidelines — and did so until another "turkey trainer" took over in 1924 to continue the tradition. Enthusiastic fans and sports writers adopted the "Gobbler" nickname and began to use it regularly. In 1936, a costumed Gobbler joined the live gobbler for at least one game. The use of a live gobbler mascot continued into the 1950s, and the first permanent costumed Gobbler took the field in the fall of 1962. But the "Gobbler" was not to last, at least in name. In the late 1970s, the university hired a football coach who heard the theory that the Gobbler mascot was based on athletes gobbling down their food. The coach didn't like the image, so he began promoting the "Hokie" nickname. In 1982, the appearance of the Gobbler mascot costume was changed to one that looked like a maroon cardinal with a snood, and references first appeared to it as "the Hokie mascot," "the Hokie," and "the Hokie bird." The costume worn by today's HokieBird made its first appearance in 1987. HokieBird has won national mascot competitions and has been so popular that the mascot landed an appearance on Animal Planet's "Turkey Secrets." Sorry had to do it. Glad to hear the corals are doing well.
surf&turf August 1, 2014 Author August 1, 2014 (edited) A Hokie is a well educated individual that attends / attended VA Tech which won the last meeting 34-17 in Morgantown back in 2005. What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O.M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition. Here's how that competition came to be. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that people shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. So a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie: Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy. Techs, Techs, V.P.I. Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah. Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia. Rae, Ri, V.P.I. Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki." Since the university had a new name and a new yell, new college colors seemed to be a desirable next step. During 1896, a committee was formed to find a suitable combination of colors to replace the original colors of black and gray, which appeared in stripes on athletic uniforms and presented an image resembling prison uniforms. The committee selected burnt orange and Chicago maroon after discovering that no other college utilized this particular combination of colors. Burnt orange and Chicago maroon were officially adopted and were first worn during a football game versus nearby Roanoke College on Oct. 26, 1896. The origin of the term "Gobblers" is disputed, with one story claiming it was coined in the early 1900s as a description of how student athletes would "gobble" up their more than ample servings of food. Another story attributes it to the fact that the 1909 football coach, Branch Bocock, wanted to stimulate better spirit amongst his players and initiated them into an impromptu and informal "Gobbler Club." Thus, the name was already popular when Floyd Meade, a local resident chosen by the student body to serve as the school's mascot, had a large turkey pull him in a cart at a football game in 1913. The school's president halted the cart after one game because he thought it was cruel to the turkey. Meade continued to parade his mascot, which he had trained to gobble on command, up and down the sidelines — and did so until another "turkey trainer" took over in 1924 to continue the tradition. Enthusiastic fans and sports writers adopted the "Gobbler" nickname and began to use it regularly. In 1936, a costumed Gobbler joined the live gobbler for at least one game. The use of a live gobbler mascot continued into the 1950s, and the first permanent costumed Gobbler took the field in the fall of 1962. But the "Gobbler" was not to last, at least in name. In the late 1970s, the university hired a football coach who heard the theory that the Gobbler mascot was based on athletes gobbling down their food. The coach didn't like the image, so he began promoting the "Hokie" nickname. In 1982, the appearance of the Gobbler mascot costume was changed to one that looked like a maroon cardinal with a snood, and references first appeared to it as "the Hokie mascot," "the Hokie," and "the Hokie bird." The costume worn by today's HokieBird made its first appearance in 1987. HokieBird has won national mascot competitions and has been so popular that the mascot landed an appearance on Animal Planet's "Turkey Secrets." Sorry had to do it. Glad to hear the corals are doing well. Made me laugh! Edited August 1, 2014 by surf&turf
surf&turf August 3, 2014 Author August 3, 2014 Not good. Hopefully the menu stops with those. Good luck to you. Thanks, so far so good on the other corals.
surf&turf August 3, 2014 Author August 3, 2014 That is great if you have an Aiptasia to get rid of! I had a couple that came in on a piece of live rock with a BTA. Gone now.
TrueTricia August 4, 2014 August 4, 2014 A Hokie is a well educated individual that attends / attended VA Tech which won the last meeting 34-17 in Morgantown back in 2005. What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O.M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition. Here's how that competition came to be. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that people shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. So a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie: Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy. Techs, Techs, V.P.I. Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah. Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia. Rae, Ri, V.P.I. Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki." Since the university had a new name and a new yell, new college colors seemed to be a desirable next step. During 1896, a committee was formed to find a suitable combination of colors to replace the original colors of black and gray, which appeared in stripes on athletic uniforms and presented an image resembling prison uniforms. The committee selected burnt orange and Chicago maroon after discovering that no other college utilized this particular combination of colors. Burnt orange and Chicago maroon were officially adopted and were first worn during a football game versus nearby Roanoke College on Oct. 26, 1896. The origin of the term "Gobblers" is disputed, with one story claiming it was coined in the early 1900s as a description of how student athletes would "gobble" up their more than ample servings of food. Another story attributes it to the fact that the 1909 football coach, Branch Bocock, wanted to stimulate better spirit amongst his players and initiated them into an impromptu and informal "Gobbler Club." Thus, the name was already popular when Floyd Meade, a local resident chosen by the student body to serve as the school's mascot, had a large turkey pull him in a cart at a football game in 1913. The school's president halted the cart after one game because he thought it was cruel to the turkey. Meade continued to parade his mascot, which he had trained to gobble on command, up and down the sidelines — and did so until another "turkey trainer" took over in 1924 to continue the tradition. Enthusiastic fans and sports writers adopted the "Gobbler" nickname and began to use it regularly. In 1936, a costumed Gobbler joined the live gobbler for at least one game. The use of a live gobbler mascot continued into the 1950s, and the first permanent costumed Gobbler took the field in the fall of 1962. But the "Gobbler" was not to last, at least in name. In the late 1970s, the university hired a football coach who heard the theory that the Gobbler mascot was based on athletes gobbling down their food. The coach didn't like the image, so he began promoting the "Hokie" nickname. In 1982, the appearance of the Gobbler mascot costume was changed to one that looked like a maroon cardinal with a snood, and references first appeared to it as "the Hokie mascot," "the Hokie," and "the Hokie bird." The costume worn by today's HokieBird made its first appearance in 1987. HokieBird has won national mascot competitions and has been so popular that the mascot landed an appearance on Animal Planet's "Turkey Secrets." Sorry had to do it. Glad to hear the corals are doing well. :: blink blink :: Wow. Care to give me the history of the Buckeye too? I mean, I went there, and I certainly couldn't rattle off this information about my school!
DuffyGeos August 4, 2014 August 4, 2014 TruTricia: Check your PM.....I don't want to mess up his thread with a bunch of Buckeye stuff....By the way my kids just got back from being in Columbus for 2 weeks........It is also a great chocolate and peanut butter candy....and a tree nut.
surf&turf August 12, 2014 Author August 12, 2014 Update, so far the butterfly likes acans and plates. It's also eating those ugly brown palys that no one likes.
dave w August 12, 2014 August 12, 2014 Beautiful fish. I've often wondered if you could make an aiptasia or xenia refugium just for nutrient absorption (because they grow so fast) and then used the aiptasia population to keep a pair of butterflies well fed. That would be no problem with this fish because it is eating so well on prepared foods.
DuffyGeos August 12, 2014 August 12, 2014 So no Acans or plates allowed in the tank. Any SPS nipping? Acro tips look like they have been trimmed?
surf&turf August 12, 2014 Author August 12, 2014 So no Acans or plates allowed in the tank. Any SPS nipping? Acro tips look like they have been trimmed? I only have one acro in this tank, but no nipping yet.
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