Lost in the Wrasses! Rollercoaster of a Reef Build

[Tcook]

Lol I’m sure the floor would agree. I was going to get a whole full on station but decided to wait until I upgrade to do it. For now it’s worked out for me. Never use the 5 gal buckets but since I don’t want to clean the big Costco containers again and don’t need much water I met as well just use the buckets.

Throw a beach towel under them.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Well my dude is out in full force

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

That is Baby Face Nelson

 

[Petcrazyson]

And we are acclimating!

Followed a wise man’s advice……you know who you are and took the longer trip! Been in the bucket for around 20 minutes and will be for another 20

 

[Petcrazyson]

And he is in! One Sand Storm later and he seems to have made the adjustments necessary for his new home. I think this is one of the worst photos I’ve ever taken needed to make the saturation crazy purple to make it look ”better”

So far he has made a 3 main holes but now the entire rock is the roof of the cave apparently. Has anyone guessed what the fish is? @Slocke its one of the ones you aren’t a fan of lol.

 

[Petcrazyson]

@i cant think I went to the further store …..disappointed though

All they had from their “marvelous assortment of wrasse shipment“ were Cirrhilabrus solorensis Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura Halichoeres cosmetus and a bunch of tiny Paracheilinus mccoskeri. So I did not come home with a wrasse today as I wanted. Sorry @Gumbies R Us @Fish Styx for hyping you guys up. I think I’ve had the worst ”luck“a wrasse man could get lol.

Doesn’t mean I came home empty handed though though not a fan of the sand storm caused by him atm lol.

 

[Tcook]

@i cant think I went to the further store …..disappointed though

All they had from their “marvelous assortment of wrasse shipment“ were Cirrhilabrus solorensis Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura Halichoeres cosmetus and a bunch of tiny Paracheilinus mccoskeri. So I did not come home with a wrasse today as I wanted. Sorry @Gumbies R Us @Fish Styx for hyping you guys up. I think I’ve had the worst ”luck“a wrasse man could get lol.

Doesn’t mean I came home empty handed though though not a fan of the sand storm caused by him atm lol.

A bella goby?

 

[Tcook]

Are you sleeping in a pile of drool? What did you get?

 

[Petcrazyson]

Are you sleeping in a pile of drool? What did you get?

No lol I’m currently adding Mag….why at night? Cuz I didn’t do it earlier. Pics come tomorrow but I got a Diamond WG. Or the sleeper goby or sand eating goby or whatever it’s called. The tank is 9 months old, so not quite the year mark I set myself for these fish, but I have started to see bits of coralline, tons of micro fauna and I am adding bits of food into the sand bed.

 

[Tcook]

Those are nice looking. Is the pvc temporary?

 

[Petcrazyson]

Those are nice looking. Is the pvc temporary?

Yes. At least I want it to be.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Mag is slowly getting where I want it! And as of today I’ve learned I have 2 free gift cards from WWC for coral frags. Calc is where I want it at 430. Getting close to adding coral now. @Slocke you were the one that said you’d go Duncan coral for the first move right?

 

[tbrown]

I like mushrooms. Rhodactis are my favorite but ricordea are very nice too.

 

[Tcook]

I like the mushrooms. Duncan is a good “canary” if that’s what you are looking for. I find they crump to easily in a new unstable tank.

 

[N1tew0lf1212]

Meet senor pablo escobar

 

[i cant think]

Meet senor pablo escobar

That sand bed looks rather young and unestablished… it also looks rather shallow. These guys are harder than mandarins generally and need 3-4” deep sandbeds that are Atleast 2-3 years old at the minimum.

Ideally you want a sandbed that looks like this before you think about owning these guys. Their nutrients comes 97% from the sand and 3% generally comes from their food.

I have seen a surge in people wanting these though so I’ll probably do an article or something to explain what these guys need in terms of tank size and nutirents/diet.

 

[crusso1993]

That sand bed looks rather young and unestablished… it also looks rather shallow. These guys are harder than mandarins generally and need 3-4” deep sandbeds that are Atleast 2-3 years old at the minimum.

Ideally you want a sandbed that looks like this before you think about owning these guys. Their nutrients comes 97% from the sand and 3% generally comes from their food.

I have seen a surge in people wanting these though so I’ll probably do an article or something to explain what these guys need in terms of tank size and nutirents/diet.

Sounds like an article is a great idea!

 

[i cant think]

Sounds like an article is a great idea!

Just started it, hopefully I can get a few photos of the Valenciennea and sand sifters the LFS have
I’ve got the start done, now just to do their dietary needs, and also tank size needed.
@Petcrazyson if you can get a photo of yours could I use it? I don’t have my own specimen of Valenciennea or Amblygobius so hopefully my LFS have in some other Valenciennea and Amblygobius species.

 

[Slocke]

And he is in! One Sand Storm later and he seems to have made the adjustments necessary for his new home. I think this is one of the worst photos I’ve ever taken needed to make the saturation crazy purple to make it look ”better”

So far he has made a 3 main holes but now the entire rock is the roof of the cave apparently. Has anyone guessed what the fish is? @Slocke its one of the ones you aren’t a fan of lol.

I’d say it is a very hardy LPS. One of my first and it hasn’t ever posed any problems.

Just started it, hopefully I can get a few photos of the Valenciennea and sand sifters the LFS have
I’ve got the start done, now just to do their dietary needs, and also tank size needed.
@Petcrazyson if you can get a photo of yours could I use it?

 

[i cant think]

I’d say it is a very hardy LPS. One of my first and it hasn’t ever posed any problems.

Thankyou! Definitely using that top one, that’s a beautifully taken photo