Najer's zen twins.

[najer]

Thats some pretty crazy lateral line erosion. How long have you had it?

That is the scar that is left, it came into my lfs in March with hlle as an inch plus fish that had been in a very small tank with a very poor diet and would not eat, I went in every day for a week and managed to get it eating, hand fed macro by day 4 and then it would basically eat anything.
I gave it a couple of weeks and once it was recovering I paid for it but the shop kept it for 6 months as I wasn't sure where to put it.
It has at least trebled in size already over that time frame and with hindsight I should have brought it home when it was smaller.
Early doors at my lfs. :)

 

[najer]

I took this and then the fff let me clean the desk end glass, I suck! ;)

 

[najer]

"Guys, exit stage right, it has the black pointy thing at us thing again!"

 

[najer]

I was watching the tank as the lights started to ramp up and thought how nice the ricordia was looking.
... but something was wrong!
No green background, the rock with the bounce shrooms on was missing!
Emergency arm in, where the rock had landed it was squashing one of them against the scape, watch them both let go now.
The only thing that could have moved them is a mithrax, ho hum! :rolleyes:

 

[najer]

Due to the above issue I took some pics.
This explains the the second pic, that is the biggest of the shrooms and is really expanding trying to reach out of the shade.

This one seems ok.

I think this is the one that got squished.

Fluffy shroom.

I went to my lfs yesterday, sneak preview, it's very sulky as you can see. ;)

 

[najer]

@samnaz , in answer to your question no it did not survive, it was on the rubble at the base of the nepthea.

 

[najer]

Gotta love an engineer goby! :rolleyes:

Lovers tiff?! ;)

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Gotta love an engineer goby! :rolleyes:

Lovers tiff?! ;)

Simons new scape:

 

[najer]

Simons new scape:

The first thing they asked me at the lfs was how stable my scape was when I bought it lol! ;)

 

[najer]

I did take a few pics yesterday but didn't post them because I was annoyed about the cloudy water = engineer goby.
Spongodes from the front, the tips have gone an amber colour so I need to check if that is right, good pe. :)

Tried to get the pavona in, there is more bottom left.
You have to trust me that the black blob is the bcg, it owns the pavona and very rarely strays. :)

The back shelf, the remains of the stylo are now gone and the cabbage has been moved back a touch, the shroom is on that other skeleton. ;)

 

[Crabby48]

Every time I decide on getting an engineer goby I read a post of yours and have second thoughts.
Decisions

 

[najer]

The blasto frag.
Just moved, that is exactly where I want it but I need to get it on the rock.
It is on a plug (glue?) on putty and there are 5 or 6 babies, obviously I would like to pop it off the plug but I don't know if any of the babies are attached to the plug, I will take it out and have a good look when I do it. ;)

 

[najer]

Every time I decide on getting an engineer goby I read a post of yours and have second thoughts.
Decisions

They are great fish but you need to be aware that they will dig deep dark places and release crud, my tank hovers near a mini cycle all the time now and I have given up on acros, I knew what I was potentially taking on, you do clean clean sand back though! ;)

 

[Crabby48]

They are great fish but you need to be aware that they will dig deep dark places and release crud, my tank hovers near a mini cycle all the time now and I have given up on acros, I knew what I was potentially taking on, you do clean clean sand back though! ;)

It will be going in a new tank if I get one. Figured between all the leopard wrasse and an engineer goby storing up sandI wouldn’t need to clean. Love the eel like movement without having an eel

 

[Dr. Dendrostein]

They are great fish but you need to be aware that they will dig deep dark places and release crud, my tank hovers near a mini cycle all the time now and I have given up on acros, I knew what I was potentially taking on, you do clean clean sand back though! ;)

Try couple Pacific oysters. For the softies. Pacific oysters, because hardiest. But can't have temperature swings. Spawning. ...

 

[najer]

It will be going in a new tank if I get one. Figured between all the leopard wrasse and an engineer goby storing up sandI wouldn’t need to clean. Love the eel like movement without having an eel

Do it, I love mine and in a new tank you won't have the crap build up I have, I wouldn't give mine up! ;)

 

[Crabby48]

Do it, I love mine and in a new tank you won't have the crap build up I have, I wouldn't give mine up! ;)

Enabler! Thanks for the push. I’ll have a drink for you after work. Cheers

 

[najer]

I need to take the makeup brush to the green acro again, it is really fleshed up and is like a coiled spring. :)

 

[najer]

Spongodes, if the number of new polyps bursting on that tip are anything to go by I think it is healthy! :)

 

[najer]

I just netted the tassle file fish out and popped it in the sump, it has lost all orientation and was more or less being blown around the display, if it dies that will be 3 fish in 3 weeks, same as the cbb not a mark on it.