I've been thinking about adding another security camera pointed at the tank so that I can see it when I'm not in the living room/foyer. My cameras have some AI detection for people/vehicles/animals but I doubt it will work for fish-eating-coral.Now you need a camera for a stakeout
When I had the Monti Eating Nudibranches it was less noticable at first and then everything went fast!Here's a shot of the Mystic Sunset, the colors are a quite muted in the shot but you can see the damage. It could be MEN but it is a little soon if it came in with the new acquisitions and a little late for the last batch plus it doesn't look like the typical MEN damage I've seen in the past.
Tank is looking good, starting to feel busier and more filled in as you’ve been adding lately. Love the Copperband. That’s one I’ve always wanted to try but never had a big enough tank. Plus difficult to get eating as you said. What kind of bristletooth did you get? Any pics of it yet?While I was at it I took shots of the new corals/fish.
The CBB and Bristletooth. The CBB hasn't eaten yet but I'm still hoping.
The Bubblegum Digi.
The TSA Deep Love Goni.
The green Goni.
The new Beach Bum
and a general shot of the center of the tank.
You can see the Bristletooth in the pic with the CBB he is at the far right. Not easy to get a pic as he is quick and camera shy. Not sure what kind it is. It was just listed as a Bristletooth. Looks kind of like a Square Tail to me but hard to tell yet.
I’m having a good thought for you on the Copperband. I hope it takes to some type of food soon. Any of your lfs have live brine?
We've got even better here in AZ, we've got Reef Chowda! It's a mix of brine, pods, rotifers, and phyto.
The same day I got the Copperband I picked up some 'Reef Chowda' from that LFS and it contains phyto, live brine, rotifers and unspecified pods. The next day I picked up some 'Monster Stew' that contains live brine, rotifers, unspecified pods and a different phyto and some Reef Nutrition Artic Pods which are a liquid pod mix similar to Nyos Gold Pods which is one my my got to LPS foods, when I can get it. I also have some copepods and amphipods in the tank along with a gourmet selection of USDA Prime aiptasia.
I picked some 'Reef Chowda' up when I bought the CBB. I like that store. We do have a good selection of live food blends available here. I think the guy that was breeding Clownfish back around 2000 started it by offering 'Reef Stew' at a bunch of LFSs in the valley. When he sold the business the blend changed but it was still available. Now there are bunch of different blends around. 'Monster Stew' comes from California and is re-cultured here, Kona has a home-grown rotifer blend and a pod blend, I don't know if Aquaholics make their own or not but they have their 'Reef Chowda' and something else but I forget what it was, Discount has their own pod/phyto blend and Artistic Aquariums and presumably Only Fins has 'Reef Stew or at least they did last time I was there. It seems that most of our LFSs have some live phyto/pod/brine mix available.
I agree. When I had them it started very slowly around the edges of a monti cap, then there were indistinct white blotches on the coral, then it was on most of the montis, then the montis were gone.
Aquaholics uses Reef Chowda. Bill Bramucci's son-in-law bought Reef Stew and renamed it since he's from Boston.
Thanks. I knew it changed hands but couldn't remember who bought it. So 'Reef Chowda' is the new 'Reef Stew'? It seems the blend has a better phyto blend than the original mix.
Wow, I wish we had anything at all like Reef Chowda around here. I think my only choice would be to drive about 40 miles for some live brine. Not really gonna do that too much.
Nice looking dogs.Wow, I wish we had anything at all like Reef Chowda around here. I think my only choice would be to drive about 40 miles for some live brine. Not really gonna do that too much.
Pay attention to that dog!! Your fish will not love on you the way that dog will. Here’s mine. They’re the best.
Hard to see in the picture but here's one of mine from the old 75. Interestingly enough, this is on my Mystic Sunset.MEN.... Monti Eating Nudibranch... That explains sooooooo much.
Not sure where they came from.
Sorry to hear about the CBB. I think if I ever try to keep one it will be of the pre-quarantined variety. I'm willing to pay more to make sure that particular fish would be healthy and eating. We've all put things in our tanks that we know we maybe should have waited on though, it stings but all you can do is learn from it and do it differently next time.Update.
Sad news: The Copperband Butterfly did not make it. At first I thought it was acting a little like the old cyanide-caught fish but as I watched it it looked more to me like gill flukes. I don't know what it was because I was an idiot and put it into the DT without QT and either didn't make the correct diagnosis, waited too long to treat or both. I noticed that the CBB was hanging in the flow near the surface and would occasionally do a head twitch and/or mad dash right from the time I put it in the tank but then it would go about its business and interact with the other fish and forage, although I'm not sure it actually ever ate anything.
I pulled it from the display and put it in a small QT, let it settle in and looked it over for external signs of injury. There had been none when I put it in the display but now there was a little blood on the right side. Once it had been in the QT for an hour or so I added API General Cure to the recommended dosage. I considered PraziPro instead but did not have any in stock. Anyway, the CBB did not react well to the General Cure and perished within 24 hours. I did a lot of things wrong and I know better. I need to get back to doing things right instead of haphazardly or expediently. It is easy for me to get lazy which is very sad for the tank.
Now I need to also watch the DT for any signs of disease. I always do that anyway but now on Orange Alert instead of casually.
As part of my 'Oh S**t' response, I decided to put the UV Sterilizer back in the display. The Green Killing Machine is really tuned for algae remediation not disease remediation but it makes me feel good that I did something.
Since the UV was removed mainly because the suction cups were coming off letting the UV float around the tank, I applied the BubblesandSqueak modification to it. Thanks @BubblesandSqueak. Great idea.
Since I was there I took two general tank shots, one of the left end
and one of the right end
