Doratus' 40G - updated 4/29/2012

Everything looks very good, keep it up! I will let you know though, I had a falco, he didn't bother my skunk cleaner for a month then all of a sudden I saw him attack him and kill him. That was in my 55. So they can turn when you least expect it and be mean to other fish you might add. But great looking fish.

 

I know exactly what you mean. I often see tanks that are just basically littered with rubble and they end up having microalgea growing all over the place because they can never get in there to do maintenance. I think I'm going to use your approach because I like things to be tidy.

Well thank you for the warning. He is indeed getting braver by the day. When I walk over to the tank he swims up to the glass and just sits in the sand staring at me. I wonder what would happen if there was no glass between us?



Doratus

 

I re-scaped my rocks for about the fifteen-hundredth time. This looks a little more natural in my opinion and the fish seem to prefer the ledges and overhangs much better. The fact that the tank now has shaded areas means it can do better with mushrooms and what-not.

arentspowell, you were exactly right about the hawkfish. It ate my cleaner shrimp.

Also, a single Ocellaris Clown has been added which can be easily spotted in the picture below.
(another cell phone gem)

 

the scape looks really good; I love it a lot, and the ocellaris looks really cool too!

 

very nice

 

Going to quote myself here. Ahem...

But seriously, I like the way this latest arrangement looks a lot. Good work.

 

Yes yes, I knew you were going to say something...

Thanks to all! I like it a lot more too.

 

Nice rock work

 

I really wasn't sure I made the right choice but seeing your responses makes me feel like I did the right thing.



Just for fun, to give you an idea of my background in aquaria, here are pics of my two freshwater tanks. A 55g cichlid tank and a 20g planted tank, respectively.

 

those tanks r really awesome too