Lemon's tank!

[Terryz_]

he left with fishes ?

Think so.. Haven confirm with him.

[yikai]

omg

my male rhomboid didn't come out today the whole day. i saw it hiding this morning and yesterday it was per normal. last night however, saw it squaring off with my pylei. both have fins extended, flashing intensively and circling each other like sharks. i turned off the lights to prevent them from fighting and both went to sleep.

here's the thing. most of the large wrasses in my tank are alpha already, and the most alpha of them all is the rhomboid. had it around 6-7 months. super stable.

every evening there will be a flash off between the rhomboid vs pylei, and laboutei vs rosyscale. all are 4 inch with the exception of the rosy being 3.5 inch.

this morning i found my solar wrasse dead, with broken fins and tail. (i wanted to remove it to sell...) suspect the wrasses have been squaring off too intensly and the solar was a casualty of the event..

hoping my rhomboid is hiding somewhere safely and will emerge again tomorrow have temporarily trapped the pylei as of now.

[peacemaker]

Don't give up... yet. Do everything you can to coax it out (if its still alive) for a good night's sleep.

[Terryz_]

Hope everything is fine tomorrow...

[yikai]

thanks guys for the nice words. It took me almost or more than half a year to get this rhomboid to the giant it is now, and it's colour is very beautiful. i dare say it is the largest living rhomboid in singapore. over 4 inch. and super fat.

it's not the money, but more of a sentimental value T_T

[[V]tEc]

wrasses can be quite fierce when they settle down in tank. try selling away ur pylei since it has become too fierce now....

[MarcoVan]

thanks guys for the nice words. It took me almost or more than half a year to get this rhomboid to the giant it is now, and it's colour is very beautiful. i dare say it is the largest living rhomboid in singapore. over 4 inch. and super fat.

it's not the money, but more of a sentimental value T_T

Cheer up bro. I am sure it's just struck with sleepyness since the weather these days are quite cooling.

It should be out in no time (:

Happy Reefing,

Marc J.

[jackywongto]

hope your rhomboid appears tomorrow. good luck bro!

[desideria]

fingers crossed lemon... may your boid boid appear.... your other rhoms need their boid!

hugz

[LaW]

i remember my lineatus was under stress from my pink margin. it disappeared for a few days. i thought it was gone but it reappear on the 4th day eating food, think it can't stand starvation.

hope urs relatively similar case with mine as well.

[yikai]

thanks guys. it's really heartening to see comments like this. i hope you understand, that my rhomboid is my pride and joy, and what keeps me happy everyday when i come back from school. it's like a dog, he greets me everyday when i go near the tank. he is handfed, and pecks on my fingers when i put my hand in the water. i got him if im not wrong, october last year from digiman, and i trained him to be an alpha male. he is now more than 4 inches, extremely fat and his colours are awesome if i do say so myself. but i dont have a good camera to capture it so i post pictures here that do it no justice.

my family has grown to love it as much as i have since i make a big fuss about it everyday. i make sure it's ok when i'm not at home, and make sure he is fed at least two times a day. i know it's not good to be so attached to a fish since they die so easily. but then again, there's no point in reefing if you don't treasure your livestock like this.

he has spawned for me before, first in the world i believe. there is no information on this online. has flashed for me every single evening. responded well to my offerings of female rhomboids.

it's really awesome to see it flash and flare. and patrolling the tank like a shark. he's a gentle giant. never instigate any fights. always peaceful. has scared me before many times with near death experiences, but always pulls through. never let me down when i was overseas for 1 week, then 3 weeks. my rhomboid i hope you're fine and don't die on me!

touch wood but if it's fated then there's nothing i can do too. no other can replace it, it's really remarkable. fishes are smarter than what we humans perceive them to be, yet they get so little recognition and we fail to make them happy, beyond what we percieve their happiness to be. Fish psychology is much deeper than a clean tank. it's also their environment. and if we fail in this, then we fail in reefing. afterall, it's all about the wellness of our livestock. Not only what they appear to be. it's more than just the surface.

[LaW]

thanks guys. it's really heartening to see comments like this. i hope you understand, that my rhomboid is my pride and joy, and what keeps me happy everyday when i come back from school. it's like a dog, he greets me everyday when i go near the tank. he is handfed, and pecks on my fingers when i put my hand in the water. i got him if im not wrong, october last year from digiman, and i trained him to be an alpha male. he is now more than 4 inches, extremely fat and his colours are awesome if i do say so myself. but i dont have a good camera to capture it so i post pictures here that do it no justice.

my family has grown to love it as much as i have since i make a big fuss about it everyday. i make sure it's ok when i'm not at home, and make sure he is fed at least two times a day. i know it's not good to be so attached to a fish since they die so easily. but then again, there's no point in reefing if you don't treasure your livestock like this.

