My two 230g tanks and 80g add on

[fishoholic]

Since I never did do a tank journal for either of my 230g tanks I figured now was a good time and I would update everyone on my situation.

A few of you may remember that a few weeks ago I had some sort of illness go through my tank, I did loose a bunch of fish, some to the illness and some during treatment (skunk clowns, checkerboard and solaris wrasse :cry:) and some fish died after the treatment. Flame angel went MIA a few days after treatment, even though he seemed to be doing ok :cry:

Anyway when I first started treating the whole system a friend of mine took my corals for me to hold them for me and after I treated my reef fish (with a formalin dip, which killed some of them :cry:) he took the rest of the fish. Unfortunately the tank he had my sohal tang and my corals in crashed last night and now my GBTA & corals are not doing well/almost dead and my sohal tang is dead :cry: Some of my lps (frogspawn) I have had for 4 yrs and grew from a few heads to about 10-12 :cry:

I had thought about selling one of the 230g tanks (the fowlr one) but it seems Doug (fishytime) has some plans for that tank (so we'll see what happens) and I guess I'll be keeping it for now.

I QT'd my fowlr fish and I am doing hypo salinity on them now so the fish I have left from the fowlr tank are: King/passer angel (thank god because even though she's mean she's my fav.) lunare wrasse, toby puffer (who never caught the disease so I have him in a 10g QT tank on his own), blue line trigger, foxface, maroon clown and bursa trigger.

The reef fish I have left that I'd like to keep are my juvi red corris wrasse, cleaner wrasse, yellowhead sleeper goby and 6-line wrasse. The reef fish that are still alive but don't think I'll keep (I will sell them once I know they are totally healthy) are my female Ocellaris Clownfish, yellow watchman goby and pink spotted watchman goby. Also debating on selling the foxface since my king picks on him all the time, however the king doesn't do to much damage to the foxface and the foxface is pretty good at holding his own against her so I don't know. Also not sure how my lunare wrasse would react to the other wrasse I have but since they are much smaller then him I am hoping he'd be ok with them.

I unfortunately still have to catch the red corris wrasse from the reef tank :twised: We had the tank totally empty and had caught all the other fish but since I hadn't seen the red corris for a few days prior, I figured he was dead and we had all the fish out so we (or I should say Doug and Steve from Red coral) put the rock back in. Of course 2 days later there he was still in the tank! :twised: I have Bob's fish trap but haven't had too much time to stand for hours holding the trap door up to catch him. I will try again later on today. So far the red corris is fine and eating and looking perfectly healthy so I still can't quite figure out what on earth my fish caught.

So I need to figure out which tank to put the fish I want to keep back into and which one to keep empty. I think I'll put my fish in my 230g reef tank since it has the nice rock work stand on it and it is hard to place corals in it because it's so tall with the cap on it and I'll figure out what to do with the 230g fowlr tank later on down the road. Also the timing of all this really really sucks as I just went from a dual income (a few months ago) to paying all the bills on my own, which means my reef budget is now going to mortgage payments and I am very broke :sad:

[reefwars]

If you decide to sell your mushroom rocks I want dibs lol I can see those being a good addition to my new tank:) lmk if you decide to sell ut out:) thanks Laurie sorry to hear the holding tank crashed last night.

[kien]

Wow sorry to hear :(

It seems as though this hasn't been a great summer for a lot of tanks.. Mine included! Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

[lastlight]

I feel bad for a lot of reefers lately. Hope things pan out in the end Laurie...stick with it!

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Good luck. On the positive side, at least your tanks did NOT break and release 230g of sw all over your carpets:redface:

Hope you sort this stuff out soon. I know some of what you're going through. It has been a tough year for several of us reefers but hopefully the worse is behind us and our tanks will all be better than ever. Chin up:wink:

Anthony

[fishytime]

You already know my take on the whole situation Girly, the easy thing to do would be to pack it in, but that is what makes us all reefers.....we are all gluttons for punishment.....you know you have to keep on truckin.....you are NOT shutting down:wink:

[Flash]

as hard as it may be, i have seen your tanks Laurie and they are beautiful. you'll bounce back and they will be even better!!! there is no way we are letting you pack it in!!!

[RedCoralEdmonton]

Ya you cant quit now! I feel really bad about the Sohal and your corals/nem.....like i said it will all be covered. I know there was an attachment to them as you have had them for years but it is the best i can do in the mean time....

Give me a shout anytime this week if you are bored and we can sit down and plan your comeback tanks over pool if you would like!

Steve

[fishoholic]

Thanks everyone and you're right Anthony at least my tanks didn't break, that definately would of been worse! I felt bad for you when I heard yours did :sad:

Steve you were helping me out and doing me a favor, what happend sucks, so thanks for being good about eveything and willing to replace them. PS plan on getting your butt kicked at pool! :lol:

[Delphinus]

Dunno what really to say here other than good luck. Focus on onwards and upwards and you'll find your stride again!

[fishoholic]

Thanks to the encouragement from others and with the help of my boyfriend Doug (aka fishytime) I have decided to keep both tanks. They are now both nicely aquascaped (thanks to Doug) and the fish that survived are all back in the tanks.

Fish in the 230g FOWLR are as follows:

King/passer angel
bursa trigger
blueline trigger
blue spotted toby puffer
cleaner wrasse
niger trigger

Only other fish I might add:

target/spotted mandarin
flame hawkfish
checkerboard or dusky wrasse

Fish in the 230g Reef:

One spot yellow foxface
Female? (large) maroon clownfish
red corris wrasse (never was able to catch him out of the reef :neutral:)
sixline wrasse

Fish I want to add

regular/striped mandarin goby
red scooter blenny
starry blenny
blonde naso tang
clown tang
purple tang
flame angel
emperor angel
cleaner wrasse

also might try to add a small male? maroon clown in the hopes they pair up and I am going to get an anemone for the clownfish.

Thanks to working a few hours at Red coral in Edmonton and babysitting my friends kids (to make extra money) and Doug bringing me stuff for my tanks, I am able to keep both tanks up and running and set up the way I like them.

As for the teaser part, I have some pic.'s but they're at home so I'll have to wait until later to post them :twised:

[Lance]

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

[fishoholic]

Full tank shoots

230g reef before pic. July 2010
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/IMGP4483.jpg

230g reef after pic. Nov. 2010
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310751.jpg

230g fowlr before pic. Jan. 2010
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/new%20tank/DSC_1392.jpg

230g fowlr after pic. Nov. 2010
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310761.jpg

I have lots more pic.'s to add but no time now, so they'll have to wait until later.

Thanks again Doug (fishytime) for your awesome aquascaping skills :mrgreen:

[fishytime]

your very welcome Girly......Im just glad I can help and you are happier with the tanks these days:wink:

[Myka]

Your tanks are looking good Laurie! The new aquascaping looks great. Although I liked the reef 'scape better before, the fowlr is much improved! Hehe. Damn me, huh? :p

Oh I've said it before but I love love love the stand under the reef! Oh, and all the triggers...they are uber cool, but the Angels are sweet @$$ uber noice!

