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July
2008
Tank Status
125 Gallon
(Started Feb 2003 - Upgrade from
55 gallon started in 2002)
  Current Fish Inhabitants
Added 01 July
BTA
Small Xenia Rock
($35
Shark Reef)
(1 July 2008)
Current Invert Inhabitants
(2) Blood/Fire Shrimp (1) Coral Banded Shrimp (1) Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (2) Blood/Fire Shrimp (1) Coral Banded Shrimp
(?) Various snails/hermits
Tests 01 July 2008
Temp: 79.1 ORP: 355 SG: 1.024
06 July - 15 gal water change/skimmer cleaning/change out filter socks. 16 July - 15 gal water change/skimmer cleaning/change out filter socks.
12 Gallon NanoCube
(Started June 2007)
Current Fish Inhabitants
(2) False Percula Clowns (pair) (1) Yellow Watchman Goby (1) Jewel Damsel
Current Invert Inhabitants
(1) Blood/Fire Shrimp (1) Coral Banded Shrimp (?) Various snails/hermits
Tests 01
July 2008
06 July - 3 gal water
change/filter/glass cleaning
16 July - 3 gal water
change/filter/glass cleaning
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Happy 4th of July!!!
Surprized took so long
to get this post up!!!
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3Reef FOTM JULY 2008
- Four/Twelve Line Wrasse
07-01-2008,
12:27 PM
Four Line/Twelve
Line Wrasse
  Pseudocheilinus hexataenia It is called a Four Line Wrasse if only main lateral lines are counted. Is called a "Twelve Line Wrasse" if the thin colored stripes on either side of main four lines are counted. I got as a replacement for my SixLine which came up missing early this month. Because so emotionally attached to the sixline which had been an aquarium member since startup, decided to get something a little different. The Twelve Line turned out to be a great replacement fish. Same size and acts much like the sixline. Seems to be even a "busier" fish if that can be imagined. Continuously zipping around tank, in and out of rock holes and crevices. Tremendously hard and took lots of patience to get decent pics of. A bit shy at first, but lost all fear after a few days in tank. The Coris chased it about a bit when first introduced, but no longer does now. Other fish took to it just fine. (looks enough like the sixline, they probably thought it was) Eats anything. Also supposedly death on bristle worms, flat worms, pyramid snails and other nuisance critters. All in all a great replacement and a suitable substitute for a sixline if you can find one. (a little more scarce and more expensive) $30 at my LFS.  Scientific Name: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia Family: Labridae AKA: Four Line Wrasse, 12 Line Wrasse Maximum Length: 3.0 in. Care Level: Easy Family: Labridae Reef Compatibility: Excellent Minimum Aquarium Size: 30 gal. Range: Western and Central Pacific, Hawaii Diet: Carnivore Water Conditions: 74-80° F; sg 1.020-1.025; pH 8.1-8.4     References: FishBase AnimalWorld About.com Family Aquarium - 12 Line Wrasse More Photos
Ummmm,
Just noticed in
middle pic,
Snowflake is
taking nip at
Mandarin... _________
AG "125,"
AquaC EV
180, 30 gal
sump,
"SCWD", 80
lbs LR,
CoralSeaLife
"Moonlite"
Hood, PFO
250W HQI
Mini-Pendant
(SPS HQI
14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light
"...nothing
good ever
happens fast
in a reef
tank, only
bad things
happen fast..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - 
(Davis
Family Reef
Aquarium -
Home
Page/Reef
Log)
(Best Photos
of 2008!)
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3Reef COTM -
July 2008 - "Frogspawn"
07-02-2008, 01:06 PM
Close cousin of COTM
last month:
Coral of the month June 08 Hammer Coral, by Daniel072 Several posts about this coral on forum last couple of months. So seems right for the July COTM.  "Frogspawn" Latin Name: Euphyllia divisa/cristata Common Name: Frogspawn Coral Green Also known as: Wall Coral, Octopus Coral, Grape Coral, Honey Coral Habits: Very light forgiving. Does not like high water flow. Do not place directly under intense lighting. Ease of Care: Very easy in a established tank. Compatibility: Most "friendly" of Euphyllia corals. Will "get along" quite well with other corals. An excellent choice for adding a LPS coral in a softie dominated tank. Grows relatively fast in the right conditions...at least in my tank. If water quality is an issue, mine is about as "pristine" as possible. Appears to grow either directly under MH lighting or not. Actually a very light forgiving coral. I have a couple of smaller ones in my 12 gallon Nano with 24w lights, that, while may not be growing very fast, are doing quite well. Coral "stalks" can easily be broken off when gets large and placed elsewhere in tank. I started out with a 3-4 "head" piece, and now have 5 or 6 very large multi-headed specimens. One thing it does not like is high water flow. Otherwise can be placed about anywhere in tank, even up close to softie neighbors...     Great "Starter Coral" - buy small and watch it grow... References: MarineCenter LiveAquaria Peteducation.com Family Reef Tank - Frogspawn More Pics |
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Sunday morning is
tank maintenance
time....water
changes,
skimmer/filter
cleaning, filter
sock replacement,
glass cleaning,
pruning, pump
cleaning, etc...oh,
and posting a few
pics...