he has spawned for me before, first in the world i believe. there is no information on this online. has flashed for me every single evening. responded well to my offerings of female rhomboids.

it's really awesome to see it flash and flare. and patrolling the tank like a shark. he's a gentle giant. never instigate any fights. always peaceful. has scared me before many times with near death experiences, but always pulls through. never let me down when i was overseas for 1 week, then 3 weeks. my rhomboid i hope you're fine and don't die on me!

touch wood but if it's fated then there's nothing i can do too. no other can replace it, it's really remarkable. fishes are smarter than what we humans perceive them to be, yet they get so little recognition and we fail to make them happy, beyond what we percieve their happiness to be. Fish psychology is much deeper than a clean tank. it's also their environment. and if we fail in this, then we fail in reefing. afterall, it's all about the wellness of our livestock. Not only what they appear to be. it's more than just the surface.

i understand what you mean on that.

and wah, i didnt know it grown up that huge already and colored up.

really hope its just wanting to take a break on swimming.

hope it appear again soon.

[yikai]

sad to say, my rhomboid didnt make it good bye old friend. i'll miss you

still don't know why it died... could it be the fight? not sure. no healthy fish just dies for no reason anyway..

[chercm]

sad to say, my rhomboid didnt make it good bye old friend. i'll miss you

still don't know why it died... could it be the fight? not sure. no healthy fish just dies for no reason anyway..

kinda of sad to hear this

[poomoon]

kinda of sad to hear this

sorry to hear that bro ... did you still see it again just before it died ?

[yikai]

sorry to hear that bro ... did you still see it again just before it died ?

yes it was super healthy and normal just before it died. i'm sad because i lost a fish that has been with me for so long and i think it has grown so much. and very responsive too. anyways, no use crying over spilt milk.

[desideria]

my condolences lemon... I feel for you as I know how it feels... I realise I even talk to my fish.. especially the long surviving pain in the butt Tomato clown which although terrorises the alpha male wrasses I have, I have heart for it ...

You'd pull through .. reef onz.

[comycus]

Hey Lemon, really feel for your loss. Know how much u loved it, can remember the days we went rhomboid hunting and when u ended up with digi's rhomboid and it stabilised in your tank. Cheer up buddy!

[Digiman]

yes it was super healthy and normal just before it died. i'm sad because i lost a fish that has been with me for so long and i think it has grown so much. and very responsive too. anyways, no use crying over spilt milk.

Sad to hear your loss of the rhomboid. On a brighter side rhomboids are easily replaceable and perhaps u should sell away all your fairy wrasses and focus on jux a fewer species. Fairy wrasses need a peaceful tank. Maybe your tank is too small and with so many fairies in a small tank it became too crowded and too much competition and stress which lead to the demise of a few alpha fairies when they start fighting over territories. But hard to say also cos fairies often die of no reason or the slightest reason. Last time my scotts fairy wrasse also mysteriously died after i did a minor change to the rockscape. It really sucks to lose a fish, esp one that u like and love so much. I've had too many of these experiences, too many for me to recount.

How's the declivis whitespots? Butterflies are ick magnet also.

[yikai]

Sad to hear your loss of the rhomboid. On a brighter side rhomboids are easily replaceable and perhaps u should sell away all your fairy wrasses and focus on jux a fewer species. Fairy wrasses need a peaceful tank. Maybe your tank is too small and with so many fairies in a small tank it became too crowded and too much competition and stress which lead to the demise of a few alpha fairies when they start fighting over territories. But hard to say also cos fairies often die of no reason or the slightest reason. Last time my scotts fairy wrasse also mysteriously died after i did a minor change to the rockscape. It really sucks to lose a fish, esp one that u like and love so much. I've had too many of these experiences, too many for me to recount.

How's the declivis whitespots? Butterflies are ick magnet also.

thanks. yes i'm selling away some of my fairies except the laboutei and my female rhomboids and the small naokoe. rosyscale, pylei etc has to go. as much as i hate to do so.

the rhomboid really, is my pride and joy. it never fails to impress visitors and it's always the center of attention. so sad to lose a fish that was once yours and now mine, and i think it's clear how much i loved it by my posts.

the declivis is fine now. the ich is almost gone, has not resurfaced for almost a week now. like the rest of my fishes, they don't show spots at all. the declivis is still feeding strong.

[jackywongto]

lemon, sorry to hear of your loss. cheer up.

your big day coming soon

[yikai]

lemon, sorry to hear of your loss. cheer up.

your big day coming soon

what a horrible present then..

[LaW]

sorry to hear that kai

try not to do too much rock shifting next time.

take care, dun be too upset.

[raydiative]

Chill dude... totally know how it feels like...

buy you a beer on friday ok?

[tian1974]

we will make you drunk lemon so u can forget about ur sadness u r legal to drink already right?