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falconerr · Dec 21, 2011

Craig was great to finally get by your place and meet you and see your tanks. Thanks for the wrasse i'm sure he will be a great addition to my tank. Your tank is awesome.

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soccerbag · Dec 21, 2011

Thanks Bobby. It was great meeting you. You are welcome anytime and I would like to check out your setup soon as well. Thanks for coming by and, more importantly, giving my Six Line a new home that he will be happy in : )

soccerbag · Dec 21, 2011

underwaterfirefighter said:
Hey Craig! Glad to see you back. I trust the vacation was awesome. Will you be posting pics? Cant wait to see them.

Vacation was really nice Dave - I appreciate you asking. Hope all is well with you. I posted some pics tonight. You can check them out here:

https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/43695-bagbos-travel-photo-thread-very-pic-8.html

falconerr · Dec 22, 2011

Hey craig your six line is doing great thanks again. Have to say he is kinda of a food hog though. Lol!!!! He's fitting in just fine.

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soccerbag · Dec 22, 2011

He is not afraid to eat! lol. Glad to hear he is settling in well. Thanks again Bobby. Very happy to hear that he is acclimating well to his new home : )

soccerbag · Dec 29, 2011

Got the camera out tonight and had time to snap 3 pics before the lights went out...lol. Figured since I hadn't posted a pic here in a MONTHS, I would post a couple. Heavy actinics and out of focus a bit but it's a start. Hopefully I can get motivated to get the camera out a bit more after the New Year : ).

The tank is now a year old. Here are some progression pics.

January 2011

May 2011

Today (not the best effort but you get the idea)

Happy New Year everyone.

firsttime · Dec 29, 2011

Love the progression pics Craig.

dnov99 · Dec 29, 2011

Just stunning Craig!!! Happy New Year!

nicks387 · Dec 29, 2011

Love the aquascape of your tank Craig. Awesome bro, keep up the good work.

soccerbag · Dec 29, 2011

firsttime said:
Love the progression pics Craig.

Thank you! : )

dnov99 said:
Just stunning Craig!!! Happy New Year!

Thanks bud. Right back atcha!

nicks387 said:
Love the aquascape of your tank Craig. Awesome bro, keep up the good work.

Thanks Nick. I appreciate the comments!

Aquaph8 · Dec 29, 2011

Growing in nicely Craig. Looking forward to more pics.

skinz78 · Dec 29, 2011

Looking great as always Craig!

soccerbag · Feb 8, 2012

I've been getting a hard time for neglecting my tank thread (won't mention any names) : ). So I wanted to post an update. Everything is going well with the tank. As some of you know, I went through a VERY hard time last year with Velvet in my tank. It killed nearly all of my fish and was just an awful thing to watch. I did not have a QT tank and learned that lesson the hard way. I lost 16 fish (including my favorite tang - Vlamingi) who had been with me for 5 years and was around 11". There were a few fish that did survive. I have no idea why or how but I assume they built up an immunity to the parasite. I ran the tank for nearly 6 months with just those (3) fish in there. I ended up changing out the substrate as well. The MP60's were blowing the sugar stuff ALL over the tank and corals. My guess is that between the substrate change and the parasite not having any hosts, it died off. I have no proof of that but it's my only explanation.

Slowly but surely and with the assistance of a solid QT regimen, I have been able to build up my collection again and all is well in the tank. Here is my current stock list:

Yellow Coris Wrasse (2)
Yellow Tang
Tongan Sailfin Tang
Labouti Wrasse (pair)
Potter's Leopard Wrasse
Kuiteri Leopard Wrasse
Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse
Spottail Shrimp Goby
PinkBar Goby (pair)
Regal Angel (Tahitian)

And in QT......
Phsychead Wrasse (1 male and 2 females)

I am working on editing some video of some of the new additions. Will post later this evening. I hope this will get the thread back on track. I will try and get my camera out a bit more as well. I got some video of some possible mating behavior between the paired Labouti Wrasses last night. It went on for HOURS! lol

96gts · Feb 8, 2012

Craig,
You have a very nice collection of wrasses now. Do you have a screen now? Any problem with the Regal Angel nipping on corals?

Jason

MarvinsReef · Feb 8, 2012

awesome Craig. looking forward to seeing the vid of the Laboutei and more pics of the tank.

soccerbag · Feb 8, 2012

96gts said:
Craig,
You have a very nice collection of wrasses now. Do you have a screen now? Any problem with the Regal Angel nipping on corals?

Jason

Hey Jason. Great to hear from you. I do have a screen now. And it was one of the best decision I could have made as it has saved a few attempted jumps already! lol

The Regal does nip from time to time. I had one acro in the tank that was barely holding on last year (a wild piece that I bought). She sensed the pending death and polished it off in no time : ). She does nip at SPS polyps from time to time but as you will see in the video I post, it is definitely NOT inhibiting the growth. I still have 3 clams in the display. He does nip from time to time but doesn't stay after it. I feed 3-4 times a day and the fish are WELL fed so that may be why? Not sure. If he starts to stress them out, I will have to sell them locally. I hope it doesn't come to that but I was well aware that it may be an issue before I bought her. She is one of my favorite fish. Just beautiful!

soccerbag · Feb 8, 2012

This is my first video upload so I hope it works....lol. Just a quick video of the Pott's and Kuiteri in QT. I had them in QT for about 6 weeks. Prazi only - no copper. Both were eating PE Mysis and Rod's Food within a few days and they haven't stopped eating since. They are now in my display. Have been there about 4 weeks and thriving so I am thankful for that.

My QT is very simple. a 20g Long from Petco ($1 / gallon sale) and I scored a free hang on filter and a light for the tank from my LFS. Cheap project and healthy fish. What a concept! : )

The video is in 1080p if you choose to watch it that way...:bigsmile:

[video=youtube;J7uLIEp1xd0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7uLIEp1xd0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL[/video]

Acropora52 · Feb 8, 2012

looking good craig! we need to get together soon

soccerbag · Feb 8, 2012

roni said:
looking good craig! we need to get together soon

Thanks Roni. They are much happier in my display of course : ). I am uploading the Labouti behavior from last night. I will post it in a bit. It is pretty funny. I want to see the new tank bud! Just let me know when you will be home and I will try and get up there very soon. Hope all is well.