A story of flame and beauty... - Page 3

smoyer · 12/24/2010, 05:34 PM

would you consider making two different areas of rock with an open middle!

srusso · 12/26/2010, 10:07 AM

So good news, I was able to catch the CB!!! This morning I placed a glass pane in the corner of the tank used my magnavore to wedge it tight. Leaves enough room at the top for his to swim into the corner and waited. Took about an hour or so but it happened... At some point the CB swam over the top and down into the corner. The flame distracted the CB through the glass he didn't see it coming! Netted him up and he is now floating in a cup in the tank! The lesson learned here is not really about the possible compatibility of two angels, but more about not settling for what a LFS has at the time versus waiting for the fish you wanted to began with... I wanted a Christmas island flame angel when I started building this tank...

srusso · 12/26/2010, 02:13 PM

So the LFS took the CB back no problem. Got a beautiful duncan coral and a nice frag with no less then 30 heads of these teal green polyps. Both are opening up nicely already.

joeychitwood · 12/26/2010, 02:31 PM

Sounds like a happy ending.

srusso · 12/27/2010, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by joeychitwood

Sounds like a happy ending.

It is a happy ending, the CB was a bit of a coral nipper also... Got the fish I wanted in the end and traded for some nice frags.

Nice to have peace in my tank again...

Angel*Fish · 12/27/2010, 08:40 AM

Glad it turned out the way you wanted!

Dave VG · 01/03/2011, 08:56 AM

I'm also glad to hear things have worked out for you

JTL · 01/03/2011, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by srusso

It is a happy ending, the CB was a bit of a coral nipper also... Got the fish I wanted in the end and traded for some nice frags.

Nice to have peace in my tank again...

Hopefully the flame won't be a nipper. I actually had better luck with the cb in that regard. I am now thinking about getting a clam, but I still have a cb and all angels can develop a taste for clam mantles. Nice to see that your mandarin is eating something other than pods. Mine is a fatso and eats small sinking pellets in addition to my huge pod population. Glad everything worked out.

srusso · 01/04/2011, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by JTL

Hopefully the flame won't be a nipper. I actually had better luck with the cb in that regard. I am now thinking about getting a clam, but I still have a cb and all angels can develop a taste for clam mantles. Nice to see that your mandarin is eating something other than pods. Mine is a fatso and eats small sinking pellets in addition to my huge pod population. Glad everything worked out.

The LFS owner said my flame angel was a Christmas island flame. He said these are said to have the lowest chance of any dwarf angel to become coral nippers. So far so good. I too am thinking about getting a clam... a different LFS has smaller maximas for $60! With my birthday just around the corner... I am totally getting one... Also I love my Mandarin, I have been keeping an eye out for a female for him, however I will be very picky this time and ask LFS to feed. I rolled the dice and got lucky with the first one...

JTL · 01/04/2011, 10:06 AM

I did some research on Clams and actually had a Maxima for a period of time last year. From what I have found the Maximas are the most difficult, but in my opinion the nicest colors. Don't make the mistake that I did and get a small one. Anything less than 2" has a very low survival rate. For $60 you should be able to get a little larger one.

I ordered a female Mandarin online from Reefs2Go and they shipped me a male, which I of course I had to find a home for. My LFS is looking for me, but he said they had actually seen one that had the fin clipped to give it the appearance of a female when in fact it was a male.

12/26/2010, 10:07 AM	#52
srusso Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bridgeport, CT Posts: 1,869	So good news, I was able to catch the CB!!! This morning I placed a glass pane in the corner of the tank used my magnavore to wedge it tight. Leaves enough room at the top for his to swim into the corner and waited. Took about an hour or so but it happened... At some point the CB swam over the top and down into the corner. The flame distracted the CB through the glass he didn't see it coming! Netted him up and he is now floating in a cup in the tank! The lesson learned here is not really about the possible compatibility of two angels, but more about not settling for what a LFS has at the time versus waiting for the fish you wanted to began with... I wanted a Christmas island flame angel when I started building this tank... __________________ 70 Gallon Oceanic \| Coral Reef \| Apex Controller \| Algae Scrubber \|Started 8/14/2010 General Interest Forums > Advanced Topics > Algae Scrubber Basics Thread Basics Write Up - Post #1 \| Quick Troubleshooting - Post #1902 \| Alternate/Updated Sizing - Post #2723 \| Latest Summary - Post #3251 - #3264

12/26/2010, 02:13 PM	#53
srusso Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bridgeport, CT Posts: 1,869	So the LFS took the CB back no problem. Got a beautiful duncan coral and a nice frag with no less then 30 heads of these teal green polyps. Both are opening up nicely already. __________________ 70 Gallon Oceanic \| Coral Reef \| Apex Controller \| Algae Scrubber \|Started 8/14/2010 General Interest Forums > Advanced Topics > Algae Scrubber Basics Thread Basics Write Up - Post #1 \| Quick Troubleshooting - Post #1902 \| Alternate/Updated Sizing - Post #2723 \| Latest Summary - Post #3251 - #3264

12/27/2010, 08:40 AM	#56
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	Glad it turned out the way you wanted! __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

01/03/2011, 08:56 AM	#57
Dave VG Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Northeast, Pa Posts: 3,129	I'm also glad to hear things have worked out for you __________________ Dave Current Tank Info: 40B Display, 40B sump/fuge

01/04/2011, 10:06 AM	#60
JTL Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Venice Island, FL Posts: 2,532	I did some research on Clams and actually had a Maxima for a period of time last year. From what I have found the Maximas are the most difficult, but in my opinion the nicest colors. Don't make the mistake that I did and get a small one. Anything less than 2" has a very low survival rate. For $60 you should be able to get a little larger one. I ordered a female Mandarin online from Reefs2Go and they shipped me a male, which I of course I had to find a home for. My LFS is looking for me, but he said they had actually seen one that had the fin clipped to give it the appearance of a female when in fact it was a male. __________________ John 100 gallon DT and 50 gallon sump with refugium. Reefbreeders Photon V2+.

12/24/2010, 05:34 PM	#51
smoyer Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 118	would you consider making two different areas of rock with an open middle!

12/26/2010, 02:31 PM	#54
joeychitwood Schrödinger's Mod Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,488	Sounds like a happy ending.

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