Mike's 150 Tall

[sp1187]

Foxxy update:
the first two spots are fading. a third one has appeared. still it's normal self though.

 

[sp1187]

so it looks like my secondary devils hand surgical procedure has gone bad. I probably should have trimmed the plug?
it split on the top side. ;Doctor

 

[fishguy242]

strange on foxy?? watch that finger for black ,let it split in two if it wants,but if turns black start carving

 

[sp1187]

strange on foxy?? watch that finger for black ,let it split in two if it wants,but if turns black start carving

if it comes to that, I'll frag it all. ;Doctor

 

[sp1187]

so one of my lights will be back on Wednesday, allegedly working this time.
@najer Simon, are TMC lights a thing locally?

 

[sp1187]

about a year ago I sent my scoly away for some R&R. it wasn't happy no where's in my tank. (obviously parameters)
the spa did a nice job with her. going to my local guy in trade for stuff I know likes my tank.

 

[Weasel1960]

Mike, just went through your entire build thread. Awesome looking tank, corals and fish. Gave me some more thoughts to squirrel away as I continue to plan. I have a couple of livestock questions to ask for now though.

1. how is your tank stocked with fish by size? By that I mean how many over 6”, between 4” & 6”, etc.
2. cant find a lyretail damsel anywhere that looks like yours, does it go by a different name? As a damsel how to they get along with other fish
3. How are BG Chromis doing? Recently read folks having problems with chromes, starting with small school and all eventually dieing off or just 1 survivor.

 

[sp1187]

thanks.
1. so most of the fish entered the tank no bigger than 1.5". all have been slow growers besides the lamark I just removed that was around 6" and the foxface I still have at around 5". nothing else is over 2.5".

2. I've asked here and looked all over the net, and I've got multiple answers. I just did a quick search since you asked and found this. best description yet.
2 of the 3 have bonded but still tolerate the 3rd. some "tag" goes on but no damage done. they don't bother any of their other tank mates.

3. the BG's are doing fine. one got beat to hell by the lamark which is why the lamark got rehomed. strangely it wasn't even the smallest one, and stranger still, as beat up as it was none of it's mates continued the beat down, which I've seen that when a fish is in bad shape all the other fish seem to see the weakness and take advantage. it's made a nice recovery.

 

[najer]

so one of my lights will be back on Wednesday, allegedly working this time.
@najer Simon, are TMC lights a thing locally?

TMC are UK based, ... I never buy any electrical of theirs.

 

[sp1187]

TMC are UK based, ... I never buy any electrical of theirs.

is there a reason why? I have 5 of their lights. well.... currently 4. waiting for the 5th to be returned.

 

[najer]

is there a reason why? I have 5 of their lights. well.... currently 4. waiting for the 5th to be returned.

They may be better now, everything used to break a lot.

 

[sp1187]

They may be better now, everything used to break a lot.

I have a story to tell after I get this one back.

 

[sp1187]

so the lights back. wasn't expecting it to be back till tomorrow. it was waiting for me out in the cold as I was gone all day.
waiting for it to come to room temp to see if they REALLY fixed it this time.

Foxxy update: the spots have all disappeared. no idea what but at this point who cares.

 

[sp1187]

@Weasel1960
I just got two more lyretails at the lfs. said they had 24 more coming in. I asked if they would ship. the answer was no.
but the good news is they told me who their wholesaler is so you could get your lfs to get you some.

http://www.segrestfarms.com/

 

[sp1187]

new equipment. now I can take 2 five gallon buckets of H2O over to the tank and clean the pumps without having to unplug them.

 

[sp1187]

acclimating has commenced.

 

[sp1187]

and we get cool swag from Cherry Corals

 

[fishguy242]

was it a white knuckle drive?? was going to ask if you were back yet

 

[sp1187]

was it a white knuckle drive?? was going to ask if you were back yet

roads were fine.
morons driving around me not so much.
I only had to drive 6 vehicles in to the ditch.

 

[Weasel1960]

Dont have to worry about the knuckleheads this year while working from home. We got about 8” here, ATV winch died on me about half way through, finished my driveway with the snow blower. How did you guys fair?