You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

[Slocke]

And heres it with a bit of a polish up! Is it not the most beautiful?!

 

[Petcrazyson]

So in the interest of fairness here are pure unedited photos of the new fish, Pyronotanthias flavoguttatus!
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Idk why your fish always pose on these specific rocks perfectly for your photos all the time lol

 

[Petcrazyson]

Yeah! Was it @i cant think that convinced me anthias do better on their own?

Maybe, I just think it would be a bit of a challenge to keep them alone, and he could turn aggressive later on if kept singly

 

[Slocke]

Idk why your fish always pose on these specific rocks perfectly for your photos all the time lol

Well as it’s an anthias it’s much easier. It just sits in one spot mostly. Took like two minutes to get those photos.

Maybe, I just think it would be a bit of a challenge to keep them alone, and he could turn aggressive later on if kept singly

It’s the same logic as chromis. Keep them in small groups and they bully each other to death. Kept alone they don’t.

 

[Petcrazyson]

It’s the same logic as chromis. Keep them in small groups and they bully each other to death

That’s why its best larger groups like 8 or up, or less feisty Anthias

 

[Slocke]

So two pieces of good news!

1. The anthias has started eating I think. Its in the cave so its hard to tell but as its a deep water fish it getting acclimated was going to be slow so even a feeding response is great!
2. The cyano is nowhere near as bad. I vacuumed up two little patches in the water change but it seems like its going away!

 

[Petcrazyson]

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So two pieces of good news!

1. The anthias has started eating I think. Its in the cave so its hard to tell but as its a deep water fish it getting acclimated was going to be slow so even a feeding response is great!
2. The cyano is nowhere near as bad. I vacuumed up two little patches in the water change but it seems like its going away!

 

[Slocke]

 

[Slocke]

Its eating! Its happy! I'm happy! I need to stop eating!

 

[Slocke]

I’ve been so down on this tank but am starting to love it again. This growth for example is incredible (to me at least):

October 18


November 3rd

May 29th

That’s quarter sized to fist in half a year!!

 

[Goaway]

Very nice anchor hammer.

 

[Miami Reef]

Wow. Incredible growth!

I read back a few pages, and I saw you struggled with cyano; did you ever find a solution?

 

[Miami Reef]

If so, what did you do? (I forgot to ask this earlier)

 

[Slocke]

If so, what did you do? (I forgot to ask this earlier)

If I had everything? I'd need a bigger tank.

About 7.5 trillion kg of biomass in the oceans. The average density of fish is about 1000kg/m^3.
7.5x10^12/1000=7.5 billion m^3

Lets go with a cylindrical tank of equal radius and height:
(7.5x10^9/pi)^(1/3) = 1336.5m

Of course that wouldn't leave any space for water, rocks, sand etc but I think we'll have bigger issues. The stand would have to be quite tough for example.

Is that what you were asking?

 

[tbrown3589]

If I had everything? I'd need a bigger tank.

About 7.5 trillion kg of biomass in the oceans. The average density of fish is about 1000kg/m^3.
7.5x10^12/1000=7.5 billion m^3

Lets go with a cylindrical tank of equal radius and height:
(7.5x10^9/pi)^(1/3) = 1336.5m

Of course that wouldn't leave any space for water, rocks, sand etc but I think we'll have bigger issues. The stand would have to be quite tough for example.

Is that what you were asking?

Cyano fight.

 

[Miami Reef]

If I had everything? I'd need a bigger tank.

About 7.5 trillion kg of biomass in the oceans. The average density of fish is about 1000kg/m^3.
7.5x10^12/1000=7.5 billion m^3

Lets go with a cylindrical tank of equal radius and height:
(7.5x10^9/pi)^(1/3) = 1336.5m

Of course that wouldn't leave any space for water, rocks, sand etc but I think we'll have bigger issues. The stand would have to be quite tough for example.

Is that what you were asking?

ChatGPT response. ^

I was asking about the cyano, Sam.

 

[Slocke]

ChatGPT response. ^

I was asking about the cyano, Sam.

Oh!!
You gave me engineering exam ptsd there

I used the “coral snow” approach suggested by @tbrown3589 . That, bottled bacteria, and trying to balance out my nutrients which went haywire while I was away.

So yeah thanks for reminding me @tbrown3589 @SaltyT thank you for the coral snow. It works (I think).

 

[Miami Reef]

Oh!!
You gave me engineering exam ptsd there

Wait. You weren’t joking when you went all geeky back there? Wow. Engineer nerd alert.

I’m kidding, of course. However, if the first thing your mind went to was the ”you can’t have everything; where would you put it” slogan (the word slogan looks like Slocke) , then I think we might have bigger problems.

 

[Slocke]

Wait. You weren’t joking when you went all geeky back there? Wow. Engineer nerd alert.

I’m kidding, of course. However, if the first thing your mind went to was the ”you can’t have everything; where would you put it” slogan (the word slogan looks like Slocke) , then I think we might have bigger problems.

Hey you were the one who just asked a question out of nowhere. No mention of cyano or even a 'reply'. And trust me 5 years out of college and I still get nightmares. Why it is my subconscious self decides to repeatedly skip an entire semester before stumbling to the exams I have no idea.

 

[tbrown3589]

Hey you were the one who just asked a question out of nowhere. No mention of cyano or even a 'reply'. And trust me 5 years out of college and I still get nightmares. Why it is my subconscious self decides to repeatedly skip an entire semester before stumbling to the exams I have no idea.

Hey, I got a C+ in C++ that way!