Just Thought I Would Post Some Pics

[black molly3]

well it has been almost two months since i went back to marine and though i would post some pics of the tank when i started and how it looks now.
this was march the 16th i think when i addede live rock to the tank a day after being set up

then the first coral

few more corals

this was when i got my hammer and he had a sulk on for about a week

and this is him now

my leather which is growing very rapidly

the tank now looking very messy as i done a water change all the coraline algea spread over the top of the gravel so underneith gravel was all white. the gravel needs straightening out aswel haha

some signs of coraline on the back wal

i plan on addeing a few more corals and 1 more fish but i dont know what one yet.
also i have like brown bubbles gathering on the side of the glass on the surface. could anyone tell me what this is.
thanksl

 

[Truck]

looks good, but you will need to thin out the corals eventually.

nice firefish, getting one myself, if it were me i would go for a goby

 

[black molly3]

what do you mean thin out the corals. yes he is nice i just wish i could get a better pic of him. he has bright purple spots all around his head and half of his eye is purple/pink haha very nice patturns but he is hardly ever out of his dart hole. he has found an excelent rock with numerous tight entrance or escape routes haha. when he is startled the speed he travels at to get in his little cave is unbelieveable haha

 

[Truck]

what do you mean thin out the corals. yes he is nice i just wish i could get a better pic of him. he has bright purple spots all around his head and half of his eye is purple/pink haha very nice patturns but he is hardly ever out of his dart hole. he has found an excelent rock with numerous tight entrance or escape routes haha. when he is startled the speed he travels at to get in his little cave is unbelieveable haha

frag them, they will keep growing, and then the hammer and zoas will start stinging each other and the other corals such as the leather and star polyps. if you dont frag, they will start fighting

 

[black molly3]

o yes ofcourse i just didnt know what you meant by thin them out haha. probably get some shrooms sometime next week and my other fish

 

[rabbut]

Zoas don't sting. The Hammer does. There is a guaranteed winner in that fight me thinks...

Looking good Nice Firefish, I'm trying to find a Purple one

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Trod]

Looking good Nice Firefish, I'm trying to find a Purple one

All the best
Rabbut

Have you looked here rabbut
http/www.tropicalfish4u.co.uk/Fish/Saltw...Firefish_Purple

 

[rabbut]

Thanks for the link. I assume you have ordered from them before and hence why you recommend? I'm always edgy on getting mail order live stock from a source I don't know

If you have used them and like them, great, I'll track down some egg crate and me be order a pair or a single individual...

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Truck]

ive used tropical fish 4 u and theyre brill, only thing is, theyre either gone bust or are moving. they had no stock for 6 weeks

 

[rabbut]

Thanks for that Truck

 

[TigerIssey]

I too used them a few yrs ago to get my L260 plec, was very pleased with the service at the time. Have noticed lately along with Truck that they have not had the best selection available.

 

[shibby]

tmc have purple firefish in often enough so i would expect any lfs to be able to get them in, there like double the price of the reds at times though!

 

[rabbut]

Living World up my way has them at £27-99. However, considering the constant stream of customers at work grumbling about the quality of stock there after being given really poor advice is seriously putting me off visiting there. The fact that someone there has PM'ed various threats for criticising them in the past also isn't helping my faith in that retailer ATM. It sounds harsh, but many Leeds members up my way would likely be glad if that business failed in the recession, due to how it is and has been ran over the recent years

Looking at the delivery prices, for it to be worth my while ordering there rather than waiting for a local shop to get them in, I'd need a pair of these fish and likely the Royal Gramma I'm looking for also, and adding three fish to a little nano containing just three fish ATM is a few too many fish for me to be comfortable adding in one go

All the best
Rabbut

 

[TigerIssey]

Is there no coral, inverts or supplies that could make it worth your while Rabbut??

 

[rabbut]

I suppose I could add up some more stuff to make it so, but I always prefur to hand pick and see before purchase all livestock. I have mail ordered before and not had any issues as yet, but still, only if I absolutely cannot get what I want locally do I go mail order...

I may give it a few months to see if them come up locally, and if not, order through them, but for the time being I'll likely hold off.

thanks for the recommendation. If I can't get them locally, I will certainly bear them in mind

All the best
Rabbut