Zoey's Reef is Growing Up . . .
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Amoo
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Sorry to hear of your luck Bruce.
If you're comfortable with trying it and it ever happens again, you can diffuse the bloat yourself with a needle. No syringe...etc required.
If you're comfortable with trying it and it ever happens again, you can diffuse the bloat yourself with a needle. No syringe...etc required.
fabutahoun
Angels and Acros
Sorry to hear that Bruce, hoping for your luck to turn around
same thing exactly happened to my male coral beauty, I had it for 18 months and suddenly few days ago he developed a bloat and found dead on the next morning. now I have only a female. Lets pair your flame with my coral beauty and see what will happen.
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LOL!
Before my most recent wipeout, I had a male flame who would dance for the coral beauty each night, trying to entice her to rise and hybridize!
~Bruce
Before my most recent wipeout, I had a male flame who would dance for the coral beauty each night, trying to entice her to rise and hybridize!
~Bruce
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Sorry to hear this.
Thanks, everyone ...
Pshootr, I really did want them going in at the same time - adding new members of the same species to an established community is ... risky, at best.
Amoo - great information, but in this case, I'm 99% certain that the bloat was caused by infection bursting through from inside.
~Bruce
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Headed out on "Black Friday" weekend to one of our R2R sponsors and some LFSs to see what could be seen . . . and there was much to be seen!
As of this morning, the last fish from that weekend is now officially eating - if only eating clam on the half-shell. Given she's a yellowbelly regal, I'll take what I can get!
Here's a terrible look at her, in the bag:
She's about five or six inches long.
The same shop had a tank full of dispar anthias on offer for ten bucks a pop - but there were some that weren't dispars. Same price? I bought five:
Looks like they're going to turn out to be Pseudanthias marcia, which seems to be anything other than common in the hobby, though they have been bred in captivity. Really pretty, quite lively fish, and I like them a lot so far!
In celebration of the regal taking on a halfshell clam this morning, here's a video of the current state of my QT - overfull, and with a strong yellow tint to the water brought on by application of the "Trifecta" of antibiotics. (While I have lost a few fish this round, and most of those from bacterial issues, it's been nowhere near as bad as the last trip through - and I strongly suspect that's due to beginning antibiotic treatment on the first night home.):
You can see the male P. marcia performing some courtship displays; with a blood-red delta marking at the fringe of his tail, he dashes straight down through the water column. That red delta can come and go within seconds.
Pretty cool stuff!
~Bruce
As of this morning, the last fish from that weekend is now officially eating - if only eating clam on the half-shell. Given she's a yellowbelly regal, I'll take what I can get!
Here's a terrible look at her, in the bag:
She's about five or six inches long.
The same shop had a tank full of dispar anthias on offer for ten bucks a pop - but there were some that weren't dispars. Same price? I bought five:
Looks like they're going to turn out to be Pseudanthias marcia, which seems to be anything other than common in the hobby, though they have been bred in captivity. Really pretty, quite lively fish, and I like them a lot so far!
In celebration of the regal taking on a halfshell clam this morning, here's a video of the current state of my QT - overfull, and with a strong yellow tint to the water brought on by application of the "Trifecta" of antibiotics. (While I have lost a few fish this round, and most of those from bacterial issues, it's been nowhere near as bad as the last trip through - and I strongly suspect that's due to beginning antibiotic treatment on the first night home.):
You can see the male P. marcia performing some courtship displays; with a blood-red delta marking at the fringe of his tail, he dashes straight down through the water column. That red delta can come and go within seconds.
Pretty cool stuff!
~Bruce
fabutahoun
Angels and Acros
IMO every reef should have an Angel or 2
or More ... lol
Beautiful fish !!
or More ... lol
Beautiful fish !!
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Nice Regal. Always nice to see them - especially in your video. It gives a nice perspective on their size. I always figured they are on the smaller size right around say a Flame Angel. Nope.
Thanks for sharing - looks like you have a really nice one!
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Thank you, everyone!
@saf1, this one's about five or six inches, and fairly thick. They grow to nine or more, and I've seen a couple that big, with huge daggers on their cheeks proclaiming their masculinity. Impressive fish!
Since the tank was built, in part, to commemorate my lost grandchildren, what could be more appropriate than angels?! The plan is to have three flames, two Watanabe's, and the regal. So far, so good . . .