[fishoholic]

Your tanks are looking good Laurie! The new aquascaping looks great. Although I liked the reef 'scape better before, the fowlr is much improved! Hehe. Damn me, huh? :p

Oh I've said it before but I love love love the stand under the reef! Oh, and all the triggers...they are uber cool, but the Angels are sweet @$$ uber noice!

Thanks but I'm confused, the reef tank was never really aquascaped properly before, the rock was just randomly placed where ever my ex could drop it/fit it. There were a lot more corals that helped make it look ok but the rock was plopped in without much thought given to it. I always hated how the rock looked like it was just dumped in, now there are cool arches and caves and many hiddey holes for the fish to swim in and around, personally I like it a lot better.

The only angel I have now is my King angel, the others either died in the tank crash or in the weeks after when my friend was looking after them. I also only have 3 triggers now, my bursa, my blue line and my new niger.

[fishoholic]

More pic.'s of my reef tank

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310728.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310744.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310752.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310754.jpg

[fishoholic]

left side of reef tank

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310733.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310734.jpg

right side of reef tank

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310731.jpg

[fishoholic]

One spot foxface and his buddy maroon clownfish both of them were in the 230g fowlr tank but because they always got picked on I moved them to the 230g reef. Unfortunately I think the split in the top back fin of the maroon clown is now permanent. Also the maroon is a lot smaller then the foxface but the way the pic. was taken they look almost the same size.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310749.jpg

red corris wrasse

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310758.jpg

Also have a 6-line wrasse and a red scooter blenny but so far they are faster then my camera skills :redface:

"Ummmm....excuse me mister snail, but you're in my way!"
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PB020777.jpg

[fishoholic]

So people what does this rock remind you of :question:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310750.jpg

[fishoholic]

230g fowlr tank

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310759.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310760.jpg

King angel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310762.jpg

Cleaner wrasse
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310768.jpg

Toby puffer
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310770.jpg

[fishoholic]

Bursa trigger
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310767.jpg

Blue line trigger
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310765.jpg

Niger trigger
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310769.jpg

"Yummy Doug fingers"
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20fowlr/PA310764.jpg

[fishoholic]

So there has been a few changes since the last time I posted. I got a few new fish in the past 2 months and I got a pic. of my scooter blenny however my 6-line is still to fast :twised: I shut down my 20g cube tank and moved the corals and filefish into the reef and added a 80g refugium tank that has rock and my fu man chu lionfish on one side and my mangrove pods and chaeto on the other. I'll start the update with fish pic.'s

red scooter blenny
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC260836.jpg

Purple tang (got it from Bob aka the codfather)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC260824.jpg

Powder blue tang (also got it from Bob aka the codfather)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC260827.jpg

2 cleaner shrimp "sharing" a piece of krill
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC270843.jpg

Marjorie ? wrasse
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC260816.jpg

[fishoholic]

One of my absolute favorite fish in this hobby my longhorn cowfish. I was always a little bit scared to get one but a few people I know have had them and they have never had any issues with theirs so I went ahead and got one for myself :mrgreen: I keep a close eye on him and I make sure no one is stressing him and so far so good he gets along well with everyone and no one bothers him :biggrin:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC190799.jpg

"Are you lookin at me PUNK!" :lol:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC190797.jpg

"pucker up baby"
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC300857.jpg

[fishoholic]

Also added a beautiful rose bubble tip anemone which my maroon clownfish hosted in as I was placing it in the tank :surprise: Thankfully it didn't move around much from where I first placed it and it's doing really well :biggrin:

Shortly after I placed the rbta in the tank
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC190802.jpg

About 5-6 hrs after I put the rbta in the tank
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC190813.jpg

What it looks like now a couple of weeks later
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC300855.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC260821.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010861.jpg

[fishoholic]

My spotted mandarin dragonet
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC290847.jpg

My new orange/red spotted blenny which I got on boxing day and he stays out in the open and is eating like a pig.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC270842.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010865.jpg

[fishoholic]

Coral pic.'s

The 1st 2 pic's are frags I bought during boxing week
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010862.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010863.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010864.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC260839.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC190808.jpg

[365seasons]

Tanks are looking great Laurie!
Loooove your cowfish!

[zum14]

Awesome looking fish, i find that purple really stunning. Amazing pattern on it.

[fishoholic]

My new 80g refugium/extra rock/lionfish tank which Doug set up and plumbed into the rest of my system. I have more rock to add but I don't want to add to much rock at once so I am doing it slowly, also would like to add even more rock but I will have to wait until I get extra money before I can do that. I think once everything is established and all the rock I do have is added I might get a pipefish or 2 and add them into this tank.

All plumbed in
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/PC290852.jpg

All set up and running
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010867.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010871.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010869.jpg

Fu man chu hiding in the rock
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/90g%20sump/P1010868.jpg

I will take some more pic.'s and a new fts of the reef tank later on.

[Delphinus]

Looks great!

[Skimmerking]

looking great Laurie, and Thanks to Dougy for helping ya what a swell guy.

[Lance]

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

[fishytime]

looking great Laurie, and Thanks to Dougy for helping ya what a swell guy.

Gee.....thanks Mikey:razz:

some pretty sweet pics there Girly.....especially that last cowfish one!:biggrin:

[fishoholic]

Ok it's been awhile since I last posted. I took a bunch of pic.'s this weekend and I will share all the pic.'s over the next few days.

I'll start with a FTS of the reef (still working on getting a decent fts of the fowlr)

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020919.jpg

The cowfish in the previous pic's mysteriously died after 2 months of it doing well :noidea: However they are one of my absolute favorite fish so I ended up getting another one. This time I put the cowfish into my 80g tank were there is less flow and and slower moving fish. I'm hoping that helps. I have had him just over a month, he eats like a pig but he does have some ich on him. I just hope he lives and does well in the 80g. He lives with my fu man chu lionfish, my matted filefish and my orange spot blenny who a couple of weeks ago decided to take a trip down the reef tank overflow and now lives in the 80g.

fts 80g
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020942.jpg

New cowfish
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020925.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020937.jpg

Orange spot blenny
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020939.jpg

Fu man chu
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P2090887.jpg

[Delphinus]

Ha ha ha blennies. They're so comical.

Great colour on the Fu Man Chu.

You must have a lot of fun with water changes at your place! :lol:

[fishoholic]

Ha ha ha blennies. They're so comical.

Great colour on the Fu Man Chu.

You must have a lot of fun with water changes at your place! :lol:

Ya I love blennies, just glad he took a detour into the 80g tank instead of ending up in the sump.

I've had the fu man chu for just over a year now, he still eats like a pig (mysis and krill) and I do love his colouration.

