Scurvy’s Mad Wrasse 110

[Scurvy]

Def Leppard, and "Pour Some Creamer On Me?"

Also, everyone should have just gotten a nice surprise in their alerts. Turtle is here!

I knew you’d stumble over when the Moonshine wore off!

 

[Scurvy]

I love the idea, but you know they are going to kick the sand out.

Yep, it’s an experiment for sure. I can live with some spillage. Getting them in there i think will be tough part.

 

[Scurvy]

So i have 3 holding tanks setup with all if the livestock from my Reefer. Every night the lights start going off at 9pm with the clocks off by a couple minutes on each. Well like clockwork the Mandarin sees his reflection/shadow for about three minutes and goes absolutely bananas! Like a baby clownfish that swims coast to coast at the water line and splashes water over the rim of the tank.

Anyway its the craziest behavior for a mandarin but so ammusing to watch!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Oh, @Scurvy... I meant to ask what lights you used in the cabinet. Perhaps you have a link to where one could purchase a similar set?

 

[leahfiish]

I don't think those caves will be ideal for burrowing wrasses. My earmuff wrasse would sometimes burrow horizontally instead of straight down and I think if it was in a cave like this is would hurt them.

 

[Katrina71]

Oh, @Scurvy... I meant to ask what lights you used in the cabinet. Perhaps you have a link to where one could purchase a similar set?

I think those were from Studio 54.

 

[Katrina71]

You can order those on eBay. Look at waterproof adhesive LED.

 

[Scurvy]

I went with these but the choices were almost endless depending on what you might want to do with them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078N9HJFV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_kmO0BbYAC9D8K

 

[Scurvy]

I don't think those caves will be ideal for burrowing wrasses. My earmuff wrasse would sometimes burrow horizontally instead of straight down and I think if it was in a cave like this is would hurt them.

Its certainly a consideration but having seen wrasse bury in many tanks with an inch to inch and half sand beds I think they’ll be okay.

I also thought about nature and the fact that typically choose to bury near/against rock croppings. Theres every chance they could dive into a rock in the ocean or a tank.

The tiny gap my Radiant dives into every night in his current tank is Smaller than a dime really with about an inch of sand below. He has so many other options that are deeper and thats what he chooses so I think, should they choose to use these they’ll be okay but Ill be watching for sure. Like most things its an experiment.

 

[Scurvy]

So after hanging the light I was unhappy with the right side of the scape as viewed from both my spot in the couch and the long view from the kitchen so to work I went.

A couple little tweaks I said....Well yeah, you know how that goes!

So here's a couple of new ideas. The only difference between the two is 1 rock in the middle. I think I like the lower center section more than the higher. Thoughts?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

So after hanging the light I was unhappy with the right side of the scape as viewed from both my spot in the couch and the long view from the kitchen so to work I went.

A couple little tweaks I said....Well yeah, you know how that goes!

So here's a couple of new ideas. The o my difference between the two is 1 rock in the middle. I think I like the lower center section more than the higher. Thoughts?

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I like 2 better as well. More depth and contrast between the islands. Not all at the same height if you get what I'm saying.

 

[Scurvy]

I like 2 better as well. More depth and contrast between the islands. Not all at the same height if you get what I'm saying.

My thoughts as well... I enjoy aquascaping but at the same time never know when to say when!

 

[Scurvy]

This is the one. Not touching it from here except to cement the pedestal on the left side. I really like this.

 

[mta_morrow]

I like 2 better as well. More depth and contrast between the islands. Not all at the same height if you get what I'm saying.

Ditto!

 

[Fudsey]

This is the one. Not touching it from here except to cement the pedestal on the left side. I really like this.

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DING DING DING DING DING ! ! ! ! !

Looks GREAT ! ! !

 

[Katrina71]

This is the one. Not touching it from here except to cement the pedestal on the left side. I really like this.

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I agree!

 

[Scurvy]

Been so wrapped up with the new build I havent really paid much attention to the 40B. It got a lot of spillover corals from the Reefer and suddenly looks like a pretty nice reef if you ignore the cyano!

 

[Katrina71]

What cyano?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

This is the one. Not touching it from here except to cement the pedestal on the left side. I really like this.

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Looks nice. Is it wet yet?

 

[Scurvy]

Making good progress today on the electrical panel. Really happy i went with WAV’s and a COR 15 return as It looks like Ill power this system with just the one EB 8.

One of the outlets will have a small 3 outlet power strip with 2 USB ports ti power the tablet and Echo dot.