A's 56g —> 186g mixed reef

[Kensington Reefer]

@Adauqua
Mind that rabbitfish
I have seen that species eat zoanthids

 

[Adauqua]

@Adauqua
Mind that rabbitfish
I have seen that species eat zoanthids

Thanks for the warning.
So far his strong tail waving for food causes more trouble (torn elegance & torch flesh - caused infection)
Will keep him well fed and being busy with his toy.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Thanks for the warning.
So far his strong tail waving for food causes more trouble (torn elegance & torch flesh - caused infection)
Will keep him well fed and being busy with his toy.

It’s going to get bigger
More damage will occur
The fish will begin to stress due to tank size
Do yourself, you other inhabitants, and the fish a favor
Find it a new home
Preferably over 300 gallons

 

[Adauqua]

It’s going to get bigger
More damage will occur
The fish will begin to stress due to tank size
Do yourself, you other inhabitants, and the fish a favor
Find it a new home
Preferably over 300 gallons

Yes.
He is a great fish with personality but I am at that breaking point when the elegance and torch get infected and are in declining/dying state.
I have no idea how to catch him - he is too big for trap or net. Barbless hook?

 

[Darkxerox]

Might fit into the club's trap, especially since it looks like it's very food motivated. Tight fit but those rabbits love squeezing into spots. Just have to be careful with the venomous spines, I try to not use nets with them.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Large net

 

[Adauqua]

Tank 13 months update:

+ Tearing down almost a whole tank to catch the 8" rabbitfish and the problematic 4" clown tang. The rabbitfish went to @Woeday and the clown tang is in the sump.
+ Adding 3 dispar + 3 lyretail anthias + junevile red coris clown wrasse
+ Major lost: green slimer, neon birdnest colonies, several torches, an elegance
+ Added a few torches, sps + zoa frags from swaps

Some crappy videos Jun-4-25

 

[popper]

Hahaha. Finally got rid of that giant.

 

[Darkxerox]

That Sailfin looks like a jerk lol.

How are the longnose and the copperband getting along? I figure they can't fight much if the tangs are going after them haha. Do you keep any clams in there?

Tank is really coming along now! What's your current fish stocking list? There's so much variety in there.

 

[Adauqua]

That Sailfin looks like a jerk lol.

How are the longnose and the copperband getting along? I figure they can't fight much if the tangs are going after them haha. Do you keep any clams in there?

Tank is really coming along now! What's your current fish stocking list? There's so much variety in there.

Yeah, the sailfin became the little jerk when the real jerk is in the sump. CBB and longnose are not companions but at least they ignore each other
No clam yet.

Fish list:
Tangs: blue, sailfin, chocolate (from junevile a year ago), and clown tang in sump
Anthias: male bimac, purple queen (developing to male), 3 x dispar, 3 x lyretail
Clown: 3 ocellaris (one is in overflow)
Wrasse: yellow, red clown coris, meleagris, christmas
Others: CBB, longnose, cherub angel, pajama cardinal, canary blenny, clown goby

 

[Darkxerox]

Ah I thought that was a Queen/Tuka anthia cause of the nose shape! What are you feeding? If that's mysis I'm amazed it learned how to eat things that big. Really cool.

 

[Adauqua]

Ah I thought that was a Queen/Tuka anthia cause of the nose shape! What are you feeding? If that's mysis I'm amazed it learned how to eat things that big. Really cool.

Purple queen started on live brine shrimp -> everything: frozen herring roe/brine/mysis + freeze dried mysis + flakes + tdo
CBB is stubborn on frozen brine/mysis only.

 

[MarcosD]

Tank 13 months update:

+ Tearing down almost a whole tank to catch the 8" rabbitfish and the problematic 4" clown tang. The rabbitfish went to @Woeday and the clown tang is in the sump.
+ Adding 3 dispar + 3 lyretail anthias + junevile red coris clown wrasse
+ Major lost: green slimer, neon birdnest colonies, several torches, an elegance
+ Added a few torches, sps + zoa frags from swaps

Some crappy videos Jun-4-25

Do you know what caused you to lose torches and other coral?

 

[Adauqua]

Do you know what caused you to lose torches and other coral?

I lost most torches due to bacteria infections last summer. One torch + elegance torn the flesh and got infection because of the rabbitfish. I guess that the big green slimer + neon birdnest colonies were STN because the nutrient spiked too high & too quick when I added the rabbitfish and the clown tang. I reacted too slow

 

[Adauqua]

RBTAs are getting out of hand, 15 of them are in sump, no more Sprung's burning bush.
Will PIF them soon.
A short video update

 

[Adauqua]

I didn’t catch the spawning event but just see two rbta babies on the sand bed

 

[Adauqua]

Blessed Sat morning without screen, meeting,..

On the left

On the right

 

[Adauqua]

Evening FTS with orange filter

 

[Adauqua]

Unfortunately the longnose starts picking/tasting the elegances so they are cramped up in my pico 7.5g tank

 

[Adauqua]

They are reef safe until they are… not even they are well-fed:

Pencil urchin munched on sps (Oregon tort, pikachu)
Longnose, copperband nipped/picked the mouth of rock flower nem, elegances, duncan. My 10-12 inches 2+ years elegance get infected and died.
Blue tang ripped, pulled off long tentacle leather just for fun