Dawn's 36g Bowfront tank

[nitro'sreef]

NIce Tank

 

[Diamond1]

Nice score on the torch.

 

[vlangel]

Nice score on the torch.

I love the new torch. I bought the shorter tentacled torch beside it awhile back and it was sickly right from the get go. Three heads died right away and I didn't think it was going to make it. I moved it around trying to find a place it liked and fed it. Finally it seems pretty healthy now. It never did get the long flowing tentacles that I like though.

 

[vlangel]

How about that fat shrimp, is he well fed or what?

 

[Diamond1]

The shrimp looks fat and sassy. Any luck with the Royal Gramma pic?

 

[vlangel]

The shrimp looks fat and sassy. Any luck with the Royal Gramma pic?

No, I am worried about the royal gramma. I been feeding twice a day and pretty heavily but I haven't seen the royal grammar for 2 days. Last night I checked my overflow thinking maybe he was in the box but no luck. He was a very healthy looking fish, so I have to believe he is just hiding but that is not a good situation either.. The sleeper goby seems to be adjusting well, coming out and eating so I'm happy about that.

 

[Diamond1]

Hope he's OK. I know they do like to hide in the rocks. Maybe that whats going on.

 

[vlangel]

Still no royal gramma. I am beginning to fear the worst.. I did make another trip to the LFS and picked up some acans and a feather duster. Everything dipped, acclimated and placed in the DT. Will take pics in a day or so.

 

[NanaReefer]

I feel your pain Got up this morning and found my new Aurora Goby 2 feet from the tank on my end table. Totally dried out! I'm still in shock. Both from the fact that he's gone and wondering HITH did he jump that far?

 

[vlangel]

I feel your pain Got up this morning and found my new Aurora Goby 2 feet from the tank on my end table. Totally dried out! I'm still in shock. Both from the fact that he's gone and wondering HITH did he jump that far?

Ah Nana, I am very sorry. . New fish are so hard to add to an established system. Its not easy for them to find their place in the hierarchy of the tank. I almost feel guilty telling you this but this morning I found the royal gramma in my sump. I fed him and he happily ate.

 

[Diamond1]

Glad that you found your gramma. Better than where I found one of my clowns this morning:squigglemouth:.... He decided to go carpet surfing.

 

[vlangel]

Glad that you found your gramma. Better than where I found one of my clowns this morning:squigglemouth:.... He decided to go carpet surfing.

So sorry Diamond. Is the other clown upset?

 

[Diamond1]

Not nearly as upset as I was when I found him. Actually the other clown doesn't seem the least bit concerned.

 

[vlangel]

Well a new twist to my fish drama. A month or more ago I had bought a yasha high fin goby. It was doing well but disappeared after a week or so. I figured my gigantic red serpent star fish had goby dinner. I sold the serpent star and then bought the sleeper goby and royal gramma. Well, while I was removing the rubble rock in my sump in the first chamber to get the gramma, guess who else was in there? Yes, the goby. He was bigger than when I first bought him, I guess he was pigging out on pods which are plentiful in the rubble rock. I guess I better put a piece of foam in the top of my overflow to discourage fish that are adrenaline junkies from going over.

 

[Diamond1]

Can hear them yelling KOWABUNGA!!!
Glad to hear you found the goby.

 

[Fishyj]

The tank looks beautiful. If I may ask what type of camera and lens are you using to take these pictures?

 

[vlangel]

The tank looks beautiful. If I may ask what type of camera and lens are you using to take these pictures?

Thank you regarding the tank. My camera is nothing fancy, just a point and shoot Kodak easy share C180.

 

[vlangel]

Can hear them yelling KOWABUNGA!!!
Glad to hear you found the goby.

Ok, I shouldn't be hearing KOWABUNGA any time soon. I have aquarium pad blocking the inside teeth of the overflow. I'm such a kill joy. The gramma and the goby are in the DT in a baby net. This gramma must be especially shy because it even hides behind the rubble rock I have in there. It is eating though which makes me happy. The yasha goby seems well adjusted. The sleeper goby in the conch is also extremely shy. I began using a syringe to squirt food in his conch. He was very skinny when I got him and can't afford to lose any weight.

 

[vlangel]

O yeah, I forgot to mention much to my horror there was an aptaisia on the tube of my feather duster! He (aptaisia) got the kalkwasser solution down his mouth treatment. So here's hoping that's the end of him!!!!

 

[vlangel]

Updated FTS and new corals

Here is how my tank looks at present with the new acans, feather duster and fish. The yasha goby comes out but the royal gramma is still shy as is the sleeper goby.