My Ocean Reef

[ALW]

Why wait a year for corals?

Seffie x

ps have you decided upon which wrasse yet?

It's only 10/11 days till new year! I think maybe Flasher Wrasse

 

[seffieuk]

It's only 10/11 days till new year! I think maybe Flasher Wrasse

Seffie x

 

[ALW]

Yahooooo! I have a Wrasse, a Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse i think.

 

[seffieuk]

Fantastic fish - where's the photo?

Seffie x

 

[ALW]

Also got a Gramma too! Sorry am unable to get a decent picture of either so did a 2 short clips for you. Can you confirm that it is a Carpenter's?

Clip 1: Gramma

http/s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll83/andywatson29/?action=view&current=mov3.flv

Clip 2: Wrasse

http/s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll83/andywatson29/?action=view&current=mov2.flv&newest=1


Current Stocking is:

Fish
5 Blue-Green Chromis
2 False Percula Clownfish
1 Yellow Tang
1 Royal Gramma
1 Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse

Invert
3 Nassarius Snails
2 Scarlet Hermit Crab
1 Pink Brittle Star
1 Turbo Snail
1 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

 

[seffieuk]

Yes, does look like a young Carpenters wrasse although difficult to be certain

Seffie x

 

[ALW]

Yes, does look like a young Carpenters wrasse although difficult to be certain

Seffie x

Thats what i was thinking that it was a juvi Carpenter's, either way still a nice fish!

 

[Harry1996]

come on andy you said you were getting some more coral in the new year.

 

[ALW]

come on andy you said you were getting some more coral in the new year.

Ok, Update. Now have 1 small colony of Green Star, 1 small colony of Red Mushrooms, 1 Green Hammer colony and 1 Leather coral. Pics n Vids to come. Plus a Randall's Goby and my dad decided to buy me a Very very small Humbug Damsel. Which at this time dosent get on with the Wrasse 100%, if it come near the Wrasse it soon get chased away.

 

[Harry1996]

cool

 

[Harry1996]

pictures?

 

[ALW]

Ok not updated in a while so, i think i should. Current stock are:

Invert

1 Cleaner Shrimp
1 Pink Brittlestar
1 Banded Brittlestar
1 Long Spinned Sea Urchin
2 Reg Legged Hermit Crabs
2 Blue Legged Hermit Crabs (Yahoooo finally found some after months of looking)
2 True Turbo Snail
3 Cerith Snails
4 Nassarius Snails

Fish

2 Clownfish
1 McCoskers Wrasse
1 Yellow Tang
1 Regal Tang
1 Royal Gramma
1 Humbug Damsel
1 Randalls Goby

(Chromis no longer in the tank)

Corals

1 Purple Mushrooms colony
1 Red Mushrooms colony
1 Green Hammer
1 Kenya Tree
1 Green Star colony
1 Leather
2 Toadstools

and
1 Red Mangrove Tree
1 Green Kelp bush

Pics will follow

 

[Harry1996]

i have seen mangrove trees before in the lfs. are they hard to look after?

 

[ALW]

i have seen mangrove trees before in the lfs. are they hard to look after?

Nah quite easy, as long as the leafs are kept above the water and not too near any light bulb. Had mine a bout 3 months now and it has grown about 1-2 inches.

 

[seffieuk]

Cough, cough, if you think you are just going to get away with that get an update on Mr!!

Seffie x