A Little Tank Update

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

swift action will save tones of money.... hey sis i havent seen any clams in ur tank..... such a BIG sandbed and so empty

waiting for my lights to arrive bro bubblegum....intend to cover all the sand area with clams.... with a near tank crash one has to act quickly.....

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

whoa....sunburst....another cool fish just saw some today at P*****M*****

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

town council meeting going on.......

[ReDDeviLs]

hhaha cool pics..town council meeting..

giving instruction that who needs to clean where isit? hehe

they will tell the head master to employ more cleaners!

sis,tot those dangerous stuffs are in your tank

[bubble_gum]

town council meeting going on.......

dat really cracked me up

[bubble_gum]

dat really cracked me up

the 2 cleaner shrimp were barred from the meeting wonder why

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

hhaha cool pics..town council meeting..

giving instruction that who needs to clean where isit? hehe

they will tell the head master to employ more cleaners!

sis,tot those dangerous stuffs are in your tank

thanks bro.Reds....yeah deciding who to employ to do more clean up.....

heading the staff is president SallyLightFoot chief cleaner of Bryopsis (hair algae).... graduated with a masters degree.....

Oh no...bro Reds, wouldn't think of putting those dangerous creatures in my tank... just thought of sharing......

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

the 2 cleaner shrimp were barred from the meeting wonder why

he...he....the 2 cleaner shrimps were barred because they were caught eating on the job and doing odd jobs at night.....harrassing residents.....

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

3 of the 5 terrorist up to no good.....

[patrick123]

Hi Patrick , yes my refigium crashed for some reason because I guess I wasn't used to applying a new concept to what I was already use too in the begining. The Refigium caused a massive red slime take over in my tank and it wasn't going to stop which got me concerned. A major water change didn't help so I purchased BioPhos to help eliminate the problem but it still kept coming back in small patches....

There wasn't much livestock at the time , so phosphate levels wasn't actually a problem I could forsee and feeding and lighting were greatly reduced as well. My RSB was skimming kopi-O so couldn't see that as a problem as well....until I closed the refigium and kept the sump in darkness....that worked well in my previous 6 footer set-up and shifted the boi balls from the overflow column to the main sump where it was half submerged instead of a dry trikle.

Everything is perfect right now and I am glad I acted quickly because all my LS , softies and LPS were showing stress and not doing too well.....

Thanks Sis for the explanation. Seems like refugium doesn't always work for everyone. When I get my denitrator, I won't need my refugium anymore. Save a lot of electricity on light. hehehe

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

welcome brother Patrick...... never believed in a refigium actually because did fine without one for a long time , besides saves on another set of lighting...he...he

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

One of my fave fishes..... easiest to keep ,very hardy and always resistant to that nuisance Ich.....

cleaner shrimps witnessing a fight going on for sleeping space....he...he

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

school of fire dartfishes..... ( Nemateleotris Magnifica )

[roidan]

nice firefishes ...but i wonder if 3 or 5 can be a school

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

nice firefishes ...but i wonder if 3 or 5 can be a school 

Thanks ,actually I have 6 ..... the other 3 on the other end of the tank.... Anything more then 2 is a school.....

[roidan]

really ah....anything more than 2 is a school ah...

then i must have been underclassifying the anthiases...hehe

what is larger than a school of fish ah? a shoal?

[roidan]

actually dun think got other collective nouns for fishes hor...

have to use schools of fish or shoals of fish only...hehe

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

really ah....anything more than 2 is a school ah...

then i must have been underclassifying the anthiases...hehe

what is larger than a school of fish ah? a shoal?

he...he...yeah anything larger is a shoal.....your anthias are a shoal for sure....thats alot..... so dazzling.....

[roidan]

cannot lah.....for me...calling them school still sounds manageable...hehe

wait till i hit 50 anthias then can upgrade to shoal...hehe....

are those orange shoulder tangs i saw? then you can add 1 more and have a school of orange shoulder tangs liao

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

actually dun think got other collective nouns for fishes hor...

have to use schools of fish or shoals of fish only...hehe

yeah lor.....small groups good to classify as school , much more larger like in the deep , deep oceans can use shoal because impossible to count....he...he

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

cannot lah.....for me...calling them school still sounds manageable...hehe

wait till i hit 50 anthias then can upgrade to shoal...hehe....

are those orange shoulder tangs i saw? then you can add 1 more and have a school of orange shoulder tangs liao 

yeah those are Orange Shoulder Tangs (Anthurus Olivaceus) one of my fave fishes..... Wanted to get more yesterday(tempted) but need to add other varieties later on. These are peaceful to keep in school unlike the others...he..he

Can lah...your Anthias in your tank cannot count....he...he

[roidan]

now only 2 orange shoulders, so cannot call a school mah..must more than 2....u get a baby one lor...

so the existing 2 are the parents..and the small cute one in tow...that will make up your school of orange shoulder tangs

[Acanthurus pyroferus]

now only 2 orange shoulders, so cannot call a school mah..must more than 2....u get a baby one lor...

so the existing 2 are the parents..and the small cute one in tow...that will make up your school of orange shoulder tangs 

yeah correct....now cannot call school....he...he must go and buy the other one in the LFS.....maybe keep all orange shoulder tang..... Looking for this fish but very rare leh cannot find.... (Acanthurus Tennentii)

[that was niceeeee]

is that fish a lieutenant tnag?

[roidan]

from the body shape is close to orange shoulder tang shape....so maybe not so popular with the colour also...i dun think as rare as the gem tang though...since you got space still, u can think of the gem tang as well