Post your fish/corals/tanks

slither9192 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 09:00 PM

The saltwater forum seemed dead so I'm hoping to get some replies to this thread.
Post any saltwater tank, creature, fish, corals, anything and everything.
O and list the size of tank, lighting, etc if you want.
I'll start with Mr. Pufferfish (Diodon holocanthus) He is a pig and latched onto my finger when I wasn't paying attention. He is in a 120gallon mostly soft corals and zoanthids.

The most paranoid fish I've ever owned, though I guess the devil damsels don't help.
Foxface rabbitfish (Siganus vulpinus)

Copperbanded butterfly fish (Chelmon rostratus) he got rid of all the aptasia we had and LOVES scallops. He is in the 75g reef tank with the most territorial maroon clowns.

Last picture I'll post for now a picture of the divemaster in the dominican republic feeding a green moray, who he named christina. It almost took my dad's finger.

thomasito · #2 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 09:04 PM

Lol i caught alot of Pufferfish shown in 1st pick ,, we call it poffervis in curacao ...And ive even caught a few morays ! cool pix, makes me wanna go back and go fishin

speerbeer · #3 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 09:49 PM

Well I've posted them before but in a different thread. Guess I'll repost here but now with more info:

Pics were taken in my 20gal nano tank. Goes to show how much wonderfull stuff you can have in such a small tank. The work involved, the costs and the equipment stuck in my shower to make clean water to mix with the salt made me stop this hobby about a year ago. Everytime I look at my small empty tank I miss it. Everytime I'm playing with my camera I mis it. Everytime I take a shower I am realy happy it's gone as I can finally shower without having to be carefull not to brake anything or trip over water lines or pressure hoses

Anyway, I changed the standard tank and added an extra blue light to help the corals along and also installed a nano skimmer to help keep water healthy for a longer period of time. I can promise you that it is not easy keeping water healthy and trace elements at the desired level in such a small tank!!

Now for the pics: (When I hook up my old drive to this pc I should find more pics and when I do I'll post)

Cant seem to find the pics as quickas I want!! I also had a pair of clown fish in there and what we in holland call a "six stripe lip fish" but I have no clue as to what the english name would be. A bunch of red and blue hermit crabs as well to help keep it clean.

slither9192 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 10:32 PM

Nice Pics, I'm loving the peppermint shrimp. What size tank was it exactly?
I also took down the nano tank I used to have. It was 12g nanocube.

I also had the coolest pom pom crab in there who ended up carrying a colt coral around for some time. I never got a picture of him though.

jtmoney · #5 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 10:46 PM

Isnt that green moray eel the one who took a thumb off of someone who was feeding it hot dogs?

slither9192 · #6 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jtmoney

Isnt that green moray eel the one who took a thumb off of someone who was feeding it hot dogs?

lol, I've seen that video. Ya I don't know what my dad was thinking when he pointed his finger in it's face. I have a snowflake moray and they have TERRIBLE eyesight.

speerbeer · #7 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 06:24 AM

My tank looked like the one you're showing pics of. So also a cube. It's called a BOYU 80 and exact volume including the filtration part in the back is 80 liters. This is about 21.05 gallons.

mongoose5971 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 07:10 AM

All your fish and other assorted arthropods and squishy things are beautiful! I do not have the time, money, patience or space (did I mention money?) for saltwater (or fish in general) I envy you people!

jtmoney · #9 (**permalink**) 08-27-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by slither9192

lol, I've seen that video. Ya I don't know what my dad was thinking when he pointed his finger in it's face. I have a snowflake moray and they have TERRIBLE eyesight.

Yeah

I thought it was the same one, I'm working on plans for a 300 gallon tank to be built into the next house we get

slither9192 · #10 (**permalink**) 08-28-2008, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mongoose5971

All your fish and other assorted arthropods and squishy things are beautiful! I do not have the time, money, patience or space (did I mention money?) for saltwater (or fish in general) I envy you people!

Ya it is WAY expensive. Feeding the fish cost more then feeding the snakes. Electricity gets crazy with metal halide lights, heaters, pumps, etc...
I'm lucky that I'm only 15 and my dad pays for that stuff

We pretty much share the tanks in terms of work.

It is extremely rewarding though. I love the fact that you have chunk of the ocean in your house with such a diversity of creatures. I can't even count the number of species living just in my old 12g tank.

Recently I was looking at the 75g tank with a flashlight at night and saw 100's of bristle worms

We have had this tank for over 3 years and I never knew until the other day that we have 100's of bristle worms living in the tank. It was kind of creepy I but they are soooo cool and they are good because they are scavengers. Plus they only come out at night so I'll never have an bad encounter with them.
Anyway if you ever feel compelled to start a tank DO IT, it is worth it.

slither9192 · #11 (**permalink**) 08-28-2008, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jtmoney

Yeah

I thought it was the same one, I'm working on plans for a 300 gallon tank to be built into the next house we get

Sounds awesome.
And here are some more pictures since no one else is posting. w/e I have so many pics I'll just post some everyday. So heres more fish.
Dwarf Hawkfish (Cirrhitichthys falco)

Another of the puffer because he is just too cute in this picture. This is when we first got him and he was still small.

Me feeding him.

Here are our breeding pair of Maroon Clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)

The female is almost 3 times bigger then the male and they spawn every two weeks, laying 500-1000 eggs. My father and I are going to raise the fry in the next couple of weeks. These fish are also extremely territorial. If you move rocks around near them they will bite repeatedly (more of a pinch, it's rather annoying) and then once you have moved the rock they will proceed to topple it over. I still love 'em though.
Here is our female scooter blenny. (I know the pic sucks)

Lastly, I am posting this picture in memory of the Arabian Dottyback on the right. It's not clear but it's the only one I have of him.

He was the first fish I ever had and lived 5-6 years until he got into the overflow and we didn't find him in time. I miss that fish alot

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