Fmxmatt Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I wanna get him now, but he'd have to sit at work for 4 hours, not good for the wee fulla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I wanna get him now, but he'd have to sit at work for 4 hours, not good for the wee fulla He should be able to handle it, ours came overnight on the courier in a poly box. When we lifted the bag out, it was laying like a sunken leaf on the bottom of the bag. Kevin said 'he's knackered', but I had read that they are prone to sulking and playing dead when transported, so I drip accliamatised him over a couple of hours and he's fine - sulked for a couple of days though. He's a cheeky little bugger, and likes to swim the currents in the tank getting perilously close to the BTA, and when the Maroon Clown decides that he is too close and has a go, the Wrasse goes for his eyes - needless to say, the clown backs down. Not scared of the Royal Snottyback , either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 LOL Snottyback He'll be alright til tomorrow at the shop. I've heard they're not good travellers so hopefully he makes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 It seemed pretty healthy yesturday - plenty of flesh on its bones, and swimming fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Will he need 2 hours acclim? I think the longest i've ever acclimitised a fish has been 30 mins, and haven't lost any doing it that way (and it wasn't drip acclim either) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphire Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Sixline Wrasse sold :oops: Nice! is that mandarin still there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I reckon you'd be best to take as long as you can - I generally put them in the tank, in their bag to heat up, then go watch telly. Each advert break I remove some water from the bag with a glass, tip it down the drain, then refill the bag with the same amount of tank water. After about 40 minutes, I net the fish and put it in the tank - that way if their is anything nasty in the transport water most of it will get flushed away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I'm assuming that ur meaning tank water, not tap water?? Thats my normal acclimitisation procedure anyway, but even with lights off I find that most fish get more and more stressed the longer they're in the bag for. I'll keep doing what I normally do then, but maybe take a wee while longer Sapphire, I didn't see the mandarin, I think he might've been sold? There were 3 small shrimp, 2 little clowns (Tash wanted to swap ours for those ones! haha) Flame Angel and the Wrasse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Yes, TANK water - remind me not to buy fish on Friday afternoons :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I only dripped him because by the time I got him the water was pretty cold, and I didn't want to float him, cos as you say, even with the lights off the fish seem to stress some. And having a nosey Maroon clown twice your size eyeing you up through the bag wouldn't help, either... How long you drip them for depends on what sort of syphon setup you use from your main tank, mine was a couple of bits of airline with a valve in the middle to adjust the rate, but it runs pretty slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I dont have the setup for drip acclimitisation, and if my clowns are little buggers about it, they'll come out of the tank while I sort the wrasse out (easy to catch because they're so bloody worried i'm gunna touch their torch coral, so they hang round and defend it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 the mandarin was in the same tank as sixline but he hides up the back corner you need to get down to see him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 I wouldn't have thought they'd get along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Its gone now anyhoo... was definitely one of the most colourful I've seen, but also the smallest. Hope it has a good new home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 So wilson (and others), having viewed it in the flesh, do you have any comments / constructive criticism of my RSM? I'm always glad to hear what other people think, including what they do and don't like about it - give me your thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Tank looks great, Cant think of any changes to make. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 i thk it looks great - wish i had my camera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 Cant think of any changes to make. bigger tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 :lol: Not until I get rid of some freshwater tanks... but yes, I can see myself ending up with one big marine tank eventually. I really do find it a lot more rewarding than freshwater now - I like that it is always changing and requires ongoing learning. With freshwater you reach a kind of critical mass with knowledge and you can turn your hand to most aspects of it from there, whereas with saltwater there is always something new to learn, and everything you change affects everything else, and not always as you had assumed it would. I like the challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmxmatt Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Lol Thats what happened with me. Tried to keep my 2 freshy tanks once I started my Marine... they lasted 3 weeks before I had offloaded them onto someone else. I find marine much more exciting Make sure you buy BIG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Here's a link to some aftermarket lighting upgrades for RSM's - similar probably available elsewhere (I'm not aware of anything available locally), but these seem like nice examples; http://www.nanocustoms.com/index.php?manufacturers_id=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 There's a strange creature on my tank... :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 So cute.... Whats his/hers/thing name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nimbus (or Nimby, Nimrod, Nimstick, Bus, Bus-bus, Noo-noo-noo-noo-noo depending upon who is talking to him) :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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