The return of my 4x2x2.5(h) FOWLR after about 2 years

[samchenz]

Brought it home happily and used this simple "air tube and valve" to drip the tank water into the water from LFS..must slowly get it acclimatised....

[samchenz]

The Emperor!! :D

[samchenz]

Emperor is responsive just like it was at the LFS. :D

[samchenz]

Very happy its eating pellets!! :yeah:

[samchenz]

Feeding frenzy....mysis shrimps

[Ketchup]

Samchenz.. mind pm me where u get the tube valve? been wanting to get one for dripping for a while.

[samchenz]

Samchenz.. mind pm me where u get the tube valve? been wanting to get one for dripping for a while.

PMed you Ketchup..

Its commonly sold at fresh water LFS, easy to get. Got mine from yishun aquastar previously.

[TayHongSiang]

your water surface looks dirty or perhaps not enough flow....

ever thought of keeping golden butterfly again?

[samchenz]

u are right, very observant.

The surface scum is trapped on left side of the tank due to the way the water is flowing. One good thing is that the fish food is also "trapped" and do not end up going into the overflow easily...

ya...still thinking of adding a big yellow fish...perhaps YT is hardier than golden butterfly. In my opinion, YT is easier to feed than goldie....

[reaper78]

u are right, very observant.

The surface scum is trapped on left side of the tank due to the way the water is flowing. One good thing is that the fish food is also "trapped" and do not end up going into the overflow easily...

ya...still thinking of adding a big yellow fish...perhaps YT is hardier than golden butterfly. In my opinion, YT is easier to feed than goldie....

Congrats on ur purchase! Very nice and 'hungry' emperor!

[samchenz]

Thanks. It was a purchase by chance. Was told by the LFS staff it was there about ten over days. Guess it got it's pellet training there.

[samchenz]

My marine betta was already released into the tank previously. Generally, they are slow when it comes to eating, fighting for food with other faster swimmers...but they do have a big mouth

See video of it eating a piece of prawn meat on the rock.

[samchenz]

Freshly chopped seafood!

Frozen into 2 ziplock packs.

Did not use too many ingredients this time, just used:

1) medium prawns x 10

2) small squids x 10

3) small white fish one pack about 40 pieces (not sure the name)

4) vitachem

try out later... :P

[samchenz]

Check this out...this guy feeds his fish bananas!

nice fish though...

Anyone can comment about feeding such food?

[samchenz]

Do u have a deep tank? i.e 2.5 feet or more?

Do u have a bare bottom tank?

Do u have difficulty cleaning the bottom or removing the waste/detritus?

Well, if u face the above just like me....I would like to share with you my solution:

Maybe I had not been searching hard enough previously....now I managed to find these:

The scraper comes with 3 attachments. A blade, a wool cleaner that rotates 360 degree and a scoop. I find it helps me to clean my 2.5 feet tank. Of course my hand will still get wet but at least I can scrape the bottom.

The gravel vacuum is also long enough to suck away the waste at the bottom..

Thought of just sharing this with you.

Just spent 2 hours cleaning and changing water, cleaning the floor....very tiring...

[samchenz]

Newcomers: "fish in a basket" LFS style...

[samchenz]

Yes...its the yellow tang that is commonly sold at the LFS.

Its my 2nd YT, 4 inches...simply like the bright yellow colour.

Will release it once it starts on the nori and fatten up abit.

[samchenz]

The second newcomer: Miniatus Grouper.

Still off colour...adjusting to new environment.

Fed on my homemade seafood easily without hesitation...

Hope to see the "bright red with blue spots" soon.

[samchenz]

Miniatus Grouper AKA Blue-Spot Rockcod....released into tank.

Like the bright red colour but can't see its blue/purple spots in video.

[TayHongSiang]

yr emperor's tummy looks swollen..looks like a tumour, hope its not cancer...

[samchenz]

Its a bulging tummy due to good makan and the fact that one other fish eats first until the emperor does.

Also this was taken after feeding. In fact, most of my fish are pui pui.

I will be concerned if its had a sunken tummy, like my previous emperor which died without much interest in food....

[TayHongSiang]

Its a bulging tummy due to good makan and the fact that one other fish eats first until the emperor does.

Also this was taken after feeding. In fact, most of my fish are pui pui.

I will be concerned if its had a sunken tummy, like my previous emperor which died without much interest in food....

haha...ok. sure gonna shit alot

[samchenz]

haha...ok. sure gonna shit alot

haha...Tangs shit like powder blast...emperor angel like mini capsule shape.

[samchenz]

newcomer

make a guess...should be easy...definitely not rare but I like.

[cool guy]

Blue face angel!!!!