Water changes are a minor PITA. I have a mixing tank that takes awhile to fill with RO and I pour the salt in until I get the salinity right, but I have a pump in there to mix it with and after I drain the water out of the main tanks, I pump the newly mixed water back into the tanks fairly easily. I have to watch the water levels in the sump and unplug pumps at the right time as I pump the old water out into the floor drain while I am doing the water change, but overall not to bad. I would be killer if I had to carry buckets around to drain the tank, TG it's set up to drain into the floor drain.

left side reef tank
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0001.jpg

right side
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0026.jpg

Cool new shrooms Doug surprised me with from red coral :biggrin:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0031.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5210.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0034.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5215.jpg

[fishoholic]

Really missing my nikon DSLR camera, but here's an ok pic. of the 230g fowlr tank. Ignore the HA :redface:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4030945.jpg

Shrooms in the fowlr
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4030947.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5224.jpg

and gsp
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5223.jpg

So in my fowlr tank I lost my cleaner wrasse due to carpet surfing and my cat :evil: I would of been able to save the cleaner wrasse off the carpet (was in the tank when I fed it five minute earlier) but unfortunately my cat saw it on the floor before I did and when I came downstairs (literally what must of been minutes after it jumped) I noticed my cat tossing something up in the air and catching it, when I went to check out what he was playing with, much to my dismay it was my cleaner wrasse :cry: That night Doug almost got his wish of me not having a cat anymore :twised:

On different days awhile ago I also found my 6-line wrasse and mandarin in the overflow. So I moved them to the reef tank were they both have settled in nicely. The red corris wrasse leaves the 6-line alone and my scooter blenny could care less about the mandarin, so moving them worked out well :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

Yesterday when Doug and I went to the lfs I saw this beautiful chocolate mimic tang at AI. The tang had been bought 3 yrs ago at AI as a juvi and was recently brought back to AI from it's owner. It got jumped in a bit by my other tangs but he's a bit bigger then them (he's about 5") and stood up for himself fairly quickly. About 4 yrs ago I had an opportunity to get a chocolate mimic (which I think is a beautiful fish) but the owner had two of them together and did not want to split them up and at the time I had a 120g and I did not want add two of the same tangs in it. Since then off and on I have been looking for a chocolate mimic that looked as nice as the one I remembered from all those yrs ago, happy to say I finally found one :mrgreen:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020909.jpg

more of a truer colour pic.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020941.jpg

3 amigos
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020913.jpg

[Skimmerking]

love the powder blue Laurie

[The Grizz]

Wow Laurie I didn't realize you had this many tanks going:surprise: looking good. I love the cow fish & the tangs too.

So I guess we can call Dougster the shroom dealer :twised:

[fishoholic]

love the powder blue Laurie

Thanks Mike, I've always love powder blues, but they can be tricky. I was happy to get him from Bob knowing that he was healthy and doing well to begin with :biggrin:

Wow Laurie I didn't realize you had this many tanks going:surprise: looking good. I love the cow fish & the tangs too.


Thanks, BTW can you tell I'm addicted :lol: Shoot me a pm next time your in town and feel free to pop over to see my tanks.

So I guess we can call Dougster the shroom dealer :twised:

:lol: He does deal some pretty sweet shrooms :mrgreen: He also has been wonderful in helping my broke a$$ by hooking me up with salt, very grateful for this since I do a 60g water change per week.

[fishoholic]

GRRRRRRRRRR WTH!!!!!!!!

I just fed my tanks and I noticed that my orange spot blenny (same one in the pic. I took yesterday) wasn't out front and center gobbling up food like usual. I'm thinking to my self that that's strange and of course my first thought is "Oh sh*t he jumped" so I started to frantically search all around the tank and finally I see him in the tank (on the cheato and mangrove pod side) dead at the bottom :sad: His body looked perfectly fine and in tact and he was eating well yesterday. At a total loss as to why he died, I had him for 4 months and while he spent most of that time in the reef tank, he had been in the 80g for about 2 weeks and did seem fine in there. I seriously don't get it :evil: Also pretty sure that type of blenny gets a lot bigger (he was about 3" but i think they get to about 5") so I doubt it was from old age or anything like that :noidea:

[es355lucille]

Sorry to hear about your Blenn Laurie.

You have some great looking tanks! Love the mushrooms and the new fish you purchased. I don't think I have seen a chocolate mimic tang before...wow nice fish.

Brad

[fishoholic]

Sorry to hear about your Blenn Laurie.

You have some great looking tanks! Love the mushrooms and the new fish you purchased. I don't think I have seen a chocolate mimic tang before...wow nice fish.

Brad

Thanks, ya it's not to often you see adult chocolate mimic tangs, juvi colours are more yellow. I always think of them as chocolate mimic tangs but they are also called Mimic Lemon Peel Tang (Acanthurus pyroferus).

http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-24033-mimicLemonPeel-juv.jpg

I was talking to Doug and the only thing we could think of was that maybe the blenny somehow got stung by the fu man chu and that's what could of killed it. However I didn't see any marks on it's body and I would of thought a lionfish sting would leave a mark of some sort or some swelling or something :noidea:

[Lance]

Damn. :sad: Sad to hear this.

[fishoholic]

Thanks Lance, wish I knew what happened to him, really sucked finding my blenny dead all of a sudden.

[Delphinus]

Sorry to hear it. Blennies sure seem to be sometimes very iffy that way. I lost my ember blenny about 2 months ago (just before everyone got moved over into the new tank) in much the same way: everything fine, then one day at feeding he wasn't there. Found him floating near the back of the tank. Had had him for well over a year.

Couple other blennies I've tried have never made it past the first week (both ember blennies in those two cases). Just poof, one day, they're done, that's it.

Weird and disheartening...

[fishoholic]

Sorry to hear it. Blennies sure seem to be sometimes very iffy that way. I lost my ember blenny about 2 months ago (just before everyone got moved over into the new tank) in much the same way: everything fine, then one day at feeding he wasn't there. Found him floating near the back of the tank. Had had him for well over a year.

Couple other blennies I've tried have never made it past the first week (both ember blennies in those two cases). Just poof, one day, they're done, that's it.

Weird and disheartening...

Strange how that is :sad: I was thinking I might get an ember blenny in the future, but now I'm leaning more towards a starry blenny. Might just do a good old bi-colour blenny, I had one yrs ago and he was the most personable blenny I ever had.

[fishoholic]

Flame angel (I got him awhile ago, but he's fast and hard to get a pic. of)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020906.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020932.jpg

Mandarin (Doug took this cool pic.)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0050.jpg

My Duncan coral (Doug's pic.'s of it)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0033.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5213.jpg

[lastlight]

Duncans look great! I'm really convinced I moved mien up too high I think they are getting too much light.

Strange how that is :sad: I was thinking I might get an ember blenny in the future, but now I'm leaning more towards a starry blenny. Might just do a good old bi-colour blenny, I had one yrs ago and he was the most personable blenny I ever had.

I recently couldn't find my bi-color and he'd been totally fine previously. Firecracker of personality I really miss him.

[fishoholic]

Duncans look great! I'm really convinced I moved mien up too high I think they are getting too much light.



I recently couldn't find my bi-color and he'd been totally fine previously. Firecracker of personality I really miss him.

Duncans are non-photosynthetic, so they don't need much light. I target feed mine mysis and acan plus every once in awhile (which seems to help) and I do dump a lot of mysis in when I feed my fish so I'm sure it gets some mysis from the regular tank feedings.

Sorry about your blenny that sucks :sad:

[fishoholic]

Duncans look great! I'm really convinced I moved mien up too high I think they are getting too much light.



mien???? have you had Kien on your brain lately :lol: :razz:

[kien]

mien???? have you had Kien on your brain lately :lol: :razz:

whaa?? are you sure it isn't YOU that has Kien on your brain ??? :lol: I suppose there could be worse things to have on your brain. I'm not sure what those are though.

