Packleader's 40 gallon thread

yeap, don't forget the anemone!

 

Not that I am aware of, lol. The purple ones are LE Purple Fissions, probably rarer than AOG's. I have no idea though. Are those what you are talking about? I got them through Reefgardener.net, so maybe check them out. Or wait a little. They havent even grown off the tile yet, so I dont want to frag them. But I can set something over there by them to get some if you are still interested, we can work something out.

 

I wouldn't actually do that. I was being dramatic.

Buy Armor of God Zoanthids (Palythoa sp.) - Frag 2 polyps: - Vivid Aquariums - Buy Online - Fish Store in Los Angeles

I got my AoG here. I got 3 heads originally. In the month or two since, it has grown to 7 AoG heads and 4 green ones (WTF?). Nice.

 

Just because I was bored:

This would have been a good shot, had I cleaned the glass better :



Little Dori. She is getting bigger, up to probably 1.5" now (was about the size of my thumbnail when I got her). No worries, she will have plenty of room soon enough



Purple Fission play's:



And just because I like to keep my nails clean!

 

the tang has interesting coloration is that just cuase it a juvenile?

 

Actually, I don't think so. I am not sure though. But I have had a different juvi before without the unique color. This one seems to have the nice freckles and the deep dark blue head, along with a little extra black. I really like it.

 

I do too. It is unique. Nice pics as usual. K+ man....K+

 

Nice pics! I was shooing away my cleaner shrimp this morning, trying to retrieve one of my ric mushrooms that the emerald crab knocked over. It doesn't bother me on my hand, but it tickled like crazy crawling up my arm!

 

Nice coloring on the purple fusions

 

So today, I had to stop by a local PetCo after work to pick up some litter for the ferret. Of course I stroll through the aquarium section. When doing so, I come across a lady arguing with one of the employees. She had a fish from a different store that she wanted to get rid of. Of course PetCo wasn't going to take it. They kept going back and forth, so finally the lady says "Fine, I'll just toss it in the trash". So I went over and starting to ask questions. The fish turned out to be a tiny little Henio. I asked her why she wanted to get rid of it, and she replied "Because my husband says it will eat all of our corals, and the other fish are picking on it". Gave it a look over and tried to help with a little education. The fish is a Heniochus diphreutes. I tried explaining to her that these particular ones are in fact reef safe, and they are often confused with the acuminatus, which are not, so they get a bad rap. She wasn't going to hear any of it. She was literally out the door actually getting ready to toss the fish, so I offered to take it.
So here it is. My second official rescue fish. It's banner fin is a little mangaled from being picked on, but all in all it is in excellent health and appears to have been well fed. It's very small (about the same size as my smaller clown), so it will be fine in my 40 until the 200 is ready. Really cool considering I wanted a pair of these for the big tank anyways. I had one for almost 2 weeks in the past before it was unfortunately killed by a tang, and I have to say these are one of my favorite fish. Very active, personable, front and center fish.
Oh yeah, the pics