Our Journey To The Salty Side - Part One

[Trod]

Thanks Guys, must agree he is gorgeous, go on sis, you know you want to and yes they had about 4 there, plus a gorgeous little yellow assessor (well thats what Mark called it!!) was very tempted to get him till he said he was £50

 

[BigC]

was very tempted to get him till he said he was £50

I'll expect to see the pics shortly cus as sure as eggs are eggs seffie's comming home with it LOL

 

[Trod]

was very tempted to get him till he said he was £50

I'll expect to see the pics shortly cus as sure as eggs are eggs seffie's comming home with it LOL

LOL oh you know her so well, watch this space

 

[seffieuk]

Well..................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, what can I say! Came away with the most gorgeous Dracula Goby SO, you r both wrong

Well, maybe not wrong, maybe purple firefish is being kept for me...............just maybe!

Seffie x



PS then that's me full up for fish already looking at my rio 180 with different eyes

 

[Trod]

Absolutely gorgeous big sis

and did you get the salt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BigC]

and did you get the salt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got to get her priorities right Trod LOL
Stonogobiops dracula
Yeah seffie nice fish. dont know much about it myself except it hails from the Maldives where it lives in pairs symbiotically with Alpheus randalli. (shrimp sp)
Regards
BigC

 

[kj23502]

It looks very nice, Seffie

Trod, yours is beautiful too

 

[seffieuk]

and did you get the salt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got to get her priorities right Trod LOL
Stonogobiops dracula
Yeah seffie nice fish. dont know much about it myself except it hails from the Maldives where it lives in pairs symbiotically with Alpheus randalli. (shrimp sp)
Regards
BigC

mmmmmmmmmmm, knew there was something I forgot

Yes they have a symbiotic relationship - would like to get him a shrimp but have not seen them around here. Also got some pussy coral - I now have my base corals (all pinky/brown) so now need to choose my other colour corals (still waiting for my book from Amazon)

If you look carefuly on the right at the bottom in a little cave you will see Dracula

FTS

Can I have suggestions for some colourful corals (not pink) please. Saw an Elegance coral yesterday, £60 but don't think I am ready for that particular coral yet - was very tempting

Seffie x

 

[BigC]

Good looking tank there Sef.
You maybe like to try a nice flourescent Hammer or Torch on the r/h side at the bottom if you params are stable. Keep away from other coral somewhat to allow for expansion.
Then get into your filler corals such as Zoas.
Great tank
Regards
BigC

 

[Trod]

Ok, I have had to re aquascape, My colt bush coral is not happy, it was up the top so I have now moved it to middle on left and my yellow polyp has been moved to middle right, I have moved a lot of LR to differant places, (found a little blue fluffy thing , not sure what it is, looks like a feather duster but bright blue)
I still think it looks good, bush coral not reacted to move yet and blooming cleaner shrimp won't leave it alone, will just have to wait and see what happens, all water tests are consistant, no changes at all and everything else is happy. so just hope move works and it perks up.


Your Tank looking really lovely sis, will have to come round and see it for real soon

 

[kj23502]

That still looks great!! I esp like the bushy thing on the bottom middle..sorry I'm good w/coral names yet

 

[seffieuk]

That still looks great!! I esp like the bushy thing on the bottom middle..sorry I'm good w/coral names yet

That's her toadstool, not a patch on mine i'm afraid to say

Looking good sis, liked it before but looking even nicer, you obviously are a natural

Seffie x

 

[BigC]

Just a little advice, take it or leave it.
That toadstool will grow into a massive coral, where it stands at the moment will mean that it will obliterate visually and to a point terminate most other corals around.
You would be better placed to move it higher up on your rockwork right or left are the usual spots, so as you can aquascape beneath it. No point wasting all that valuable rock space if you cant see it.
Regards
BigC

 

[shibby]

all looks cracking =)

im not the biggest fan of firefish i must admit but i prefer the purple to reds

ps it may of been mentioned but becarful of toadstalls in with lps corals. theres been a few casing of toxic warfare from the toadstall ...

 

[Trod]

Thanks for advice BigC will give it a go, colt coral still not happy so might move it back up a tad and see if toadstool will go on left, you can't see on photo my Xenia is on the right, so can't really put it there

Got the day off work today, so tank will more than likely have another new look by the end of the day

and no I'm not going anywhere near LFS, HONEST