By the way, Duncans do contain zooxanthella and are capable of photosynthesis. :)

[fishoholic]

whaa?? are you sure it isn't YOU that has Kien on your brain ??? :lol: I suppose there could be worse things to have on your brain. I'm not sure what those are though.

:lol: that backfired, you were supposed to bug Brett.

By the way, Duncans do contain zooxanthella and are capable of photosynthesis. :)

Hummmm.....and here I was tryin to sound smart because Doug told me they were non-photosynthetic and that they didn't need light, usually when it comes to corals I just take Doug's word for it :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

Found some info about ducan's and thought I'd share the link

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=597+2790+2670&pcatid=2670

This info stood out to me:

"In the home aquarium, place in low current areas with low to moderate light."

"Though they feed through photosynthesis via the symbiotic algae zooxanthellae that thrive on the colony, this coral also benefits from regular target feedings of meaty marine foods such as enriched mysis and brine shrimp."

[Leah]

I have a Duncan in my tank and it has learned to open at night instead of in the day as my Angel kept nipping it.

[Delphinus]

I thought Duncans are "facultative" which is a fancy way of saying they swing both ways.

[Leah]

I thought Duncans are "facultative" which is a fancy way of saying they swing both ways.

It is always good to keep your options open. :wink:

[Lance]

I've found Duncans to be very forgiving corals. If you don't feed them they will grow slowly. Feed them often and they explode in growth. They prefer low to moderate light and slower flow.

[fishytime]

Doug told me they were non-photosynthetic and that they didn't need light, usually when it comes to corals I just take Doug's word for it :biggrin:


I did not know that!.......I just assumed that because they are related, that they were like other Dendrophylliidae........my bad

[fishoholic]

Just realized I should of posted my tank video in my tank journal, oops! :redface: http://youtu.be/3ZZ2udUF2Eo

The Blonde naso was brought in for me from Red Coral thanks to Doug and Kevin :biggrin: and Keith 24storm brought it to me from Calgary :cheer2: Thanks Keith :biggrin: Also the naso is eating like a pig, ate lots of nori and mysis yesterday :mrgreen: I will try to get a video of the fowlr tank and post it soon.

[fishoholic]

Coral pic.'s

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0038.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0044.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5219.jpg
This sps (above and below) was getting stung by my anemone so I moved it and in the process of doing so I accidentally broke off some pieces :redface:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0032.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0051.jpg

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5222.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5216.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5217.jpg

My polypless sps coral thanks to my flame angel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5220.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0047.jpg

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5221.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P4020945.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0045.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMGP5214.jpg

Yellow sponge
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/IMG_0053.jpg

[fishoholic]

My fowlr tank. Ignore the HA :redface:

http://youtu.be/zoTnvzv4CAk

[fishoholic]

Got a decent pic. of the blonde naso, so I thought I'd share (not sure why the pic. is grainy looking.....man I miss my DSLR :sad:)

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/doug/P5080957.jpg

[fishytime]

so tell me baby, do blondes have more fun????.....even if it is grainy its still better than any picture Ive ever managed to get of any fish that doesnt just sit there motionless waiting for the shutter to snap....he sure do have purdy long.....streamers....:biggrin:

[fishytime]

Girly wanted me to post the pics I managed to snap of her new addition while I was there last w/e....

Tribal Blenny

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5427.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5428.jpg

and a pic with the little dude showing some style and "flare"
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/fishytime/Fishytime%202/IMGP5429.jpg

[Leah]

Love him Laurie...beautiful fishy!

[lorenz0]

that blenny is AWESOME!

never heard of them before

[fishoholic]

so tell me baby, do blondes have more fun????.....even if it is grainy its still better than any picture Ive ever managed to get of any fish that doesnt just sit there motionless waiting for the shutter to snap....he sure do have purdy long.....streamers....:biggrin:

Ya it's really hard to get a decent pic. of a moving fish. Not sure if blondes have more fun or not :lol: Thanks for posting the pic.'s of my new blenny :biggrin:

Love him Laurie...beautiful fishy!

Thanks Leah :biggrin: I wanted another blenny but I wasn't sure what kind I wanted, however when I saw this guy (never seen a tribal blenny before) I just had to get him.

[fishoholic]

that blenny is AWESOME!

never heard of them before

Ya I never knew they exisited until I saw him at the store, just couldn't pass up his unique colour pattern.

Here's a link to some info on them, you have to scroll down a bit, but he's there
http://www.aquacon.com/blennies_saltwaterfish.html

[Delphinus]

Neat!

[fishytime]

Love him Laurie...beautiful fishy!

Thanks Leah.........oh!..... You were talkin bout the blenny weren't you? :redface:

[fishoholic]

Thanks Leah.........oh!..... You were talkin bout the blenny weren't you? :redface:

:fish:

[fishoholic]

Haven't updated in awhile and I got a new camera so here's some new pic.'s :biggrin:

I'll start with my 80g tank

FTS
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0101.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0094.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0093.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0085.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0091.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0065.jpg

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0068.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0060.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0063.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0052.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0053.jpg

[Leah]

Haven't updated in awhile and I got a new camera so here's some new pic.'s :biggrin:

I'll start with my 80g tank

FTS
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0101.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0094.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0093.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0085.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0091.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0065.jpg

Love the Cowfish Laurie!!! Did he follow you home???? :lol:
Where did you get him.

Had to copy the pictures!!! :wink:

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0054.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0055.jpg

new joker zoas/pally's might be purple people eaters not sure and they belong to Doug (however they are in my tank :twised:)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0056.jpg

[fishoholic]

Love the Cowfish Laurie!!! Did he follow you home???? :lol:
Where did you get him.

Had to copy the pictures!!! :wink:

Got him at Big als back in April of this year (2011)

[reefwars]

ooooo those jokers are niceeeee .....red coral??

[riceboy]

lol i just picked those up to lol the last ones lol

[Delphinus]

Neat fish!!

Hey Laurie what are the dims of that 80g?

[fishoholic]

ooooo those jokers are niceeeee .....red coral??

They are actually Doug's pally's but they are in my tank :twised: Also we're not sure if they are jokers or purple people eaters and we got them at Blue world.

[fishoholic]

Neat fish!!

Hey Laurie what are the dims of that 80g?

Way to small for some of those fish....ummm good question I'll go measure and find out. Edit: I will have to measure tomorrow since it's past my bed time and I have no idea were I put my measuring tape.

FYI I'm kinda using that tank as my "grow out" fish tank. As soon as my cowfish is big enough to handle the flow and not get stuck in small rock work spots he will go into the 230g reef and as soon as my harlequin tusk gets a lot bigger (will take awhile since he's only about an inch long) he will go into the 230g fowlr, as well as the leopard and mystery wrasse when they get bigger.

[fishoholic]

The 80g tank is 4 feet long, 2 feet tall and 16 inches deep/wide.

