Tina's Twin Bommies

[TigerIssey]

Sounds fantastic.

 

[TigerIssey]

Here is the right hand bommie now the second Torch frag is in place.

Looks a lot more finished off the way it is now. Although it is far from finished.

 

[TigerIssey]

I have now got both Mandarins to feed on frozen mysis / enchriched brine mix.

I have to thank Kelwoo for the extra large transfer pipettes, they have been a godsend.

A few weeks ago Kelwoo offered in her Seahorse journal some large transfer pipettes as she had bought a box of 100. I bought some off her and received them Tuesday.

Here is a picture of one next to a 30cm or 12" ruler.

Kelwoo puts some airline on the end, I did not need to. I had to cut the very tip off as the brine shrimp were getting a little stuck. The photo shows the end already cut.

I had noticed that when I fed the rest of the fish and the corals, the Mandarins hid in a particular cave every time.

This photo is the left Bommie

The cave is under the top rock behind the leather.

I squirt some to keep the shrimp away and feed the rest of the fish first.

I then hold the pipette still and squirt a little of the mix at a time into the cave. Both Mandarins were feeding from this, I did have to keep squirting food at the shrimp as they will push the pair out of the way if they want to. I feel this is a fantastic breakthrough and to me is better than having to rely on them going into a glass jar.

As long as I now feed them here everytime, they will come to be fed.

Whoo hoo

 

[ben1987]

thats great news....im starting to really hate my cleaner shrimp

 

[seffieuk]

Woo hoo

Seffie x

 

[TigerIssey]

Andrew assissted with my waterchange last night. Managed to get the substrate hoovered.

Took these today.


Left Bommie

Right Bommie

From Left

From Reet

Full Frontal Tank Shot

Hope you like

 

[Buddyboy67]

Very tidy...that torch on top of the right bommie looks very settled and doing well

 

[TigerIssey]

It does seem to have settled extremely quickly especially considering it was fragged before it went in. Andrew just snapped it as well, did not need a saw or owt, the branch was just condusive to a quick snap.

I am contemplating moving the caulastreatrumpet though. It has been swapping its zooxanthellae now for the past month or so. Each head turns white (keeping green centre) then colours up in a different shade to what it was beforehand.

 

[TigerIssey]

Picking the SPS frags up on Wednesday evening.

Getting

Seratiopora hysterix - Pink
Seratiopora caliendrum
Seratiopora guttatus

Montipora digitate - Purple
Montipora digitata - Pink
Montipora - Purple Plating.

Will see what else he has fragged incase anything takes my fancy.

Of course there will be photographs, will have to keep the lights on a little longer than usual else I will be introducing them in the dark byt the time they have acclimatised.

EDIT The hirsuta is not ready yet for fragging Ben, so will not be getting that.

 

[ben1987]

looking forward to seeing em

 

[youngfisher]

Wow, seriously your photos look like an artist has drawn them - AMAZING!
Your tank looks better everytime you upload photos, I carnt imagine what it will look like in the future.

YF

 

[youngfisher]

Tina, just saw this - im sure you wont need it/ be interested in it, but just thought i'd show you, to see what you think.

http/www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/...l102_116267.php

YF

 

[TigerIssey]

YF, that is the company I got my copepods and copepod food off. I also buy there concentrated coral pods which last for 6 weeks, I feed those 3-4 times a week.

They are an excellent company, I have an account with them and if anything happened to my pod culture, that is what I would be using until the culture was up and running again.

Thanks anyway though.

 

[chr15_8]

tank looks amazing. very clean looking

 

[SkiFletch]

Tank looks great TI. You're gonna have fun with those highly aggressive corals over there on the right side