Some Random Pics.....

[nbd13]

Well had some time tonight so thought i would snap a few shots tonight.

First up are a couple fish pics........ first my pride and joy interruptus





little snack before bed for the juvi chevron.





now onto some of my corals like i got in the last couple weeks.

first one is a super red millie from atlantisaquarium.net



close up



now onto the small frag of my purple monster that i picked up locally



and a true echinta frag, also picked up locally



and



will have to wait and see how it grows to see if its the real thing.

last one for tonight, a nice pink/red millie (i think) frag i got awhile back. this thing has really taken off in the last month or 2. It is starting to encrust big time. when it encrust it lays down a green/blue layer with pink/red tips shooting up. cant wait till it becomes a small colony....



sorry for the blurry pic, but you can sort of see the green/blue on the base of the coral.

well thats it for now hope you enjoyed.

Nick

[Ger]

Nick, nice pics...but shouldn't you be studying, that way you can come out to IMAC.

[Armando]

very nice! what is that fish in the first pic again? is it reef safe?

[nbd13]

Gary- Hell no i am off until Monday, so i am not doing anything until then besides working and relaxing. I will know by tuesday if i can go to IMAC have to check the school schedule. hopefully i can!

Armando- its a Japanese angel (interruptus or Centropyge interruptus).

as with all angels its 50/50 mine does well and does not pick at the sps polyps..... but its a risk with any angel. while there are some better choices that others its still a risk. you have to figure out if its worth it.

best advice if you have a frag tank stick it in there and if it doesnt touch anything add it to the display. i say frag tank because you can easily get it out if it does decide to pick at your SPS. HTH

Nick

[moonpod]

looking good Nick

[gqjeff]

Nice Nick thanks for sharing the pictures bro....

[skippyreef]

Nice fish choices Nick,

I like them! cant wait to come and get them for my tank. It was such a nice gesture for you to buy those for me

Now you're going to the Imac and that it man!!

Just trying to figure out if we leave Thursday Night or fly in at 6:30am Friday LOL but I am making the travel plan you just need to get your priorities in line :icon_mrgr Nick.............

Just let me know where you're going to school and I will write you an excuse as will Gary, Scott, Bob, ect...........

[WayneL333]

Hey Nick,

Nice pictures! I got a little Chevron in my tank too. How large are your Interruptus? Are they wild or CB?

~ W

[nbd13]

Hey Chuck and Jeff thanks guys.

Wayne- she is a wild one. i couldnt wait 4 months for a CB one so i settled for a wild one. so far she has been my favorite fish of all time. we will see how the blueline angel goes. she is about 4 1/2" long i think maybe 4".

Mike- Haha you wish man! I could always get my dad to write a doctors excuse.

Nick

[skippyreef]

Well if you see a guy in a ski mask in your basement with a net and a bucket of salt water..... it wasn't me

Thats true your Dad could write you a note!!! Now there is no excuse

If I can ask where did you order that Angel from?

[nbd13]

Yeah Mike i will know soon hopefully just have to clear the class schedule.

The Angel came from Sedar @ Phishy business. he had it in for over 2 months in quaratine. She is doing great (knock on wood), leaving all the corals alone.

i am thinking of picking up a clam or 2 next weekend to see what happens....

i am trying to locate a blueline angel (also from Japan) and that should complete the collection of angels, i might try another regal angel or goldflake but it depends how the blueline pans out. The blueline are from the exact same family as the conspic, but alot less money haha. I hear they have a personality exactly like a conspic so it should be a nice fish to add. Between the current angel and the blueline i will have to fish that act like dogs haha....

if i see someone in a basement with a mask i am sickin my dogs on you hahahah

Nick

[skippyreef]

Well that Angel is sweet Nick.

Give me your fish list:

[nbd13]

Well all i have in the tank now is

2 tank raised ocellaris clowns
1 chevron tang
1 foxface lo
1 interruptus angel

whats coming in the following months. so far no fish have died anymore. so things look to be on the up swing, but we will wait another couple weeks before i attempt any other fish. so this is the to add list

1 blueline angel (incase you wonder what they look like here is a bad pic from atlantisaquarium.net http://www.atlantisaquarium.net/images/fishblueange.jpg)
1 hippo tang
1 black tang
4-7 fairy wrasse (want to get into these again, i still miss the ones i lost so i figure i will start to look out for some nice ones)
1-2 bluethroat trigger (wanted to get a crosshatch, but tank is too small, might get a Sargssum trigger instead but most likely the bluethroat as it stays the smallerst.) Might try to get a pair of these if i can find them as a pair already....
1 mandrain goby

still debating on this list, it might make it to the tank, it might now. Just depends on how i feel i guess....

1 Mitratus butterfly or instead maybe a copperband butterfly (probably the copperband, but still up in the air)
1 purple tang (not sure i want 2 Zebrasoma species in the same tank) so this is probably not going to happen, but i might try it also we will see.....
1 regal angel or maybe a small goldflake (we will see how the blueline addition goes first) so this probably wont happen either. although i would love to have a regal angel, i dont think i have the room for it and not sure how the other angels will act towards it.......
1-3 flasher wrasse (might try and get 1 male and 2 females)

other than that maybe a couple small gobies or blennies but other than that, thats probably it for now. i think the center piece will be the interruptus or blueline angel, hell maybe even the black tang. ok so i will have 3 "center piece" fish, but i love fish as much as corals.....

Nick

[nbd13]

Sound note here. although i pray and hope i am over my fish problem since no other fish have died in the last 2 weeks i am hoping whatever it was that was in my tank is now gone.

BUT just to make sure i plan on waiting a good month to see how the current fish are and then go from there. if i fell they are doing ok i will probably try a small hippo tang and see how it does. wait awhile and make sure everything is ok. then if that test passes with flying colors i will proceed to get serious about getting the rest of the fish on the list.....

i hope though i am finally over this! i lost to many damn fish and still dont know what it was called. i think i know the cause, but not the reason it took out so many fish with such and iridic pattern....

Nick

Nick

[nbd13]

just thought of one more thing,

instead of the bluethroat trigger pair i could go with a wantabie angel pair instead....

which one would you guys go with the triggers or wantabie?

thanks

Nick