[fishoholic]

My FOWLR tank

FTS
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0100.jpg

The star/pita of this tank my king angel.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0006.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0016.jpg

My king's arch nemesis my blue line trigger
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0017.jpg

orange spot rabbitfish
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0020.jpg

[fishoholic]

why hello there fancy meeting you here
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0071.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0072.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0043.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0044.jpg

[noirsphynx]

They are actually Doug's pally's but they are in my tank :twised: Also we're not sure if they are jokers or purple people eaters and we got them at Blue world.

I bought them too Laurie but I'm not sure they're either of those. I truly hope they do color up to be Joker's though, that'd be sweet.

I love your fishies, they're awesome!

[fishoholic]

Just for Dawn, my new maxi mini anemone. It opened up even more last night then in this pic, but the pic I took was a raw file and I don't know how to access the image :redface: I must say I really like it and I'm tempted to get another one.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0007.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0073.jpg

[fishoholic]

My reef tank

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0078.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0097.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0041.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0042.jpg

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0047.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0023.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0025.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0026.jpg

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0027.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0028.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0030.jpg

tribal blenny hiding
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0036.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0039.jpg

[noirsphynx]

Just for Dawn, my new maxi mini anemone. It opened up even more last night then in this pic, but the pic I took was a raw file and I don't know how to access the image :redface: I must say I really like it and I'm tempted to get another one.


Ooooo, very nice laurie! I will have more once my tank is up and running :big grin: They're like chips, you can't have just one :lol: Next one I buy (or maybe even this one) I will frag.

[ALang]

Wow.
You really have to show me how to take pictures like that!
Nice wrasse, too!

[fishoholic]

Ooooo, very nice laurie! I will have more once my tank is up and running :big grin: They're like chips, you can't have just one :lol: Next one I buy (or maybe even this one) I will frag.

I know, I was thinking about going back and getting more and eventually fraging them to make my money back :biggrin:

Wow.
You really have to show me how to take pictures like that!
Nice wrasse, too!

It's called spend a bunch of money on a new camera you can't afford and should not be buying just to take better pic's of your fish :lol: :redface:

It's a nikon D3100 DSLR

[RedCoralEdmonton]

Hey Laurie, if you got them at Blue World, they are Purple Puddle Palys, I love them they are among my favs.... If you are looking for Jokers, Im up to 8 heads woot, so they will be available very soon!!!!

Steve

[christyf5]

Looking great Laurie! Love that anemone(s are there 2 there or just one?). I assume cuz they're called "mini-maxi's" they stay small (ish)? They kind of look like hairy mushrooms but prettier :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

Looking great Laurie! Love that anemone(s are there 2 there or just one?). I assume cuz they're called "mini-maxi's" they stay small (ish)? They kind of look like hairy mushrooms but prettier :biggrin:

There is just one (for now :mrgreen:) I took that pic of it the day after I added it to the tank. It has since fully opened up, in that pic it's partly tucked into the rock. The maxi minis grow around 2-5 inches, mine is around 3-4". Very similar to mushrooms and apparently were mistaken as such for years. Also apparently you can frag them like mushrooms.

[christyf5]

There is just one (for now :mrgreen:) I took that pic of it the day after I added it to the tank. It has since fully opened up, in that pic it's partly tucked into the rock. The maxi minis grow around 2-5 inches, mine is around 3-4". Very similar to mushrooms and apparently were mistaken as such for years. Also apparently you can frag them like mushrooms.

Oh neat! Do you know if they ever reach out and sting anything?(I have zero experience with anemones but people always seem to talk about losing stuff to them). I wonder how they'd fare in a nano tank?

[fishoholic]

Oh neat! Do you know if they ever reach out and sting anything?(I have zero experience with anemones but people always seem to talk about losing stuff to them). I wonder how they'd fare in a nano tank?

Apparently they can sting corals but their sting isn't very strong and generally they stay in the spot you put them and they tend not to move around much. They are great for nano tanks because they stay small, don't need strong light and host anemone crabs and sexy shrimp. I went to the store to pick up another one (I had wanted the orangeish ones they had) but unfortunately they only had purple/green ones left. I posted a link in the maxi mini thread I started but I'll post it here too.

maxi mini info
http://www.coralmagazine-us.com/content/mini-carpets-perfect-small-sea-anemones

maxi mini thread
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=79036

and a new pic of mine
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0169.jpg

[fishoholic]

When Doug was visiting at the beginning of the month he bought this guy

an orange formia starfish (funny thing is I'll try forever to get a pic of my flame angel and fail miserably but in both pic's I took of the starfish there he is :rolleyes: go figure)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0172.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0175.jpg

[fishoholic]

Coral pic's

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0144.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0152.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0151.jpg

A cool pic of my lion and tusk
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0146.jpg

Peek-a-boo
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0089.jpg

[fishoholic]

I was looking at some of my old photos and saw this pic of my blue line trigger when he was a juvi about 2 inches

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/new%20tank/DSC_0041.jpg

It's amazing how much he's grown! He's about 5-6 inches now.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0018.jpg

[The Grizz]

I now know what my next trigger is going to be :biggrin: thanks Laurie. That mini is so nice, I want some now :surprise:

[lastlight]

amazing how drastically some of these fish can change. think i prefer the adult colouration very nice!

[fishoholic]

amazing how drastically some of these fish can change. think i prefer the adult colouration very nice!

Ya it's crazy how different juvi's look from adults. Normally it's mostly with angels so it's been cool to see change with my trigger.

[fishoholic]

I now know what my next trigger is going to be :biggrin: thanks Laurie. That mini is so nice, I want some now :surprise:

He is an awesome trigger. A bit aggressive though and he get's huge, up to 24"
http://www.aquariumdomain.com/viewSpeciesMarine.php?id=74#

I've seen them for sale at Ocean City (now called Ocean Creation) in Calgary and at Blue World in Edmonton. I'm sure Red Coral could also get them in.

As for the mini check big als next time your in Edmonton

[fishoholic]

Newest addition my juvi 1" Blueline angelfish

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0167.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0168.jpg

These pic's were taken the day I got him on Oct 9th. He's in my FOWLR tank for now. I thought since he was so small that my king angel would ignore him, unfortunately that's not the case, but for the most part the King leaves him alone. Just chases him into the rock work every now and then, hasn't hurt him yet. It's strange to cause the blueline angel is literally the same size as the King angels tail so you'd think since he's so small he wouldn't even bother with him.

[Myka]

Nice Trigger! He's going to be trouble when he grows up, eh! :lol:

[fishoholic]

Nice Trigger! He's going to be trouble when he grows up, eh! :lol:

Never mind when he get's bigger he's already trouble :lol: He's always blown around the sand bed, only now instead of a little puff of sand he can create a mini sand storm. On the plus side though, it keeps the sand bed looking clean. He also lately taken to moving rock :twised: usually it was 2-3 smallish pieces of loose rock that he'd move around, but last week he decided he didn't like where this one rock was (about a 5-6 pound med. decent sized piece of rock) and kept knocking it over into the front pane of glass :evil: I ended up putting another piece of rock under that rock and finally got it tilted into a spot where he's left it alone for the past few days.

Also he seems to be the only similar shaped larger fish my King angel can't really bully. They do fight every now and then but the trigger will stand up for himself and not back down, so my King tends not to pick on him to much.

