Juwel Rio 125 Tropical To Marine Conversion

[seffieuk]

I like those lovely dark green torches get some milliput and stick the frag on a rock, so it can stand up

Seffie x

 

[dannywrc]

yeah they are really nice, didnt realise you had to dose with calcium though. need to get a test tomorrow. already got the additive.

went to the lfs today and bought a couple more additions

hes hiding atm so ill get a better pic when he starts exploring. i know its a wrasse just not sure what type. any ideas?

bought this too. again no idea what it is?

 

[-Nemo-]

Uh oh... Buying without knowing what your buying

Definitely a wrasse or hog of some type. Many are not reef safe... so watch your inverts...

Second is just a mushroom.

 

[dannywrc]

Uh oh... Buying without knowing what your buying

Definitely a wrasse or hog of some type. Many are not reef safe... so watch your inverts...

Second is just a mushroom.

yup lol, should have done a bit of research before buying but i just took the shops word for it, they said its pretty tame and shouldnt be a problem with whats in the tank already. time will tell

its currently buried itself deep in the gravel which is the behaviour of a wrasse from what iv read.

 

[dannywrc]

well i found out what the fish was and it turns out it was a puddingwife wrasse... they grow to over a foot in length and weigh in at around 5lbs when grown

i spent ages earlier dismantling my tank trying to catch it. finally caught it after it accidently swam into the net lol. anyway i took it back to the LFS and told them about my findings and they replaced it with a cleaner wrasse and a turbo.

 

[bae1994]

wow buetifle fish but pitty on the size

 

[dannywrc]

yeah bit gutted i had to take it back. unfortunately i had to do the same with the cleaner wrasse after doing some reading. the longer serving member of the lfs said i should never have been sold it for my tank.

anyway i got a new coral instead. its a 3 head duncan coral with another head forming on the side. its hiding atm but will hopefully emerge tomorrow.

the torch has come out a lot and is looking pretty nice, i think its lost a little colour on the top tho?

FTS

water parameters

amm 0
no2 0
no3 10
gh 8
kh 15
ph 8.5
alk 1.7
calc 420

 

[dannywrc]

got another new addition yesterday.. a leather finger coral i think?

seems to have flopped a little so gonna see how it does where it is for a couple more days and if it doesnt pick up its going to the top of the tank for some extra light therapy

looking at buying a coral beauty next week, just unsure as ive heard they nip at corals

 

[seffieuk]

Flow is more important to leathers than light and yes, Coral Bs hae been known to nip corals but some have been lucky with this fish

Seffie x

 

[dannywrc]

the leather wasnt improving much where it was so iv moved it to the top of the rock pile and its doing well. got a few more fingers starting off it and it seems to have turned a brighter shade of orange.

one of the torches heads is splitting too should be a 5 head soon.

bought a peice of lr today with a zoa colony on it (pics to follow) and a green chromy. gonna get him a few tank mates over the next week or so. didnt want to pile on the bioload in one go. would this be ok?

 

[seffieuk]

green chromas are nasty little devils, you need at least six in tank imo as they pick off the weakest in a small group and just keep going until there is only one!!

Seffie x

 

[dannywrc]

why do fish shops fill us with so much crap, so annoying. i really need to start researching rather than asking them before i buy.

the chromi seems to be quite happy on its own would it be better to leave it like this? he likes swimming with the clowns quite a bit.

 

[seffieuk]

If it were me, I would take it back!

Seffie x

 

[dannywrc]

that will be fish number three going back if i do

heres a pic of the leather in its new spot

and the zoas

mushrooms

FTS

^^ the chromi seems to like swimming with the clowns

getting there now. probs gonna let the tank settle for a little while now before i put anything else in there.

want some low lying coral next as theres not much going on at the sand bed. any suggestions?

 

[-Nemo-]

Brain coral