110g Mixed Reef V2

[Lance]

That's great Doug! I like to hear success stories; so many times it doesn't work out with the new additions.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Lance

That's great Doug! I like to hear success stories; so many times it doesn't work out with the new additions.

I am usually so cautious about what I add and I tend to hum and haw forever about it because I know that if a fish is small, my coral beauty or mystery wrasse will "jump in" and if the fish is large the tangs will "jump in".....it kinda makes adding a new fish a roll of the dice.....but I guess that holds true for every tank....you really never know how the addition will effect the dynamics of the tank.....

I had another success story........the same w/e that I brought home the flameback, I decided to bring home Winky the one eyed shrimp goby....this fish had been at the shop for over a year nobody wanted him because of his disability.....with the upcoming shop move I thought I would bring him home......problem is I already have a shrimp goby in the tank.....the one I have is way over at the very end of the tank so I gambled, thinking that Winky would have the entire rest of the tank to find a home......so home he came and when it came time to release him I took him in my hand and placed him at the opposite end of the tank......a couple days past without seeing him, then one evening at feeding time I see him come out of my original goby's hole.....I thought "Uh-Oh"......"wheres my other goby?....Did he get evicted?" ......another couple days pass, feeding time again and what do I see?.....both shrimp gobies come out of the same hole......I cant believe my dumb luck.....I thought for sure that there would be goby wars if the two of them met up, but instead, they paired up........Winky has been in the tank for a couple weeks now and seems to be doing well....I have noticed that he does seem to have some trouble tracking food as it blasts by in my super-flow tank.....he sometimes misses and has to wait for another piece of food to fly by....his disability seems to have made him a lot bolder than most gobies, he will actually travel quite far to chase down food, out of necessity no doubt.....really stoked that my gobies paired up tho

heres a couple crappy pics through dirty glass ( the first time Ive seem the two of them out together since I added Winky)....Winky is the larger or the two and showing off his better side in these pics....

[fishoholic]

So cool to see pic.'s of the two of them together

[Lance]

Nice. A Pistol Shrimp would probably kill Winky due to his disability so it's nice to see him pair up with another Goby.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

So cool to see pic.'s of the two of them together

kind of a cute couple huh?

Originally Posted by Lance

Nice. A Pistol Shrimp would probably kill Winky due to his disability so it's nice to see him pair up with another Goby.

ya think so?.....one thing for sure he wouldnt last long in the wild with only one eye...someone had to take pity on the little guy...the pairing up was nothing but dumb luck....


well its moving day for the shop tomorrow and with that in mind Kevin gave me the go ahead to raid the display tank....here a couple shots of some of the stuff I "have" to take care of

[fishytime]

just a couple hungry coral pics

I dont know what it is about my tank, but millipora all seem to do this



Ive seen the sweepers on this maze at night before, but this was the first I had seen them when the lights are on..




mmmmmm."Ocean Fresh" plankton.....pretty powerful purple people eater.....say that 5 times fast....



and lastly......I brought home this G E N U I N E Walt Smith cherry chalice

[lastlight]

Very nice chalice man.

What's the secret to those? Everything in my tank is doing well except the lone chalice I have. It's just sitting on the sandbed but one edge is slowly receding and it's starting to be a valonia farm around 2 of the sides where it was cut.