[fishoholic]

Bit of an update. On the sad side of things a couple of weeks ago my red fuzzy dwarf lionfish decided to jump out of the tank and a few days later my harlequin tuskfish didn't look to good and he's been MIA for over a week now :sad: (kinda wonder if my mystery wrasse harassed him to much or something as I've noticed he's started chasing my leopard wrasse around)

On the bright side of things awhile ago I got a rainbow wrasse and mandarin goby that are doing well and another maxi mini anemone purple/green.

[fishoholic]

So last night I go to clean up my mixing tank for water changes and I look into my refugium (I moved my cheato and mangroves back into the sump to make room for more rock in the 80g) and low and behold I see my orange starfish :surprise: I had been wondering why I hadn't seen him in the display for awhile, but I was surprised to see him in the sump! That means that he went through my overflow into my plumbing pipes and traveled through about ten feet of plumbing pipes before getting to my sump. Crazy! Happy he's ok though.

He's back in the display now here's hoping he stays put.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0197.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0198.jpg

[fishoholic]

My new maxi mini
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0194.jpg

My old one
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0195.jpg

My rainbow wrasse
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0191.jpg

[Oilers]

Laurie,
Where do you get the new maxi mini? It looks quite nice. I want one :mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

Laurie,
Where do you get the new maxi mini? It looks quite nice. I want one :mrgreen:

I got it a month ago, basically a couple of weeks after I bought my first one, from Big Als. Not sure if they have any left or not. If I get brave enough I could consider trying to frag it.

[fishytime]

Looks to me like your getting the settings figured out with the new cam babe.....pics looks good.....

[freezetyle]

That wrasse is gorgeous!

[The Grizz]

Nice to hear you found your traveling star :lol: love the mini's too, just goes to show you can find some good finds at Big Al's once in a while.

[Nebthet]

Very nice. I wish I had the room in my apartment for a tank this size!

[fishoholic]

That wrasse is gorgeous!

Thanks, when I saw it in the store I couldn't pass it up :biggrin:

Very nice. I wish I had the room in my apartment for a tank this size!

Thanks :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

Nice to hear you found your traveling star :lol: love the mini's too, just goes to show you can find some good finds at Big Al's once in a while.

The big als in Edmonton seems a lot nicer then the one in Calgary and I've always had pretty good luck there.

I was very happy to find my starfish, still can't believe how far he went. I did notice while I was watch TV that he was by my overflow :twised:, meant to move him away from it but I forgot, here's hoping he doesn't go on another travel!

[fishoholic]

More pic's

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0213.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0209.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0208.jpg

[fishoholic]

Finally got a decent pic of my red corris wrasse

Here's what he used to look like a couple of years ago
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/230g%20reef/PA310758.jpg

Here's what he looks like now
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0248.jpg

[fishytime]

nice wrasse baby:wink::mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

fire shrimp
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0245.jpg

fisheri angel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0244.jpg

bi-colour goatfish
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0262.jpg

zoas nuclear green (looks more green in person), jeckles, and purple puddles.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0266.jpg

[fishytime]

those is some nice zoas and palys you got there honey

[fishoholic]

those is some nice zoas and palys you got there honey

I figured you'd like them, since they're yours :lol:

[noirsphynx]

The little angel is cute! Are you sure that's a nut green paly? Like those Purple Puddles!

[fishoholic]

The little angel is cute! Are you sure that's a nut green paly? Like those Purple Puddles!

Thanks the little angel is super cute. He has blue lines/pattern on his fins which looks really cool but it's hard to get a pic. of.

The green pally is a nuclear green pally (got it from Blue world) and looks greener in person but for some odd reason it looks brownish in the picture. No idea why :noidea:

[fishoholic]

:mmph: just googled nuclear green paly's and was talking to Doug, and Dawn you might be right, they may not be nuclear green paly's, which is annoying because that is what they were sold to me as :evil:

[reefwars]

:mmph: just googled nuclear green paly's and was talking to Doug, and Dawn you might be right, they may not be nuclear green paly's, which is annoying because that is what they were sold to me as :evil:


here is mine i actually have them for sale


http://i924.photobucket.com/albums/ad85/reefwars/90gallon%20reef/015.jpg?t=1323306220

[reefwars]

which is weird cause ken knows his palys he must have made a simple mistake send him a pm im sure he will straighten it out:)

[fishoholic]

Pictures of stuff I spent some of my birthday money on

Wall hammer coral
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0283.jpg

I got the above hammer coral because it reminded me of my favorite coral that I lost

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/28g%20tank/DSC_0870.jpg

Fisheri angel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0297.jpg

New maxi mini anemone
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0300.jpg

Another maxi mini nem that I got a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately it's in a hard to veiw spot. It's got a lightish green rim around the edge, then purple, then dark dark green in the centre.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0285-1.jpg

[fishoholic]

Doug's green coral that I can't remeber the name of
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0287.jpg

Doug's duncan in front and mine behind it
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0290.jpg

Starfish
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0288.jpg

[fishytime]

I like the new maxi baby......purdy orange one...... and the green coral is a favia:wink:

[noirsphynx]

Where'd you get the new mini? It's nice.

[fishytime]

oh, oh, oh! *raises hand again*.....I know, I know......BA's in Etown....she said there was about twenty there when she was there two days ago

[noirsphynx]

oh, oh, oh! *raises hand again*.....I know, I know......BA's in Etown....she said there was about twenty there when she was there two days ago

crap, they got more.......I can't spend more money :lol:

[fishoholic]

crap, they got more.......I can't spend more money :lol:

I know the feeling but somehow I still do :redface:

[Oilers]

Laurie, where did you get the starfish from? I love its color.

[fishytime]

Laurie, where did you get the starfish from? I love its color.

Hey David.....that one is a fromia milleporella....... If I remember correctly, I bought the starfish at BAs.....that was a month or two ago so I cant say if they still have any or not.

[The Grizz]

I know the feeling but somehow I still do :redface:

Well next time they have some pick up a few extra & I will buy them from you. Everytime I go looking at the LFS there is nothing that I want & it gets frustrating:frusty:

[fishoholic]

Well next time they have some pick up a few extra & I will buy them from you. Everytime I go looking at the LFS there is nothing that I want & it gets frustrating:frusty:

I actually have two purpleish ones that are fairly similar, if you want this one
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0194.jpg
you can buy if from me next time your in Edmonton. Also I'll send you a text as I'm going to BW today and can pick up some more mini's from BA if you'd like since I'll be in that area.

[The Grizz]

Cool shoot me a text if there's anything sweet. How much do they usually cost Laurie?

[fishoholic]

I bought a Tek T5 light from Steve at RC and put it over the 80g. So much nicer looking with a bright light over the tank. I also moved the cheato and mangroves back into the sump and added some rock to fill up the space.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0330.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0339.jpg

I also went to Blue World and Ken switched the pally I had with a real nuclear green pally. I put it in my 10g with my frogfish along with some other new zoas.

