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[Petcrazyson]

First day of the year tank splam pls?!

 

[Slocke]

Here you go @Petcrazyson :
So my urchin has not been eating the hair/turf algae it's supposed to but rather the chaeto. Thus the chaeto everywhere.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Was the Snowflake sizing up the Engineer goby off? Thx for the spam The Snake Eel looks really good. And wow the baby Coris hasn’t been eaten.

 

[Slocke]

Was the Snowflake sizing up the Engineer goby off?

They were sharing a burrow up until recently but I guess they had a falling out and the engineer moved to the left side of the tank a couple days ago. I want to find it a big flat rock to put there so it can be happier.

And wow the baby Coris hasn’t been eaten.

Yeah I think it's safe. Only the gold could eat it and its very slow and not very aggressive.

 

[Slocke]

So what's the opinion on naming? Currently only the engineers have names but I think I might start naming all my fish.
Engineer (right) - Scarry
Engineer (left) - Picky

Mag. Fox - IKEA?

 

[Petcrazyson]

So what's the opinion on naming? Currently only the engineers have names but I think I might start naming all my fish.
Engineer (right) - Scarry
Engineer (left) - Picky

Mag. Fox - IKEA?

How about you name one fish Sam another fish Aaron and another fish Ethan

 

[Petcrazyson]

Mag. Fox - IKEA?

Just for the lols I think IKEA could be a good name lol.

 

[i cant think]

Just for the lols I think IKEA could be a good name lol.

Honestly, so do I - I may rob that for my regal’s name.
Although she’s the opposite of IKEA in some ways, not cheap and in other ways she’s similar because she was certainly not needed but I wanted her.

 

[Slocke]

IKEA mostly because it looks exactly like my stereotype of Swedish design

 

[Mschmidt]

Oh, hay there.

 

[Slocke]

Oh, hay there.

Hey thanks for coming over to my build thread without the build thread badge. This is the tank where I keep the weird things.

 

[Mschmidt]

Hey thanks for coming over to my build thread without the build thread badge. This is the tank where I keep the weird things.

It's the thread that got me (yesterday) thinking again about an engineer Goby.

 

[Slocke]

It's the thread that got me (yesterday) thinking again about an engineer Goby.

They're great fish with the exception of the excavating. It is impossible to keep my pipes covered.

 

[Mschmidt]

They're great fish with the exception of the excavating. It is impossible to keep my pipes covered.

Do they spit sand? Most of my rockwork is on the bottom so I don't think they will collapse a lot if anything. I still want to secure some shady ones though.

 

[Slocke]

Do they spit sand? Most of my rockwork is on the bottom so I don't think they will collapse a lot if anything. I still want to secure some shady ones though.

Yeah but its not bad. They love moving around sand but once they've got a good burrow that seems to stop. Not as bad as my old diamond goby that loved to bury coral and spit sand on top of everything. They're quite tidy in fact.

 

[Mschmidt]

Yeah but its not bad. They love moving around sand but once they've got a good burrow that seems to stop. Not as bad as my old diamond goby that loved to bury coral and spit sand on top of everything. They're quite tidy in fact.

Nice! That was question two. How are they with coral on the sandbed?

 

[Slocke]

Nice! That was question two. How are they with coral on the sandbed?

They're certainly a fun fish! They do get big too. Mine are about 10" but I've seen some near the 2' range.
Shedd aquarium:

 

[DeniseAndy]

I miss my engineer goby. It was lost in my tank move. Unfortunately, not set up this time for one.

 

[Mschmidt]

They're certainly a fun fish! They do get big too. Mine are about 10" but I've seen some near the 2' range.
Shedd aquarium:
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3 or 4 in a 5 foot 120 ok? I see they like each other.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I’m a little late but I’m here now lol.