evolved's 190g DSA Reef: Wrasse Retreat

eatbreakfast · Dec 6, 2015

evolved said:
Nah, just 5. Please hold 30 days.

It's been 30days, just sayin. So what are the 5 somethings in qt?

Daniel@R2R · Dec 7, 2015

evolved · Dec 8, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
It's been 30days, just sayin. So what are the 5 somethings in qt?

Think rubies, diamonds, and emeralds. They'll be making appearances soon enough in.

revhtree · Dec 8, 2015

LOL! I was hoping to see some new photos!

eatbreakfast · Dec 8, 2015

evolved said:
Think rubies, diamonds, and emeralds. They'll be making appearances soon enough in.

So if I'm taking this clue the right way, I'm thinking the origin was W. Indian Ocean.

evolved · Dec 8, 2015

Bingo

FoD · Apr 5, 2016

Soooo...anything new here?

evolved · Apr 5, 2016

FoD said:
Soooo...anything new here?

Oh you would... :mad:

Alright, so here's the current situation. Pocillopora is everywhere and makes life miserable. It's killed off a fair amount of other corals because it's sting is pretty nasty. It's beyond the point of being able to manage, and I've kinda just let it do it's thing at this point. Oh, and I also still have AEFW, so that's a constant problem to manage as well. Blowing them off weekly does a pretty good job, but it certainly still impacts the growth of the acros they like best.

On the fish front, all is pretty well. Katoi is a complete #$$^%|* of a species, and has since been trapped out. But he did effectively take out my last remaining Nahackyi.

Which is oddly a bit just, when that Nahackyi was the one which transitioned and took out the other male. My pair of timorensis have long been not a pair now; the female transitioned and forced the old male into hiding. Who, ~8 months later, is still alive but getting a bit skinny, when I do occasionally see him. I really need to trap one of them, but they feed very sneakily, so that's a pretty tall task.

Meanwhile, this is happening:

Which, of course, brings me to:

So yeah, I guess I need to start a new thread at some point.

I promise (for real) I'll get a photo update on this thread at least once this summer, but this tank is scheduled for decommissioning around the beginning of September.

revhtree · Apr 5, 2016

DUDE!!! Can't wait for the new tank and congrats on the new house!!

FoD · Apr 5, 2016

Ask for pics, and we get a pile of wood, and a tub full of rocks. I guess it's better than nothing.

Congrats on the new house! Always fun. You keeping the tank, or going bigger? Bigger tank for more wrasses!

Weird about your katoi. Mine is a model citizen...but I do have a rubrisquamis that keeps him in check.

I look forward to the picture in September.

kschweer · Apr 5, 2016

Congrats! Looking forward to the new tank thread!

evolved · Apr 5, 2016

FoD said:
Ask for pics, and we get a pile of wood, and a tub full of rocks. I guess it's better than nothing.

Congrats on the new house! Always fun. You keeping the tank, or going bigger? Bigger tank for more wrasses!

Weird about your katoi. Mine is a model citizen...but I do have a rubrisquamis that keeps him in check.

I look forward to the picture in September.

Hey, you never said what kind of pictures!

Moving a tank and its inhabitants is not for me. Moving just the inhabitants is sooo much easier.

Close to 100 bigger...
And at least you have your expectations set correctly.

revhtree said:
DUDE!!! Can't wait for the new tank and congrats on the new house!!

kschweer said:
Congrats! Looking forward to the new tank thread!

Thanks!

shadow1013 · Jul 5, 2016

So what size tank are you putting in the house? Do anything custom like am in wall tank?

evolved · Jul 6, 2016

shadow1013 said:
So what size tank are you putting in the house? Do anything custom like am in wall tank?

It's definitely custom, but won't be a permanent part of the house (ie - built in). Details soon, but things are well planned out and underway.

I really just need the time to start a new build thread and share what I've been cooking. I spent pretty much all of last week working on it as I had the time away from work.

And I still need to update this thread on the current tank, one last time.

Life is past busy right now.

redsea01 · Jul 9, 2016

Good luck on your new adventure (both with your new home and aquarium). I'll be following along.

(PS. The pics in this thread of your current tank look great!)

gettaReef · Jul 9, 2016

Looking forward to a picture heavy update!! And another thread would be great! Very interested to see what you've been working on.

evolved · Jul 9, 2016

The new endeavor: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/wrasse-retreat-2-0-evolveds-270g-peninsula.256483/

Janci · Jul 24, 2016

This is a great read.
Wished I had found it earlier!
Lot's of information and even more suspense to the end... it reads like a thriller.
Now up to the next thread and already subscribed.

Myka · Nov 20, 2016

Hi Hunter,

Your Wrasse Retreat is beautiful! The corals are alright too...

Hey, do you quarantine your newly acquired wrasses, and if so, what is your procedure if you don't mind sharing? Or point me somewhere that you've already outlined this...

Cheers!

evolved · Nov 21, 2016

Myka said:
Your Wrasse Retreat is beautiful! The corals are alright too...

Thank you!
But if you notice a few post above, this tank is no longer.

I do have some final pictures I took of the state it become prior to it's transition, to close out this thread someday.

Myka said:
Hey, do you quarantine your newly acquired wrasses, and if so, what is your procedure if you don't mind sharing? Or point me somewhere that you've already outlined this...

I do, and I have: https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses-in-aquaria.28/
There's a section on quarantine in there.