My fishies!
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carshark
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Originally Posted by tnt
Thanks! That's how he (lion named Mufasa) is 90% of the time! You can't hardly look into the aquarium without him in your face! He's probably my favorite!
What do you feed your foxface? We just got ours and he is very thin. He's eating pellets and red seaweed that you see on the clip.
well to start i feed him a varied diet, he loves meaty foods, i feed him green seaweed on a daily basis and once a day i usually treat him to some brine, he loves that!! he is real healthy and getting fat!! not too fat just right!
is that picasso staying away from the foxface?? he seems like he would tear him a new...ummm hole. how big is your tank?
Thanks! That's how he (lion named Mufasa) is 90% of the time! You can't hardly look into the aquarium without him in your face! He's probably my favorite!
What do you feed your foxface? We just got ours and he is very thin. He's eating pellets and red seaweed that you see on the clip.
well to start i feed him a varied diet, he loves meaty foods, i feed him green seaweed on a daily basis and once a day i usually treat him to some brine, he loves that!! he is real healthy and getting fat!! not too fat just right!
is that picasso staying away from the foxface?? he seems like he would tear him a new...ummm hole. how big is your tank?
carshark
Active Member
Originally Posted by tnt
Thanks! That's how he (lion named Mufasa) is 90% of the time! You can't hardly look into the aquarium without him in your face! He's probably my favorite!
What do you feed your foxface? We just got ours and he is very thin. He's eating pellets and red seaweed that you see on the clip.
umm you may wanna try to rub fresh garlic all over the sea salads, it will help his immune system and entice him to eat more towards the veggie diet which is healthier for him.
Thanks! That's how he (lion named Mufasa) is 90% of the time! You can't hardly look into the aquarium without him in your face! He's probably my favorite!
What do you feed your foxface? We just got ours and he is very thin. He's eating pellets and red seaweed that you see on the clip.
umm you may wanna try to rub fresh garlic all over the sea salads, it will help his immune system and entice him to eat more towards the veggie diet which is healthier for him.
tnt
Member
Thanks guys!!! My husband and I haven't agreed on a name for the picasso yet. I want to call him Remmington, but my husband wants to call him some famous painters name...I don't remember.
The picasso is fairly docile. Occassionally he chases the foxface or damsel, but he hasn't actually attacked anyone...yet. He's extremely well-fed. He's nice and fat so I think that helps.
Right now everyone is in a 55g, as they are all fairly small right now. But I'm working on getting a 125g from a relative.
I did just buy some sort of cubes the foxface is supposed to like. They're green with seaweed and brine shrimp in them.
We haven't named the foxface yet either. Any suggestions? Our 3 stripe is usually referred to as Black & White. I know, real original. We also have a small yellowtail damsel that's called Lil' Blue--again with the originality. I expected him to be eaten long ago, but he's a good hider!
The picasso is fairly docile. Occassionally he chases the foxface or damsel, but he hasn't actually attacked anyone...yet. He's extremely well-fed. He's nice and fat so I think that helps.
Right now everyone is in a 55g, as they are all fairly small right now. But I'm working on getting a 125g from a relative.
I did just buy some sort of cubes the foxface is supposed to like. They're green with seaweed and brine shrimp in them.
We haven't named the foxface yet either. Any suggestions? Our 3 stripe is usually referred to as Black & White. I know, real original. We also have a small yellowtail damsel that's called Lil' Blue--again with the originality. I expected him to be eaten long ago, but he's a good hider!
lennon
Member
Originally Posted by tnt
Thought I'd share some of my tank inhabitants!
Beautiful!
What size is your tank?
I wanted a nemo and dory fish too...lol
you are able to keep a lion together with them? That is great because I wanted one too.
How often do you maintain and how long have you been doing this with success?
I would love to get into this hobby soon!
Thought I'd share some of my tank inhabitants!
Beautiful!
What size is your tank?
I wanted a nemo and dory fish too...lol
you are able to keep a lion together with them? That is great because I wanted one too.
How often do you maintain and how long have you been doing this with success?
I would love to get into this hobby soon!
tnt
Member
Originally Posted by carshark
umm you may wanna try to rub fresh garlic all over the sea salads, it will help his immune system and entice him to eat more towards the veggie diet which is healthier for him.
I've seen people talking about using garlic, but I wasn't sure how they used it. Are you talking about fresh garlic or that jarred stuff I've seen in the lfs?
umm you may wanna try to rub fresh garlic all over the sea salads, it will help his immune system and entice him to eat more towards the veggie diet which is healthier for him.
I've seen people talking about using garlic, but I wasn't sure how they used it. Are you talking about fresh garlic or that jarred stuff I've seen in the lfs?
tnt
Member
Originally Posted by Lennon
Beautiful!
What size is your tank?
I wanted a nemo and dory fish too...lol
you are able to keep a lion together with them? That is great because I wanted one too.
How often do you maintain and how long have you been doing this with success?
I would love to get into this hobby soon!
This is my first saltwater aquarium and it's been up maybe 4 months. So far, just water changes every month and topping off what's evaporated. I just started using purpleup to try and boost the corraline growth. We had an electric orange hermit that ate almost all of the corraline algae within a week. He went back to the lfs.
Our lion is not very agressive. Occasionally he will nip at the trigger, but it's because the trigger bumps into him.
Everyone talks about how addictive this hobby is. OMG, I cannot believe how true that is!!! lol I'm getting ready to start a 10g nano.
Beautiful!
What size is your tank?
I wanted a nemo and dory fish too...lol
you are able to keep a lion together with them? That is great because I wanted one too.
How often do you maintain and how long have you been doing this with success?
I would love to get into this hobby soon!
