My 240g FOWLR - Page 39

SDguy · 08/09/2015, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by caribfan

Any new additions planned with the exit of the muelleri?

No... everyone is getting so big!! I didn't really notice until my parrot became one of my smallest fish

caribfan · 08/09/2015, 12:15 PM

Um..boo.

I think it's clear then, Peter needs a bigger tank.

humaguy · 08/09/2015, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by SDguy

Been a while, apologies for the break in time

beautiful video...love your tank...

angelo14 · 08/09/2015, 04:52 PM

Nice!

SDguy · 08/10/2015, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by humaguy

beautiful video...love your tank...

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Originally Posted by angelo14

Nice!

Thanks guys!

griseum · 08/10/2015, 09:03 AM

Such amazing, healthy fish!!
Always loved your tank. Looks fantastic.

danielp · 08/10/2015, 09:56 AM

How you can keep in relative peace all thoss fish in 240g is beyond me, even more kudos to you Peter. Great tank.

nuxx · 08/10/2015, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by caribfan

um..boo.

I think it's clear then, peter needs a bigger tank.

+1

humaguy · 08/10/2015, 11:12 AM

lol, this is almost pedestrian for him...
check out how he masterly qts his fish...

jjmbeans · 08/11/2015, 07:35 AM

thats a great looking tank, dont you get salt creep underneath the tank on those nice hardwood floors?

SDguy · 08/11/2015, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by griseum

Such amazing, healthy fish!!
Always loved your tank. Looks fantastic.

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by danielp

How you can keep in relative peace all thoss fish in 240g is beyond me, even more kudos to you Peter. Great tank.

It's not always rainbows and puppy dogs in there

I've had to remove some, either due to aggression, or being too timid to compete.

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Originally Posted by humaguy

lol, this is almost pedestrian for him...
check out how he masterly qts his fish...

Hehe, thanks! Sad thing is the QT is still up and running... haven't had anything in there in ages! Maybe time for a golden dwarf moray tank?

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Originally Posted by jjmbeans

thats a great looking tank, dont you get salt creep underneath the tank on those nice hardwood floors?

Thanks! Not really... there isn't any splashing going on anywhere, and I don't even use fans since I have such little lighting on the tank. Really nothing to create any salt creep from...

SDguy · 08/11/2015, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by caribfan

Um..boo.

I think it's clear then, Peter needs a bigger tank.

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Originally Posted by nuxx

+1

No. No. And hell no!!

johnike · 08/14/2015, 06:32 AM

Peter, Red Sea Pearscale coming in this afternoon!!

SDguy · 08/14/2015, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by johnike

Peter, Red Sea Pearscale coming in this afternoon!!

Oh congrats!!! The best of the bunch, IMO!

johnike · 08/14/2015, 09:37 AM

Saddleback next!!

SDguy · 08/14/2015, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by johnike

Saddleback next!!

Get a large-ish one. The small ones never get their gorgeous adult patterns and colors, IME.

SDguy · 08/15/2015, 08:32 AM

Updated stock list, changes in red... I few obviously not planned

The muelleri was a blow. Such a great hardy fish. He had these weird flared gills for over a year... I can't help but think this contributed to his death, since there was nothing wrong with him otherwise.

The punctato and pyramids are my fault... during a period of a heavy work schedule, pretty much all the tank got was pellets (lucky if it happened every day even), and those fish didn't eat pellets.

Acanthurus leucosternon
Acanthurus fowleri
Labroides dimidiatus
Choerodon fasciatus (Aussie)
Halichoeres hortulanus
Chaetodontoplus melanosoma
Chaetodontoplus meredithi
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Genicanthus lamarck
Pomacanthus chrysurus
Pomacanthus navarchus
Pomacanthus maculosus
Holacanthus tricolor
Centropyge loricula
Chaetodon burgessi
Chaetodon collare
Chaetodon tinkeri
Chaetodon ephippium
Chaetodon falcula
Chaetodon fasciatus
Chaetodon flavirostris
Chaetodon mertensii
Chaetodon mitratus
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus died
Chaetodon rainfordi
Chaetodon xanthurus
Chelmon muelleri died
Hemitaurichthys polylepis x 2 both died... they never really ate well or fattened up
Heniochus singularius
Microcanthus strigatus
Scarus quoyi
Amphiprion melanopus x 2
Chrysiptera hemicyanea
Chrysiptera talboti x 2
Pomacentrus alleni x 2 (I think I've seen both)
Pseudochromis sankeyi
Valenciennea strigata disappeared?

johnike · 08/15/2015, 09:31 AM

Thanks for the update Peter.
I'll be using it as a stocking guide for mine.

humaguy · 08/15/2015, 11:17 AM

the flared gill thing sounds like "gill flare" and is ammonia related...
I ran into it a few months back...

SDguy · 08/16/2015, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by humaguy

the flared gill thing sounds like "gill flare" and is ammonia related...
I ran into it a few months back...

