4’x2’x2’ build… The Dragons’ Forest

[Slocke]

It’s been a short while since I’ve updated so… it’s been 22 days since adding the cleaners and, they’re all still with me!

And also a mushroom update;
My blue Discosoma mushroom was a pain to get settled and just sit on a rock space. Well, hes finally settled and growing nicely!

The cleaners aren’t scared at all are they. Good sign they don’t see the wrasse as a threat.

And of course, an Ikea update!
She’s been happy munching food and getting fat from the constant food supplies I have in the tank - 2 feedings a day and well as you can see in the photo I still have plenty of sponges she feeds from
And likely I’ll keep the sponge population high with those two mothers in the sump.

She’s beautiful! Mine decimated my sponges but I’ve got frozen food with sponge in it for her.

 

[Petcrazyson]

And of course, an Ikea update!
She’s been happy munching food and getting fat from the constant food supplies I have in the tank - 2 feedings a day and well as you can see in the photo I still have plenty of sponges she feeds from
And likely I’ll keep the sponge population high with those two mothers in the sump.

She is getting big! Some good girth on her it seems too!

 

[i cant think]

I didn’t realise I hadn’t updated this thread haha.
However for those of you who don’t know;
I got a 9th wrasse! That 9th wrasse is a gorgeous female Xenojulis margaritaceus which I got for the low double digits (They’re usually 140-230 depending on sex and size).

 

[Petcrazyson]

I didn’t realise I hadn’t updated this thread haha.
However for those of you who don’t know;
I got a 9th wrasse! That 9th wrasse is a gorgeous female Xenojulis margaritaceus which I got for the low double digits (They’re usually 140-230 depending on sex and size).

How come I always hear you getting fish in the double digits!? Much cheaper over there huh. Over here we can’t get a Foxface or a Midas Blenny in the double digits

 

[Slocke]

How come I always hear you getting fish in the double digits!? Much cheaper over there huh. Over here we can’t get a Foxface or a Midas Blenny in the double digits

I wonder if you just suffer from online retailer prices. As cool as TSA and WWC are, their prices are also rediculous.
I saw that at their store their average coral was like 1000.
Nothing at my LFS is 1000

 

[Slocke]

POTM worthy I think (which luckily I’m capable of)


Also catching up on todays stream. Just reading all your facts. Its too bad the content is in a type of fish I can't be bothered with.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I wonder if you just suffer from online retailer prices. As cool as TSA and WWC are, their prices are also rediculous.
I saw that at their store their average coral was like 1000.
Nothing at my LFS is 1000

Yep

TSA and WWC my Wrasse, just because your like the two biggest coral/fish/aquarium marketers, retailers, best reviewed, not to mention famous and popular doesn’t give you the power to markup and price anything and everything at your desired especially high price!……………………...





actually it does give you the power

 

[Slocke]

Well 2nd and 3rd after Tidal Gardens but I see your point

My LFS needs to start shipping. They'd destroy the market.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Well 2nd and 3rd after Tidal Gardens but I see your point

My LFS needs to start shipping. They'd destroy the market.

Lol, ‘WWC and TSA after your LFS starts shipping:

 

[tbrown]

Yes, but it's the WWC Ultra Rainbow HG Foxface LO.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I wonder if you just suffer from online retailer prices. As cool as TSA and WWC are, their prices are also rediculous.

Funny enough they sell Achilles for around $300, and these aren’t small, and Naoko Wrasse around $70.

 

[i cant think]

POTM worthy I think (which luckily I’m capable of)


Also catching up on todays stream. Just reading all your facts. Its too bad the content is in a type of fish I can't be bothered with.

Honestly, tangs are just boring, they get incredibly active and aren’t peaceful to watch. I stick to Bristletooths for this reason now, the larger ones are just too active for me. If I had the chance on an Achilles hybrid or Achilles I may go for it but that’s probably the only exception to my tang dislike.

 

[i cant think]

How come I always hear you getting fish in the double digits!? Much cheaper over there huh. Over here we can’t get a Foxface or a Midas Blenny in the double digits

I unintentionally buy them
The reason they marked this so low was because they had no idea they even had one in and even the list said they didn’t have one.

 

[Petcrazyson]

tangs are just boring.

 

[i cant think]

Well it’s not Fish related but… I now have a ball of death living in the house, it’s my green version of a porcupine puffer

 

[Petcrazyson]

Well it’s not Fish related but… I now have a ball of death living in the house, it’s my green version of a porcupine puffer

Ok don‘t kill it. Because if you do, I will go around and say Aaron killed something, that lives in Death Valley

 

[i cant think]

Last night I did a late night move with my Hammer coral.
I believe it’s been going through Tissue recession due to too much light in my nano tank so I moved it into the shade under my monti but it still recessed. So after a week of being under the monti I have decided to try move him into this tank because instead of 300+ PAR on the sand, only the top of the rockwork gets around 300-350 PAR. Currently it’s not in the best spot as I kind of wedged it in thinking it wouldn’t be carried by the urchins.
however my hopes are that I can get it puttied or glues down into the lower rockwork and it will continue to split instead of risking it dying because as the photo shows this guy has split quite a bit in the year I’ve had it and it started as a 2 head frag now, including the splitting heads it has a total of 13 heads.

 

[i cant think]

And now I won’t be near the tanks for the rest of the week, hopefully nothing bad happens. I have a camera set up to spy on the tank and make sure nobody ends up being too badly bullied but also to see if the Gold Nugget adventures further out and not just at the top of the tank - The jade isn’t too aggressive but he does not like the Gold Nugget going too close to him. In terms of the aggression it’s pretty much just a quick swim up and display to to the Gold Nugget and then go back to his own thing. There has yet to be any fin nipping so I’m not overly worried just yet.

 

[tbrown]

I noticed my torch going through what appeared to be tissue recession right before a split and then the flesh started growing back happily after that. Not saying that's the cause for yours, but it would be a happy reason.

 

[i cant think]

Well, I just got sent this photo. Look whose getting all colourful and brave now