Tina's Nano Journal

[VictorMeldrew]

Nice pics mate, i did not realise you were so far on with the tank, its looking great

 

[TigerIssey]

Thats looking nice for the short time its been running TI Nice wrasse too(oooo-errr Mrs ).

You have quite a few stinging/vicious corals in a small area though, so you will have to keep a keen eye on it all, especially as they grow,frogspawn for example can grow at an alarming rate when its happy(brilliant for trading in a few heads at your LFS though ) and bubbles have really long tentacles(looks like your leather may be in range).

All in all, its looking good

Johnny

Thanks Johnny, I am keeping an eye on the stingers, will be trying to keep them non stinging, it may mean me moving some that sting a little closer together. I have some that make good neighbours so can move them a little closer. The space between the leather and bubble is quite deceptive in the photos and is about 5", as soon as the leather gets larger and therefore closer it will be fragged. When there is a bit more growth on the two star polyps I will move those a little more to the side of the rock and secure with epoxy, which will make them further from the Galaxea.

If I start to have problems, I can always break the rock up and go for a complete rescape taking into account where I will be wanting to place those that sting. I see this as a natural progression at some point as I wanted it to look as full as possible as I was adding to it and will see it evolve as I find the next corals I want.

I am really looking forward to being able to frag and exchange aswell, my lfs is perfectly happy to do that, she does not get too many frags at all. I should have leather, pom pom xenia and at least the frogspawn that will be able to be fragged in a short space of time. There are some expensive corals I have my eye on so this will bring their prices down.

Oh Tina, what a gorgeous fish

Seffie x

He is gorgeous, he has done alot of flaring again today, he is convinced there is another male coming through the side of the tank, he actually keeps ramming the side whilst flared to get rid of his rival. He is also eating very well, swims all over chasing the food, so that is good too. Not sure where he slept last night, he did try to evict the goby from his cave however the goby had other ideas, that was when he flared the brightest, the irredescence was amazing.

Nice pics mate, i did not realise you were so far on with the tank, its looking great

I have been adding something every week, allowed alot of time between adding fish but added at least one coral a week sometimes two or a group of frags. It is surprising how they have fit very well and created a more full look. The coraline is starting to grow now aswell so I must be doing something right.


The other thing is both for the compliments and the help with achieving what is there so far. It is nice to be able to sit back for a while and watch, I will add things much slower now as I want to see how what I have starts to grow and whether, as I said earlier, I need to move anything about before adding anything else. Having said that, I am going to the shop that sells 2 corals for £40 tommorrow as their salt is the cheapest around here. Who knows whether there will be something I cannot resist

 

[kj23502]

Awesome pics. Have been following with intrest. I say you made one hell of a fish choice

 

[SkiFletch]

<---- Loves Filamented Flashers

 

[TigerIssey]

I knew you liked Fairy and Flasher wrasse Ski, you had that stunning labouti or lineatus that you lost, I remember the picture in your journal, that was stunning too.

The Red velvet wrasse was amazing aswell, I am seriously tempted to make the big tank into a wrasse tank. Have as many as I can get away with, with the odd other fish added, would be stunning. I ight even then blow it and have a few of the more expensive ones too.

Photos just do not show the true spectacular colours on him, I am sure most others are the same, I have not seen a photo of a Red velvet that lived up to what was in the shop either.

He seems to be really fitting in, I also have a tight fitting hood, no way I want him jumping if I can help it.

I definately think I chose the best fish though

 

[TigerIssey]

I managed to play with the settings again on my camera and took some photos this morning with just the actinics on.

This is the best I could get, it still does not show the true colours but I am getting closer.

The purple is not showing as deep as I am seeing it now.

I will still keep trying for the Ultimate photo of him that actually shows the colours.

 

[ben1987]

colours are stunning. I want one

 

[TigerIssey]

Still trying to show you the colours, the irredescent blue looks good in this one.

Proetin skimmer seems to have settled now, am only emptying it every other day and then it is not completely full.
Had to replace the refugium pump as the second hand one that came with it broke on me.

I managed to go to the LFS with the 2 corals for £40 without buying any, OOhhh what willpower that took aswell. I did however get a 10kg tub of salt as it was only £31.00, had been using the 4KG (£14.00) boxes and that was working out expensive, especially when I was doing lots of water changes for the green water. Oh I was good.

 

[JoshH]

Woow he is a stunner seriously, thats such a nice fish!! If those pics still dont quite do it justice then thats amazing!!

Well done on the corals refraining lol look into the 22kg salt buckets, better value again, got red sea coral pro for £44.99 so should work out cheaper

 

[TigerIssey]

I use TMC Pro Reef Salt, it probably is better value just do not want to shed that much out in one go at the moment (£68.99), if I was to shed that much out on one item it would be towards the RO filter.

The photos still are not doing him justice, if you ever see one of these fish, you have to get it anyone of you, I am amazed. No wonder I could not find two pictures with the same colours when I researched the fish, I was not prepared for this level of colour and colour changes. He had a mad half hour at lunch time where he continually flashed after swimming around the tank, then doing it again, almost like something was where it should not be, as he was flashing in the same place each time. He is also getting used to me and does not dart off if I go up to the tank, I have found he is still sleeping under the mushroom rock, he is becoming very sweet. He whizzes round with the clowns when I feed him too.

One thing that picture does show you is his blue lips, normally they are just a different colour to the body but when he flashes the glow almost a neon blue.

colours are stunning. I want one

Ben, once your white spot is sorted, it is about time you had another wrasse, there are some amazing ones out there. See what is on the stocklist like I did, it is well worth ordering in a couple of fish and choosing your favourite out of them. Especially with the different choice and colours you can get with them.

 

[ben1987]

Same salt as me.


Quite annoying when you buy the big ones though, they come in a sack now rather than a tub. £60 is not cheap for salt either. Thats with mates rate discount they give me too.

 

[seffieuk]

Keep the photos coming, he is amazing

Seffie x

 

[TigerIssey]

Got my camera batteries on charge at the moment, need to use fast shutter speed so the camera needs to have charged batteries to be as quick as possible. Have taken a fair few photos on that charging though.

 

[Truck]

great pics as per usual

looked at a flasher on the way home

 

[TigerIssey]

And Truck, which one was it and what did you think??

Batteries still charging and typically he has been flashing alot.

Will try for some feeding time pictures.