kevin's 50g to 75g upgrade !

[Ligershark]

what was up with the pistol shrimp? was he messing up your rock work or covering coral with sand?

 

[kevin]

what was up with the pistol shrimp? was he messing up your rock work or covering coral with sand?

Well, he did make a huge mess with the sand. It was more he killed some of my fish. He NEVER paired with a goby(I actually never saw him kill a fish, but I did snip the lip of the first goby I've ever got). I went through about 4 gobys.. he'd also always try to steal the chocolate stars I'd feed my harly's, hah. He was the devil.

 

[TanksNStuff]

Tanks looking great Kevin. Love the new editions! Great job on the pics too.

 

[howze01]

I knew that Pistol Shrimp was bad news the second I saw him!

 

[kevin]

Tanks looking great Kevin. Love the new editions! Great job on the pics too.

Thanks!!!

I knew that Pistol Shrimp was bad news the second I saw him!

hahaha





I just picked up a tank bred neon dottyback on a impulse buy. My wife really liked it.. unfortunately, I didn't know they were semi-aggressive. All the posts I'm reading says they kill lots of fish and eat shrimp. He's around 3inches or so.... I put him in anyway to see what happens. He was doing fine at AO with all the other fish.. will knows my tank, so im sure he wouldnt sell me a fish that will be an ***. I acclimated him and put him in the tank.. he's really just hiding.. he's seen my scarlet shrimp & harley's and didn't do anything.. my wrasse def. found him just now and is showing dominance, but not doing anything to him. I suppose time will tell.

 

[TanksNStuff]

My neon dottyback is about as timid as my target mandarin.

 

[kevin]

My neon dottyback is about as timid as my target mandarin.

She seems like she'll(apparently it's a she so says my wife) be a good fish(*knock on wood*). My wrasse chased her around a bit last night. She was hiding in the rocks pretty well until he went to sleep. She then ventured around the tank & said hello. She seems to have a little section she likes to be in. I'm watching from the camera feed & everyone is calm. It was just worrying me because majority of the posts I've read were BAD. Although, that might of been with a wild caught specimen. I suppose that's why Will said it was "tank bred" when we were chatting.

 

[TanksNStuff]

Yea, mine was an ORA tank bred also. I suppose that does make a difference in their personalities.

 

[kevin]

Yea, mine was an ORA tank bred also. I suppose that does make a difference in their personalities.

It must.

I came home today she's very comfortable with the tank already. Feeding with everyone & everything. Even getting up and personal with the wrasse.. and the wrasse doesnt care anymore.

 

[kevin]

Picked up a ORA spotted mandarin from Xavier yesterday. Also, my neon dottyback has made a home inside the torch as seen here
http://youtu.be/7-_CeurUqd8
and one of my barnacle blennies has gone missing!

 

[kevin]

I really need to update with more pictures...

One of my barnacle blennies seems to be MIA.
My randells goby is also MIA.
I'm assuming they're both dead.

I've been getting a lot of hair algae & cyno. Picked up some big scarlet hermits. Most likely from overfeeding..

I picked up a mated pair of sleeper gobys today. Doing work and sifting my sand..
also, my wife has been eying a longnose hawk fish at AO for the last 2 months. I went ahead and bought him. Read they eat shrimp & can eat corals. He seems to be doing well with all my fish and shrimp.. my blood shrimp tried to clean him, LOL.

I'm done with fish now. have plenty.

Updated list:

Melanarus wrasse
midas blenny
ora black & white clown
extreme snowflake clown
neon dottyback
barnacle blenny
ora spotted mandarin
pair of sleeper gobies
longnose hawk fish
scarlet shrimp
pair of harlequin shrimp
emerald crab

 

[kevin]

Going to update this with some text.. but heading to Panera right now!


ORA Spotted Mandarin

Nem & I don't really know what the green one is, lol.

sleeper gobies, tankbred neon dotyback, acans

Rock Nem

Midas Blenny

rastas

darth mauls.. just picked them up from zoanut last night

picked these up from dan_k last night.. flamethrower, cornbred, and i forget the other one... cant get a good picture

 

[kevin]

fragfarmer watermelon

dark phoenix pe

longnose hawkfish

Rainbow BTA

blue agaves left, space monsters middle, forget what the right one is.. rear is red PP.. horrible picture

gold torch but terrible picture

 

[kevin]

Probably my favorite acan, but redic. difficult to take a good picture of

 

[greybolt03]

Play with the white balance on your camera to get rid of all the blue...
tank looks great!!!
you beat me to those chalices.... Let me know when there ready to be fragged...

 

[greybolt03]

Are you taking pics thru the glass?
if you want to try my tops down box come get it..

 

[kevin]

Play with the white balance on your camera to get rid of all the blue...
tank looks great!!!
you beat me to those chalices.... Let me know when there ready to be fragged...

I've been lazy & never really tried to learn my camera.
The chalices are all yours if they do well!

Are you taking pics thru the glass?
if you want to try my tops down box come get it..

I did take pictures through the glass. Thanks for the offer!
As you can see.. your rasta's are growing like crazy

 

[greybolt03]

How is the hawk workin out I was thinking about getting one?

 

[kevin]

How is the hawk workin out I was thinking about getting one?

He's doing great. He leaves my scarlet & harlequin shrimp alone. He also does not bother any of my corals. Perches in the spot I took the picture in for most of the day. Eats mysis.. doesn't like pellets.

 

[Brando457]

that hawk looks like he is up to no good

kevin how are you liking that fuge light?