evolved's Wrasse & Reef Tank (Old)

i hear they can be a pain. Love wrasses! I was going to ask how often you trim that birnnest hhahaha.

 

I realized I didn't post my current fish list, including the wrasses, so:

Cirrhilabrus lineatus (M) Lineatus Fairy Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis (M) Rhomboid Fairy Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus lunatus (M) Lunate Fairy Wasse
Cirrhilabrus earlei (F) Earl's Fairy Wrasse
Paracheilinus octotaenia (M; young) Eight Line Flasher Wrasse
Halichoeres timorensis (M/F pair) Timor Wrasse
Halichoeres melanurus (M) Melanurus Wrasse

In addition, there's a Tomini Tang and a mated pair of B&W Ocellaris.

The clowns have been laying eggs non-stop for about 6 months now. The lay a batch, wait for them to gestate/hatch, then lay a new batch 3-4 days later. Rinse and repeat. The only downside is momma is a mean @#%!^ to the Fairys & Flasher if they get near the clown's corner/eggs (lower right, back glass; they been laying eggs directly on the glass). However, mamma won't challenge the Halichoeres wrasses or the Tomini Tang; they get a free pass for whatever reason. Which I understand for the Tang, but not so much for the Halichoeres...

 

Thats quite the list Hunter, I imagine the Halio's are just brats enough that the clowns leave them alone...

 

Alex texted me letting me know about this update with a lot of exclamation marks last night! lol

Looking great tho, Hunter! Quite a collection, and they are growing awesome!

 

OMG I love your Rhomboid. I wish I could keep one alive without it dying to freaking swim bladder bull crap. Tank is looking awesome Hunter, looks like you got your few small issues on lock down for the most part now. All the fish look awesome. Congrats on have that at home my friend.

 

Great collection of corals and fish Hunter, Pocis can be a real pain with spawn/bailout all over the place.

 

Thanks Eric. That's all I can figure, they see some teeth and leave them alone.

Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Shin. It's fun to look back and see how much some have grown.

Thanks Andrew. I feel really bad for you in regards to your troubles there; it's a bit beyond chance now and I'm pretty clueless for you.
A few small issues, yes. But things are slowly coloring up again.

Thank John. If it wasn't pretty and didn't grow so well for me, it'd been gone a while ago. So now it's managed with a little Aiptasia-X here, a little there... :

 

Amazing Hunter.

Things have gotten HUGE. Such a great color to the pocillopora. Some sps much much bigger, dosing must be just right.

Is that a Squamosa?

I know exactly what you mean about the clowns. My B/W prevents me from doing most tank duties that require me sticking my hand in the tank.

Is that a Chalice mid level? I will have to go back and see what size it used to be.

Great update (no pressure on Cheryl)lol.

 

Thanks Cheryl.

Maintaining things pretty stable at:
Mg: 1475-1500
Ca: 475-485
Alk: 10-10.2ish
PO4: 0.03 (Hanna)
Nitrates: 0-0.2 (Salifert)
Salinity: 1.026 (~34.5ppt)
Temp: 78-80

Took my GFO offline a few months ago, and that's been a key to improvement. Dosing lanthanum chloride about once per week. Also have been using some of Dr. Tim's bacterial addivies, and those have been a BIG key to getting things back.

The clam is a Maxima (tear-drop). It's about 8". He positioned himself partly under the gold torch like that, and the mantle bleached where it's most shaded. However, he seems to be liking the overall amount of light he gets, so I've let things be for many months like that.

What's funny about my clowns, is they leave me alone. I can get very close to their corner, and they back away from my hand. I'm sure if I went for the eggs that'd be a different story, but as it is things are not a problem.

That is a monster chalice mid-level on the left. I once fragged several inches almost all around from it, and it's about due for that again.

Thanks again.

 

hmmm... the lanthanum is for algeacide? Did you get the idea from Atlantis Aquariums? Also i would be interested in your dosing regimen.