The Scleractinia Shallows - Page 39

Wrangy · 05/01/2018, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Costa

When you get bored you may think: 'Ohhhh....I could get a tank as big as Alex's tank and, if I have, my arm probably is getting off with miserable pain right now...."
So..............cut the chit chat off and do the job sir!

haha I'm am not jealous and I would probably not last very long cleaning the back haha

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Originally Posted by Alex Costa

PS.: There's something really really nice about your tank Dom: It has personality!

Thanks Alex

I think it's definitely getting there, the fish give it a really strong personality as they have such strong personalities too! I'm very much enjoying this scape as well!

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Originally Posted by SUPAkg

Nice

Thanks matey!

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Originally Posted by martinphillip03

By the way, what kinds of frags did Andrew "give" you? Any rooftop specials?

Marty

They're always special frags

haha I'll have to take some close ups soon

Wrangy · 05/01/2018, 07:07 PM

Also I thought I'd do a bit of a fish run-down too. I've had some pretty sh!t luck in the last 12 months with fish unfortunately

Some unexplained losses, surfers and sump divers

but my babies that are in the tank at the moment are doing really well. They get feed pellets 4 times a day and I've been really slack and haven't been feeding frozen of late but everyone is at least fat and happy. The best part about the fish is my Magma Wrasse is finally turning into a terminal phase male! He's getting really really stunning and just the most gorgeous deep red!

My current fish list sits at 9 fish, 7 in the tank and 2 in the sump:
- "Burgers" Chaetodon burgessi (he's the only one with a name haha aside from the mean things I call my female gold nugget)
- Centropyge colini
- halichoeres melasmapomus (she's my oldest fish and holds a very dear place in my heart)
- liopropoma susumi
- Cirrhilabrus shutmani
- Hologymnosus doliatus (he's getting too big and needs re-homing, also the destructor of snails lol)
- Odontanthias borbonius

The sump monsters are:
- A pair of premnas biaculeatus, Gold Nugget Maroon Clownfish who I adore because the female is an aggressive little cow and the sump tank is her's haha

I have some plans on future additions that go as follows:
- 3-5 pseudanthias flavicauda, a bunch were collected recently and I've been waiting for a rarer more interesting species of anthias to add to the tank. P. tuka are my all time favourites but I can't afford to put that much time and effort into them.
- Cirrhilabrus isosceles, I had a gorgeous male but lost him to mystery causes and they're one of my favourite species so I will be getting another!
- Paracheilinus attenuatus, another one I've wanted for quite some time!
- Macropharyngodon vivienae, a harem of these beauties would blow my mind!!
- An Australian caught prognathodes sp. is a must for me, I love butterflies so much!!
- Lucky last is my pipe dream fish that one day I will own! The infamous cirrhilabrus claire!!!!

That's about it for this fish update haha

Wrangy · 05/10/2018, 05:33 PM

I haven't bought anything new for the tank in far too long and I'm starting to get the itches now haha expensive frag pack or expensive fish may be unavoidable now! haha tank is doing nicely though

Pife · 05/10/2018, 10:46 PM

Like my lfs owner always says... Treat yourself!

martinphillip03 · 05/11/2018, 07:19 PM

Funny, thats what mine said also. Myself, I would get both.

Marty

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Originally Posted by Pife

Like my lfs owner always says... Treat yourself!

Wrangy · 05/13/2018, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pife

Like my lfs owner always says... Treat yourself!

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Originally Posted by martinphillip03

Funny, thats what mine said also. Myself, I would get both.

Marty

Well I took everyone's advice and bought a couple of nice pieces for the tank! Took some shots and will maybe take some top downs tonight after I finish repotting my chilli's and gardening lol

Also did a 40L water change, siphoned the sand and changed the carbon. Need to clean the skimmer tonight.

Wrangy · 05/14/2018, 05:57 AM

I think she's going to be ruurrlll purdylike! (not a new piece though but has bravely fought on through many ups and downs haha

Some nice new and clean tank pics

Pife · 05/14/2018, 06:08 AM

That is very nice indeed! It's that your firetruck acro?

FloformAustria · 05/14/2018, 06:24 AM

Man the tank is really looking very clean!!!

Amazing pictures !!

Happy to see your tank is doing fine!!

Cheers

Wrangy · 05/14/2018, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pife

That is very nice indeed! It's that your firetruck acro?

Thanks Brandon!

Nah that's not the firetruck, just a very nice monti!

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Originally Posted by FloformAustria

Man the tank is really looking very clean!!!

