Wow, looks great @ombomb. Love the closeup of the goby/shrimp
From Nano And Beyond
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kj23502
lazy dayz
Cool. Love the tank. The goby/shrimp picture is really cute 
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@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
just bought 20KG of LR on ebay, picking it up tomorrow!
will be putting about 15 in the nano and 5 in the big tank
fish next weekend i think
will be putting about 15 in the nano and 5 in the big tank
fish next weekend i think
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@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
Had my eye on these for for a couple of months now but the price tag put me off, got taken into the fish shop to buy "a little something" for my birthday and went to check their tank as usual, saw they were reserved and was disappointed... saw they were reserved for me and was very happy!!!
After a bit of agro from the tang they seem to be settling well, Tang is still wary and patrolling, but not bothering them anymore. I was suprised by the tang, it's been so docile with everything else in the tank, but really worked itself up about these two at first, but I suppose these's just no such thing as a "peaceful tang"
Anyway, let's play IDENTIFY THE FISH!!!!
Aclimatising:
Checking out the surroundings:
Female:
Relaxing now:
Shocking photo quality, better images to follow tomorrow when they're a bit more settled.
While I remember... picked up the rock today, lots of life on it and out of a very well established system (from a minimum of 170G display tank a week or so ago and being stored in the sump of a 11'x3'x4' display since) so the nano will be back up and running tomorrow!
After a bit of agro from the tang they seem to be settling well, Tang is still wary and patrolling, but not bothering them anymore. I was suprised by the tang, it's been so docile with everything else in the tank, but really worked itself up about these two at first, but I suppose these's just no such thing as a "peaceful tang"
Anyway, let's play IDENTIFY THE FISH!!!!
Aclimatising:
Checking out the surroundings:
Female:
Relaxing now:
Shocking photo quality, better images to follow tomorrow when they're a bit more settled.
While I remember... picked up the rock today, lots of life on it and out of a very well established system (from a minimum of 170G display tank a week or so ago and being stored in the sump of a 11'x3'x4' display since) so the nano will be back up and running tomorrow!
Are those some kind of Anthias?
tangokitty
Fish Addict
they are really nice looking but I have no idea what they are! Did you get them a a birthday gift?!
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@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
yes, they were suprise birthday presents
yes they are a type of anthias, marked in the shop as "deep sea anthias", i believe that they're Holanthias Borbonius (Checked Swallowtail) - http
/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23333
supposed to make for excellent community fish, just very rarely found in fish shops
yes they are a type of anthias, marked in the shop as "deep sea anthias", i believe that they're Holanthias Borbonius (Checked Swallowtail) - http
/www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=23333supposed to make for excellent community fish, just very rarely found in fish shops
littleme1969
Fish Herder
$199 for one fish Speachless.. yes they are nice but not £100 quids worth nice..lol
Love the shrimp & goby pic did you buy them together ?
Any more full tank shots and hows the Tang doing? no doubt making short work of your macros by now
Speachless.. yes they are nice but not £100 quids worth nice..lolLove the shrimp & goby pic
did you buy them together ?Any more full tank shots and hows the Tang doing? no doubt making short work of your macros by now
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@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
Been busy at work but should have some tomorrow.
Tangs doing very well, seems a little disinterested in the Macros, which is a little annoying as there's a fair bit of sargassum developing which he really ought to be dealing with! It's calmed down a lot around the anthias thankfully, still shoos them away occasionally, but it's very half hearted.
Yes I bought the Goby and Shrimp as a confirmed pair about 8 months ago for the nano and I'm very glad I did, hugely entertaining and endearing AND they're OK in a tank as small as 10G, the perfect nano residents!
I'm afraid they were a bit more than that, but they're superb fish, trust me Not hugely active when the main lights are on still, but always roaming the tank under actinics / moonlights, they'll get more active during the day over time.
Tangs doing very well, seems a little disinterested in the Macros, which is a little annoying as there's a fair bit of sargassum developing which he really ought to be dealing with! It's calmed down a lot around the anthias thankfully, still shoos them away occasionally, but it's very half hearted.
Yes I bought the Goby and Shrimp as a confirmed pair about 8 months ago for the nano and I'm very glad I did, hugely entertaining and endearing AND they're OK in a tank as small as 10G, the perfect nano residents!
I'm afraid they were a bit more than that, but they're superb fish, trust me
Not hugely active when the main lights are on still, but always roaming the tank under actinics / moonlights, they'll get more active during the day over time.
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@ombomb
Fish Gatherer
Well the anthias have settled in very well, much more confident with the lights on, the tang seems to completely ignore them now and they're eating very well.
Looking at ways to up the calcium level of the tank in preparation of more hard corals and still trying to decide on a fish that I can buy a few of for upper water level movement / colour, still keen on chromis as the colour is a nice contrast to the other fish in the tank.
Some pics!
FTS
Not much has changed really other than it's far more peaceful and you can actually see all the fish for once.
Male anthias
You can see the tang just behind it, both ignoring one another.
Pair
Just hanging around the entrance to their cave.
Looking at ways to up the calcium level of the tank in preparation of more hard corals and still trying to decide on a fish that I can buy a few of for upper water level movement / colour, still keen on chromis as the colour is a nice contrast to the other fish in the tank.
Some pics!
FTS
Not much has changed really other than it's far more peaceful and you can actually see all the fish for once.
Male anthias
You can see the tang just behind it, both ignoring one another.
Pair
Just hanging around the entrance to their cave.
Loony Fish
Fishaholic
i'm a fresh water guy but that is a really cool tank. what is that yellow fish under the rock and why isn't it eating the shrimp?
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