A reef, wrasse and a few angels tank in Uttoxeter

najer · Mar 20, 2020

Nice, very pretty fish.

Mortie31 · Mar 20, 2020

najer said:
Nice, very pretty fish.

Thanks Nigel, there stunners in my opinion, one of my favourite fish, but quite hard to get hold of.. There the last fish I’m going to stock... my list is complete, as long as I can keep everything alive...

Mortie31 · Mar 22, 2020

Finally getting both sun corals to come out during daylight

Mortie31 · Mar 23, 2020

This hobby kills me at times....
Has anyone ever had a cleaner wrasse go rogue? mines just gone mental and killed one of my Feminus wrasse, I watched it swim at full speed straight into in.... never seen anything like it... ive had this cleaner for years and it’s been ok upto now.... how on earth do you catch a cleaner wrasse in a full reef?? I’ve got a couple of nets in the tank to try and protect my remaining Fem or catch it, just in case it goes mental for that one....

Jimbhoy13 · Mar 23, 2020

Just read all 10 pages of your thread Mortie. Wonderful tank and fish. Well done on overcoming all of the setbacks you’ve had over the years. That’s dedication.
I’ve only got a 180 litre. I would love a bigger tank to have more fish but space and cost limits that.
You seem to be very knowledgable about the technical side of reefing in your set up.
I live down the road from you, in Ashbourne. Which LFS do you use / recommend?

Mortie31 · Mar 23, 2020

Jimbhoy13 said:
Just read all 10 pages of your thread Mortie. Wonderful tank and fish. Well done on overcoming all of the setbacks you’ve had over the years. That’s dedication.
I’ve only got a 180 litre. I would love a bigger tank to have more fish but space and cost limits that.
You seem to be very knowledgable about the technical side of reefing in your set up.
I live down the road from you, in Ashbourne. Which LFS do you use / recommend?

Hi Jimbhoy, Thankyou for your kind words, you are very local to me.... the main shops I use are Wharf at pinxton, marine aquatics in Walsall, Cellar marine and future frags in Stoke and Burscough up in Lancashire

Jimbhoy13 · Mar 23, 2020

Mortie31 said:
Hi Jimbhoy, Thankyou for your kind words, you are very local to me.... the main shops I use are Wharf at pinxton, marine aquatics in Walsall, Cellar marine and future frags in Stoke and Burscough up in Lancashire

Ah. I’ve used Wharf quite a bit. Also Maidenhead at Finders, and Blue Lagoon at Tansley.

Jimbhoy13 · Mar 23, 2020

Jimbhoy13 said:
Ah. I’ve used Wharf quite a bit. Also Maidenhead at Findern and Blue Lagoon at Tansley.

Mortie31 · Mar 23, 2020

Jimbhoy13 said:
Ah. I’ve used Wharf quite a bit. Also Maidenhead at Finders, and Blue Lagoon at Tansley.

I don’t know the last 2, I do avoid Maidenhead as a group though. Have you joined Derby reef keepers on fb? If not worth it as locals who can help and sell stuff etc. Have u got supplies in for the lockdown?

VJM 21 · May 9, 2020

Mortie31 said:
He tried to become a flying fish, but hit a brace bar square between the eyes.... took a nice chunk out of his face!!!
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Any updates on this guy? I hope he’s healed, and I’m wondering if the colors have held. I’m thinking about ordering one. I also hope that your crazy cleaner wrasse has calmed down.

Mortie31 · May 9, 2020

VJM 21 said:
Any updates on this guy? I hope he’s healed, and I’m wondering if the colors have held. I’m thinking about ordering one. I also hope that your crazy cleaner wrasse has calmed down.

Hello sadly he didn’t recover and died... I thought he was ok but he started to become disorientated after a few days and then died

VJM 21 · May 9, 2020

Mortie31 said:
Hello sadly he didn’t recover and died... I thought he was ok but he started to become disorientated after a few days and then died

Sorry to hear that.

Mortie31 · May 9, 2020

VJM 21 said:
Sorry to hear that.

Thanks, it knocked me back abit and coupled with a rogue cleaner wrasse killing 2 feminus wrasse I’ve kinda gone quiet on the hobby and just maintaining things, not really feeling it at the moment...

Mortie31 · Oct 3, 2020

It’s been several months since I last posted, I got fed up with the tank and just went into maintenance mode..

najer · Oct 3, 2020

Mortie31 said:
It’s been several months since I last posted, I got fed up with the tank and just went into maintenance mode..
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Looks good, the twins are in lock down and ticking over, you will get the spark back soon hopefully!

Mortie31 · Oct 3, 2020

najer said:
Looks good, the twins are in lock down and ticking over, you will get the spark back soon hopefully!

Thanks Nigel, it’s actually doing better without me messing with it, my acros are growing like there on steroids...

User1 · Oct 3, 2020

Mortie31 said:
It’s been several months since I last posted, I got fed up with the tank and just went into maintenance mode..
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I believe a lot of hobbyists would love to have this

. Great job.

MnFish1 · Oct 3, 2020

Mortie31 said:
It’s been several months since I last posted, I got fed up with the tank and just went into maintenance mode..
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I agree - the less I test, fret and worry - and add equipment - the better the tank does.

mattgsa · Oct 4, 2020

Your tank is great. I love all the wrasses and the sun corals.

Mortie31 · Nov 29, 2020

Now I seem to be working from home indefinitely I decided to set up a small office tank, using mainly old bits, but with a few new toys...im cycling it using @Lasse method and all seems to be going well... a few quick pics