Yukonblizzard's Shark and Ray Reef Lagoon - Page 13

RoWall · 04/29/2010, 07:43 AM

Oh, I've just switched on my speakers, it's great!

yukonblizzard · 04/29/2010, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

great music choice!

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Originally Posted by RoWall

Oh, I've just switched on my speakers, it's great!

I thought you all would like the music

dwd5813 · 04/29/2010, 02:06 PM

yeah, great choice on the tune

are you planning on adding any more rockwork? it's pretty cool as is, but i wonder how it might look with some more structure in the tank.

yukonblizzard · 04/29/2010, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dwd5813

yeah, great choice on the tune

are you planning on adding any more rockwork? it's pretty cool as is, but i wonder how it might look with some more structure in the tank.

Thanks

I do plan to add much more rock, but I am in no rush to get it. I will probably add some rocks here and there every once in a while.

yukonblizzard · 04/29/2010, 04:52 PM

Moved the two vlamingiis over to the big tank...

...They seem to be loving it!

Variansyn · 04/29/2010, 05:04 PM

those are bad ***.

yukonblizzard · 04/29/2010, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Variansyn

those are bad ***.

Haha. Yes, yes they are

daveb1979 · 04/29/2010, 07:05 PM

Nice light finnex right i have the same one on my 40 the leds are real nice

yukonblizzard · 04/30/2010, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by daveb1979

Nice light finnex right i have the same one on my 40 the leds are real nice

Yes it is Finnex, It is a very nice light, I got a good deal on it too!

Sugar Magnolia · 04/30/2010, 08:29 AM

Holy crp! Those are some huge vlamingiis!!

Dante_JoseCuerv · 04/30/2010, 09:12 AM

Oh wow, those vlamingiis are awesome!!! About how long would you say each one is?

yukonblizzard · 04/30/2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Sugar Magnolia

Holy crp! Those are some huge vlamingiis!!

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Originally Posted by Dante_JoseCuerv

Oh wow, those vlamingiis are awesome!!! About how long would you say each one is?

Yeah they are huge! And eat a ton too. I have had them for about 3.5 years, they were my first saltwater fish. When I got them they were no bigger than 2 inches, and now the large one is about 14 inches and the other around 12 inches...So that means they still have another foot to go!!

jbird69 · 04/30/2010, 03:24 PM

Whoa! Just when I thought your tank couldnt get any cooler!!!! That first pic with the tang in your hand is very special.

Can I go fishing in your tank????

PghFishNerd · 04/30/2010, 03:46 PM

Amazing thread. Just caught up. Congratulations, your tank is much cooler than your inspiration from the first page. And you're not even done yet! I'm loving how in the third pic, the Vlamingis make the shark in the background look teeny. Do you have any other pics that show the tangs in comparison to the size of the shark?

yukonblizzard · 04/30/2010, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by jbird69

Whoa! Just when I thought your tank couldnt get any cooler!!!! That first pic with the tang in your hand is very special.

Can I go fishing in your tank????

Thanks J

I thought I was going to have to fish out the tangs in the 180! Those little buggers were hard to catch!

yukonblizzard · 04/30/2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PghFishNerd

Amazing thread. Just caught up. Congratulations, your tank is much cooler than your inspiration from the first page. And you're not even done yet! I'm loving how in the third pic, the Vlamingis make the shark in the background look teeny. Do you have any other pics that show the tangs in comparison to the size of the shark?

Thanks FishNerd! I appreciate the compliments

Yeah the Vlamingiis do make the shark look tinny, I will try to get some pictures with a good comparison between them.

Fireworm · 04/30/2010, 06:01 PM

The V. Tangs are great. One of my favorites.

yukonblizzard · 04/30/2010, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Fireworm

The V. Tangs are great. One of my favorites.

Thank you, they are one of my favorite tangs. They have a subtle beauty about them.

Fireworm · 05/01/2010, 06:38 PM

Great personality as well. Mine was a huge camera hog, and the kid loved feeding him by hand.

PghFishNerd · 05/01/2010, 07:42 PM

I just read this on Wikipedia:
"Unlike most fishes, the daily activity pattern of the horn shark is under exogenous control, meaning that it is regulated by environmental factors rather than by an internal physiological cycle. Observations of captive horn sharks show that the relevant cue is light intensity: the sharks become active immediately after the lights are turned off, and stop as soon as they are turned back on. In one experiment where the sharks were kept in darkness, they remained continuously active for 11 days before slowing, possibly from fatigue. In nature, horn sharks exposed to a bright light at night may stop swimming and sink to the bottom."
Have you observed him with the lights out at all? It would be pretty neat to see how much truth there is to this.

clownfreak · 05/01/2010, 08:23 PM

Alex, have you looked at michiganreefers.com lately? Someone was selling two types of bamboo sharks lately. I don't think the UA would let me post a link though.

Edit: I just looked it up and it is a white spotted bamboo shark and black banded bamboo (shark I'm assuming)

yukonblizzard · 05/01/2010, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fireworm

Great personality as well. Mine was a huge camera hog, and the kid loved feeding him by hand.