Amazing pictures !!

Happy to see your tank is doing fine!!

Cheers

Thanks Flo, I'm really happy with how clean the tank is looking haha even if it is a little more work! Hopefully some new fish and frags are in my near future lol

Poomba · 05/14/2018, 07:39 PM

What's the monti?

martinphillip03 · 05/15/2018, 06:54 AM

Dom, that one wrasse is getting large. What type is it again? And could you feature it in a photoshoot sometime in the future

Marty

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Originally Posted by Wrangy

I think she's going to be ruurrlll purdylike! (not a new piece though but has bravely fought on through many ups and downs haha

Some nice new and clean tank pics

Wrangy · 05/15/2018, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Poomba

What's the monti?

Doesn't have a name as it's a wild one

I'm thinking the Ginger Minge though

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Originally Posted by martinphillip03

Dom, that one wrasse is getting large. What type is it again? And could you feature it in a photoshoot sometime in the future

Marty

Hologymnosus doliatus and will get even larger haha I'll try and take some pics of him soon but he's a serial snail killer and will be going to a new home soon!

martinphillip03 · 05/16/2018, 12:50 PM

Reece's tank?

Marty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrangy

Doesn't have a name as it's a wild one

I'm thinking the Ginger Minge though

Hologymnosus doliatus and will get even larger haha I'll try and take some pics of him soon but he's a serial snail killer and will be going to a new home soon!

Wrangy · 05/20/2018, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by martinphillip03

Reece's tank?

Marty

haha Andrew's roof maybe?

Wrangy · 05/20/2018, 09:50 PM

I was doing some mucking around last night in the tank and was using the porthole to see what I was doing and I have to say things are looking pretty nice and the colours are coming along happily!! So I suppose I'll need to do some top down shots of things!

In the mean time here's a completely unrelated update! haha I spent a few hours on the weekend doing some gardening and here's the results! The first lot is the second batch of peppers to go in and there's some very beautiful and interesting pods I'm very excited about!

Strawberries are getting there, they'll need some light feeding soon

Repotted and cleaned up all the original batch of peppers and the jalapeno is coming back after being infested with aphids!

Peas and tomatoes are just going crazy!! lol

Super duper excited about this guy too!! Going to take a while before I get any fruit from it though.

Wrangy · 06/03/2018, 08:42 PM

Some exciting tank related updates coming soon!

I promise no more peppers

Pife · 06/03/2018, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrangy

Some exciting tank related updates coming soon!

I promise no more peppers

spin:

Shipping related?

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martinphillip03 · 06/04/2018, 05:41 PM

Alright Wrangy!!

Marty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrangy

Some exciting tank related updates coming soon!

I promise no more peppers

Wrangy · 06/04/2018, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pife

Shipping related?
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Originally Posted by martinphillip03

Alright Wrangy!!

Marty

haha maybe some equipment updates, new pictures and dosing schedule but no new corals at the moment

haha hoping for some new fish soon though!!

Wrangy · 06/18/2018, 09:32 PM

On the bright side it only took one attempt to catch the bastard haha

Pife · 06/18/2018, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrangy

On the bright side it only took one attempt to catch the bastard haha

Which fish did you remove?

Wrangy · 06/19/2018, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pife

Which fish did you remove?

The red stripe wrasse! He was eating too many snails and I bought some of these gorgeous little strombus snails (conch)! Which I was not going to let him eat haha

I also added a most adorable little blenny too! He's like a puppy, comes out with his fin up when I go near the tank and it's only been a couple of days haha he's a high fin blenny but I think he may be a sabretooth blenny but I need to find the actual ID on him yet!

Wrangy · 06/19/2018, 05:12 PM

I think the clowns want me to clean the rest of their glass too

martinphillip03 · 06/19/2018, 07:17 PM

It must of hurt a bit having to get rid one of your wrasses.

Marty

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrangy

The red stripe wrasse! He was eating too many snails and I bought some of these gorgeous little strombus snails (conch)! Which I was not going to let him eat haha

I also added a most adorable little blenny too! He's like a puppy, comes out with his fin up when I go near the tank and it's only been a couple of days haha he's a high fin blenny but I think he may be a sabretooth blenny but I need to find the actual ID on him yet!

05/01/2018, 07:07 PM	#952
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	Also I thought I'd do a bit of a fish run-down too. I've had some pretty sh!t luck in the last 12 months with fish unfortunately Some unexplained losses, surfers and sump divers but my babies that are in the tank at the moment are doing really well. They get feed pellets 4 times a day and I've been really slack and haven't been feeding frozen of late but everyone is at least fat and happy. The best part about the fish is my Magma Wrasse is finally turning into a terminal phase male! He's getting really really stunning and just the most gorgeous deep red! My current fish list sits at 9 fish, 7 in the tank and 2 in the sump: - "Burgers" Chaetodon burgessi (he's the only one with a name haha aside from the mean things I call my female gold nugget) - Centropyge colini - halichoeres melasmapomus (she's my oldest fish and holds a very dear place in my heart) - liopropoma susumi - Cirrhilabrus shutmani - Hologymnosus doliatus (he's getting too big and needs re-homing, also the destructor of snails lol) - Odontanthias borbonius The sump monsters are: - A pair of premnas biaculeatus, Gold Nugget Maroon Clownfish who I adore because the female is an aggressive little cow and the sump tank is her's haha I have some plans on future additions that go as follows: - 3-5 pseudanthias flavicauda, a bunch were collected recently and I've been waiting for a rarer more interesting species of anthias to add to the tank. P. tuka are my all time favourites but I can't afford to put that much time and effort into them. - Cirrhilabrus isosceles, I had a gorgeous male but lost him to mystery causes and they're one of my favourite species so I will be getting another! - Paracheilinus attenuatus, another one I've wanted for quite some time! - Macropharyngodon vivienae, a harem of these beauties would blow my mind!! - An Australian caught prognathodes sp. is a must for me, I love butterflies so much!! - Lucky last is my pipe dream fish that one day I will own! The infamous cirrhilabrus claire!!!! That's about it for this fish update haha __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

05/10/2018, 05:33 PM	#953
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	I haven't bought anything new for the tank in far too long and I'm starting to get the itches now haha expensive frag pack or expensive fish may be unavoidable now! haha tank is doing nicely though __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

05/10/2018, 10:46 PM	#954
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	Like my lfs owner always says... Treat yourself! __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

05/14/2018, 05:57 AM	#957
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	I think she's going to be ruurrlll purdylike! (not a new piece though but has bravely fought on through many ups and downs haha Some nice new and clean tank pics __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

05/14/2018, 06:08 AM	#958
Pife Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 7,408	That is very nice indeed! It's that your firetruck acro? __________________ Brandon I'm not saying let's get rid of all the stupid people.* I'm just saying let's remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. Current Tank Info: 150g DT plumbed to an 80g frag tank and 220g sump in the basement. ~6-MP40s ~ 12 ATI powered t5s ~ Reefbrites and Radions supplementing ~ Custom GEO Skimmer ~ GEO CA Reactor 6x24~ Iwaki 70 Return ~

05/14/2018, 06:24 AM	#959
FloformAustria Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vienna, AUT Posts: 1,351	Man the tank is really looking very clean!!! Amazing pictures !! Happy to see your tank is doing fine!! Cheers __________________ Flo from Austria ^Austrian Reef Club^ "Founding Member of CCC - The cool couch club of SPS keeping" - Biggles Current Tank Info: The Austrian Dropoff Tank

05/14/2018, 07:39 PM	#961
Poomba Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 164	What's the monti?

05/20/2018, 09:50 PM	#966
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	I was doing some mucking around last night in the tank and was using the porthole to see what I was doing and I have to say things are looking pretty nice and the colours are coming along happily!! So I suppose I'll need to do some top down shots of things! In the mean time here's a completely unrelated update! haha I spent a few hours on the weekend doing some gardening and here's the results! The first lot is the second batch of peppers to go in and there's some very beautiful and interesting pods I'm very excited about! Strawberries are getting there, they'll need some light feeding soon Repotted and cleaned up all the original batch of peppers and the jalapeno is coming back after being infested with aphids! Peas and tomatoes are just going crazy!! lol Super duper excited about this guy too!! Going to take a while before I get any fruit from it though. __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

06/03/2018, 08:42 PM	#967
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	Some exciting tank related updates coming soon! I promise no more peppers __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

06/18/2018, 09:32 PM	#971
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	On the bright side it only took one attempt to catch the bastard haha __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"

06/19/2018, 05:12 PM	#974
Wrangy Acrotrooper Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Australia Posts: 1,614	I think the clowns want me to clean the rest of their glass too __________________ Dom Courtesy of Nils: "you are welcome to your nem / flub tank because we need people like you to balance the sick ( sick in the head SPS OCD ) speaking for myself here!!"