This is my first saltwater aquarium and it's been up maybe 4 months. So far, just water changes every month and topping off what's evaporated. I just started using purpleup to try and boost the corraline growth. We had an electric orange hermit that ate almost all of the corraline algae within a week. He went back to the lfs.
Our lion is not very agressive. Occasionally he will nip at the trigger, but it's because the trigger bumps into him.
Everyone talks about how addictive this hobby is. OMG, I cannot believe how true that is!!! lol I'm getting ready to start a 10g nano.
carshark
Active Member
Originally Posted by tnt
I've seen people talking about using garlic, but I wasn't sure how they used it. Are you talking about fresh garlic or that jarred stuff I've seen in the lfs?
you know im not sure either. what i do is take fresh garlic(from the supermarket) not jar, and remove the outer layers and take two spoons smash the garlic together and spread the "juice" so to speak all over the seaweed right before i put it in the clip( the same one you have, girlfriend wanted that one because of nemo, bet you cant guess why i have a blue hippo and a percula either :thinking: ) thats seems to work well, ive also found a new Formula 2 for herbivores with 2% garlic in it, i havent used it much yet, until my seaweed runs out. but the blue hippo loves the stuff(formula2). but she eats everything though.
I've seen people talking about using garlic, but I wasn't sure how they used it. Are you talking about fresh garlic or that jarred stuff I've seen in the lfs?
you know im not sure either. what i do is take fresh garlic(from the supermarket) not jar, and remove the outer layers and take two spoons smash the garlic together and spread the "juice" so to speak all over the seaweed right before i put it in the clip( the same one you have, girlfriend wanted that one because of nemo, bet you cant guess why i have a blue hippo and a percula either :thinking: ) thats seems to work well, ive also found a new Formula 2 for herbivores with 2% garlic in it, i havent used it much yet, until my seaweed runs out. but the blue hippo loves the stuff(formula2). but she eats everything though.
carshark
Active Member
Originally Posted by tnt
This is my first saltwater aquarium and it's been up maybe 4 months. So far, just water changes every month and topping off what's evaporated. I just started using purpleup to try and boost the corraline growth. We had an electric orange hermit that ate almost all of the corraline algae within a week. He went back to the lfs.
Our lion is not very agressive. Occasionally he will nip at the trigger, but it's because the trigger bumps into him.
Everyone talks about how addictive this hobby is. OMG, I cannot believe how true that is!!! lol I'm getting ready to start a 10g nano.
me too!!! i want to learn reef keeping so bad, but from what i hear you should try a 30 gallon or lil bigger to start apparently smaller ones are near to impossible for beginners...
This is my first saltwater aquarium and it's been up maybe 4 months. So far, just water changes every month and topping off what's evaporated. I just started using purpleup to try and boost the corraline growth. We had an electric orange hermit that ate almost all of the corraline algae within a week. He went back to the lfs.
Our lion is not very agressive. Occasionally he will nip at the trigger, but it's because the trigger bumps into him.
Everyone talks about how addictive this hobby is. OMG, I cannot believe how true that is!!! lol I'm getting ready to start a 10g nano.
me too!!! i want to learn reef keeping so bad, but from what i hear you should try a 30 gallon or lil bigger to start apparently smaller ones are near to impossible for beginners...
lennon
Member
sorry, did I miss it..what size was it. I hope I have your luck with it.
Most say a water change once a week is how often you should do it.
so I am happy to hear you do it once a month with success. I hope to
do the same because weekly would be too much for me right now.
Thanks for the info. It is lovely!
Most say a water change once a week is how often you should do it.
so I am happy to hear you do it once a month with success. I hope to
do the same because weekly would be too much for me right now.
Thanks for the info. It is lovely!
tnt
Member
Carshark, I'll try that garlic thing tonight. I've got some garlic in the cabinet. Thanks!
Well, I'll probably get all kinds of boos, but...
We bought our 55g used. It came with one of those penguin carbon filters. I'm thinking about setting it up with live sand and rock and that filter and seeing how it does for a while before adding too much. We have a homemade biological filter on the 55g. I'm still researching filters though.
What are you guys going to use?
Well, I'll probably get all kinds of boos, but...
We bought our 55g used. It came with one of those penguin carbon filters. I'm thinking about setting it up with live sand and rock and that filter and seeing how it does for a while before adding too much. We have a homemade biological filter on the 55g. I'm still researching filters though.
What are you guys going to use?
carshark
Active Member
Originally Posted by tnt
Carshark, I'll try that garlic thing tonight. I've got some garlic in the cabinet. Thanks!
Well, I'll probably get all kinds of boos, but...
We bought our 55g used. It came with one of those penguin carbon filters. I'm thinking about setting it up with live sand and rock and that filter and seeing how it does for a while before adding too much. We have a homemade biological filter on the 55g. I'm still researching filters though.
What are you guys going to use?
i think to avoid any kind of discourse until i know what im doing with reefs, im prolly just going to buy a premade eclipse reef system... lol lol but i dont wanna make the mistakes ive made with my FOWLR set up...i imagine it'll be much more expensive
Carshark, I'll try that garlic thing tonight. I've got some garlic in the cabinet. Thanks!
Well, I'll probably get all kinds of boos, but...
We bought our 55g used. It came with one of those penguin carbon filters. I'm thinking about setting it up with live sand and rock and that filter and seeing how it does for a while before adding too much. We have a homemade biological filter on the 55g. I'm still researching filters though.
What are you guys going to use?
i think to avoid any kind of discourse until i know what im doing with reefs, im prolly just going to buy a premade eclipse reef system... lol lol but i dont wanna make the mistakes ive made with my FOWLR set up...i imagine it'll be much more expensive