Bifferwine
I am a girl
Those are beautiful!
New 180g Build
- Thread starter PRC
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Bluespace
Reefing newb
Like the Favia!! That's the next coral on my list. I need to find one of those guys on Craigslist...
cthegame
Reef enthusiast
You have a beautiful tank PRC :Cheers:
PRC
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So here's what's new with the tank. It's driving me crazy. My fish will barely go into the other half of my tank. And I figured it out finally..(This is gonna sound crazy)
I've got a 48" MH Coralife light that I used on my 90g, along with some T5's. Well, about a month or 2 ago, I changed one of the bulbs. So I'm running a 10k bulb on the left and a 15k bulb on the right. I wanted a little more blue in the tank.
Bottom line, my fish don't like the 15k bulb...Here's what I did. I kept the 10k on the left side of the tank, all of the fish stayed in that 1/2 of the tank. Left it like that for a week. Started to get suspicous, completely reconfigured my electrical and turned my light around so the 10k bulb was on the right side of the tank. Sure enough, the fish immediately went to the right side of the tank. left it like that for a few days, switched it back to the left side, decided to start feeding from the other side of the tank, (I thought if they think that's where the food is coming from they'll go over there) Nope, they actually waited until the powerheads blew the food to the other sid of the tank. Every fish..
Gonna finish the experiment this weekend, by taking my old 10k bulb that I removed and replace the 15k and see what happens...Frigging weirdo fish.
I've got a 48" MH Coralife light that I used on my 90g, along with some T5's. Well, about a month or 2 ago, I changed one of the bulbs. So I'm running a 10k bulb on the left and a 15k bulb on the right. I wanted a little more blue in the tank.
Bottom line, my fish don't like the 15k bulb...Here's what I did. I kept the 10k on the left side of the tank, all of the fish stayed in that 1/2 of the tank. Left it like that for a week. Started to get suspicous, completely reconfigured my electrical and turned my light around so the 10k bulb was on the right side of the tank. Sure enough, the fish immediately went to the right side of the tank. left it like that for a few days, switched it back to the left side, decided to start feeding from the other side of the tank, (I thought if they think that's where the food is coming from they'll go over there) Nope, they actually waited until the powerheads blew the food to the other sid of the tank. Every fish..
Gonna finish the experiment this weekend, by taking my old 10k bulb that I removed and replace the 15k and see what happens...Frigging weirdo fish.
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
Hehehe your fish are weird. Maybe they are related to Wonton's?? :lol:
coolhandgoose
Reef enthusiast
That is really weird, I don't know why they would all do that.
Tank is looking great btw
Tank is looking great btw
dcantucson
Reef pro
I think your on to something with the light. You tank is looking awesome!
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
Awesome start here! nice to see an in wall tank. are you going to be putting trim on the drywall to make it a little more streamlined? I have alwyays wanted an in wall and when I was buying my house and looking for houses i looked really hard to find a house that I could build an in wall and have a fish room but I could never find one that really worked with the rest of the house :(
Bifferwine
I am a girl
The location that my tank is in now would have been perfect for an in-wall build, but unfortunately, I didn't think of it at the time!! I am kicking myself over that one!
PRC
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Yeah, trim is up, there's a pic of it on the first page of the thread. You must've missed it.
PRC
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My logic can no longer be denied...My fish obviously like a 10k bulb over a 15k..I swapped the 15k bulb last night after lights out, installed the 10k. When I turned them on this morning, the fish are swimming the enitre length of the tank, and the sailfin and foxface seem to be setting up shop on the right side..
So here's my conclusion...my fish tolerate 15k bulbs, they like 10k bulbs..maybe it's because they're a bit more yellow, and the water tends to shimmer a bit more because of it, maybe the 10k mirrors actual sunlight a bit more than 15k...I don't know. All I know is they're now using the entire tank. almost immediately.
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DJ404
Reefing newb
Tanks lookin great PRC!
yote
In Memoriam
Funny how fish can be so dang picky.
BUT,You got a great looking tank there.
BUT,You got a great looking tank there.
PRC
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PRC
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Bifferwine
I am a girl
Those red zoas are soooo nice! And I love the torch's colors.
reeffreak
Reef pro
Your tank is coming along nicely.The torch and zoas look outstanding.
yote
In Memoriam
Thats a great looking torch.
staceyfenea
Reefing newb
You have a beautiful tank!!!
PRC
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Most of you know I picked up a little shark nose goby the other day, thought I'd send a pic...My yellow Tang loves this little guy, and I think the feeling is mutual:heartpump:D
The goby will hop aboard the Yellow Tang Express all the time. Every once in awhile he'll stray and clean the sailfin...But you can see the Yellow Tang just loves him..
The tang will swim over and turn a little sideways and wait for the goby to jump on. It's really fun to watch..But the goby doesn't always cooperate so the Tang will swim away and come right back and try again.
The goby will hop aboard the Yellow Tang Express all the time. Every once in awhile he'll stray and clean the sailfin...But you can see the Yellow Tang just loves him..
The tang will swim over and turn a little sideways and wait for the goby to jump on. It's really fun to watch..But the goby doesn't always cooperate so the Tang will swim away and come right back and try again.
