Archive for May 2007
New goodies
Posted on Sunday, 06 May, 2007 at 2:43 PM by miskairal
Back in 2005 I saw a fish in a pet shop that I so fell in love with. It was the Psychedelic Mandarin (Synchiropus Splendidus) and the one I saw was in a nano and putting on a great show for us, checking us out. Well yesterday I finally got my own Psychedelic Mandarin. She is tiny, only about 4cm long and she likes to watch us. I think I will name her Whoopi for her flamboyant dress sense and big lips. I have released Whoopi straight in with Angelina with no quarantine so she has a plentiful supply of pods. Blags had her a few weeks so it is less likely she is carrying white spot. He says she is eating brine shrimp and nori of all things.
I also got a Bicolor Blenny to replace the Midas Blenny I lost last year. I've named him/her Dave after my brother who really liked one of these when I took him to the same petshop back in 2005. Dave is in quarantine in my 120 litre tank but I only have about 80 litres of water in it. There are heaps of hidey holes in there in the form of old bioballs and pvc pipes laying round and some pieces of egg crate. Dave has found a few bioballs to hangout in and poked his head out to watch me. Dave is only about 5cm long.
Two new corals as well, neither of which I can get decent photos of. One is a lovely yellow Alveopora and the other is a Euphyllia Ancora, I think also known as hammer coral. So we shall see how they fare in my tank. I've kind of decided that some things suit and some don't.
Again a big thankyou to Pete and Sue for getting this stock to me via Sue's lovely Dad, Stuart.
Edited on: Sunday, 06 May, 2007 4:51 PMPosted in Corals (RSS), Fish (RSS)
Other Critters
Posted on Thursday, 03 May, 2007 at 1:22 PM by miskairal
Came with Live rock October 2005
1 Cucumber. Died
mid 2006
1 red crab
2 Corallimorphs
3rd Feb 2006
5 Hermit crabs (small). July 2007 I think only 1 left
8th March 2006 with Peregian tank
1 Anemone, bleached (I think a bta)
Purple
corallimorphs
Fluffy Corallimorphs
Red crab, Large
1
Hermit crab, Large Died 22nd July 2007
Majano
Zoanthids
10th August 2006
Zoanthids
23rd August 2006
Green Corallimorphs from Alf_D
16th March 2007
Corallimorphs, green, blue, orange and brown
21st July 2007
6 micro hermits
4 Trochus snails
1 urchin
orange
centred zoanthids
green mushy
Posted in Other Critters (RSS), Stocktake (RSS)
Coral
Posted on Thursday, 03 May, 2007 at 12:57 PM by miskairal
Came with original live rock in October 2005
2
x Favia sp (1 brown, one brown with green centres)
2 x Galaxeas.
All
appear to have died during March-May 2007
6th Dec 2005
1 x Leather Coral Sarcophyton
8th Mar 2006
1 Small Leather Sarcophyton Died about 2 months
later suddenly
1 Duncanopsammia
1 Probably Heliofungia
29th April 2006
Scolymia Australis I believe. Bright orange.
10th August 2006
1 Scolymia I believe. Bright darkish green
1
Cynarina I believe. Opaque brown with inside "lights"
1
Elegance Catalaphyllia Jardinei
1 combo brain with 2 extending
probable sea fans
23rd August 2006
1 Pavona from Alf_D (posted
in the mail from Sydney) Died during July 2007
12th Oct 2006 (Kingaroy rescue)
1 Sinularia Died
July 2007
1 Gonipora Died June 2007
16th March 2007
1 Blastomussa Merletti
1 Symphyllia
1
acanthastrea lordhowensis
5th May 2007
1 Alveopora
1 Euphyllia
Ancora, a sick piece that was given to me Died July 2007
21st July 2007
1 medium acanthastrea lordhowensis
1 yellow fungia
1
green lobophyllia
Zoanthids, green with orange centre
green
corallimorph
Posted in Corals (RSS), Stocktake (RSS)
Fish
Posted on Tuesday, 01 May, 2007 at 4:53 PM by miskairal
8th Nov 2005 2 x Ocellaris clownfish Amphiprion ocellaris (Mork and Mindy)
6th Dec 2005 1 x Coral Beauty Centropyge bispinosus (Beauty)
8th March 2006 1 x Sailfin Tang zebrasoma veliferum (Tangy)
19th Oct 2006 1 x Decorated Goby Istigobius decoratus (Gollum)
16th Mar 2007 1 x Spotted Mandarin Synchiropus picturatus Female (Angelina 2)
5th May 2007 1 x Psychedelic Mandarin Synchiropus splendidus Female
5th May 2007 1 x Bicolor Blenny ecsenius bicolor (Dave)
6th Dec 2005 2 x Pyjama Cardinals Sphaeramia
nematoptera
died following tank break 8th Dec 2006
