125 - Took Forever But Here It is!

[Mschmidt]

Throw a galaxia coral at those monsters. That'll teach them em.

Also, best of luck on your war.

will it!?

 

[Goaway]

will it!?

Galaxia can kill anything, nems or coral related... but the aips might still find a way to spread.

 

[tbrown]

Galaxia can kill anything, nems or coral related... but the aips might still find a way to spread.

But it doesn't kill sponges.

 

[Slocke]

Galaxea is also very sharp. I gave up trying to scrape the glass in this corner

 

[Mschmidt]

Galaxea is also very sharp. I gave up trying to scrape the glass in this corner

As opposed to my expertly scraped corners...and everywhere else.

 

[Goaway]

As opposed to my expertly scraped corners...and everywhere else.

Corners have become an "oh well" situation for myself. Even though my pectinia lives there

 

[Mschmidt]

Corners have become an "oh well" situation for myself. Even though my pectinia lives there

corners, ends (but that is changing) and anything below about 3 inches off the sandbed. I got me a schmancy new scraper though that doesn't scratch the acrylic; so look out there may be clean tank pics coming. I need to find a place for my pectinia to live so I can see them and they are happy.

 

[tbrown]

I almost bought a Copperband today. I stopped by the LFS with the great prices. They had 5 in stock for $69 each. All looked healthy. They were received on the 24th so almost a week.

Question: I'm only down there until Thursday evening - how long does it take to see if a CBB is turning skinny or sickly? Is a week long enough or does it usually take a little longer?

 

[fishguy242]

if plump now ,see it eat ,should be ok...

 

[stoney7713]

I almost bought a Copperband today. I stopped by the LFS with the great prices. They had 5 in stock for $69 each. All looked healthy. They were received on the 24th so almost a week.

Question: I'm only down there until Thursday evening - how long does it take to see if a CBB is turning skinny or sickly? Is a week long enough or does it usually take a little longer?

Could be a week or could be a month.

Ask them to feed them so you can see if they are eating.

 

[tbrown]

They usually will feed in front of me but they had just fed like 10 minutes before I got there (still some food in some of the tanks). Last time I asked after they just fed, nothing ate because they were all fat. I ended up picking the fattest Foxface in the tank that time and it's still doing good.

 

[tbrown]

Cross posted this in the Café: Reef Crystals is on sale for $55 on Amazon currently for the bucket.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HCLNQG?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

 

[Goaway]

They usually will feed in front of me but they had just fed like 10 minutes before I got there (still some food in some of the tanks). Last time I asked after they just fed, nothing ate because they were all fat. I ended up picking the fattest Foxface in the tank that time and it's still doing good.

Cbb will always nip at food if eating. They are slow and non stop hunting. Mine, even at night cruises the rocks for late night snacks. Anyhow.

If you can get a good look at them. These are skinny fish and flesh should be even with eyes. They will show sunken bellies if starved and i dont know if they can recover from that. Id skip any of them looking like an anorexic super model.

 

[Goaway]

Cross posted this in the Café: Reef Crystals is on sale for $55 on Amazon currently for the bucket.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000HCLNQG?ref=ppx_pt2_mob_b_prod_image

Youre an life saver!

 

[tbrown]

Cbb will always nip at food if eating. They are slow and non stop hunting. Mine, even at night cruises the rocks for late night snacks. Anyhow.

If you can get a good look at them. These are skinny fish and flesh should be even with eyes. They will show sunken bellies if starved and i dont know if they can recover from that. Id skip any of them looking like an anorexic super model.

I'll try to swing by Thursday and take a closer look.

 

[Goaway]

I'll try to swing by Thursday and take a closer look.

You can google skinny copperband. Sadly, lots of pics pop up. But, it'll help you. Those ones are pretty much refusing foods and may be suffering other issues.
As stated above. If eating, grab it!

Look for large red blotches on the sides. Thats internal bleeding. Learned that from paulb.
Skinny...

 

[Paul B]

That Copperband is very skinny and I doubt it will last a couple of weeks.

 

[tbrown]

That Copperband is very skinny and I doubt it will last a couple of weeks.

That's what she was saying. The one's I was looking at looked healthier. I'm going to probably swing by this afternoon and try to take a closer look.

 

[shrimpnreefdude]

Hey @tbrown ! I thought I was following your build. You mentioned a new tank in your response to mine...is this the right build thread for it? If not, I'll have to go check that one out too. Cheers!

 

[tbrown]

Hey @tbrown ! I thought I was following your build. You mentioned a new tank in your response to mine...is this the right build thread for it? If not, I'll have to go check that one out too. Cheers!

The ESHOPPS. I'm in the process of bringing it online.