Anyone Else Have Strange Tank Happenings with the Super Moon?

[o2manyfish]

So Monday night (Tuesday Morning) around 1:30am I went downstairs for a late night snack. I was walking back up the stairs and I noticed that on the right end of my tank there were about 40 fish sitting still. I have lots of little fish in my tank. And a large fish population (120+). So to find this group of fish hanging out in the last 8" of the tank is unusual. But more so the fact that the fish were sitting still. Included in this group was my Adult Goldlflake Angel, my mid size Regal Angel and my pair of Flame Back Angels. These fish are almost always in motion so to see them just hovering in the openings of the rock was strange.

So came back down the stairs and sat down on the couch to watch the tank. At 1:30 in the morning the lights are mostly actinic and have been dimming for the previous 1/2 hour and have another 45 minutes of dimming to go.

The corals were open, but the open water areas of the tank were empty of fish.

I sat for a few minutes studying the tank. Then on the far left side of the tank near the overflow I see my pair of target Mandarins. They are swimming together along the overflow and twisting and spiraling around each other.

I have had Green Mandarins spawn in years past and they started at the bottom of the tank and spiraled around each other to the surface. These two were starting about a foot down from the surface spiraling up to the surface and then across the tank. Then head back to where they started and did it again.

Then in the center bottom of my tank I see my pair of Red Scooter blennies. They are circling a baseball sized efflo on the bottom of the tank, and they keep swimming up over the top of the efflo from opposite sides and then twisted over each other about 2 revolutions. Then they split went back to circling the efflo, and then rose over the top of the efflo and spiraled together again.


This lasted for maybe 3 to 4 minutes. Then the target mandarins split and went 2 different directions, then the scooters went off in two different directions. And then as if on cue all the tangs came out from hiding under the rocks, the anthias came out and then all the fish were swimming around normally again.

Mother nature is always entertaining


For some perspective...

This is the right end of the tank (all the fish were hanging out to the right of the rock island)



The middle of the tank - Scooters were circling the efflo which is on the bottom under the hippo tang on the right



Here is the left side of the tank - The Mandarins were a foot to the left of the big red monti cap



Dave B

[whosurcaddie]

Removed~dc

[matt_97055]

^^^^^I am with this guy!^^^^

[Dapg8gt]

I haven't noticed anything unusual but I haven't looked relating to the moon cycle .. I've read things in the past about full moons and tank life though I Gotta look out for it in the tank .

I used to have your ip cam as a bookmark on my old phone and would check it out all the time.. Agreed it was awesome..

[o2manyfish]

Whourcaddie,
Thanks for the Kudos, received lots of compliments in the past but that's a new one


Dap

Camera is still alive and active www.o2manyfish.com/camera.htm. Not sure how long ago you lost the link but a couple of years ago I upgraded the camera, the new one has much better auto white balance - so even under the blue lighting things look good.


Dave B

[Fibinotchi]

holy yellow tangs batman!

[sam.basye]

Originally Posted by whosurcaddie

Removed~dc

Agreed! That's crazy the fish would act like that... Did you watch the next couple of nights?

[Yarm79]

Lmao how big is the tank? 9 yellow tangs or have you hidden more away for later

[o2manyfish]

Sam.Basye,

Last month I made a late night food run and caught my pair of Flamebacks spawning. This was a first. I have 2 flamebacks but they don't act paired up. So when I saw them swimming and twisting together I thought they were chasing each other. Next thing I know there is a could from the eggs, and the Anthias are going to town devouring the cloud.

I try to avoid regular late night trips to the kitchen. Not to mention my lights don't start dimming till about 1am.

When I am up late at night I am always checking in the tank. It's during the last hour of light that my pair of Janns pipefish and my Australian Blue line pipes make an appearance.


Yarm, the tank is 400g. 9 yellow tangs, a purple, a chevron and a pair of Hippos. In my outdoor tanks I do have more yellows swimming around.

Dave B

[sam.basye]

Its like a disease lol. Every time I walk through the room my tank is in, I end up walking out of the way over just to look at it. Its pretty cool you got to witness all of that!

[sandyland]

Cool experience. You should mark the calendar for things like this in the future.
Checked out the web cam(awesome)

[ca1ore]

My tank looks the same .... Though I do have these strange tufts of hair growing on my cheeks and my fingernails seem unusually long .... Ah well, probably nothing ....

[boxfishpooalot]

Awesome tank! Love the tangs! I did notice today my clowns were cleaning the glass, but they didn't spawn, yet. Im sure they will soon!

[thenewguy997]

A few months ago on a full.moon my tank was covered in amphipods, big ones

Never seen them out like that before or since, theyre always under my sand but that night it was nuts

[o2manyfish]

Originally Posted by ca1ore

My tank looks the same .... Though I do have these strange tufts of hair growing on my cheeks and my fingernails seem unusually long .... Ah well, probably nothing ....

Holy Cow, It's like my Brotha from Another Mutha !!!! Those nails are crucial to be able to pick xenia off the rocks - LOL


Dave B