While I was out I saw this royal pencil wrasse at big als and ended up bringing him home. Extra bonus he's eating like a pig :mrgreen:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0329.jpg

[fishoholic]

Also had some maxi mini's follow me home

The 2 newest ones (Had Grizz in mind when I picked them up but I must admit I really like them :redface: me thinks me {or more likely Doug} will need to learn how to frag them)

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0331.jpg

The orangey one I got a week ago

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0332.jpg

My purplely one that's in a hard to take a pic of spot

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0338.jpg

and the 1st one I ever got

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0335.jpg

[The Grizz]

I have a shinny new frag tool kit :biggrin:

[fishoholic]

I have a shinny new frag tool kit :biggrin:

:lol: Doug has a frag tool kit he's going to be visiting just after Christmas so let me know which ones you like and we'll frag them and see how it goes. It's supposed to be the same as fraging ric's (which Doug has done) so we should be able to work something out.

[fishoholic]

Laurie, where did you get the starfish from? I love its color.

Hey David.....that one is a fromia milleporella....... If I remember correctly, I bought the starfish at BAs.....that was a month or two ago so I cant say if they still have any or not.

When I was at big als on the weekend they had a few of those orange star fish left.

[The Grizz]

:lol: Doug has a frag tool kit he's going to be visiting just after Christmas so let me know which ones you like and we'll frag them and see how it goes. It's supposed to be the same as fraging ric's (which Doug has done) so we should be able to work something out.

Any of them, all of them :lol:

[fishoholic]

New FTS

230g reef
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0046.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0049.jpg

230g fowlr
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0043-1.jpg

80g (ignore evil cyano :twised:)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0045.jpg

[fishoholic]

My newish hawkfishes

Mr. Freckles (Freckled Hawkfish) in the fowlr
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0040.jpg

Lyretail Hawkfish in the reef

(his fave spot to perch)
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0061.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0062-1.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0063-1.jpg

[fishoholic]

Miracles do happen....after having this guy for well over a year I finally got a pic of him :surprise:

My 6-line wrasse (staring at my lyretail hawk. Which you can just see part of his pink face poking out from the rock)

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0065-1.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0066.jpg

[fishytime]

still wish I could take fish pics as good as you:neutral:......envious:mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

still wish I could take fish pics as good as you:neutral:......envious:mrgreen:

Not hard when you have a Nikon DSLR 3100.

Fish pic's
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0055-1.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0067.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0068-1.jpg

My two crazy cleaner shrimp who love to hang out under my RBTA
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0096.jpg

[fishoholic]

Duncan growth

When I first got it June 2010
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/20g%20cube/DSC_0017.jpg

Now, a year and a half later :mrgreen:
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0052-1.jpg

[lastlight]

Very nice growth there. Is much of that skeleton as well? Mine forms heads at A decent rate but the actual structure grows painfully slow.

[fishoholic]

Very nice growth there. Is much of that skeleton as well? Mine forms heads at A decent rate but the actual structure grows painfully slow.

Yes there is a good skeleton to it too. It's a little smaller then the size of a baseball.

[fishoholic]

My new kuiteri wrasse

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0180.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0178.jpg

[fishytime]

um.....nice wrasse baby:wink:

[christyf5]

ooh thats purdy! :mrgreen:

[Delphinus]

Very nifty!

[fishoholic]

Thanks guys I hadn't heard of this type of wrasse until I looked up leopard wrasse on liveaquaria and kuiteri wrasse showed up. Then AI got them in and needless to say I'm glad I got him :mrgreen:

When I first came home after work he was hiding. However when I got home (after going out for dinner) I was very happy to see him out in the open. The yellow tang gave him a bit of a hard time when I fed the tank, but on the plus side he did eat some mysis :mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

Dang you Grizz this is your fault!
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/6-line/DSC_0183.jpg

Pic of my cool urchin
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/6-line/DSC_0182.jpg

[fishytime]

um....nice clam baby:wink:

and now I see why you added the emerald crab and the filefish:razz:

[subman]

um....nice clam baby:wink:

:eek::rofl2:

...and now I see why you added the emerald crab and the filefish:razz:

and...:eek::rofl2:

[fishoholic]

um....nice clam baby:wink:

and now I see why you added the emerald crab and the filefish:razz:

Thanks and yes, the emerald crabs and filefish are very muchly needed ATM

[fishoholic]

Iphone pic's so not the best but I thought I'd share

New ultra maxima clam

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Snapbucket/467FB3CE.jpg

squamosa clam

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Snapbucket/EE1C9481-orig.jpg

[Leah]

The Ultra Maxima is Gorgeous!!!! :mrgreen:

[Oilers]

How much is AI paying? I would like to apply for a job there please so I can afford these $200 beautiful ultra maxima clams :mrgreen:

[subman]

How much is AI paying? I would like to apply for a job there please so I can afford these $200 beautiful ultra maxima clams :mrgreen:

You have to remember Laurie is collecting her sunshine girl pension! :wink:

[Leah]

You have to remember Laurie is collecting her sunshine girl pension! :wink:

:lol: :wink:

Pretty sure I need a job at AI too :surprise: Or maybe a rich boyfriend. :redface:

[fishoholic]

The Ultra Maxima is Gorgeous!!!! :mrgreen:

Thanks

:lol: :wink:

Pretty sure I need a job at AI too :surprise: Or maybe a rich boyfriend. :redface:

No rich boyfriend needed, just a well off Mom who loaned me some money then told me not to worry about paying her back :mrgreen: (let's hope she doesn't read that :redface:)

[fishoholic]

How much is AI paying? I would like to apply for a job there please so I can afford these $200 beautiful ultra maxima clams :mrgreen:

The clam was from Steve at red coral and unfortunately I make less a month (working only Saturdays) then the $200 clam

You have to remember Laurie is collecting her sunshine girl pension! :wink:

:lol: Ya right I wish! Unfortunately sunshine girls don't get paid it's strictly volunteer and in my case (back in the day) I got volunteered for it. Originally a friend of mine was supposed to go but she called me saying she was sick (pretty sure she just chickened out) and begged me to take her place.

[Oilers]

:lol: :wink:

Pretty sure I need a job at AI too :surprise: Or maybe a rich boyfriend. :redface:
That sounds good to me. Anybody wanna hook me up with a sugar mama? :lol:

[Oilers]

The clam was from Steve at red coral and unfortunately I make less a month (working only Saturdays) then the $200 clam

I still would like to work for AI though. They seem to have the best selection in town. If they don't pay me enough, I will just use my "two-finger" employee discount :twised:

[fishoholic]

I still would like to work for AI though. They seem to have the best selection in town. If they don't pay me enough, I will just use my "two-finger" employee discount :twised:

Pretty sure that's frowned upon.

[Delphinus]

These maximas are amazing and, BTW Laurie, yours is spectacular. I was waiting for this shipment a long time myself. Snagged one myself, I'm quite fond of it, even though it put me in the doghouse for a bit on account of cost. :lol: (I should get a picture up soon I guess.) But it was nice to be able to actually participate in a shipment for a change, for a guy like me who's chained to a desk all day and then chasing after little kids for the evenings and weekends, by the time I get to the stores, everything is picked clean and all that's left is whatever everyone else didn't want. Also noteworthy to consider IMO, the price isn't that hugely different than the Cook Island clams from a few months ago but whereas those were 1" in size, these are 6" and up. The value is incomparable.

