my new baby... AKA The Café

[Stang67]

Last call for Cronies Christmas/Heathens Holiday. Names are being drawn Saturday.

 

[LadyMac]

Good morning Frank. Always good to have pups keeping you in place. Don’t wanna accidentally roll out of bed lol.

 

[fishguy242]

Peps are hard at work... aips 90% gone...

 

[Reefing_addiction]

So put the larger 500w heater in the sump and the smaller 300w heater in the tank. Still need to figure out how to program the new inkbird controller.

I did add sump rocks last night. Also swapped the socks out to fresh dirty socks! Will be adding some bacteria (or as @F i s h y says snake oil!) as I figured it can’t hurt at this point!

Gonna look at grabbing some new fishies.

 

[fishguy242]

So put the larger 500w heater in the sump and the smaller 300w heater in the tank. Still need to figure out how to program the new inkbird controller.

I did add sump rocks last night. Also swapped the socks out to fresh dirty socks! Will be adding some bacteria (or as @F i s h y says snake oil!) as I figured it can’t hurt at this point!

Gonna look at grabbing some new fishies.

What does your fish list look like ?

 

[Stang67]

If it's anything like her coral list it will be all of them

 

[tbrown]

If it's anything like her coral list it will be all of them

Nah, Becca doesn't like fish. Her only fish is likely going to be an automatic doser.

 

[tbrown]

 

[Reefing_addiction]

What does your fish list look like ?

Was thinking a leopard wrasse of some variety

Maybe some anthias

Current tank has

Purple tang
Tomini flame fin
3 clowns
2 damsels
1 yellow wrasse (yeah I’m not good with the scientific name thing)
1 mandarin

 

[fishguy242]

Was thinking a leopard wrasse of some variety

Maybe some anthias

Current tank has

Purple tang
Tomini flame fin
3 clowns
2 damsels
1 yellow wrasse (yeah I’m not good with the scientific name thing)
1 mandarin

1 yellow wrasse (yeah I’m not good with the scientific name thing)

...

 

[Reefing_addiction]

1 yellow wrasse (yeah I’m not good with the scientific name thing)

...

I mean, his name is Mr. banana

 

[Slocke]

1 yellow wrasse (yeah I’m not good with the scientific name thing)

This is fine by me

1 yellow wrasse (yeah I’m not good with the scientific name thing)

...

This is not. Arguably worse then…. coris… cough cough


Thalassoma lutescens is usually called banana wrasse too and they look more like a banana and they are murder machines.

 

[Slocke]

I mean, his name is Mr. banana

Yellow pig wrasse is good
Yellow Mr pig wrasse is fun

 

[Mhamilton0911]

I need moar wrasse in my life. Enlighten me kind sir, me want yellow. What am I looking for?

So far only have a six line who will be reassigned to another tank during a transfer. Did have a melanrus (spelling wrong I'm sure) but haven't seen it in long enough I'm assuming she didn't make it. So I'll be wrasse-less soon and we can't have that, now can we?

 

[JoJosReef]

I need moar wrasse in my life. Enlighten me kind sir, me want yellow. What am I looking for?

So far only have a six line who will be reassigned to another tank during a transfer. Did have a melanrus (spelling wrong I'm sure) but haven't seen it in long enough I'm assuming she didn't make it. So I'll be wrasse-less soon and we can't have that, now can we?

No, no! Leopard wrasse and Radiant wrasse are great picks! Maybe a fairy or a flasher? Can't go wrong with MOAR wrasse:

New video by Joseph Campo

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[Slocke]

I need moar wrasse in my life. Enlighten me kind sir, me want yellow. What am I looking for?

So far only have a six line who will be reassigned to another tank during a transfer. Did have a melanrus (spelling wrong I'm sure) but haven't seen it in long enough I'm assuming she didn't make it. So I'll be wrasse-less soon and we can't have that, now can we?

Agree with @JoJosReef though i’ll add a dusky wrasse or earmuff as a later addition especially if you have tangs and need something a bit tougher.

 

[F i s h y]

Good afternoon. work is so lame... Have so much tank stuff to do and phone calls to make... feel like im wasting my day bahahahaha

 

[Mhamilton0911]

No, no! Leopard wrasse and Radiant wrasse are great picks! Maybe a fairy or a flasher? Can't go wrong with MOAR wrasse:

New video by Joseph Campo

photos.app.goo.gl

So much wrasse! I could stare at that all day!

 

[Soren]

Anybody ever had a species-swap on a fish order? I've been interested in "toby" puffers for quite a while now and finally decided to order to quarantine for my eventual basement FOWLR 125g.
LA had a sale on "Saddle" pufferfish (Canthigaster coronata), which is a species near the top of my list. Upon arrival, I can tell that my shipment included the similar species (Canthigaster valentini), which looks very much the same but with a few distinct differences: C. coronata has blue spots on the snout, more mottled coloration on the saddle barring, and a clear caudal fin while C. valentini has brown/gray chevron bars on the snout, distinct black saddle barring, and a yellow caudal fin.

It is not a big issue, as I like them both, but I definitely prefer C. coronata, which was also about 25% more expensive than C. valentini for the same size. Shipping back is not feasible, so I'll probably have to just live with the mix-up, but it is disappointing nonetheless. I did contact LA customer support to see if they can do anything to compensate.

P.S. Forgot my camera at home and receive deliveries at work throughout work days, so I don't have any pictures until maybe tomorrow.

Edit: added a picture link from LA of each in case anyone is curious:
C. valentini: https://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg_37066_Saddle_Valentini_Puffer.jpg

C. coronata: https://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg_37147_Saddle_Puffer_A.jpg

 

[Slocke]

Anybody ever had a species-swap on a fish order? I've been interested in "toby" puffers for quite a while now and finally decided to order to quarantine for my eventual basement FOWLR 125g.
LA had a sale on "Saddle" pufferfish (Canthigaster coronata), which is a species near the top of my list. Upon arrival, I can tell that my shipment included the similar species (Canthigaster valentini), which looks very much the same but with a few distinct differences: C. coronata has blue spots on the snout, more mottled coloration on the saddle barring, and a clear caudal fin while C. valentini has brown/gray chevron bars on the snout, distinct black saddle barring, and a yellow caudal fin.

It is not a big issue, as I like them both, but I definitely prefer C. coronata, which was also about 25% more expensive than C. valentini for the same size. Shipping back is not feasible, so I'll probably have to just live with the mix-up, but it is disappointing nonetheless. I did contact LA customer support to see if they can do anything to compensate.

P.S. Forgot my camera at home and receive deliveries at work throughout work days, so I don't have any pictures until maybe tomorrow.

Edit: added a picture link from LA of each in case anyone is curious:
C. valentini: https://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg_37066_Saddle_Valentini_Puffer.jpg

C. coronata: https://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/large/lg_37147_Saddle_Puffer_A.jpg

Yeah. Happens with Dr. reef all of the time. I think he usually refunds and/or sends again. Problem is he is far more responsive and generous then LA.