wasp Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Wonder if they make bigger versions of these tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I hear rumours of a 4" version... unfortunately a tank with twice the volume would mean twice the cost for corals, and if you punch those numbers into the calculation for determining the amount of grief my Wife would give me Grief = RSM x (new tank volume to the power of length), Grief = RSM x 260 to the power of 4 Grief = The amount of grief I got for the RSM x 4,569,760,000 That's quite a bit of time in the doggy box! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 ouch. And remember, getting out of the doggybox. Where y = amount of brownie points needed, and x = number of favours needed to make 1 brownie poiint, your pretty much screwed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 yust take her out shoe shopping again :lol: that always works 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliolli Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 yust take her out shoe shopping again :lol: that always works 8) lol, are you speaking from personal experience wilson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 My wife's a bit like that she is not happy about any money i spend on the tank. But watching the clownfish in their anemone seems to do it for her, after she watches them for a while she gets like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 lol, are you speaking from personal experience wilson... yea and from what Mrs cONCH said on the weekend :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tui Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 My wife's a bit like that she is not happy about any money i spend on the tank. But watching the clownfish in their anemone seems to do it for her, after she watches them for a while she gets like this :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted September 4, 2007 Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 I am curious how you are supplying enough pods in such a small, new tank to keep your mandarin alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 There are only two fish in the tank, so there isn't too much competition. I started with a cup full of live sand full of all sorts of little bugs, I've introduced live Mysis shrimp, plus a few other creepy-crawlies have come in on corals that have established a population. I feed the tank a lot which keeps the populations up, and I also feed Reef Roids which the fish seems to eat - it has actually fattened up quite a bit and seems happy - it spends most of the day hovering around picking at things - its fun to watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-unit Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 do you dose if so what and how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Errr... I'm a marine newby - what do you mean by 'dose' :oops: I tip a little bit (about a teaspoon) of Seachem Reef Plus into the brine shrimp before I feed the Sun Corals (every second day), but other that I don't add any supplement - I just do 15% week water changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 A few more pics added on the first page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish-unit Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Sweet tank man! hows the clam? he happy enough with that much light? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Real nice! You still "not entirely happy with it yet" :lol: Be interesting to see how you go with that cataphylia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Sweet tank man! hows the clam? he happy enough with that much light? Seems to be - its grown another set of those little ridges on its shell, so I guess its OK. I keep the clear shield over the lights clean - it seems to make quite a bit of difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Real nice! You still "not entirely happy with it yet" :lol: Be interesting to see how you go with that cataphylia. Tell me more... should I be looking out for anything? It is staggering how big it gets - its skeleton is only about 7cm long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I'm no expert cos I've never had one I just keep the easy stuff. They are reputed as being very difficult because they do well for the first few months but then nearly all of them wither away and die and nobody knows why. But in just a few tanks they do well, grow, and even have babies, it's one of those reefing mysteries. If in the future it starts to fade away, let me know, I do know something that will probably get it back to health it would be interesting to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Ive found that reef solution helps with the cats. This is all one of my friends doses and her tank is sweet also keep an eye on Strontium an iodine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Ha! Great minds think alike :lol: Reef Solutions is the thing I was thinking of. The reason I was thinking that is because on the overseas boards I have seen cataphylias often do well in a Miracle Mud tank. I also thought that if a person did not want to dose his whole tank with Reef Solutions, perhaps feeding the cataphylia a small morsel that had been soaked in Reef Solutions would do the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I also thought that if a person did not want to dose his whole tank with Reef Solutions, perhaps feeding the cataphylia a small morsel that had been soaked in Reef Solutions would do the trick. Yeah should work sweet, but dont see any harm dosing the tank its a very good product, plus one bottle would probably last a year as i only dose it 2-3 times a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 helps bring out acro colours too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 helps bring out acro colours too I just colour mine in with felt pen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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