270 Gallon "Fish Pairs Themed" Upgrade

[MrsBugmaster]

@OrionN how do you think ccb’s would do with my larger angels (scribbled and blueface)?

 

[OrionN]

CBB do really well once established. They are delicate and need to get establish. Normally tangs ang angels do not really go after them since they don't really directly compete with these fish for food. CBBs are essentially completely carnivores.
However, in our tank, when we introduce a new fish, the king of the tank always gives newcomer a hard time.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

So the big scribble male(gotta come up with a name for him) is not a fast eater like the rest of the fish. I’m afraid he might not be getting enough to eat. Plus the regular LRS doesn’t have enough big pieces for him to get. I got some LRS chunky but still have to cut it up some. Even then I ended up hand feeding him so he get some food. The Pakistan butterfly will eat out of my hand too

 

[Goaway]

So the big scribble male(gotta come up with a name for him) is not a fast eater like the rest of the fish. I’m afraid he might not be getting enough to eat. Plus the regular LRS doesn’t have enough big pieces for him to get. I got some LRS chunky but still have to cut it up some. Even then I ended up hand feeding him so he get some food. The Pakistan butterfly will eat out of my hand too

I always do my best to get fush accustomed to hand feeding. Just because some are more timid and slow. Even if you have to hand feed to pugs to drop food else where for the slow timid ones, that works too. Its how i get my regal food.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Good morning everyone.
Dog sitting this weekend for little 4 lb Bailey.
Taking her outside this morning I hear so many different birds. So I opened up my Merlin app to ID them. Love this app.

Still no word on the koi tangs. Wish they would hurry up and announce them.

The yellow tangs are still not use to me or identify me with food. They swim away and hide when I come in.

 

[907_Reefer]

Just downloaded the Merlin app based on your note, this thing is sweet!

First check is spot on

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Just downloaded the Merlin app based on your note, this thing is sweet!

First check is spot on

It is one of the most accurate apps out there.
Edit to say and it’s free!

 

[MrsBugmaster]

So this happened today

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Went very well. No fighting, some flaring of fins by the big boy to let them know who’s the boss!

 

[OrionN]

We are at the very edge of this guy migration route. First time ever I seen this species. Very imaginative common name
Yellow-head Black bird

 

[MrsBugmaster]

My Apex Ph alarm keeps going off. I had 18 notifications this morning when I woke up. Cleaning the probe now. Hopefully that will fix it otherwise I’m going to have to buy a new probe.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

In other news… starting a new project. Stay tuned

 

[MrsBugmaster]

So my probe is cleaned but still having issues. My ph has usually been around 8 for the 12 years we have lived here. Door to outside is open and now change. So is my ph really going up and down like this within a few minutes or is the probe bad?

 

[MrsBugmaster]

I run a fuge with cheato on opposite light schedule as the tank. Never had this problem before.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

Maybe I should get some calibration fluids and recalibrate it before anything else

 

[Stang67]

That would be my thought re calibrate and if still having issues new probe. I have read that they do tend to go bad after a few years.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

That would be my thought re calibrate and if still having issues new probe. I have read that they do tend to go bad after a few years.

Thanks for the reply and confirmation on what to do. I ordered the calibration fluid.

 

[MrsBugmaster]

My whole back yard now smells like old stale beer This used bourbon barrel was used by a local brewery to make a bourbon flavor beer. Needed to clean the barrel so we rinsed it out a few times by letting the hose fill it until no more beer foam was coming out

Then dumped in some dish soap and swished it around. Then filled until all the soap ran out and we had clear water. They let it drain

Now letting it dry before going to the next step

 

[fishguy242]

and i thought you were aging whisky ... flower pots ? ...

 

[Stang67]

My whole back yard now smells like old stale beer This used bourbon barrel was used by a local brewery to make a bourbon flavor beer. Needed to clean the barrel so we rinsed it out a few times by letting the hose fill it until no more beer foam was coming out

Then dumped in some dish soap and swished it around. Then filled until all the soap ran out and we had clear water. They let it drain

Now letting it dry before going to the next step

I am so interested to see what this ends up becoming.