I'm all excited about some free stuff I've received in the past few weeks
20 gal AGA
Green Wolf Eel
135 gal (haven't seen it yet to know if I should get excited)
So...buddy was tossing some tanks (he collects snakes) and let me know he had some in his truck if I was interested. Went out and he had the 20 and a 10 gal terrarium. I took the 20 home, cleaned all the snake ickies out and filled it for 2 days to check for leaks. All good.
Went to the petstore and found a stand on sale for $60, got 2 bags of Caribbean live sand for $16 each (they were stocked in wrong area - should have been $39 each) also got a 30gal filter. Got home and put it all together. Next day the tank had settled from the sandstorm - sucked out all the grayish mulm from the sand and added about 20lb of fully cured LR, some form my established tanks. Back to the LFS and picked up a rescue - Green Wolf Eel. I donated $10 to the homeless pet fund and they gave him to me free since he has a small fungal lesion on his tail and he'd been there for months. Got him home and acclimated him then dropped him in the tank. Left lights off until next day when I attempted to feed him - no luck. Next day he was more interested..swimming around more and he's very interactive when I'm by the tank. Offered him some krill and he gobbled them up. Gave him 3 big pieces so he's happy. LFS had been feeding him goldfish the entire time
He's doing very well and his tail appears to be clearing up. I tested the salinity of the water from the LFS and he was in 1.016! This is supposedly their saltwater tanks...I'm thinking that low would qualify more as 'brackish' He has 2 small wounds on his tail - looks like some type of fungus (pics included below) Anyone care to take a crack at an ID? I'm currently not treating him as I'm seeing if the better conditions/food help him fight it off on his own.
I have a Bak-Pak skimmer that should be arriving this week to assist with keeping the tank clean and adding a bit of water flow and aeration. I put in a small rock with 2 3" dia. mushrooms for a bit of color. The LR is doing really well - lots of purplish coralline. Also have some dime sized brittle stars (at least 2) that kick around in there. Some nifty sponges and the other odd LR critters (feather dusters, at least one apstatia, and some odd clear hydroid/anemone looking things)
A few things:
How often/how much should I feed this guy? I don't want to starve him, but definitely don't want to overfeed in his tank.
Seeing the tank, should I add some type of better enclosed cave for him to hide in?
I was thinking of eventually adding other hardy SPS stuff - nothing fancy, maybe some zoos or ?? I've only ever had mushies and a small bit of zoos that my urching ate
Would he prefer softer lighting or does he not really care?
Here's some pics of him and his tank - also the star and anemone (sorry for quality - they were taken through a magnifying glass as my cameras macro mode sux) If you want to see larger images, right click 'Properties' on any of the images and cut/paste the URL to your browser and remove the -800 from the end of each file name.
http://myweb.cableone.net/dcrowder/1010047.MOV
20 gal AGA
Green Wolf Eel
135 gal (haven't seen it yet to know if I should get excited)
So...buddy was tossing some tanks (he collects snakes) and let me know he had some in his truck if I was interested. Went out and he had the 20 and a 10 gal terrarium. I took the 20 home, cleaned all the snake ickies out and filled it for 2 days to check for leaks. All good.
Went to the petstore and found a stand on sale for $60, got 2 bags of Caribbean live sand for $16 each (they were stocked in wrong area - should have been $39 each) also got a 30gal filter. Got home and put it all together. Next day the tank had settled from the sandstorm - sucked out all the grayish mulm from the sand and added about 20lb of fully cured LR, some form my established tanks. Back to the LFS and picked up a rescue - Green Wolf Eel. I donated $10 to the homeless pet fund and they gave him to me free since he has a small fungal lesion on his tail and he'd been there for months. Got him home and acclimated him then dropped him in the tank. Left lights off until next day when I attempted to feed him - no luck. Next day he was more interested..swimming around more and he's very interactive when I'm by the tank. Offered him some krill and he gobbled them up. Gave him 3 big pieces so he's happy. LFS had been feeding him goldfish the entire time
He's doing very well and his tail appears to be clearing up. I tested the salinity of the water from the LFS and he was in 1.016! This is supposedly their saltwater tanks...I'm thinking that low would qualify more as 'brackish' He has 2 small wounds on his tail - looks like some type of fungus (pics included below) Anyone care to take a crack at an ID? I'm currently not treating him as I'm seeing if the better conditions/food help him fight it off on his own.
I have a Bak-Pak skimmer that should be arriving this week to assist with keeping the tank clean and adding a bit of water flow and aeration. I put in a small rock with 2 3" dia. mushrooms for a bit of color. The LR is doing really well - lots of purplish coralline. Also have some dime sized brittle stars (at least 2) that kick around in there. Some nifty sponges and the other odd LR critters (feather dusters, at least one apstatia, and some odd clear hydroid/anemone looking things)
A few things:
How often/how much should I feed this guy? I don't want to starve him, but definitely don't want to overfeed in his tank.
Seeing the tank, should I add some type of better enclosed cave for him to hide in?
I was thinking of eventually adding other hardy SPS stuff - nothing fancy, maybe some zoos or ?? I've only ever had mushies and a small bit of zoos that my urching ate
Would he prefer softer lighting or does he not really care?
Here's some pics of him and his tank - also the star and anemone (sorry for quality - they were taken through a magnifying glass as my cameras macro mode sux) If you want to see larger images, right click 'Properties' on any of the images and cut/paste the URL to your browser and remove the -800 from the end of each file name.
http://myweb.cableone.net/dcrowder/1010047.MOV
