Renton's Evolution from 200 to 440 gallons
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A couple days ago I noticed the colors on my blue star leopard wrasse looked kind of strange. After looking at it for a bit I realized she is changing into a he
A few months ago (she is the top one):
Today:
A few months ago (she is the top one):
Today:
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Updated leopard wrasse pattern change:
I got several corals as early Christmas presents over the past couple weeks
Space Invader Pectinia:
Blue Mouth-Green Rim Lithophyllon:
From back to front, TG watermelon Orange Psammacora (has a green rim but can't see it in the picture), Magenta Psammacora, WWC Tiger Stripe Psammacora:
I got several corals as early Christmas presents over the past couple weeks
Space Invader Pectinia:
Blue Mouth-Green Rim Lithophyllon:
From back to front, TG watermelon Orange Psammacora (has a green rim but can't see it in the picture), Magenta Psammacora, WWC Tiger Stripe Psammacora:
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After the transfer to the new tank I had serveral corals that had colors fade. They have all made a nice comeback in the past month. Here are a few update shots of some of them:
Bonsai
Jason Fox Outerspace Psammocora
Pumpkin Pie/Pimpin Pie
Jason Fox Freak Hair Pavona
No name, bleached badly but making a nice comeback
Unknown, bleached badly but making a nice comeback:
forgot the name
Neon Green Deepwater:
Pink Panther, encrusting nicely!
Bonsai
Jason Fox Outerspace Psammocora
Pumpkin Pie/Pimpin Pie
Jason Fox Freak Hair Pavona
No name, bleached badly but making a nice comeback
Unknown, bleached badly but making a nice comeback:
forgot the name
Neon Green Deepwater:
Pink Panther, encrusting nicely!
Would you mind telling us more about the file fish. I could see in the video that they pick. How does affect your corals? What corals do the mainly pick at? You tank is beautiful by the way. I've been thinking about adding a pair, but I've been afraid to.
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Here is a summary I wrote in a different forum. I will say you will not see any sps polyps during the day, but the corals seem to grow just the same.
I had my first pair in a 93 gallon cube mixed reef. They ate ova and sometimes Rogger’s food, however after 6 months one of them quickly lost weight, stopped eating and wasted away over a 2 week period. The second fish did the same thing after 9 months even though it continued to eat well. That was about 5 months ago.
I have since upgraded to a 210 gallon mixed reef and added significantly more sps corals to my collection. While I tried to resist the temptation to get another pair, I could not resist last week when Diver’s Den had a pair up for 4 or 5 days.
Before the fish even arrived I sought out additional Pocillopora frags/colonies as my first pair had always liked to snack on it.
When the new pair arrived they were in great shape and had more weight than my first pair had when they arrived. They were nipping sps in no time. Additionally they ate ova right away. After watching them for a week there are a few differences between this new pair versus my first pair that has me optimistic that this pair will fair better. First, the new pair has already accepted a wider variety of food - ova, cyclopeeze, sustainable aquatics hatchery diet pellets and mysis shrimp. The old pair really only ate ova on a regular basis. Second, the new pair both eat right out of the water column versus the old pair only picking food off the bottom. Third, I have a lot more sps that they may be able to snack on and if needed I can get a steady supply of pocillopora from the local reefing community.
Thank you for the info! So I need to decide if I want to sacrifice polyp exstension.
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FTS are so cool!
do you still have the file fish?
Yep, they are in the top right of the picture/tank. They are doing great, they have put on a lot of weight and are very active.
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I think you are looking at the green base - purple polyp birds nest. I can't believe how much that has grown since the last FTS.
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