Holly

Cool! Nice to meet you Jay:D I don't scuba dive at all:( ..Not yet anyway.. I just loveeee deep-sea studies.

Yeah, there might be some pressure issues at 16K feet....(whistle)

Oh gawd. Trying to catch a fish out of this tank is a nightmare.DOH! No thanks! Not worth the headache. Thanks anyway!

I'm sure you're right. I know wrasses are aggressive like that, but I figured 180g was large enough for two, esp since there are innumerable hiding places in the rocks, corals, and macro. Plus, the Xmas wrasse was almost twice the size of the 6line. I guess size doesn't matter in this case(whistle)

My 6line always stayed on the left side of the tank before. NOW he's all over the tank, monitoring from all four corners. I guess another wrasse is totally out of the question now :( That stinks because I really like wrasses...

Do you suppose there's ANY other kind of wrasse I might be able to get? (scratch)

TY Cuda =)

Well... Wrasse R.I.P.(sad)

In other sad news, this morning the clark eggs were all gone. Guess they became an appetizer.

Suppose they might lay more?

How're the maroons doing?

Sounds amazing! Can't wait to see pics as it progresses!

Gorgeous zoas!

The wrasse appeared (beaten up and almost dead) at the surface of the water :( Luckily, my 12g nano has nothing in it right now, so I was able to move him to that to see if he can pull through. He's not looking so good. (sad)

'No idea what nipped off his tail and rear scales. (flame)

TY. They don't seem to scurry like fiddlers, and they're TINY (smaller than an emerald), so I wasn't sure. I can't find any likeness on Google to match them.

I don't have a naso tang, but thanks for the head's up ! =)

What is this?

Thank you! I still haven't seen it, but I'm holding out hope it will re-appear... I had no idea they buried themselves in the sand. That's good to know. TY

Unable to stop myself, I'm posting pics. The anemone crab re-appeared this morning under the same anemone that the clowns are hosting. 'Four anemones in the tank and everyone fights over THIS one.(nutty)

The Mandarin is alive and well! 'Just spotted it going over some rock, and it looks happy and alert. ::PHEW:: It appears to be trying to feed...

The wrasse is still MIA.

It looks like the male clark is "pecking" at the eggs...? Do they ever eat their own eggs?

Cool article

Yesterday afternoon, I added a Christmas wrasse and a Mandarin fish. The Mandarin went into hiding the moment I put it in the tank and hasn't been seen since. The wrasse was out for a few hours--being hounded by the much smaller 6line--then disappeared and is still MIA.

I'm having a premature panic that they've both croaked, so I'm checking to see if maybe it's normal for a wrasse and/or dragonet to hide for a while..? <>

IN OTHER NEWS ..I just looked in the tank and noticed that my clarks have LAID EGGS!! I never expected this! I guess 'the Tank giveth, and the Tank taketh away' ...So I just threw together a little video of my clarks and their clutch (clap)

Thanks! I'm fine with them not splitting. I was just wondering how big they would get. Holy bejeezuz 24" in captivity??(scary)

I haven't had any problems with the sebaes and BTAs together (yet), but since the tank's 6'L, they have room to negotiate. Each of the four anemones located a favorite rock groove some time back and haven't ever moved. The two sebaes are almost touching now, because they've gotten so big, but I guess if they don't like it, one of them can move.

My anemone crab and clark pair go strictly between the two sebaes and never go near the two BTAs. No idea why. Maybe size does matter!(laugh)

Thanks for the info! Very helpful!(clap)

When do anemones split? I mean, is it a size thing or a health/environment thing? (scratch)

My two sebaes have gotten noticeably bigger lately, but the larger one in particular is really stretching out in the tank. It was originally (8-9mos ago?) a few inches across and now the diameter is probably more than a foot.

I've recently taken a break from giving the sebaes silversides because they seemed to hit some kind of expodential growth spurt. No sign that either sebae is splitting (not that I'd really know, I guess), but I'm curious how big they might get before doing so....

Thanks!

~Holly

PS My 2 BTAs are doing fine but don't really grow, and I've had them the longest. I guess something about my tank (chemistry?lighting?) is acceptable for BTAs but much better for Sebaes..?

LOL Reefdawg- I second that motion!

My children make whine all the time. More than enough for everyone on the site. (whistle)

This makes me want to put on a HASMAT suit before nearing my tank.(scary)

FYI : poke with algae scraper = big mood-killer

*chicka chicka bown bown*

I almost never see them during the day. I've put several females in there with my male, but I never see them together. I'm sure, as with my mouthbrooding cardinals and egg-carrying skunk shrimp, I'll never see what happens to the fry... :( I hate that

This morning when I got up and came downstairs, I discovered my large male emerald half-hidden behind a jut of rock having some kind of seizure.

I was concerned he was in the throws of death, so after watching for a few minutes, I tried to gently poke at him with the algae scraper, to see if he'd respond. 'Bugger pinched at the scraper with his little claw!

Then he moved a little and I realized he had a female underneath him (whistle)

OOPS. I guess he was in the throws of something. WAS. DOH! Poor Hercules.

Your last post was a week ago... How's Bernie doing?

A Dan Gannon of Milwaukee OR won the $182 Oregon lottery on March 20th of this year. That wouldn't be him would it? http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=117427397810303000

There's a Dan Gannon of Clackamas that's posting on this yahoo discussion blog about Bosnian pyramids. (No idea if this is the seahorse guy but if so he certainly has varied interests!). Looks like you can email him from the site if you can log onto yahoo... http://skepchick.org/blog/?p=80