N3Ont3Tra's 37G Reef Tank Journal

[SkiFletch]

Cyanide poisoning Especially prevalent in loner fish that like to hide in rocks

 

[Musho3210]

stupid lazy fish catchers. I want them to read my siggy

 

[n3ont3tra]

Cyanide poisoning Especially prevalent in loner fish that like to hide in rocks

Darn.

EDIT:
I just called Liveaquaria and they said they don't collect the fish with any cyanide or explosives or anything. They also said it was most likely stress that caused his death, which was what i originally thought.

 

[Musho3210]

hmm live aquaria doesnt seem like the cyanide type....

 

[SkiFletch]

they don't collect the fish with any cyanide or explosives or anything

Well technically they're not lying because they don't do the collection, and I'm sure they do do their best to contract with only good quality collecters (liveaquaria is a good retailer for sure), but in the end, they don't control the divers doing the collection. Its not their fault that some divers are lazy and use dangerous collection methods, but plenty of them do I can assure you. The underpaid native diver of some remote pacific tropical island doesn't always have the fish's best interests in mind. He needs to get so many fish to feed his family and if he's a little short one week, I'm sure that he's resorted to a little cheating now and again. And if not him, his neighbor might.

All that sad reality being said, don't give up on the jawfish after merely one failure

 

[Musho3210]

i think we should just blame bush

 

[n3ont3tra]

Hmmmm. Well. School starts on Tuesday. I'll probably get another jawfish. Here was the stocking I was thinking of:
1 jawfish
1 pinkbar goby
1 firefish
2 clowns
1 royal gramma
I'm still researching it but so far it seems okay.
I still don't know what kind of clown to get. I guess it depends on my mood when I buy it.

 

[Musho3210]

just try your best to get a tank raised/tank bred clown

 

[n3ont3tra]

I got a firefish and a pinkbar goby and a cleaner shrimp. The firefish is doing good, it's verry colorful, and the goby is hiding but I can still see his tail. And the shrimp is doing good, too. Pics coming soon, when the fish have adjusted.

 

[n3ont3tra]

Pics:
Firefish (named Kite)

Tank before adding more snails:

Tank after adding snails:

The firefish eats some flake food and the goby is still hiding but I can always see his tail or his head poking out. The new cleaner shrimp gets along with the other shrimp now.

 

[SkiFletch]

Wow, that's a lot of snails/shells

 

[fishheaded]

Wow, that's a lot of snails/shells

Agreed
Also watch that firefish, a couple days ago mine managed to jump through my filter opening even though my tank is basically covered, luckily i was in the room at the time and managed to get him back in right away

 

[littleme1969]

Wow, that's a lot of snails/shells

Agreed
Also watch that firefish, a couple days ago mine managed to jump through my filter opening even though my tank is basically covered, luckily i was in the room at the time and managed to get him back in right away

OH NO.. not another carpet surfer..

 

[n3ont3tra]

I don't think there's really /that/ many. I think I have about... 15 snails and 10 hermits, the rest are shells, but in the pics it looks like more. I'm gonna take some out anyway. the really big ones.

Don't jinx my fishies!!!

 

[n3ont3tra]

Okay. I took out a lot of the shells. I mainly had them in there for the jawfish so he could use whatever he wanted, and for the hermit crabs. So I took out all of the shells that were way too big or too small for the hermits, and so now there's only a few small ones in there. Kite is eating well, he swims around a lot too. The shrimp are best friends, they both hang upside down on the heater all day and when the actinics come on, they both go up to the powerheads. The pinkbar goby is doing good, too. He stays in his den all the time but he eats the food that drifts by. I added another maxijet pointed at the surface. So... I still need:
- another seio or a koralia
- HOB filter for 'fuge
- more fish (next fish will probably be clownfish)
- more live rock
- something to keep the tank covered
Right now I'm using a screen for a 20g tank and some kind of plastic that's used in those plant trays. It looks pretty ugly, so I'm trying to get something else to use.
- better food
The only food they had at the pet shop was "Omega One flakes" so I'm feeding them that, and frozen bloodworm until I can get some mysis or something better.