OrionN's 320 Reboot

[OrionN]

 

[OrionN]

I got these Goniopora for years. All started out as a small .24X.25 inch frag. I wonder if I can graf them all together. The polyps seem to be the same size and length.

 

[OrionN]

 

[OrionN]

Bright Pink picture of my Sea Urchin using my iPhone 7

 

[OrionN]

Some new pictures of my Eightline Flasher

 

[OrionN]

I feed my tank a lot. My friend often commented that my fish are large. I was at a new LFS in Corpus Christi yesterday. They have quite a few fishes in, newly open. One of the thing I saw was they have two Melanurus Wrasse, full terminal male, with black edges of the tail, but only about 2.5 ish in size. My fish which I have had since about 1.5 inches is now 5 inches and still not fully male. This is already larger than the maximum listed size for this species ( 12 cm at Fishbase.org)
I also saw my Lubbock wrasse sleeping in a back corner of the tank last night. He seem a lot bigger than I would estimate seeing him swimming around so I took a ruler and measure him. He is a full 4.5 inches Terminal Lubbock wrasse. Looking at various sources, this species is listed only at 3-3.5 inches max. Fishbase listed at 8 cm at Fishbase.org (3.15 inches). I tried to take a picture, but it was dark and the commotion cause the Lubbock to seek quieter site to sleep so I did not get a picture that clearly show the size of my Lubbock wrasse.
The pictures below are pictures of my 5+ inches initial phase male, or possible a female, Melanurus. Possiblely not a H. melanurus?

 

[TexasTodd]

Great photos!

 

[OrionN]

He is courting her, and courting her, and courting her, and ... ... .... He is not even a terminal Diamond Tail Flasher male yet.

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

He is courting her, and courting her, and courting her, and ... ... .... He is not even a terminal Diamond Tail Flasher male yet.

They are so pretty! Every time I see pictures of these two, it reminds me why they are my favorites.

 

[OrionN]

My changing China Wrasse, Anampses neoguinaicusis. 5 inches and in my tank for 1.5 years.

A little better picture of the Anal and Caudal fins. Color is much easier to pick up by camera today

Color of the face and lines around eye. Look a lot darker and more defind in real life

6 months ago

 

[OrionN]

4 months worth of growing. 1.25 inch to 2.5 inches
2/16/2020

6/14/2020

 

[TexasTodd]

Amazing!

 

[OrionN]

Picture on 7/4/2020. Initially looking at the picture, there seem to be not much change from the last picture. However, looking at the pattern closely, there are even more florescent spots on the fins, especially the dorsal spots since three weeks ago. He seem to teach his max size in my tank at almost 3 inches.
The Female DT is still a complete female, no evidence of sex change. Earliest sign of sex change is the elongation of the 10th dorsal ray.
Happy July 4th everybody.

 

[OrionN]

My Male China Wrasse. I cannot capture the pastel colors on the white body and tail. It is a lot brighter than this in real life. Turn out very beautiful. Facial marking also better seen in real life.

 

[OrionN]

My Meleagris Leopard is changing. She/he was in the tank for several years, since she was just about 1.5 inches. He is now about 3.5 inches. He have been changing over the last several months. I don't think he change completely yet, but I certainly change in appearance and behavior. He start to be aggressive toward my male Black Leopard.
Here she was about 3 months ago, with a smaller female Meleagris

Here are his pictures last week. There are several significant changes, the front dorsal rays start to have much brighter orange tips. There is a black patch color on the chest, dark black, and the dark spots on the body and face start to line up and become more linear. It seem that some of the scales change from dark to blue and some change from blue to dark to align into a linear pattern. Some of the picture does show these scales changing. I think it ma be several weeks before he change completely. I read from other people posted, that these wrase seem to change overnight, but this is not the case with my wrasse.

Full picture 7/9/2020 and 7/10/2020

Dark spot on the chest, and the orange tipped dorsal rays. Females have orange tipped rays too but much less vivid

More of the face in profile. The orange tipped dorsal rays can be seen clearly here, as the facial pattern changes and the on going changes in the brown and blue scales

More face

 

[Rrwilson1223]

Beautiful tank! It’s actually providing me with a lot of inspiration for my Reefer 750 build. Currently having a heck of a time keeping leopards. So it’s nice to see some nice looking ones in your tank!

 

[OrionN]

I got two more Green Gigantea, small ones from Galactic Coral in Houston. Both arrive in good condition and no treatment needed. I have them in my office tank right now. Brand new tank with rocks from Corpus Christi bay, seeded in the bay for about 1 month, and sand from South Padre Island. Go straight from the Gulf of Mexico to my tank. It is still full of algae, barnacles and feather dusters.
Here are quick pictures with my cell phone. Color a little wash out, the anemones are more colorful in real life.

 

[OrionN]

Pictures of my Meleagris Leopard. Changes over the last 20 months or so. Got her at about 1.5 inch in 12/2018. Now at about 3.5 inches and is in the process of fully change sex.

12/7/2019 Earliest picture I have of her.

6/16/2019

10/22/2019

4/5/2020 The larger one.

7/9/2020

7/11/2020

7/18/2020

7/25/2020

 

[dieselkeeper]

Nice nems. Wish I could get a hold of a gig. Hurricane Hanna heading your way. Stay safe.

 

[OrionN]

Nice nems. Wish I could get a hold of a gig. Hurricane Hanna heading your way. Stay safe.

Thanks.
Try Galactic Coral in Houston. They seem to get a bunch of small Green Gigantea in. I got the tiny ones but they still have medium and large ones for sale.
Hanna is knocking on our door but we should be OK.