As Big As I Can Go: My 75g Upgrade
- Thread starter ellebelle
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It's one of the wall building ones. So I guess technically it's one long head.
It's really sting-y, but I always try to put it next to something I don't want to grow out of control. Like stupid red stupid mushrooms.
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New addition!!
Pedro Nuno Ferreira
Liquid Breathing
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- Portugal - Vila Nova de Gaia
ellebelle...Beautiful, Peaceful, and Useful ;-) Ctenochaetus strigosus (Pacific Form) - Yelloweye Bristletooth, Kole's Tang - one of my :flirt: favorite tangs.
Cheers
Pedro Nuno ;-)
Cheers
Pedro Nuno ;-)
- Location
- Montclair, NJ
Beautiful fish!
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- Brooklyn, NY
Nice fish Lissa. Be aware that they are sometimes tricky to get to eat prepared foods.
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- Upper East Side
I'm surprised to hear you say that. I did research and I didn't come across any indications that they would be difficult to get eating prepared foods. I knew that they weren't fussy about nori, but most of the websites I looked at spoke positively about they accepting spirulina and flakes.
He was definitely interested in the flakes when I fed them this afternoon, though I'm not sure if he actually ate any of them - he swam into a cave when the other fish started swimming around and eating aggressively.
Right now there is enough filamentous algae on my rocks that he doesn't need to eat prepared food. I scraped my tank before I took that photo but the back looks a little like astroturf. He's already picking at the glass and some of the rocks. If all else fails, I'll see if Dom will come over and work his voodoo fish eating magic.
I knew that they weren't fussy about nori, but most of the websites I looked at spoke positively about they accepting spirulina and flakes. He was definitely interested in the flakes when I fed them this afternoon, though I'm not sure if he actually ate any of them - he swam into a cave when the other fish started swimming around and eating aggressively.
Right now there is enough filamentous algae on my rocks that he doesn't need to eat prepared food. I scraped my tank before I took that photo but the back looks a little like astroturf. He's already picking at the glass and some of the rocks. If all else fails, I'll see if Dom will come over and work his voodoo fish eating magic.
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- Brooklyn, NY
Yeah, it is not uncommon for them to pick at everything and never develop an interest in other stuff, and slowly whither and die. Certainly, this is not always the case, but I've seen it happen more than a few times. I'm sure where and how they were caught and how they were handled plays a big role.
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- Upper East Side
Well, I am going to hope for the best. He came from Hawaii and seems fat and healthy and is behaving normally for now. I've got some time to get him interested in prepared foods.
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- NY
Good luck with him Lissa. He's a beauty. Believe it or not, mine eats pellets in addition to everything else.
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Pedro Nuno Ferreira
Liquid Breathing
- Location
- Portugal - Vila Nova de Gaia
I'm surprised to hear you say that. I did research and I didn't come across any indications that they would be difficult to get eating prepared foods.
He was definitely interested in the flakes when I fed them this afternoon, though I'm not sure if he actually ate any of them - he swam into a cave when the other fish started swimming around and eating aggressively.
Right now there is enough filamentous algae on my rocks that he doesn't need to eat prepared food. I scraped my tank before I took that photo but the back looks a little like astroturf. He's already picking at the glass and some of the rocks. If all else fails, I'll see if Dom will come over and work his voodoo fish eating magic.
Hi Lissa ;-)
I had one that took one month to start eating prepared foods. It grazed all day long on the live rock for algae, and was difficult to see as it avoided to be among the active fish, so basically in the beginning all I could see mostly were her/his yellow eyes, so I called her/him "eyes". I progressively gained its trust and got her/him eating prepared foods by moisten and macerate between my fingers, ocean nutrition red algae, which is very well accepted by many fish as I could experience in other situations (possibly because its tasty, has attractive odor?!...). This way the macerated bits of algae were gently taken bit by bit by "eyes" in the tranquility of her/his hideout as most of the other fish didn't pay much attention to that food and even if they did, enough remained available long enough to reach "eyes". Progressively "eyes" became more confident and started to come out more often and eat some of the food left by the other more active fish, then this evolved for it to mingle with all the others a eat like the others. One day I lost her/him due to some disease brought by some new pipe fish that I had brought to my refugium...it was one of two casualties I had...I miss her...so when I saw yours it brought good memories and since you placed it in your calm and beautiful tank, which also has some algae it likes, and know that you also ask at the shop to see if the fish is eating, I didn't mention, so good thing that prattreef brought this aspect, that some times it can prove difficult do adapt, however once adapted it is an excellent fish. I cross fingers for the best. Hope it likes the spirulina flakes.
I'll try to find a picture of "eyes" and this was were she lived
http://www.reefforum.net/anexos/PICT0036.MOV
http://www.reefforum.net/photopost/data/509/AQ_22_Agosto_06_.jpg
Cheers
Pedro Nuno ;-)
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I got three of these yesterday (Gobiodon okinawae - yellow clown goby). I think two of them are a m/f pair as they are very chummy and hang out together. The other stays on the other side of the tank.
My Kole tang is eating algae like a champ as well as cyclopeez. I think he'll eat other prepared foods in time.
My Kole tang is eating algae like a champ as well as cyclopeez. I think he'll eat other prepared foods in time.
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- Montclair, NJ
Where did you get them? :biggrin: They are hot!
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- Upper East Side
I got them from DOM. :hug: I saved them from becoming grouper food.
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- Upper East Side
Wall building hammer coral. A little more yellow than this photo shows.
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- NY
Nice stuff Lissa. Great seeing both of you yesterday.
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Always a pleasure, Russ.
And PS: the Kole Tang is eating prepared foods (mysis, cylopeez and flakes thus far) as well as cleaning up my rock for me so I feel confident about his long term survival in my tank. He came down with some ich (the first fish in my tank ever to show signs of it) but it has since faded and none of the other fish are showing signs of it. Since tangs are proverbial "ich magnets" I was prepared for it.
And PS: the Kole Tang is eating prepared foods (mysis, cylopeez and flakes thus far) as well as cleaning up my rock for me so I feel confident about his long term survival in my tank. He came down with some ich (the first fish in my tank ever to show signs of it) but it has since faded and none of the other fish are showing signs of it. Since tangs are proverbial "ich magnets" I was prepared for it.
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Excellent news. Funny you should mention the Kole and ich. I haven't added a new fish to my tank in over two years. A couple of times a year, for maybe one or two days, max, my Kole tang will show a spot or two of ich. Next day it's gone. I never treat it, but for some reason, out of the blue this will happen. Strange, IMO. I also have a Hippo Tang in the same tank. He doesn't ever show signs of ich, nor do any of my other fish. ONLY the Kole and ONLY for a day or two. :scratchch
Russ
Russ
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- Upper East Side
Not my best photo effort, but this is my new T. derasa clam, courtesy of House of Fish.
For people considering clams for the first time, derasa clams are supposed to be the easiest to keep.- Status
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