Maxstar81's Tank

[tayhonglee]

eh bro, come on lah, stop pretending...we all know you not really interested in crabs and shrimps when you prowl the beach at night.....hm?hm?hmmm?

[Maxstar81]

Mr Tay Hong Lee,

Hey, keep this thread on marine stuff only ah.

Nobody goes to Pasir Ris beach to hanky panky lah.

They're @ the watch tower near the mangrove board walk.

BTW, i know this because i've gone night cycling with friends

& not because i'm stalking them with video cam.

[tayhonglee]

oh....sorry man....i was just kidding with you.......

i prowl the beach at night too

for the wrong reason.....

...teeheehee...

[somebody]

hmm... naughty naughty...

haha.. you tank looks like a FW tank. haha =)

the grass very nice... very green...

[veliferium]

ID by some bro here as whitling.

Hate this fish.... Reason being !?

It eats other fishes.

Thts a flathead,Butis Butis..It grows big and a bloody predator

[Dazza]

Unknown fish.

Kept about 8 of them.

Reminds me of those U see in

Wisma basement.

thats a target fish (Crescent Perch or Jarbua) http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/m...sh/text/272.htm

grows super fast ... i still hv one in my tank that'll be release soon to join its bros n sis in the sea.... eats like crazy n grows like crazy

[Maxstar81]

Thanks to bro Dazza & Veliferium for the ID.

Man i really dislike that fish.

If only i knew earlier how carnivorous it was....

[veliferium]

Here's some info on them.

Flathead

HTH

[Maxstar81]

OK, here is the tank.

Yes, its on the floor.

Yes, the green plant is fake.

Yes, the light is cheapo fresh water type.

And yes, its an eyesore.

Tahan a bit ah. Slowly will look nicer.

[Maxstar81]

After taking out skimmer, fake plant.

Went Pasir Ris farm to get some LR, turtle weed and red mushy.

Added 2 fire gobies and 1 fan worm, 1 fire goby jumped out of tank...

[Maxstar81]

Closer shot !

Opps forgot to mention in prevous

pic also have 2 camel shrimps.

They're behind the rocks.

Opps turtle weed balding.

[cjh]

bro.. go sentosa siloso beach catch la.. i caught 2 horseshoe crab, 1 cuttlefish there but din bring it home coz no container... lol....

[Maxstar81]

cjh,

Too far for me.

Pasir Ris beach is just behind my house. (5min walk)

Horseshoe crab i keep b4 liao. Very cute baby shoey.

[veliferium]

Shrimps!

Piston shrimps to be precise.

omg,did i see someting wrong...i jus realised this

wah,u treat ur beach-caught pistol shrimps so well ar..feed them cyclops somemore...

[alien07]

WAh bro! RESPECT!! very patient and dedicated to keeping Marine stuff. You are the best!!

[Maxstar81]

veliferium,

Um, I think U see wrong lah.

the food in the container with the piston shrimps are pellets.

Used to feed my FW fish last time then got left over.

alien07,

Wa, very pai se leh.

I just have a very curious nature.

Off and leave b4 ORD got too much time

so might as well do something constructive loh.

[veliferium]

well,they do look like cyclops..haha

[Maxstar81]

Ok, now that i've showcase the stuff from the beach.

Its time to move on to LS purchased from LFS.

1st up is .... (drumroll . . .)

Violet-spotted Reef Lobster Enoplometopus debelius

Died after a week. ANN cycle not stable in new tank.

[Maxstar81]

BTA which gave me problem from day 1.

Even in death it haunted me by stinking up my tank.

Reason for failure with BTA:

1. Not strong enuff light. (T8)

2. Current flow too weak.

3. It doesn't like frozen mysis.

After this, NO MORE ANEMONEs !!!

[k0na_scab]

Still around.

Mangrove Cardigans.

Eat like pigs.

brudder u keep this fish ????

it's a PITA when the drift net is full of them when catching bait for fishing.

what r u feedin the fire gobies ? tot of keeping them

[Maxstar81]

Boxer Shrimp. Terror of the tank!

Sold to fellow reefer who also cannot

tahan & pass it to yet another reefer.

[Maxstar81]

There are 2 camels but this particular 1

likes to pose for photo shoot.

For those who are interested in keeping,

NOT REEF SAFE !

[Maxstar81]

k0na_scab,

brudder u keep this fish ????

it's a PITA when the drift net is full of them when catching bait for fishing.

what r u feedin the fire gobies ? tot of keeping them

Yup, love those cardigans. Growing fat in my tank.

As for Fire Gobies, they eat frozen mysis & brine shrimps.

They are easy to keep but do fight, so best is intro together 1 shot.

Do take note that they can jump out of the tank if U do not have a hood.

(been there, done that. X2)

I'm currently looking for other colours like decorated or helfrich's dartfish.

Any bro/ sis see any pls PM hoh.

in advance !

[Maxstar81]

Fire Gobies,

Currently have 2 in tank.

Previously also have 2 more.

Commited suicide by leaping out of the tank.

Look at this shot. Does it look like its saying:

"I see the light! I have to follow the light."

[Maxstar81]

Green clown gobies.

My snail eats faster then this fella.

So slow..... 1 died cos it didn't get use to frozen.

They like sitting on hard corals. Since my tank are

all softies, its sits on mushrooms instead. But once

the mushy feels stress & release slime, it keeps sliding down.

Now it sits on ulva loh. 1 still in tank.