WARNING: PICTURES ARE GRAPHIC!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Like I said in my previous post, this is rather embarrassing, but I'm trying to get it back on track. BEFORE AFTER 10 gallon water change and picking up/siphoning out as much as I could. I also added a bag of Chemi Pure in my AC70. Giving it one more day, and then going to do another 10 gallon ...
The last time I posted on this site was 6 years ago. Seems so much longer, but I guess with 3 moves around Texas in that time, it would seem longer. I went from Georgetown Tx, to San Antonio Tx, to Arlington, TX, back to where I am now, New Braunfels, Tx. Lots of time spent up and down the I-35 corridor! Anyways in that time I have gone through several tanks and none have survived the moves. I ended up selling livestock and tanks, but for the last 2 years I have had a 20 gallon long going. Well ...
Yesterday I wrote this blog about the Captive-Bred yellow tangs I now have. Read it for all the details, and why it's a big deal. http://melevsreef.com/blog/captive-b...tangs-04202016 Here are a couple of pictures of them today in their system. My biggest challenge will be to not pollute this tank ...
In February, I got an order of these fish and two months later I still have them. They seem to be doing quite well, and eat well every night. I feed them some thawed Rod's Food.
I wanted to share something with y'all today, and hope you understand where it is coming from. Recently I picked up a Copperband butterfly fish, put it through acclimation & Safety Stop baths, and then placed it in the Peacemaker in my reef for three days to get used to its future friends. I fed this fish often, making sure it was eating, key to this particular fish's survival. CBBs are usually quite tough to keep, and starvation is probably one of the main reasons more of us don't succeed. ...
Updated 04-15-2016 at 03:26 PM by melev