My 29G fish!

• Mar 7, 2010

• #1

DAvis

Reefer Madness

Bear with me as I'm still a newbie! As common as the (false) clown is, I marvel at the beauty and the antics of this fish. Our Banggai Cards have settled in nice and feed voraciously right along with the Clowns. The clowns are ORA and were about 3/4" when we got them, now 3 months later one is over 2" the other about 1 1/2". The Cards have been in the tank just one month, but are already sizing up, and are not so shy!
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• Mar 7, 2010

• #2

Sunshine

Reef enthusiast

Nice fish Davis. I like Clowns.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #3

yote

In Memoriam

Those are some great looking fish Davis.:D
The tanks looking great my friend.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #4

andysgirl8800

Blenny Badlands

Those fish seem to fit right in! Nice population.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #5

DAvis

Reefer Madness

Thanks all! I installed a much needed Korolia nano, to blast out the rocks of settling debris... I hope I didn't ruin things! The rock got moved around and doesn't look as good (imho) as it did before. :grumble: I hope the fish don't mind the new arrangement! :shock:

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #6

andysgirl8800

Blenny Badlands

The fishies will adapt to the new rock. You can also use a turkey baster occasionally to clear out smaller areas that the PH might not reach.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #7

Bifferwine

I am a girl

Great pictures! They're like two little tagteams.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #8

dcantucson

Reef pro

Very nice DAvis. The 3rd one should be entered in the POTM contest. That's a great shot.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #9

Smitty

Reef pro

Awesome shots...your tank is looking good.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #10

DAvis

Reefer Madness

Great pictures! They're like two little tagteams.

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Hah! "In this corner, all the way from Banggai Island, the terrible Pterapogon's!..." :D

I had a huge scare! I couldn't find one of the Cards after my 'rearrangement'. OK, they're shy, so no worries. Then I see ALL my Nassarius (8) piling on something, and I'm thinking, "Oh no!" Three hours later, there he is! Had a really good hiding place in the LR. The Nassarius must have found a cash of food when I moved things or perhaps i did in a Trochus accidentally :shock: But i'm ecstatic that all is well!

Thanks for all the kind comments!
david
:Cheers:

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #11

DAvis

Reefer Madness

Very nice DAvis. The 3rd one should be entered in the POTM contest. That's a great shot.

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Thanks d! I'll do that!

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #12

wontonflip

I failed Kobayashi Maru

Really nice looking clowns! Very vibrant colors! Mine doesn't look as vibrant.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #13

DAvis

Reefer Madness

Really nice looking clowns! Very vibrant colors! Mine doesn't look as vibrant.

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wontonflip. I feed them the frozen Cyclop-Eeze, and also mysis shrimp with the GVH supplement. But I think it's the Cyclop-Eeze that really colored them nice. It's crimson red. I just started the vitamins (GVH) in the last month, after talking to the folks here about garlic supplements.

Currently I feed twice daily (small amounts) - once with the cyclops, once with the mysis.

Here's the cyclop-eeze info...
http://www.cyclop-eeze.com/product_info.php

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #14

reeffreak

Reef pro

Those bangaii look so tiny!Really nice and clear shots,cool duncan frag too.

 

• Mar 7, 2010

• #15

DAvis

Reefer Madness

Hey Reeffreak - Thanks! The Duncan is also small, like the size of three finger digits! The cards are maybe 1" from head to end of tail, and they've grown quite a bit. I think they are 4 months old now. The local guy brings them in at about 2 - 3 months old (Awwww, how cute!). They will gobble a mysis half the size of them!