Lemon's butterflyfish dominated reef

[yikai]

Lemon that is one cute fish! HAHaHA nice seeing you again @ Pinnacle today.. after so long of not LFS-ing!..

Did you get those cabbage leather coral @ Irwarna?

that chromis actually looks pretty darn cute... will it grow rather big?

nice seeing you desi! long time no see we shall meet again!

nope i did not get the cabbage from iwarna. hehehe i bought from NTUC!! lol just kidding.

the chromis will not grow big. stay small and cute.

i have vanderbilt's chromis also which is another beautiful fish.

[yikai]

Pseudojuloides severnsi.

The Royal pencil wrasse.

Super difficult fish, but this one is feeding very well and is stable already. I tried before one time last year. Survived very well for many months until it got beaten to death. timid and shy.

Do not attempt this fish unless you have a sand bed and willing to suffer some initial hardship.

but given time and with a healthy specimen, it makes a great and gorgeous addition to any tank.

[yikai]

some random coral shots...

green cabbage leather and hammer.

[yikai]

finally succeeded in pairing a yasha and a shrimp together.

wasted tons of money in the past trying but they always JUST MIA!

[yikai]

must thank bro thairun, cedric and other bros who have sold me beautiful SPS frags.

all are doing so well and are beautifully coloured.

will take a picture to update later.

[yikai]

this was one of the pieces from bro thairun.

purple valida.

some of the branches were brown when i got it but the purple is coming back slowly! can see tints of purple on the brown parts.

the purple parts remain purple and i like this one alot.

[yikai]

bicolor birdnest from cedric.

i bought it today and just finish epoxying it. that's why polyps have not opened yet.

but it's a beautiful piece when the polyps are open.

thanks much!

[pokmingsheng]

finally succeeded in pairing a yasha and a shrimp together.

wasted tons of money in the past trying but they always JUST MIA!

hey lemon,

i just added mine yesterday,

haven seen any of them since...

any chance that they might appear again?

understand yashas are relatively shy in nature..

and to have them to pair up,

you just let nature take its own course?

[yikai]

hey lemon,

i just added mine yesterday,

haven seen any of them since...

any chance that they might appear again?

understand yashas are relatively shy in nature..

and to have them to pair up,

you just let nature take its own course?

once u put in your tank, there is no such thing as "nature taking it's course".

a tank is a confined space set aside by you. there's nothing natural about it.

the best you can do for them is dig a mini tunnel, introduce both shrimp and goby there and hope they stay and continue the tunnel. some people use a little pvc pipe.

i have always lost both of them in the tank when they separated. but sometimes the shrimp hides and dig it's own burrows unseen by you. the goby can MIA and re-appear for up to 2 weeks (as did my yasha). and with luck, it will chance upon the shrimp's burrow and start the pairing.

you can ask peacemaker how he did it. he seems to have more success than me.

[pokmingsheng]

once u put in your tank, there is no such thing as "nature taking it's course".

a tank is a confined space set aside by you. there's nothing natural about it.

the best you can do for them is dig a mini tunnel, introduce both shrimp and goby there and hope they stay and continue the tunnel. some people use a little pvc pipe.

i have always lost both of them in the tank when they separated. but sometimes the shrimp hides and dig it's own burrows unseen by you. the goby can MIA and re-appear for up to 2 weeks (as did my yasha). and with luck, it will chance upon the shrimp's burrow and start the pairing.

you can ask peacemaker how he did it. he seems to have more success than me.

oh ok..

regret not reading up abit before releasing them into the tank..

now cant seem to find either of them..

will continue to keep a lookout meanwhile.. haha..

[Ketchup]

Lemon! your pencil wrasse is nice leh.... think can keep in our wrasse-filled tank?

[yikai]

oh ok..

regret not reading up abit before releasing them into the tank..

now cant seem to find either of them..

will continue to keep a lookout meanwhile.. haha..

always read up before purchasing anything or doing anything.

that is the number 1 rule when it comes to livestock.

anyway if your tank is not too big they should re-appear and with some luck, pair up together

Lemon! your pencil wrasse is nice leh.... think can keep in our wrasse-filled tank?

it's a very timid fish. if your fishes are too fierce, then it will be very shy.

best to obtain stable feeding ones. i bought mine from henry, he has summore left that are stable and feeding already.

if you buy wild caught ones that do not feed and are taking a chance, it's almost 100% failure. super difficult fish.

[Ketchup]

ahh, henry still has some ah? well... my history of lifestock with henry is really bad... lol

[yikai]

ahh, henry still has some ah? well... my history of lifestock with henry is really bad... lol

yes still have some. lol.

why bad?

[iskay]

Yashias seem to be really difficult fishes, failed a couple of times so far before i lost interest. Best bet is to get a feeding plump specimen. They are so timid that they seldom muster the courage to come out for food, even if they are starving. My latest try was a feeding specimen and yet didn't make it.

[Ketchup]

yes still have some. lol.

why bad?

hehe... zero survival rate lor... doesn't matter what we buy... all uplorry within 1 week or so... i think his system too CLEAN! lol

[yikai]

new video for update.

enjoy.

[cedricang]

I rarely enjoy video of reef tank, this is one of the rare exception.

If only you can zoom in on the sps and show the swaying polyps, that would have been a close to perfect tank video.

[yikai]

I rarely enjoy video of reef tank, this is one of the rare exception.

If only you can zoom in on the sps and show the swaying polyps, that would have been a close to perfect tank video.

thanks

trying out iphone4 video. cannot seem to zoom in. maybe i dunno how. only those near to the glass one can.

will use the regular camera and take the polyp movements next time.

thanks!!

[yikai]

FTS.

i like the turbinaria!

[LaW]

FTS.

i like the turbinaria!

Very nice arrangement.

[onizukaa]

wow sps tanky soon!! very nice collection / scape

[yikai]

wow sps tanky soon!! very nice collection / scape

thanks bro

[wilsontantw]

Nicely done! Very colorful now.

[iskay]

FTS.

i like the turbinaria!

Cookie Monster: C is for cookie that's good enough for me....

interestingly shape Turb.