You got that right! I cant look into the tank without them right in my face begging for more food.

yukonblizzard · 05/01/2010, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by PghFishNerd

I just read this on Wikipedia:
"Unlike most fishes, the daily activity pattern of the horn shark is under exogenous control, meaning that it is regulated by environmental factors rather than by an internal physiological cycle. Observations of captive horn sharks show that the relevant cue is light intensity: the sharks become active immediately after the lights are turned off, and stop as soon as they are turned back on. In one experiment where the sharks were kept in darkness, they remained continuously active for 11 days before slowing, possibly from fatigue. In nature, horn sharks exposed to a bright light at night may stop swimming and sink to the bottom."
Have you observed him with the lights out at all? It would be pretty neat to see how much truth there is to this.

Actually I have noticed this to be true. When I leave the LED moon lights on I can see him cruising around the mid to upper section of the water, while when lights are on he is usually resting or creeping along the sand.

yukonblizzard · 05/01/2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by clownfreak

Alex, have you looked at michiganreefers.com lately? Someone was selling two types of bamboo sharks lately. I don't think the UA would let me post a link though.

Edit: I just looked it up and it is a white spotted bamboo shark and black banded bamboo (shark I'm assuming)

Thanks for the tip...I'll have to check it out. I have tried to join Michigan Reefers several times, but for some odd reason it never works, I'll try again tonight.

PghFishNerd · 05/01/2010, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by yukonblizzard

Actually I have noticed this to be true. When I leave the LED moon lights on I can see him cruising around the mid to upper section of the water, while when lights are on he is usually resting or creeping along the sand.

That's so cool. I was wondering how they would react to moonlights.

04/29/2010, 07:43 AM	#301
RoWall Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 172	Oh, I've just switched on my speakers, it's great! __________________ Piotr Reef blog: http://brightsidereef.blogspot.se/ Current Tank Info: 50 gal

04/29/2010, 02:06 PM	#303
dwd5813 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 813 Posts: 2,827	yeah, great choice on the tune are you planning on adding any more rockwork? it's pretty cool as is, but i wonder how it might look with some more structure in the tank. __________________ order some golf shoes, otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive. what can i say? in dog beers, i have only had one. - dublo8 Current Tank Info: 40B aiptasia farm

04/30/2010, 08:29 AM	#310
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Holy crp! Those are some huge vlamingiis!! __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

04/30/2010, 03:24 PM	#313
jbird69 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: The beautiful State of Jefferson Posts: 2,751	Whoa! Just when I thought your tank couldnt get any cooler!!!! That first pic with the tang in your hand is very special. Can I go fishing in your tank???? __________________ Broke Back Mountain is not a movie, its the pile of dead ninjas in Chuck Norris' back yard

04/30/2010, 06:01 PM	#317
Fireworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN Posts: 2,967	The V. Tangs are great. One of my favorites. __________________ Proud member of FWMAS. Current Tank Info: Empty 75g sitting in the garage. Needs to be up and running

04/29/2010, 04:52 PM	#305
yukonblizzard Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MI Posts: 1,081	Moved the two vlamingiis over to the big tank... ...They seem to be loving it!

04/29/2010, 05:04 PM	#306
Variansyn Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Fairfield / Vallejo, CA Posts: 69	those are bad ***.

04/29/2010, 07:05 PM	#308
daveb1979 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: kissimmee,fla Posts: 295	Nice light finnex right i have the same one on my 40 the leds are real nice

04/30/2010, 09:12 AM	#311
Dante_JoseCuerv Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sugar Grove, IL Posts: 1,214	Oh wow, those vlamingiis are awesome!!! About how long would you say each one is?

04/30/2010, 03:46 PM	#314
PghFishNerd Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Posts: 88	Amazing thread. Just caught up. Congratulations, your tank is much cooler than your inspiration from the first page. And you're not even done yet! I'm loving how in the third pic, the Vlamingis make the shark in the background look teeny. Do you have any other pics that show the tangs in comparison to the size of the shark?

05/01/2010, 06:38 PM	#319
Fireworm Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN Posts: 2,967	Great personality as well. Mine was a huge camera hog, and the kid loved feeding him by hand. __________________ Proud member of FWMAS. Current Tank Info: Empty 75g sitting in the garage. Needs to be up and running

05/01/2010, 07:42 PM	#320
PghFishNerd Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Posts: 88	I just read this on Wikipedia: "Unlike most fishes, the daily activity pattern of the horn shark is under exogenous control, meaning that it is regulated by environmental factors rather than by an internal physiological cycle. Observations of captive horn sharks show that the relevant cue is light intensity: the sharks become active immediately after the lights are turned off, and stop as soon as they are turned back on. In one experiment where the sharks were kept in darkness, they remained continuously active for 11 days before slowing, possibly from fatigue. In nature, horn sharks exposed to a bright light at night may stop swimming and sink to the bottom." Have you observed him with the lights out at all? It would be pretty neat to see how much truth there is to this.

05/01/2010, 08:23 PM	#321
clownfreak Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 405	Alex, have you looked at michiganreefers.com lately? Someone was selling two types of bamboo sharks lately. I don't think the UA would let me post a link though. Edit: I just looked it up and it is a white spotted bamboo shark and black banded bamboo (shark I'm assuming)