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08/27/2007, 07:04 PM
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Can't wait to see the school of purples and yellows! That is my dream, I can't wait to see how it turns out. I'm glad you're running with it. Patience will definitly be worth it.
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08/27/2007, 09:55 PM
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No new pics, but not much has changed except I've left the tank dark for an extended period to kill off a lot of the hair algae. The good news is that this morning LiveAquaria called me to tell me that they got in some purple tangs. I was under the impression, from speaking to them by email a few weeks ago, that they "have a hard time getting these fish in at this time of the year" and that I might "not expect to be able to acquire more than one or two at any specific time." That was, until they called me and told me that they had TWO HUNDRED that came out of quarantine this morning. So, the school of purples and yellows will be here Thursday morning. You can expect some pictures sometime after that. I probably will not turn on the lights on Thursday, and maybe not on Friday depending on how they are looking. I will be gone all Labor Day weekend.  Ben |
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#554
08/27/2007, 10:31 PM
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Thats great Ben i cant wait to see how your tank progress over the months. I know what you mean about leaving. I hope to get my tank on its stand this week but i have to leave next month for 2 weeks and the wife has something planned for the weekend. Soon ,..Little by little. I look forward to seeing your updated pics.
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08/28/2007, 07:53 AM
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08/28/2007, 06:42 PM
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Just read the whole thing (more or less
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08/29/2007, 06:18 PM
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If past experience holds, though, even if I were to turn on the lights on Friday, the fish will just go hide in the rocks.They are on the plane as I type this... so I'll report back tomorrow. (No, not 90  ... just 4!)Ben |
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08/29/2007, 10:45 PM
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Just release them into the system after lights out. That seems to work much better.
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08/30/2007, 04:57 PM
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Welp, six tangs arrived today looking pretty darn good. All are going at it in the main tank now after oxygenization and drip acclimation in a 5 gallon breeder. (Nothing like $500 of fish jammed into a 5 gallon tank to keep one on one's toes!)
I'm going to bring up the lights for an hour or so this evening, and I'll take some pics then. News at eleven. Er, seven. Mountain Time. Ben |
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08/30/2007, 05:01 PM
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08/30/2007, 05:34 PM
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08/30/2007, 06:48 PM
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08/30/2007, 08:29 PM
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The really interesting thing is that, if you put enough fish into close quarters, they drop their territorial instinct! Doesn't seem very logical, but then, there's a lot of illogical stuff in this hobby. This is how people keep those crazy (often Asian) tanks packed with bajillions of fish. There is a tipping point above which the fish stop bothering each other. Now, whether they enjoy being sardine-ized, I dunno... Pics still to come. I forgot about a chauffeuring commitment this evening, so I'm doing that now. I noticed the fish took to hiding around 6pm, so I may not be able to get any pictures this evening. If not, tomorrow should be good. Ben |
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08/30/2007, 08:33 PM
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I'm down to 9 chromis now. Maybe I should keep adding a dozen more until they evolve down to the 20 strongest? Maybe this is hopeless like nearly everyone else seems to think... Hmm....Ben |
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08/30/2007, 08:53 PM
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I haven't observed anything I would classify as aggression, not that that means much. When they first went in the tank they liked to nip at one chromis that was already injured on arrival. I haven't seen any of that since then, but it just seems like one dies every week or so. I was seeing a stable count of ten for several weeks, but today it looks like there is one less than before. Almost like there is some night marauding going on or something. Weird. Ben |
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08/30/2007, 09:17 PM
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they are thinning the herd. I am confinced that in the wild, they kill of the weaker ones to keep the bloodline strong.
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08/30/2007, 10:52 PM
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Well, everyone came back out and went for a swimmy-swim this evening after the lights came on. (I've had the lights off for over a week trying to cut down on algae, so it was a bit of surprise even for the tank veterans.)
 Alas, I've not scraped the acrylic in a week, either, so there is a plethora of mess on it that makes it most unpicturesque. The good news is that the newbies seem to love swimming directly into the flow pretty much continuously. The bad news is that they did it in two groups (of 3 and 4, respectively), so it was impossible to get them all in one shot tonight. Perhaps tomorrow with some food it will be easier.  One of the yellows has a little tear in his fin; one of the purples has some tiny white spots evenly spaced around the outer edges of his top and bottom fins. I'll be watching closely to see how those heal up (cross fingers). All the purples are already grazing on the hair algae (they also all ate nori off the clip immediately in the holding tank... unlike Tabitha!). Until next time, Ben |
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