(my favorite morning of the week... )       To be continued..... (Once again, I am a very, very sick person...  )
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Got as a juvenile, but must be about full grown now...5 inches (?) Actually they get darker and tend to lose bright colors as they get older,  But every once in a while, and I have no idea why 
- fish goes nuts and
frantically races back
and forth across tank,
mostly sideways, fins
fully extended and
brightly flashing all
the color and then some
of what it had when
younger. Will go on for
10-15 minutes, then
reverts to regular mild
mannered and dark
colored self ??? Showing off? --- Letting all the other fish know she is the boss bitch of the tank...which she is. Nobody fools with her. -- Who knows???
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  See: FOTM - Hawaiian Flame Wrasse - Sep '07 3Reef June FOTM June '08 - Yellowtail Coris Wrasse (Coris gaimard) Was a bit leery at first, but am now very happy with this wrasse. Unlike the Flame (which did not do much more then slowly wander about tank, looking beautiful (which it was very good at!)) - The Coris is a busy, active fish with lots of character and personality. You are right about it wanting to relandscape rockwork for you. My LR is quite stable so fish can't do much. I keep a pile of rubble rock in front of tank for it to move around, which it stays pretty busy doing most of day. Continually turning over hunks of rock looking for good things to eat underneath. Especially if I rearrange the "play rocks" now and then. Very compatible fish and gets along well with all other inhabitants...even new Four/Twelve Line I added recently. In fact they have become quite the friends and follow each other around tank now. Very cool fish (and usually pretty cheap as a juvenile...less then $10 at my LFS. (but, if you don't know what the Juvenile looks like, you would never guess it to grow up to what you see here....see FOTM re "Juvenile Coris Wrasse"  (More Coris Pics if interested) 
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- vets here on forum will
understand... )My wife is quite accepting of this fixation (as long as she controls credit cards...  )Actually this hobby has significantly reduced need in taking some pretty serious drugs I used to have to take to keep me somewhat "normal" - whatever that is...  Thought was pretty safe till I saw on news this AM of some Oregon guy floating about in a lawn chair lifted by balloons... Got me figuring out how much helium I would need to do same...   |
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Got as a juvenile, but must be about full grown now...5 inches (?) Actually they get darker and tend to lose bright colors as they get older, But every once in a while, and I have no idea why
- fish goes nuts and
frantically races back and
forth across tank, mostly
sideways, fins fully
extended and brightly
flashing all the color and
then some of what it had
when younger. Will go on for
10-15 minutes, then reverts
to regular mild mannered and
dark colored self ???Showing off? --- Letting all the other fish know she is the boss bitch of the tank...which she is. Nobody fools with her. -- Who knows??? (more CB pics) |
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 See: FOTM - Hawaiian Flame Wrasse - Sep '07 3Reef June FOTM June '08 - Yellowtail Coris Wrasse (Coris gaimard) Was a bit leery at first, but am now very happy with this wrasse. Unlike the Flame (which did not do much more then slowly wander about tank, looking beautiful (which it was very good at!)) - The Coris is a busy, active fish with lots of character and personality. You are right about it wanting to relandscape rockwork for you. My LR is quite stable so fish can't do much. I keep a pile of rubble rock in front of tank for it to move around, which it stays pretty busy doing most of day. Continually turning over hunks of rock looking for good things to eat underneath. Especially if I rearrange the "play rocks" now and then. Very compatible fish and gets along well with all other inhabitants...even new Four/Twelve Line I added recently. In fact they have become quite the friends and follow each other around tank now. Very cool fish (and usually pretty cheap as a juvenile...less then $10 at my LFS. (but, if you don't know what the Juvenile looks like, you would never guess it to grow up to what you see here....see FOTM re "Juvenile Coris Wrasse" |
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So glad to hear about "hubby." Esp that he got treatment that helped...many did not...many no longer here. My active duty years spanned from Viet Nam to Desert Storm also. Lots happened along way that will result in me taking some pretty serious drugs for the rest of my life to keep me somewhat whatever they think "normal" is. Fish tank has long been a major part of my "therapy" also. And has resulted in much lower dosage levels of anti-psychotic/manic meds then I used to have to take, which made me feel more like a vegetable then a barely thinking human. As far as addictions or manic obsessions go, there are allot worse then this hobby. Make sure he sticks with it...it will get better as time passes...(increase his "tank watching time" whenever he gets antsy or has a hard time sleeping...works for me.) Come on...it is OK to admit it here...you do like doing tank maintenance every Sunday AM don't you? Rgds, |
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I got a nice pair of harlequins hoping for same result with asterinas... These shrimp will not touch them. Even if I gave them "showers" of the darn things...  Only remedy I have found over years of dealing with asterinas, is vacuuming them off glass on weekly water change day. They really are great little algae eaters, and I have decided they can be an asset to have around (in relatively small numbers) .... they were once considered to be a great benefit in a tank before there was such things as skimmers and when we did not know as much about algae control. Learn to like them.... Might even try selling on Ebay....(I thought about, but don't want to deal with the bother) I have sent some to other Reefkeepers who wanted for their tanks.... But Harlequins are cool to have anyway...Are you getting the colorful Indonesian variety?...worth the extra $...  Here are some vids of mine in "action" Harlequin Attack I Harlequin Attack II
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