ghostface Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 'ere tis http://www.blowfish.co.nz/tank/ missing new sump pics though, have converted old display tank into sump for a bit more volume & to handle more evaporation. 6x2x2 foot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speed Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Very nice tank... I like the aquascaping and the wide open swimming spaces for the fish. I see your bed is beside your tank. Isn't it noisy when it's bedtime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Gunner Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Awesome setup - What was the size and setup on your old tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Very cool. I really like the overhang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 thats a couch not a bed old tank was 3x1.5x1.5 foot, 1x 150w halide, deltec 850. same sump as the one in the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Very cool. I really like the overhang! Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Cool! I see the copperband, is he still hanging in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveA Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Very nice. Reminds me of my next challenge - to successfull introduce a CBB. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 copperband still swimming, havent seen him eat anything yet but there is plenty for him in there. he seems heaps more active when the lights go off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Love that fish would love one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 copperband still swimming, havent seen him eat anything yet How long have you had him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 3 or 4 weeks, i presume that it wasnt eating in quarantine either. got it as soon as it came into the shop. [saw you leave from dropping it and other stuff off] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Reminds me of my next challenge - to successfull introduce a CBB same finnicky but awesome fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 They can be trained to eat flake & pellets but it takes a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 i also hear they can be trained to eat peanuts and stand on their fins, anyone managed to do it? by seriously, IMO a CBB is one of the most beautiful marine fish around. very delicate looking and very elegant in their movements. a true classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Haven't got mine eating peanuts yet, but after several months of training he is eating pellets. But only from my fingers, ignores them if they're floating around. I am keeping him in a seperate tank so the other fish don't eat all the food, & spend 5 or 10 minutes a day training him. It's been a long slow process but the end is in sight now, once he can also eat flake he will go in the main. One thing for sure, after all the time & effort I've put in to him if anything happened to him I'd be MAJORLY upset! If I can snap it, I'll put up a pic of him eating out of my fingers, which I have had to make him do so I can get him to eat stuff without being able to see what it is. When I got him he would only eat live baby glass shrimps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Here's a pic of mine eating from my fingers, please excuse poor photography the lighting is not the best in the garage. Once he learned how to eat chopped mussel I got him to eat from my fingers, so now I have blended some mussel to pulp in the blender, and mix it with pellet. He eats from my fingers so he doesn't know it's pellets. At first it was all mussel with just a few pellets, and I'm slowly decreaseing the amount of mussel so hopefully he will eventually just eat pellets. Then I'll do the same thing to get him to eat flake, and then hopefully he will be able to go in with other fish. There is nothing in my small tank for him to eat naturally, he will have to eat fish food. He was a very small fish when I got him, he has close to doubled in size in a few months, probably because he has a tank to himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 nice van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Yup, bought it written off and panelbeated & painted it myself!! I'm not a panelbeater but once did a 6 month stint labouring in a panelbeating shop so can do that stuff if I've got enough time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 mite give that a go... will need to run a tank linked to the main system, as i dont have the resources to do a completely seperate setup like your garage. if it was easy it wouldnt be fun.... :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 i could put him in the sump as opposed to a seperate tank, waddaya rekon wasp? might be a bit dicey in there for it..... sump is 90x45x45cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 Should work although yours is a largish CB, in a smallish sump, you would need to put a foam filter over the pump inlet to prevent the shrimps dissapearing up it. But confining the CB to a smallish tank where a steady supply of food can be floated around him is the right idea to get him started eating, if he is not already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 I think ill do some work in there to make it a bit safer first, prob put it in there this weekend. the fish doesnt seem to be in to bad a condition, but i guess its hard to tell until theyre floating.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted February 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2006 it didnt float it sunk im picking it was one of the asia-captured ones, apparently the australian-captured ones are much more likeky to adapt, due to better [net] capture techniques rather than chemical :evil: and better handling. it seemed like this copperband was actually blind - kept hitting rocks / corals, wouldnt flinch when you moved your hands suddenly in front of it etc. not sure if this was caused by the way it was caught or if it was crook already before capture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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