In the box was 2 female Lyretail Anthias and 1 Male. All acclimated great and are in the tank. Females have been hiding mostly, but male has been out a bit. They havent all found each other and linked up yet. They are my favorite anthias and always wanted to get a school going. Plan is to add 4 more and have 6 females and 1 male.
Well these 3 are alive and kicking. Doing great. The first 3 must have had something go wrong.
Here is the male, whom is way bigger than the 1st one.
And 1 of the females
And the females after they found each other
Also, a friend hooked me up with some zoanthids. He thought my tank was lacking a certain something so here is a few of them.
Sunny D
My personal favorite: Red Hornets
Carlito Alien Eyes
And the guardian of the tank.
Sad Note:
I've had a large Naso for a while. Got him after my parents had him for even longer. He was purchased at Pruess Pets as a XL Male with streamers years ago. Well he died Friday. Absolutely no warning. No disease, nothing. He didnt eat the day before, which is not abnormal for him every once in a while. I have no idea how old he was nor what killed him. All the other fish are perfectly fine, and he was healthy the day before.
The saddest part was trying to explain to my 3 year old daughter where "her Dumbo fish went." She called him that because he was big and grey like dumbo. Doesnt really understand what dead means. That was sad.
And to make matters worse, my Sohal tang basically wont leave the area of the tank where he died but for a few minutes. I think he misses his friend.
Already tried. He mostly has fish. Not much coral. Funny how we all think.
It was a big box. 25 lbs to be exact.
#1 - 5 - female lyretail anthias. Brings the count to 1 male 7 females. With just 2 females in there they didnt stick together real well and the male sort of ignored them. Now with 7 they all stay right with each other hovering above the coral seriously schooling and the male is at the head of them all keeping them in line. That is cool to see. Anthias are quickly becoming my favorite fish and if I had to do it over again would do a tank of 100% anthias.
#2 - XL yellow tang. I have actually never owned a yellow tang. Many people have told me a large reef tank is not complete without one. So since I have no zebrasome tangs in my tank I went for it. The thing is huge and gorgeous. He glows in the dark! Seriously in pitch black you can see him. Seems brighter than the other yellow tangs I've seen in stores. Plus he is massive.
#3 - Surprised my wife and daughter with their favorite fish. Large powder blue tang. Hes big. Hes beautiful. Very striking colors and already eating and picking at the rockwork. The bag he came in from liveaquaria was almost 5 gallons.
So the sohal is in serious boss mode overload. I knew with those two tangs there would be difficulty. Especially the powder blue. Thats why I got them as big as possible. But I read another tip that says if you are gonna add them, add them all at once. It sort of overloads the tank boss and short circuits him. This is true! He hasnt really picked on anybody. I dont think he knows what to do. If they come near his "home" he chases them away, but no antagonizing and no fin nipping. Its only been 1 day though. And I am fullly prepared to pull somebody out if push comes to shove. But so far that strategy has seemed to tame the beast!
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