25th July 2006 1 Spotted Mandarin Synchiropus
picturatus Female (Angelina 1)
died from white spot 24th Sep 2006
25th July 2006 1 x Midas Blenny Ecsenius midas
(Nugget)
died 3rd Aug 2006 after weir/bioball accident
22nd Aug 2006 1 x Goatfish Parupeneus
barberinoides
died from white spot 23rd Sep 2006
Posted in Fish (RSS), Stocktake (RSS)
Tanks
Posted on Tuesday, 01 May, 2007 at 4:06 PM by miskairal
Peregian Tank
121 x 35 x 40cm holds approx 170 litres
Sump
46 x 31 x 16.5cm holds approx 23 litres
Total 192 litres
3 x 4ft
NO fluoros
1 Powerhead
1 x 200W heater
Tank 2
5 x 2 x 2. Approx 450 litres to fill it with rock and
sand already in there
Sump holds approx 75 litres
Total 525litres
3
x 150W MH lights (14,000k)
1 x Actinic 4 ft fluoro tubes
2 x Tunze
Turbelle 6000 streams
Tunze 7095 multicontroller
Tunze in tank
skimmer (I think 3130)
2 x 300W heaters
Quarantine Tank (Not active at present)
Approx. 120 litres,
nearly 4 foot long and about 12 inches wide,
this is an ex freshwater
tank and is ideal for quarantine
No sump
Eheim canister filter
2215 with sponges only
Powerhead
bioballs and ceramic pieces
scattered around
PVC pipe of varying widths
Heater (I think it's
100W) My 30 year old fluor desk light
Tank 1 (no longer with us)
6 x 2 x 2.5. Approx
680 litres
Sump holds approx 75 litres
Total 750 litres
2 x
150W MH lights (14,000k)
4 x NO 4 ft fluoro tubes
2 x Tunze
Turbelle 6000 streams
Tunze 7095 multicontroller
Tunze in tank
skimmer (I think 3130)
2 x 300W heaters
Peregian Tank
Posted on Tuesday, 01 May, 2007 at 3:51 PM by miskairal
I bought a tank 2nd hand from a guy at Peregian Beach on the Sunshine Coast of Qld in March 2006. It measures 121 x 35 x 40cm and has a central rear weir with a sump that measures 46 x 31 x 16.5cm. Unfortunately the centre brace runs right over the top of the weir making access to the weir next to impossible. It came with a small sand bed in both the sump and the tank, maybe 5cm deep which appears to consist of coarse coral pieces. The sump contained bio balls which I finally removed after I lost my Midas Blenny to them. The tank contained a fair amount of barren looking live rock with little or no coralline algae. It has a Queen skimmer which I have never used, in part because the tank has had so little stock in it most of the time, but also because of the cost of running yet another pump which I don't think is necessary on this tank. Lighting consisted of 2 x 150W Metal halides with new bulbs (14000k DE) and 2 spare unused bulbs but I took the lighting to use on my main tank as they have proper covers encasing them. The tank is now lit only by 3 x NO fluoro tubes that are 4 feet long. 2 are actinic and one is white. Water movement was only done with 2 small powerheads and the return. I bought it to use as a seahorse tank as my husband, Tony, really likes seahorses. I do too but after more reading I found that they are prone to health problems that I don't think I should tackle until I have had more experience.
Stock consisted of a Sailfin tang (Tangy) , a bleached anemone and
some bleached fluffy mushrooms and a duncanopsammia and what I'm pretty
sure is a heliofungia which I also moved to my main tank. I have left a
snail and a large hermit crab in there along with one group of fluffy
mushrooms. I have had a few things grow in there - an unknown coral,
mojano and a little group of 3 zoanthids that are brown with a green
centre. I have added the cowrie that came from the friend's tank. I have
also added a 3 of the corallimorphs I got from blags in March. This tank
is loaded with copepods and amphipods as well as bristle worms and
spaghetti worms. There is also a large red crab that I have seen at
night only.
On the 16th March 2007 I bought a second Mandarin, again a spotted
mandarin (Synchiropus picturatus) and female. I've named her
Angelina 2 in remembrance of that great little Angelina 1. A2 eats
frozen brine shrimp and I've seen her eat Granumarin granules and spit
them out. I have also seen her enter her "diner" which I am teaching
her to do so that if ever I have to move her she will know where her
food comes from OR if I should have to put competitive fish in with
her.
Posted in Peregian 4 foot (RSS)