I'm not sure... he had it for a long time....even after huge water changes. It was very specific to him...

caribfan · 08/16/2015, 09:56 AM

I would think if it was an ammonia issue, it would have been present in the other fish as well. Unless it was due to initial damage. How long had you owned the fish?

SDguy · 08/16/2015, 11:46 AM

Years...

caribfan · 08/16/2015, 12:53 PM

Weird. Do you run activated carbon? Switched brands in the last year? It's always tough when it comes down to just one fish.

So you really don't have any new fish your going after? Anything cool going on in peters aquarium land?

jjk_reef00 · 08/16/2015, 09:48 PM

Love the updates Peter. Sorry for the losses.

SDguy · 08/16/2015, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by jjk_reef00

Love the updates Peter. Sorry for the losses.

Thanks... stuff happens. I think overall the tank has been a success.

08/09/2015, 12:15 PM	#952
caribfan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,922	Um..boo. I think it's clear then, Peter needs a bigger tank. __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 50 Breeder Quarantine Tank, 240 Miracles Finally up and running, 29 Biocube - AI Nano

08/10/2015, 09:56 AM	#957
danielp Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 507	How you can keep in relative peace all thoss fish in 240g is beyond me, even more kudos to you Peter. Great tank. __________________ 100g reef Current Tank Info: 50g cube reef, 16 gal nano, 100gal FOWLR to be build at some point this year

08/15/2015, 08:32 AM	#967
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	Updated stock list, changes in red... I few obviously not planned The muelleri was a blow. Such a great hardy fish. He had these weird flared gills for over a year... I can't help but think this contributed to his death, since there was nothing wrong with him otherwise. The punctato and pyramids are my fault... during a period of a heavy work schedule, pretty much all the tank got was pellets (lucky if it happened every day even), and those fish didn't eat pellets. Acanthurus leucosternon Acanthurus fowleri Labroides dimidiatus Choerodon fasciatus (Aussie) Halichoeres hortulanus Chaetodontoplus melanosoma Chaetodontoplus meredithi Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis Genicanthus lamarck Pomacanthus chrysurus Pomacanthus navarchus Pomacanthus maculosus Holacanthus tricolor Centropyge loricula Chaetodon burgessi Chaetodon collare Chaetodon tinkeri Chaetodon ephippium Chaetodon falcula Chaetodon fasciatus Chaetodon flavirostris Chaetodon mertensii Chaetodon mitratus Chaetodon punctatofasciatus died Chaetodon rainfordi Chaetodon xanthurus Chelmon muelleri died Hemitaurichthys polylepis x 2 both died... they never really ate well or fattened up Heniochus singularius Microcanthus strigatus Scarus quoyi Amphiprion melanopus x 2 Chrysiptera hemicyanea Chrysiptera talboti x 2 Pomacentrus alleni x 2 (I think I've seen both) Pseudochromis sankeyi Valenciennea strigata disappeared? __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

08/16/2015, 09:56 AM	#971
caribfan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,922	I would think if it was an ammonia issue, it would have been present in the other fish as well. Unless it was due to initial damage. How long had you owned the fish? __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 50 Breeder Quarantine Tank, 240 Miracles Finally up and running, 29 Biocube - AI Nano

08/16/2015, 11:46 AM	#972
SDguy Fish heads unite! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: San Diego Posts: 23,384	Years... __________________ Peter SDMAS member Marine tanks since 1989. ><((((º>`·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸><((((º> ·´¯`·.¸. , . .·´¯`·.. ><((((º> Current Tank Info: 240g butterfly and angel FOWLR. 15g QT.

08/09/2015, 04:52 PM	#954
angelo14 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 7	Nice!

08/10/2015, 09:03 AM	#956
griseum Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 823	Such amazing, healthy fish!! Always loved your tank. Looks fantastic.

08/10/2015, 11:12 AM	#959
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	lol, this is almost pedestrian for him... check out how he masterly qts his fish...

08/11/2015, 07:35 AM	#960
jjmbeans Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 2	thats a great looking tank, dont you get salt creep underneath the tank on those nice hardwood floors?

08/14/2015, 06:32 AM	#963
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Peter, Red Sea Pearscale coming in this afternoon!!

08/14/2015, 09:37 AM	#965
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Saddleback next!!

08/15/2015, 09:31 AM	#968
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Thanks for the update Peter. I'll be using it as a stocking guide for mine.

08/15/2015, 11:17 AM	#969
humaguy Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Western Ct, NYC Posts: 8,218	the flared gill thing sounds like "gill flare" and is ammonia related... I ran into it a few months back...

08/16/2015, 12:53 PM	#973
caribfan Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,922	Weird. Do you run activated carbon? Switched brands in the last year? It's always tough when it comes down to just one fish. So you really don't have any new fish your going after? Anything cool going on in peters aquarium land? __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 50 Breeder Quarantine Tank, 240 Miracles Finally up and running, 29 Biocube - AI Nano

08/16/2015, 09:48 PM	#974
jjk_reef00 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,476	Love the updates Peter. Sorry for the losses. __________________ I need more fish tank appliances! --Ed Current Tank Info: 375 FOWLR