my new baby... AKA The Café

[James_O]

Clown is getting some black spots ;Bored ;Bookworm

Does this just indicate age?

 

[elorablue]

Are the pigmy as prone to nipping as full sized?

I had one, his name was Hank. Went through 45 day medicated qt with ease. Within 12 hours of being in the dt, Hank had chewed the skirt off of half of my Zoas.

Hank went blank.

According to ORA and online reports the Pigmy are not likely to nip at corals. There is always a risk though I suppose.

Sorry about Hank

 

[elorablue]

Flashers are small and docile. Mckoskars and Carpenters being my personal favorites.

I would actually love a wrasse I'm going to look those up as well as the fairy and pygmy.

 

[elorablue]

aaaargh every wrasse I looked up on LiveAquaria says a minimum tank size of 55 gallons. I guess that's due to activity level and not actual size.

 

[elorablue]

Clown is getting some black spots ;Bored ;Bookworm

Does this just indicate age?

Not sure James, I think their markings do change a little with time. Doubt it's anything to worry about.

 

[James_O]

Not sure James, I think their markings do change a little with time. Doubt it's anything to worry about.

I kind of like the look of them. It adds to their spunk.

 

[James_O]

And yes @LRT, I’m going to get to work on the tank right… NOW!!

 

[fishguy242]

good morning all...

 

[elorablue]

Now wait just a cotton picking' minute...how about the yellow Banded Possum Wrasse ?!?!

 

[1ocean]

Ya, I feel pretty letdown about the filefish but c'est la vie
I think a goby would be too similar to the firefish, I don't want any aggression at all.

I have neon goby and firefish and they dont even look at each other....

 

[James_O]

good morning all...

Morning! I know I’ve been heavy spamming, but this is the last picture for now, I promise ;Shy

The palys are actually starting to attach to the rock. I picked this colony up at my LFS approximately 3 months ago. It was 3 or 4 heads and was on a small piece of rubble. Now look at it!

 

[elorablue]

I have neon goby and firefish and they dont even look at each other....

Excellent info thanks!!

 

[sfin52]

I would actually love a wrasse I'm going to look those up as well as the fairy and pygmy.

Dont leave out the Leapord wrasses.

 

[elorablue]

Dont leave out the Leapord wrasses.

That would be sweet but way too big for this tank unfortunately

 

[LRT]

And yes @LRT, I’m going to get to work on the tank right… NOW!!

Once you make it routine you will figure out ways to fine tune the process and be more efficient. Took me all of 1 hr to clean 4 frag tables, racks, rock and discs once I got in the groove of things.
Work smart not hard
But get to work now

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Man, I am hopeless when it comes to lighting.

Why?

 

[Reefing_addiction]

i like them also, but I didn't get them I got two of the new GHL power strips for all the GHL coming here, next week...

Now I have to learn about these

 

[1ocean]

got to go work on the tank... be back tonight....

 

[elorablue]

Ok, Candy Corals my not so local fish store has 7 yellow banded wrasse in stock. Think I'll do the 1 1/2 hour drive tomorrow and check them out.

 

[James_O]

Once you make it routine you will figure out ways to fine tune the process and be more efficient. Took me all of 1 hr to clean 4 frag tables, racks, rock and discs once I got in the groove of things.
Work smart not hard
But get to work now

Well, I’ve been working on it for a little over an hour.

I just don’t know how to get the algae off of the sand. If I try to vacuum it up, then it just sucks sand up along with it. I literally have bare spots in the tank now because of that.

I did take some frags out and cleaned the GHA/GBA off of them. And I also rearranged some of the frags.