Azfishgal New Tank Diary!

azfishgal

azfishgal

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Originally Posted by NBZAK
Hi AzGal, I've been reading your thread for a while now, I live in Sierra Vista, AZ......grew up in Phx though. Went this week to Phx and visited the swf stores that were mentioned in the thread earlier and they were great...The Petsmart was better than I would have imagined.

We have a new home construction going on, I just recv'd my 240gal tank a week ago and tomorrow we (they) are building the stand which will be built in the wall as a room divider.
The weather here in S.V. did not get over 90 degrees all weekend. It is much easier to take than the >100 degrees.
Thanks for all your advice along your way. It's kind of fun to know your typing to someone in your own state. Even though everyone does sound very helpful throughout. Anyway Thanks again. NBZAK

Always nice to see another Arizonan on here. I have to say, I'm jealous of the size of tank you are going to have. When we build our new house (a few years down the road) I want to have an in wall tank with the room behind it as my "fish room". Dreams are important, right?

And yes, I would LOVE to live in your kind of weather. Every summer I ask myself WHY?????!!!!!
Oh, that's right, have to live where my husband's job is.

Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
Hey azfishgal, when are you going to put your sailfin tang in your main tank?
Funny you should ask, it's TODAY!!!!
I need to get off the computer so I can do it. I'm also going to the lfs and trade in some Xenia and Kenya Tree for my Yellow Tang.
 
azfishgal

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The Sailfin is now in my DT.
I added the Sailfin 30 minutes before the lights came on, so she would have time to get used to the tank before she was blinded with lights. A funny thing happened though when I dropped her in the tank, the other fish took one look at the Sailfin and scattered like scared mice into hiding.
I've never seen my fish move so fast and it was ALL of them except the male Anthias. He stuck around to see what this new intruder was all about. I was surprised to see the Sailfin NOT go into hiding, but instead swam around as if he was looking to see where the other fish had gone. You would have thought I put a shark in the tank, it was really funny. One by one though, they came out of hiding to welcome the new tank mate. Dory (my Hippo Tang) stayed hidden the longest but has since warmed up to the Sailfin and seems to follow her around a lot. No fighting to speak of, just curious about each other and 4 hours later things are going very well. The sailfin is having LOTS of fun swimming around the large tank after being cooped up in the QT.
Looks like I won't be able to trade my corals in for the Yellow Tang like I had thought. But that's ok, I'll still be getting one, but I may wait until Monday, since I will be gone on Saturday and Sunday. The Yellow Tang will be the last fish to go in my tank and I will be about done with stocking my tank. I have four small zoo frags on their way, and then I will also add some SPS in the future. But, for the most part I'll be done and I can now sit back and watch it grow.
OK, here are some pictures.




 
katz

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Look like he likes the DT a lot better than the QT. I wish I could find some nice lookin zoos. My LFS only gets the common and every where else I look wants $50 for eight polyps.
I need to update my page as the Kole tang is in the DT and I have a blue hippo in one QT and a Sailfin in the other.
Your tank is looking great!!!!!!!!!
Katz
 
azfishgal

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Well, it seems like my BTA is splitting already. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. Now instead of worrying about one BTA moving around I will soon have two, and then have to feed two different BTAs.
(My clowns are still not going near it.) I'll try and get a good picture when the lights come on, but it's in the back of my tank, so you can't really see the "splitting" part.
Hey, Azaintcold, do you want a BTA, for FREE!
 
azaintcold

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Originally Posted by azfishgal
Well, it seems like my BTA is splitting already. Not sure if that's a good thing or not. Now instead of worrying about one BTA moving around I will soon have two, and then have to feed two different BTAs.
(My clowns are still not going near it.) I'll try and get a good picture when the lights come on, but it's in the back of my tank, so you can't really see the "splitting" part.
Hey, Azaintcold, do you want a BTA, for FREE!


Thanks Wendy, I appreciate the offer.
I'm going to pass though just because my tank is becoming pretty SPS dominated, and they sound like a handful. I would take it to the PROP auctions on the 15th of this month though. I'm sure someone would be glad to buy that sucker.
 
deltablack22

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Originally Posted by azfishgal
Well, it seems like my BTA is splitting already.
I HATE anemones... I'd much rather have my clowns host a big frogspawn that I can place rather than have one of those nomads... At least with the split you could re-coup some of the money you spent on it!
 
azfishgal

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Originally Posted by DeltaBlack22
I HATE anemones... I'd much rather have my clowns host a big frogspawn that I can place rather than have one of those nomads... At least with the split you could re-coup some of the money you spent on it!
Ya, I'm going to see if some local reefer wants to buy the second one. We have a pretty good local club here, so I'm sure I"ll be able to give him a good home. I'm starting to feel the way you do, but my husband likes him, so he's still in the tank for now. But one false move and he's a gonner.

On another not so smart of a move on my part, my new Yellow Tang that I have in QT has HLLE, I'm pretty sure anyway. I didn't notice it at the store as they didn't have good lighting but after sticking him in the QT and taking a closer look, I"m sure he has HLLE.
So now I have to try and nurse it back to health before it goes into the DT. The fact he's in a QT will help, I just hope I can help him get his full color back and fatten him up a bit. So far he's not eating, but not unusual for that to happen to a new fish. I did put some Vita-Chem in the water to try and speed things up a bit, so we'll see how it goes in the next few weeks. And you know......I had some doubts about this fish, but went against my better judgement and got him anway.
You should always go with your first gut feeling.
 
katz

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Ow man Azfishgal that sucks that the tang has HLLE. I hope that it pulls thru. Good luck and keep us posted.
Katz
 
azfishgal

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Originally Posted by Coral Keeper
Hey AZ, is your sailfin in the DT? Post a few pics of your yellow tang and sailfin tang.
Go to page 22 and you'll see pics of my Sailfin in the DT. I will try and get pics of my Yellow Tang tomorrow.
 
azfishgal

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Originally Posted by Katz
Ow man Azfishgal that sucks that the tang has HLLE. I hope that it pulls thru. Good luck and keep us posted.
Katz
Well, he's not bad and at least he's in the QT so I can really focus on his needs. If there was better lighting in the tank he was in at the lfs I wouldn't have brought him home. But with the bad lighting and the fact he's Yellow made it hard to see. Oh well, maybe I can be this little guy's angel or something.
 
deltablack22

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Originally Posted by azfishgal
Ya, I'm going to see if some local reefer wants to buy the second one. We have a pretty good local club here, so I'm sure I"ll be able to give him a good home. I'm starting to feel the way you do, but my husband likes him, so he's still in the tank for now. But one false move and he's a gonner.

On another not so smart of a move on my part, my new Yellow Tang that I have in QT has HLLE, I'm pretty sure anyway. I didn't notice it at the store as they didn't have good lighting but after sticking him in the QT and taking a closer look, I"m sure he has HLLE.
So now I have to try and nurse it back to health before it goes into the DT. The fact he's in a QT will help, I just hope I can help him get his full color back and fatten him up a bit. So far he's not eating, but not unusual for that to happen to a new fish. I did put some Vita-Chem in the water to try and speed things up a bit, so we'll see how it goes in the next few weeks. And you know......I had some doubts about this fish, but went against my better judgement and got him anway.
You should always go with your first gut feeling.

Ok, I can top this... Maybe it will make you feel better... Tonight me and my wife went to the fish store and I picked up a jawfish for $30. I only have the pair of clowns in the frag tank and wanted a bottom dweller, so I thought he would be a good choice. Well I got everything home, started the acclimation process and about an hour later went around to check on the progress. I found the jawfish, stiff as a board on the carpet. I was sooooo mad I could scream. Long story short I got drunk and my wife burried him in the backyard. It just blew my mind that he didnt even make it to the tank.... At least you can try to nurse yours back to health. Mine is 6 inches under kicking up daisies.
 
azfishgal

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Originally Posted by DeltaBlack22
Ok, I can top this... Maybe it will make you feel better... Tonight me and my wife went to the fish store and I picked up a jawfish for $30. I only have the pair of clowns in the frag tank and wanted a bottom dweller, so I thought he would be a good choice. Well I got everything home, started the acclimation process and about an hour later went around to check on the progress. I found the jawfish, stiff as a board on the carpet. I was sooooo mad I could scream. Long story short I got drunk and my wife burried him in the backyard. It just blew my mind that he didnt even make it to the tank.... At least you can try to nurse yours back to health. Mine is 6 inches under kicking up daisies.
Sorry, it did make me feel better.
I take it you didn't have a cover on your acclimation bucket - oh ya, they jump. So I guess we both learned a hard lesson today. Poor little Jawfish.
At least you can drink. I have a terrible head cold and drugged up so adding alcohol, with two small kids in the house, would be a bad idea.
Drink one for me, ok.
 
azaintcold

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Ah. Total bummer about the HLLE. You'll get through it though. I'm sure you know about it, but Garlic really got my powder blue's attention to start eating. I soaked a seaweed strip in it and then put it on the veggie clip. He loves the stuff. My tang is pretty picky, won't even eat mysis. The only thing he eats is the seaweed on a clip, or extremely small pieces of squid.
 
deltablack22

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Originally Posted by azfishgal
Sorry, it did make me feel better.
I take it you didn't have a cover on your acclimation bucket - oh ya, they jump. So I guess we both learned a hard lesson today. Poor little Jawfish.
At least you can drink. I have a terrible head cold and drugged up so adding alcohol, with two small kids in the house, would be a bad idea.
Drink one for me, ok.
No I didnt have a cover on the bucket. Hard lesson learned I suppose. Good luck with the Yellow Tang. I dont know anything about the disease, wish I could be of more help.
 
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