Sunday Morning Tank Pics - 06 July 2008

Have had the Coris for ~5 months. Got as replacement fish for my Hawaiian Flame Wrasse which I lost due to an overtemp last year.





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"

 

Hey, a dude's got to have a hobby. And it keeps us out of trouble. Except for the spending hundreds of dollars a month thing. But at least we can look into (or under) our creations and appreciate it.....while our wives/husbands roll their eyes.;D

 

I know what these fish look like when juveniles. When I first started this hobby several years back I always thought they were some kind of clown fish. Lol ! I would love to have one they are so beautiful. Maybe in the future when I start the " Dream " tank I will incorporate one into my plan. Epoxy and or glue EVERYTHING !;D So you purchased him as a juvenile huh? He changed into his adult colors rather nicely I see. I always thought along with you know emperor angels ( another dream for me ) That these fish did not recieve the proper nutrition to morph there juvenile colors to adult colors. Looks like I was wrong about coris. Truly beautiful.

 

Maybe next Sunday(?)

 

Omard,

This hobby has helped here too. My hubby is a vet (Desert Storm and OIF) and he has a really hard time calming himself down. The tank is the best investment, and was sort of recommended by the VA therapist. She recommended a beta and we got a 25G SW. He comes home every day and sits and watches for about 20 minutes. In 6 weeks he'sgone from basically an overdose of anti-anxiety meds to a somewhat normal therapeutic dose. Now if we can just get HIM in the routine of cleaning it every Sunday, instead of me having to do it!!!

Gin

 

Who would ever guess, that a fish that looked like this:



Would grow up to a fish that would grow up to a beauty like:



(???)

 

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? ;D

Rgds,


Scott

 

Michael says I'm going to go crazy soon! We've had the tank all of 6 1/2 weeks and we have 9 critters in it (including the cleanup crew). I check every morning to make sure all of them are present and accounted for. He says, "What are you going to do when the tank is fully stocked?" And I say, "Not much else!"

As for him getting help! I kind of made it a condition of our marriage. Before we ever got married I said, "If one or both of us need help, we get it!" I've had to pull the "but you promised" card out a time or two, but he's a LOT better! He retires soon,! His dad though is a veteran of multiple wars, Vietnam included so he kind of knew the ramifications of not seeking help.

I feel for the guys though that don't have someone to push them into getting help. Sometimes we need someone to be a mirror for us, and as his wife it's my job to be that mirror.

Thanks again!

Gin