At any rate - very nice new clams there. How many are you up to now? I think I'm up to 9. A far cry from the 14 I had at one point - but slowly climbing back up there!! :lol: I'm such a sucker for tridacnids..

[Lance]

very nice new clams there. How many are you up to now? I think I'm up to 9. A far cry from the 14 I had at one point - but slowly climbing back up there!! :lol: I'm such a sucker for tridacnids..


Tony, was it that spawning event that caused the loss of your clams or something else? I can't remember.
Laurie. Nice score! Beautiful clams.

[fishoholic]

Thanks Tony and Lance. I'm up to a whole whopping two clams now :lol: I had one a long time ago that I sold cause my CBB developed a taste for it and one awhile ago that decided to commit suicide while I was in Calgary for a weekend, came home and found it upside down in the sand :sad:

[fishytime]

wow, your clam really does photograph well hunny.....maybe I should have bought the other one Steve had:wink:

[ensquire]

wow, your clam really does photograph well hunny....

:jaw: :tape2:

[reefgirl189]

wow, your clam really does photograph well hunny.....maybe I should have bought the other one Steve had:wink:

He's still got one I do believe. I had a hard time walking away from it even knowing it wouldn't be happy in my 5 month old tank.

[fishytime]

:jaw: :tape2:

what???...I had this one clam that was beautiful through the glass but I couldnt get a decent pic of it to save my life....sometimes lighting conditions and how your clam is positioned can make a huge difference to how it photographs....

[Delphinus]

Tony, was it that spawning event that caused the loss of your clams or something else? I can't remember.
Laurie. Nice score! Beautiful clams.

It might have been, hard to say. The last spawning event the clam did perish shortly after and that seemed to kick off a chain reaction that lasted a few months but they would basically let go one by one.

[fishytime]

It might have been, hard to say. The last spawning event the clam did perish shortly after and that seemed to kick off a chain reaction that lasted a few months but they would basically let go one by one.

did you end up with one of those hippo clams that were around a couple years ago?

[ensquire]

what???...I had this one clam that was beautiful through the glass but I couldnt get a decent pic of it to save my life....sometimes lighting conditions and how your clam is positioned can make a huge difference to how it photographs....

I couldn't agree more.............

[fishoholic]

Doug's clam
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0241.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0242.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0243.jpg

My lovely new sandsifter's home :rolleyes: right under my expensive clam of course!
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0244.jpg

Mr. Moo moo
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0247.jpg

[fishoholic]

Finally got an ok pic of my red fuzzy dwarf lionfish. He was so fat when I got him he looked like he swallowed a golf ball, so I call him Rolly Polly. He hid for the first week I had him but now he's starting to go out in the open a bit more.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/34g/DSC_0266.jpg

[fishytime]

oh!....there is the proof.....you do have a "Rolly Polly" lionfish:wink:

[reefwars]

hi rolly welcome to canreef:whoo:

[fishoholic]

oh!....there is the proof.....you do have a "Rolly Polly" lionfish:wink:

:lol: You should know since you bought him :mrgreen:

hi rolly welcome to canreef:whoo:

:lol: Rolly Polly say's hi

[fishoholic]

My awesome new fish a thornback boxfish :mrgreen: He's very tiny still 1" but seems to be doing well so far :cheer2:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0398.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0400.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0410.jpg

and since I was already taking pic's here's some more

fu man chu
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0402.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0412.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0416.jpg

bi colour goat
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0411.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0413.jpg

[fishoholic]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0403.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0407.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0409.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0415.jpg

and I took Doug's flame black angel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0414.jpg

[fishoholic]

So working at AI has been fun and I also managed to get these beauties

Tiara anthia (had been in QT for 3 weeks and is eating well :biggrin:) brought him home today and thought for sure he'd go hide and stay hidden in my 80g for awhile but to my surprise he went to the back of the tank for a minute and has been out in the open since I added him :mrgreen:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0464.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0472.jpg

also scored this beautiful maxima clam

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0466.jpg

and since I was taking pic's here's some more

Doug's favia
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0468.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0428.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0432.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0433.jpg

I added some rock that Doug didn't have room for so here's a FTS 230g reef tank
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0440.jpg

[RedCoralEdmonton]

lookin good!

Steve

[fishoholic]

Also took some pic's of my sump area

first crawling into the crawl space to get to the sump
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0441.jpg

refugium area
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0444.jpg

SWC in sump skimmer
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0442.jpg

Skimz skimmer external
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0443.jpg

ATO container
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0445.jpg

Mixing tank for water changes
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/DSC_0446.jpg

[fishoholic]

lookin good!

Steve

Thanks :biggrin:

[fishytime]

love the new clam honey.....its purdy........that crawl space is such a joy to work in :mrgreen::wink:

[Leah]

*cough!*^^^

[blacknife]

Its a fish room not a crawl space, COME on get it right.

[fishoholic]

love the new clam honey.....its purdy........that crawl space is such a joy to work in :mrgreen::wink:

The new clam is super nice so glad I was there when the shipment came in :twised:

Its a fish room not a crawl space, COME on get it right.

:lol: it is a fish room, now if only it was taller then 3' that would be great :lol: I must admit it is a real PITA to work in a space you can only sit down in, even sitting up on your knees and moving around can be hazardous to your head.

On the plus side I know what to look for in a fish room for the next house!

[fishytime]

the crawl space isnt too short....we're both just too tall:mrgreen:

[RedCoralEdmonton]

naw its the right size you guys just need to get horizontal..... hehe

Steve

[gregzz4]

naw its the right size you guys just need to get horizontal..... hehe

Steve
So much for family friendly ... :rolleyes:
Ooohh, 10 foot tanks
That's horizontal :mrgreen::mrgreen:

[fishoholic]

It's been awhile since my last update and over the past 5 months I have added a few new tankmates to my FOWLR system.

A kole tang
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0233.jpg

A clown tang
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0237.jpg

A large snowflake eel who decided the tank wasn't good enough for him and jumped out a few days after getting him (pushed the egg create cover off) thankfully I found him in time to save him. Doug thought he was done for, but I insisted we try to save him. So Doug helped get all the dog and cat fur off him and we got him moving around again. It's been a few weeks since then and he seems fine now. I've re-enforced the egg create and it seems to have worked, as it's kept him in so far.

Re-enforced top
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0261.jpg

eel
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0247.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0242.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0241.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0232.jpg

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0228.jpg

and last but not least, he was to cute to pass up on (got him at the members day sale at AI yesterday, and he's eats krill :mrgreen:) my new web burrfish - Spike

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/Laurie_Morin/Nikon%203100/DSC_0260-1.jpg

[tim the toolman]

Nice pics. I love that clown tang. And glad your eel pulled through.

[fishoholic]

Nice pics. I love that clown tang. And glad your eel pulled through.

Thanks Tim, it took a long time to find a healthy clown tang but they are one of my faves and I'm glad he's doing well. I also was relieved that the eel pulled through, it was stressful finding him on the floor.

On a sad note the eel tried to eat my burrfish late last night causing him to puff and in his vulnerable state the other fish started picking on him. Tried moving him to the 230g reef and while no one picked on him in there he kept getting stuck to the overflow box and unfortunately I found him dead this morning :cry:

[Leah]

:cry: