M&T's Shallow Rimless Nano Reef
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Thanks so much guys! @Chris, we've never had a Two Spot Hogfish. We do have a pair of Terelabrus sp2.
Our Johnsoni pair finally made it out of the QT (they had been in there since August). They are way too small for the Big Reef, so we decided it would be best for them to hang out in the small tank for a while.
C. Johnsoni Male:
C. johnsoni Female:
One of the paly colonies... There was a trickle of sunlight shining on a couple of the polyps.
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Wow those are beautiful.
Very nice looking indeed !
Thanks so much guys! @Chris, we've never had a Two Spot Hogfish. We do have a pair of Terelabrus sp2.
Our Johnsoni pair finally made it out of the QT (they had been in there since August). They are way too small for the Big Reef, so we decided it would be best for them to hang out in the small tank for a while.
C. Johnsoni Male:
Looks gorgeous !
Me too, wonder how he is doing ... great fish indeed !
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Thank you!
Thank you Albert. He is about 2" in size now and they both eat like pigs, LOL.
Thanks Brett. They are beautiful fish. It's funny, the female has a very bold personality and is not shy at all. The male is not as shy as he was in QT, but nowhere near as bold as she is, LOL.
We moved the resident P. angulatus to the big tank about a week ago and moved the C. johnsoni pair and one of the P. bellae's to the nano. All have settled in well and the Terelabrus pair don't seem to mind sharing space with them.
This week is going to be a bit hectic, but we'll try and post up a couple of equipment pics towards the end of the week.
-M&T
Awesome and look forward to seeing pics when you get some time to take them and post them.
so sweet! man, you guys always bringing in the "good stuff". :bigsmile:Thanks so much guys! @Chris, we've never had a Two Spot Hogfish. We do have a pair of Terelabrus sp2.
Our Johnsoni pair finally made it out of the QT (they had been in there since August). They are way too small for the Big Reef, so we decided it would be best for them to hang out in the small tank for a while.
C. Johnsoni Male:
C. johnsoni Female:
Thanks so much guys! @Chris, we've never had a Two Spot Hogfish. We do have a pair of Terelabrus sp2.
Our Johnsoni pair finally made it out of the QT (they had been in there since August). They are way too small for the Big Reef, so we decided it would be best for them to hang out in the small tank for a while.
C. Johnsoni Male:
C. johnsoni Female:
One of the paly colonies... There was a trickle of sunlight shining on a couple of the polyps.
They look truly Super ... good luck with them.
Great pics too
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Mike&Terry
Wrasses, Angels, & Tangs, Oh My!
Thank you Albert!
You are most welcome and keep those pics coming. They look real good and as they develop and grow they'll look even better!
Here's a link to a video showing a super male :
Supermale C. johnsoni wrasse - YouTube
Great looking fish when they grow up ...
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Albert, thanks for sharing the video link. He's a beauty! Love the C. rubrisquamis fairy wrasses in the video as well.
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We still need to take some pics of the equipment and are hoping to get that done in the next day or two... In the meantime, thought we'd share a few more tank shots:
Our lounging Linear Blenny (Ecsenius lineatus):
One of the Terelabrus Hogfish (Terelabrus sp2):
P. bellae:
It is a miracle that this little guy is still alive. A long story short, he went MIA in our 300g display several months ago. We found him 6 weeks later in our overflow box during some routine maintenance. We're not sure how he managed to get in there as it has an acrylic cover. Needless to say he was in rough shape - he had lost a lot of mass and from his appearance, it appeared he was reverting back to female. We moved him to our refugium for approx. 3 months to fatten him back up and then moved him over to the QT tank with the C. johnsoni pair and an initial phase male P. bellae (they had gone thru full quarantine for months so there was no risk of parasites or diseases) to re-socialize him for a couple of weeks before moving him to the nano. His color has improved significantly over the past few months. He has also gained quite a bit of mass and the filaments on his dorsal fin have elongated once again.
-M&T
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It was a crazy situation. When the Bell's went missing Mike checked the overflow box, but it is very hard to see in there because it is located in the middle back of the tank and there is a lot of turbulence in there. We only found him because Mike pulled one of the Herbie drain pipes out during maintenance and when the overflow drained, we heard him "flapping" his fins. I don't believe he would have lasted two more days in that environment. I honestly didn't think he would make it the first few days as I have never seen a fish that emaciated come back from the brink before.
-Terry
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Beautiful photo update.
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Thank you Rev!:bigsmile:
