grabbitt
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Originally Posted by detguy313
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i feel your pain..i lost a golden rhomboid..i was cleaning and he must have jumped when my back was turned..i found him about an hour later all dried up...i was not happy $400 gone like that...i will tell you that eggcrate is not the best for holding flashers in..the can and will fit through i lost a couple that way...it is good for larger fairys but if you can make a top out of some wire mesh that you get in the garden dept. at home depot or lowes..it works way better than eggcrate and i have not lost one fish since going to it..plus there is not much difference in the light coming trough as well...just a thought when you get back and we work out a trade i have some left over i could show you how i made my top and hook you up with the mesh...sorry to hear about your fish..it really sucks to see a fish go like that
Ouch! I don't think I could convince myself to buy a $400 fish that is a known jumper. Fortunately, this flasher only put me about 35 bucks in the hole, but it still sucks to have lost him. The mesh you're talking about sounds like a safer bet than egg crate. I think it would also work better since the egg crate, being a light diffuser, is thicker and wider, thereby blocking a lot of light coming in from the top and towards the sides.
Since I am so impatient, though, I made another run to the LFS today and picked up a new guy. I made sure this one was bigger, lol... He's got a good belly goin, so I think he's too chubby to squeeze through the crate. The ID on him was a blue-sided wrasse. I don't know if its correct, but he's got a bright red head, a light-royal blue belly, and green/yellow sides with an orange dorsal fin.. Very cool coloration. Any ideas on this one? I'll get some pics up as soon as I can (he's spent all day hiding)...
http:///forum/post/2585660
i feel your pain..i lost a golden rhomboid..i was cleaning and he must have jumped when my back was turned..i found him about an hour later all dried up...i was not happy $400 gone like that...i will tell you that eggcrate is not the best for holding flashers in..the can and will fit through i lost a couple that way...it is good for larger fairys but if you can make a top out of some wire mesh that you get in the garden dept. at home depot or lowes..it works way better than eggcrate and i have not lost one fish since going to it..plus there is not much difference in the light coming trough as well...just a thought when you get back and we work out a trade i have some left over i could show you how i made my top and hook you up with the mesh...sorry to hear about your fish..it really sucks to see a fish go like that
Ouch! I don't think I could convince myself to buy a $400 fish that is a known jumper. Fortunately, this flasher only put me about 35 bucks in the hole, but it still sucks to have lost him. The mesh you're talking about sounds like a safer bet than egg crate. I think it would also work better since the egg crate, being a light diffuser, is thicker and wider, thereby blocking a lot of light coming in from the top and towards the sides.
Since I am so impatient, though, I made another run to the LFS today and picked up a new guy. I made sure this one was bigger, lol... He's got a good belly goin, so I think he's too chubby to squeeze through the crate. The ID on him was a blue-sided wrasse. I don't know if its correct, but he's got a bright red head, a light-royal blue belly, and green/yellow sides with an orange dorsal fin.. Very cool coloration. Any ideas on this one? I'll get some pics up as soon as I can (he's spent all day hiding)...
i AM PICKING UP tek lighitng this weekend finally and also buying a solar flare for my other 75 gal.
