My Reef Pics-Tank #2

[Hunter21]

My 240 isn't hard for me to reach down into but when I had my 110 gallon in Texas we had to use a step ladder just to reach halfway down into the tank! lol only thing I could think of was to put the rock closer to the top of your scape and just replace the nori when needed! although I do see the problems with that, could get knocked off, fish might not like placement, and a few other problems. I'll have to keep thinking for ya or I'm sure someone may think of something better! 

[Emily]

what if you put the seaweed rock somewhere towards the top on athe rock structure?  maybe work it into the layout.  I don't have tangs, so I really am not familiar with "rules" or anything, but thought I would give the idea anyway.

[marinelife]

Why clip it, I just drop it in and let the fish eat it. Mine destroy a sheet in under 5 minutes.

[aquavista99]

Why clip it, I just drop it in and let the fish eat it. Mine destroy a sheet in under 5 minutes.

Depends on the fish. I only have one fish in this system and when the seaweed floats or moves around the tank, it goes to waste (i.e., the tang won't touch it). My tang will eat three sheets a day (about the size of a credit card) if the seaweed is attached to a rock. Otherwise, it goes to waste and pollutes the water.

I can see how your approach would work as well if I had other fish in the system to train my powder blue how to accept the food by alternative means. But since my fish was removed from the ocean about 5 or 6 months ago, it only knows what it was exposed to in the wild ....feeding non stop on algae off the rocks. 

Hopefully, in time, I can train the fish to accept seaweed by other methods. It sure would make my life easier.

[marinelife]

true they do pick all day in the wild, my problem is nothing last more then a few minutes. I have never had a problem even when the fish were young, I always just dropped it in and just let them go to town

[rmstevensiii]

My YT will not eat algae if it's floating either and he/she/it's been with me for years.  Guess I've been trained to put it in the clip for him. 

[micki]

I have a PB, yellow large hippo and small hippo.  All of them will eat it no matter where it's at or what it's on.  Even if they get it out of the clip and it's floating they go for it.  I guess I just have piggies... 

[satch12]

ASHAME THAT NOBODY GETS TO SEE MY POST ANY MORE MICKI THOSE WERE SOME GOOD POST SPEAKING THE TRUTH.

I STILL THINK THAT YOUR PB ISNT ALL THAT GREAT LOOKING AND THAT THERE IS NO WAY YOU KEPT THAT PB IN HYPOSALINE WATER OF 1.009 FOR 2 WEEKS THE FISH WOULD OF DROWNED OR MOST LIKELY SEEING HOW ITS A PB IT WOULD OF STRESSED TO MUCH AND WOULD OF DIED THAT WAY. AND YOU CANT SIT HERE AND SAY THAT GREG DOESNT KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF FISH  CUZ HE HAS A SYSTEM THAT YOU COULD ONLY DREAM TO HAVE YOU'LL NEVER HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUCCEDE LIKE HE HAS BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE YOUR A LAWYER AND COULDNT TELL THE TRUTH IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDED ON IT SO WHATEVER

[ohioreef]

People treat fish with hypo all the time.

[satch12]

NOT FOR 2 WEEKS AND SURE NOT AT THAT LOW AND DEFINETLY NOT THAT LONG FOR A PB

[ohioreef]

1.009 is the standard SG for hypo. You quote RC, if you look there, you will see that!!

[ohioreef]

This info was linked to from RC, it states a hypo treatment of 4-6 weeks.......


http://www.petsforum.com/personal/trevor-jones/hyposalinity.html

[verper]

Good link Gary.  Very informative.

[Reefinmike]

i have seen the pb in person and it is bright and healthy...

[Reefinmike]

nice link on hypo...

[aquavista99]

My powder blue spent 2 months in a quarantine tank using hyposalinity. It took me a week  to reduce the specific gravity to 1.009/1.010 ppm from 1.026ppm. It also took me another week to increase the specific gravity back to 1.026, and hence, the fish was exposed to 1.009 to 1.010 specific gravity for about 6 weeks, which is the standard procedure. I took my time decreasing and increasing salinity levels to avoid stressing out the fish.

[Joel]

Instant ocean use to (and may still) have a monthy flyer with little stories about thier product and people who use it. There was a neat story about a Anularis angel that was kept for 10+ years at a zoo or public aquarium that was in a really low S.G. It was lower than the 1.009 that your tang was in.

[Charlie]

Tim you should be rewarded for you care and QT of that fish. A fishes normal body salinity is 1.009.

[verper]

Tim you should be rewarded for you care and QT of that fish. A fishes normal body salinity is 1.009.

Never knew that- good to know.  Thanks Charlie.

I do know that there are a lot of saltwater fish that live in brackish (salt/fresh mix) water around the coastlines that do quite well.  That might explain why they willingly go into that kind of environment.

[bigfalcon36]

that's a beauty!

[aquavista99]

i have seen the pb in person and it is bright and healthy...

I recently removed my powder blue from my 75 gallon SPS frag tank to a larger home. In hindsight, I would not recommend placing a fish like this in anything smaller than a 6 foot long aquarium (IE, needs plenty of swimming room). Here is an updated picture of the powder blue in her new home.

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[micki]

Tim is the bigger home with you or someone else?   I know mine seems to enjoy the 6 foot swimming area. 

[aquavista99]

Someone else. I am still a few months away from upgrading myself. My 75 gallon is filled with SPS and pods only. No room for a very active surge fish to swim. 

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[micki]

Someone else. I am still a few months away from upgrading myself. My 75 gallon is filled with SPS and pods only. No room for a very active surge fish to swim. 

Looks great Tim!