Ben's Tank

[BigC]

Ha Ha welcome to the Cataphyllia club Buddy!.

 

[ben1987]

Cheers BigC, hope it wil grow to be as big as yours

 

[ben1987]

Lost two heads of torch coral to brown jelly

 

[Trod]

Lost two heads of torch coral to brown jelly

Know how you feel Ben I've just lost my torch to the dreaded jelly too.

 

[ben1987]

ordered some live pods, going to start a culture and top up the tank cos i have a new fishy friend

 

[seffieuk]

ordered some live pods, going to start a culture and top up the tank cos i have a new fishy friend

Come on do tell..........or have we got to guess?

My guess is a Mandarin

Seffie x

 

[ben1987]

You guess is right. Didnt want to say as i hadnt seen it all day. Can see its head peeking out now though. Real big fat one so i hop it does ok!

 

[BigC]

Hatch some brineshrimp cysts too Ben, they may go for these also.
Regards
BigC

 

[ben1987]

Cheers bigc,w ill order some too.

Cant see it at the minute though

 

[Trod]

Nice one Ben can't wait to see pictures

 

[seffieuk]

Oh excellent, welcome to the mandarin club photos soon please? Male or female?

Seffie x

 

[ben1987]

Photo's as soon as its a bit braver! not done much apart from hover around the back wall in the rocks so far.

Dont know weather M or F...how do you tell?

 

[ben1987]

Got another lighting upgrade sat on my floor. Swapped my LED's for a 250w mh witrh T's

Need to figure a way of hanging it though first.

Then i plan on either selling/swapping my 150W for some sps in the future.
Going to swap my pussy coral too as that really dont like strong light

 

[Trod]

Photo's as soon as its a bit braver! not done much apart from hover around the back wall in the rocks so far.

Dont know weather M or F...how do you tell?

The male has the much longer dorsal fin I beleive

 

[ben1987]

Cheers Trod, ive no idea then. Still not doing too much. Kinda stays in the darkness. Hope it wasnt too late for it. Pods need to hurry up and come.

oh btw what do you feed you pod culture? phyto?

thx