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You can't run a tank that way!
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paul, we had some argumentative nay sayers on her for a bit, new guys that liked to read stuff online and quote it as gospel as how things can and can't be done, so i thing it was bill that posted some snipets of ur post as proof of to the contrary.
Paul B
NJRC Member
Reflections, I told Bill that he can post anything I have ever written, anywhere he likes.
I get that a lot about things that can't be done. This fire clown in the center of the picture probably can't live for 15 years in a tank with a RUGF.
He can't he is almost 17
. But I never told him that he is swimming over a UG filter.
By the way, he is now a She as She is spawning. 8) They do change
I get that a lot about things that can't be done. This fire clown in the center of the picture probably can't live for 15 years in a tank with a RUGF.
He can't he is almost 17
. But I never told him that he is swimming over a UG filter.By the way, he is now a She as She is spawning. 8) They do change
Paul B
NJRC Member
Mike, after thinking about it I realize you may be correct about those gobies being Watchmans. The two that are spawning were never yellow in my tank but the third one that I have looks exactly like them, he was yellow as a baby. I remember he changed color in a very short while, like two weeks.
I am old so my memory is shot but I think you are correct.
I guess when they are very young they are yellow. I just added a yellow one yesterday, if it changes color I will be sure.
Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
Paul :
Paul B
NJRC Member
I just did one of the things that I love to do which I have mentioned before. I removed a bottle that I have not emptied in years and dumped it out in a flask to check out what is living in there. It is an entire eco system. There was a nice strand of seaweed growing right in the center like a mineature garden or bonsai tree. The thing was just teeming with pods, worms and all sorts of other cool little things. This to me is what makes this hobby so interesting. I sometimes get more excited to watch this stuff than my fish.
I had to do some work on the tank because I have a small auto feeder mainly for the hippo tang that puts a few flakes and pellets in the tank in case I don't show up for a couple of days.
I heard the thing cycle and the surface of the water was covered with flakes. The top came off the feeder and about a can of flakes went into the tank. I skimmed a lot of it out but the rest sunk so I had to get out the diatom filter and do a thorough cleaning. As I was doing that I found the coral that I had been looking for that my urchin transported into a cave. It seems fine.
I also did a little aquascaping to re position all the rocks the urchin moved and to re pile anything that had fell.
I also have a problem with corals toppling onto each other so I fixed most of that problem. I also added a few very pregnant grass shrimp. The fish will enjoy that. Tomorrow I will collect some more of those which seem larger this year for some reason.
They are all around my boat along with zillions of amphipods.
That all goes intio the tank.
Have a great day, whats left to it.
I had to do some work on the tank because I have a small auto feeder mainly for the hippo tang that puts a few flakes and pellets in the tank in case I don't show up for a couple of days.
I heard the thing cycle and the surface of the water was covered with flakes. The top came off the feeder and about a can of flakes went into the tank. I skimmed a lot of it out but the rest sunk so I had to get out the diatom filter and do a thorough cleaning. As I was doing that I found the coral that I had been looking for that my urchin transported into a cave. It seems fine.
I also did a little aquascaping to re position all the rocks the urchin moved and to re pile anything that had fell.
I also have a problem with corals toppling onto each other so I fixed most of that problem. I also added a few very pregnant grass shrimp. The fish will enjoy that. Tomorrow I will collect some more of those which seem larger this year for some reason.
They are all around my boat along with zillions of amphipods.
That all goes intio the tank.
Have a great day, whats left to it.
where have you been catching the glass shrimp at?
you just use them as a food source? or have you kept them in your tank for some period of time? id imagine the temp. differences doesnt allow them to survive in our tanks for long term success.
Paul B
NJRC Member
My bluestripped pipefish are again very pregnant. If I look close I can see the tiny stringy little babies stuck in his pouch under his belly.
No I can't get a picture. Those things are impossable to photograph. They are always in a cave and usually in the back of the tank chasing the baby brine.
The only thing bad about having spawning fish, is that you can hardly ever see them. I also have 4 large watchman gobies that are also always spawning but they hang around their nest all the time which is also in the back. Fire clowns too.
I am trying to get the bumblebee gobies to spawn and I don't know if they are as they hide too. I see all of these guys when I dump some baby brine in there or put one of those undersea shows on the TV.
No I can't get a picture. Those things are impossable to photograph. They are always in a cave and usually in the back of the tank chasing the baby brine.
The only thing bad about having spawning fish, is that you can hardly ever see them. I also have 4 large watchman gobies that are also always spawning but they hang around their nest all the time which is also in the back. Fire clowns too.
I am trying to get the bumblebee gobies to spawn and I don't know if they are as they hide too. I see all of these guys when I dump some baby brine in there or put one of those undersea shows on the TV.