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VictorMeldrew
Fish Herder
Hi all
I have still got computer issue’s here and it’s a real nightmare to post any updates lately but so much has happened with the tank I have made a special effort to sit through the endless waiting for any new page to load and appear on my screen.
Since adding the blue mushrooms which are doing pretty well, I added two chromis fish, I could not resist them at a fiver each and I intend to get a few more, the thing is when I added them they seemed pretty happy and were swimming around ok, I went out for the afternoon, came back and one of the chromis fish was gone and I have seen no trace of it since, and that was a week ago, I have since rearranged the reef and have found no body or anything, where did it go? very strange.
Ben, you were right about the wrasse name, its not a yellow fin, it’s a yellowtail or spotted wrasse, its nibbling off the rock all day, but does not seem to take frozen food so I hope its feeding enough.
I also have some more bad news, I lost a clown fish a couple of nights ago, I found it stuck to my big powerhead, it could not have been stuck for long as me and my wife were watching the fish a matter of minutes before. When I removed it from the powerhead it was in a terrible state and well and truly dead, I was gutted, it was such a strong healthy fish.
My green star polyps are also having a hard time, they have not opened very well for days and are being attacked by loads of Aiptasia, loads of the little pests, I had a go at removing them with tweezers but had no chance, they withdraw into the rock much to quick for me, I seem to have a lot in the tank, all different types, my wife even found a slug type thing which appeared to be eating the polyps, it was purple, had a white stripe down its middle and was about an inch long.
I have rearranged the tank today and when it settles I will try to post a pic, aside from the things mentioned above the tank overall seems to be doing ok, although the brown algea on the sand is still a problem.
Thanks
VictorMeldrew
I have still got computer issue’s here and it’s a real nightmare to post any updates lately but so much has happened with the tank I have made a special effort to sit through the endless waiting for any new page to load and appear on my screen.
Since adding the blue mushrooms which are doing pretty well, I added two chromis fish, I could not resist them at a fiver each and I intend to get a few more, the thing is when I added them they seemed pretty happy and were swimming around ok, I went out for the afternoon, came back and one of the chromis fish was gone and I have seen no trace of it since, and that was a week ago, I have since rearranged the reef and have found no body or anything, where did it go? very strange.
Ben, you were right about the wrasse name, its not a yellow fin, it’s a yellowtail or spotted wrasse, its nibbling off the rock all day, but does not seem to take frozen food so I hope its feeding enough.
I also have some more bad news, I lost a clown fish a couple of nights ago, I found it stuck to my big powerhead, it could not have been stuck for long as me and my wife were watching the fish a matter of minutes before. When I removed it from the powerhead it was in a terrible state and well and truly dead, I was gutted, it was such a strong healthy fish.
My green star polyps are also having a hard time, they have not opened very well for days and are being attacked by loads of Aiptasia, loads of the little pests, I had a go at removing them with tweezers but had no chance, they withdraw into the rock much to quick for me, I seem to have a lot in the tank, all different types, my wife even found a slug type thing which appeared to be eating the polyps, it was purple, had a white stripe down its middle and was about an inch long.
I have rearranged the tank today and when it settles I will try to post a pic, aside from the things mentioned above the tank overall seems to be doing ok, although the brown algea on the sand is still a problem.
Thanks
VictorMeldrew
keep in there
any idea's 
i will do an images search for that in a sec, i will see if i can get a better pic
