Mike and Terry's 300g Reef

[spspirate]

Nice goodies!!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Beautiful fish and fun new toys! WOOT!

 

[zibba]

We have some new toys! :bigsmile:

Really interested in hearing about your first and long-term impressions! If I were to switch from the old-school halide/vho combo, it would be to something like the Hydra 52. I'll stay tuned in! :)

 

[Mike J.]

Wow, inspirational, motivational, and humbling.

 

[Mike&Terry]

Nice goodies!!

Thank you, Andy!

Beautiful fish and fun new toys! WOOT!

Thank you, Rev!

Really interested in hearing about your first and long-term impressions! If I were to switch from the old-school halide/vho combo, it would be to something like the Hydra 52. I'll stay tuned in! :)

We will definitely share our impressions and document as we go. :bigsmile:

Wow, inspirational, motivational, and humbling.

Thank you so much, Mike!

 

[Emerdog]

Beautiful aqurium

 

[Mike&Terry]

Beautiful aquarium

Thank You!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Thought we'd share a couple of pics of our latest additions to the display which have been chilling out in the acclimation box for a few days.

Tiny female Pintail Fairy Wrasse (C. cf lanceolatus)


"Stinker" our Tiny Tinker's Butterflyfish (Chaetodon tinkeri)


Not pictured (he was hiding in the pvc pipe behind the Pintail) was our P. attenuatus.

 

[evolved]

Tiny female Pintail Fairy Wrasse (C. lanceolatus)

C. cf. lanceolatus. ;) (huge difference in that designation)
Looking good!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Beautiful fish! Love them!

How long do you QT and what do you look for?

 

[Mike&Terry]

C. cf. lanceolatus. ;) (huge difference in that designation)
Looking good!

oops, left out the confer to...

 

[Jawbreaker]

Awesome Tank.....

 

[Mike&Terry]

Beautiful fish! Love them!

How long do you QT and what do you look for?

Thank you, Rev. We generally QT fish anywhere from 3 to 9 weeks (sometimes longer). It really depends on where we acquire the fish, their general health on arrival, whether they have any infections (parasitic or otherwise, as well as their fat stores/size.

All of our fish are treated with Prazipro as a preventative. Otherwise, we observe and feed. If a parasitic infectin (flukes/ich/brook/amyloodinium) is present, these fish are treated and remain in QT for at least 9 weeks. For ich, we usually use the hypo salinity method. For flukes. Prazipro. For brook, amyloodinium and resistant ich, we treat with quinine.

 

[Mike&Terry]

Awesome Tank.....

Thank You!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Robokaki chalice is looking like a toadstool from Alice in Wonderland, LOL

 

[Aquaph8]

Never get tired of looking at your pics Terry, love the Tinkers!

 

[Lalani]

Fantastic shots!

 

[Mike&Terry]

Never get tired of looking at your pics Terry, love the Tinkers!

Thanks so much, Brett! We have wanted a Tinker's for a while and when this little one came up, we couldn't resist. He is only 2 and 3/8", but what he lacks in size, he definitely makes up for in personality - Big fish in little body, LOL!

Fantastic shots!

Thank you so much!

I don't usually post my bad shots, but have to share this one as it was the first sighting I've had of the Attenuatus since he was released from the acclimation box. of course, it had to be a butt shot - he was just too fast, LOL!

 

[mfama417]

long time lurker here. your pictures are incredible and i always look forward to your updates. Great fish selection

 

[Mike&Terry]

long time lurker here. your pictures are incredible and i always look forward to your updates. Great fish selection

Thanks so much for the compliment and for taking the time to post here in our thread!