~Bruce
@saf1, this one's about five or six inches, and fairly thick. They grow to nine or more, and I've seen a couple that big, with huge daggers on their cheeks proclaiming their masculinity. Impressive fish!
Since the tank was built, in part, to commemorate my lost grandchildren, what could be more appropriate than angels?! The plan is to have three flames, two Watanabe's, and the regal. So far, so good . . .
~Bruce
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May your Holiday be blessed and bright, whether you're celebrating Christmas or the Solstice, or whether you've just got done with Hanukkah.
Take a break, and share two minutes on Kingston & Zoey's Reef:
~Bruce
Take a break, and share two minutes on Kingston & Zoey's Reef:
~Bruce
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Beautiful, Bruce! I rarely see tanks lately where the fish out color the corals. Really stunning.
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Thanks ... but the corals are small, and the algae has grown thick (though it's been receding this last month or so, under the tender ministrations of four tangs and a foxface!).
~Bruce
~Bruce
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Thank you, Jasonw!
Merry Christmas to you, as well.
~Bruce
Merry Christmas to you, as well.
~Bruce
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Wish you guys could see this video on my iphone, where it's in slow-motion, and you can absorb every detail and nuance of the fishes movements. However, here's an end-on view of Kingston & Zoey's Reef during a midday feeding. I feed my return pump, and the food blasts out through the returns, so that nobody gets to goaltend (the way they sometimes do with the clam on the clip), and it's everywhere in the tank within seconds. The burst of particles halfway through indicates the moment that a thawed cube of Ocean Nutrition "Formula One" hits the impeller . . .
~Bruce
~Bruce
fabutahoun
Angels and Acros
Awesome !! fish looks healthy and happy !
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Thank you, Fadi!
The copperband and regal are still "on the fence" - the regal angelfish is only eating clams reliably, though curious about other foods, while the CBB seems to be surviving on what she finds among the rockwork.
For the others, though ... I agree!
~Bruce
The copperband and regal are still "on the fence" - the regal angelfish is only eating clams reliably, though curious about other foods, while the CBB seems to be surviving on what she finds among the rockwork.
For the others, though ... I agree!
~Bruce
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Special (long overdue!) update, in honor of Kingston & Zoey's Reef being chosen for the honor of "ReefTank 365" . . .
The regal angel did well in the display for a few weeks, and then ... just quit. Stopped eating. Took up hiding as a hobby - and was gone within a week. S/he was followed, not long afterward, by the copperband, who never did take to prepared food or even clams - - and the Aiptasia are returning with a vengeance.
The Marcia anthias are doing fantastic - two males are an issue, with the more dominant one keeping the other in a small space at one end, but their colors, finnage and displays are entrancing. The two royal grammas and three flame angelfish are distinct groups - rarely are they far apart. Have you ever seen a trio of flame angels patrolling the reef together? Almost schooling?? It's pretty impressive. Tangs and foxface are doing remarkably well - word to the wise; foxface lo grow pretty darned fast!
Hair algae is pretty much gone, something bryopsis-like, but without the "feathers" seems to be struggling, but hanging in. Cyano is rampant, and corals are surviving, but not really thriving the way I'd like.
Had some egglaying going on the other day - two different creatures, each producing hundreds of eggs: one in a mucous ball, the other releasing a strand of thinner mucous and eggs into the reef's water column:
Or just spend a minute or two fishwatching:
~Bruce
The regal angel did well in the display for a few weeks, and then ... just quit. Stopped eating. Took up hiding as a hobby - and was gone within a week. S/he was followed, not long afterward, by the copperband, who never did take to prepared food or even clams - - and the Aiptasia are returning with a vengeance.
The Marcia anthias are doing fantastic - two males are an issue, with the more dominant one keeping the other in a small space at one end, but their colors, finnage and displays are entrancing. The two royal grammas and three flame angelfish are distinct groups - rarely are they far apart. Have you ever seen a trio of flame angels patrolling the reef together? Almost schooling?? It's pretty impressive. Tangs and foxface are doing remarkably well - word to the wise; foxface lo grow pretty darned fast!
Hair algae is pretty much gone, something bryopsis-like, but without the "feathers" seems to be struggling, but hanging in. Cyano is rampant, and corals are surviving, but not really thriving the way I'd like.
Had some egglaying going on the other day - two different creatures, each producing hundreds of eggs: one in a mucous ball, the other releasing a strand of thinner mucous and eggs into the reef's water column:
Or just spend a minute or two fishwatching:
~Bruce
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