Well everyone, my tank has gotten through its initial cycle. I have had it running for almost 1 month. The water levels have been stable for a few days now. So, yesterday I got my first fish! She is a beautiful hippo tang. She is 2.5" long, has great coloration, and is loving the algae on my rock! I have started a feeding program for her that consists of Nori, brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, and Formula 1 small pellets. My question is about the way she acts when i turn on the lights.
I am only turning on the actinics right now to allow here to adjust. I don't want to turn in the MH's for a little while. When I do turn on the actinics, she is alright for a minute, but then she makes her way to the corner of the tank, presses her nose against the glass, and swims up about 4 inches and the down 4 inches. She does the over and over in the corner until I turn off the light. When I do, she is completly fine again. She swims around, eats, and plays in her little cave she found. I think that the light intensifies the reflection on the glass and its just confusing her. Anyway, what should I do? Should I turn on my lights and just let her get used to it, or keep them off for a while?
Thanks, and I will get some pics up soon. Oh, I also got 5 turbo snails.
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I'd give her a day or two to adjust to her new environment. Turn on your Actinics as you described and then your halides later. Establish a routine and she will get used to it. Remember there are no "Actinics" in the ocean. That's a new light to her and it may cause confusion and disorientation.
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maybe have another light source near by, to break up the flood of actinic. i dont know, & can speak for fish, but actinic alone hurts my eyes. i have my trigger only under actinic, he doesn't seem to mind, but your tang variety are more sensitive to the world around them!
Yep, here is a pic of the little beauty. Sorry about the image quality, I am still very new at photographing fast moving objects.
Any tips on what i could have done to improve the quality of this image?
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"Corals require an aquarium, seawater at the right temperature and salinity, waterf flow, light, food, bicarbonate/buffer, and calcium. Period. No other equipment, apparatus, magic potions, pills, voodoo, prayer, or other sacrafices are necessary." -Eric Borneman
There's nothing harder to take a pic of than a fish that doesn't want his mugshot. Bright lights, fast shutter speed, auto setting on digital camera, I've tried them all and the thing I found that works for me is patience and swearing at the little bugger. Swearing is optional.
Dick
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
I assume blues are skittish fish to begin with. Mine has been in the tank for 3 weeks and anytime I approach, into a rock he goes. Just the opposite of the clowns which race around to where I am, well just because they think I have food.
It's like when I was a kid, my brother always tell a story that I was so ugly they had to tie a pork chop around my neck to get the dog to play with me! Stupid brothers...
There's nothing harder to take a pic of than a fish that doesn't want his mugshot. Bright lights, fast shutter speed, auto setting on digital camera, I've tried them all and the thing I found that works for me is patience and swearing at the little bugger. Swearing is optional.
Dick
same here...
best thing is to just sit there with there camera ready until the fish decides it wants to get its picture taken..
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definately sounds about right! although my tangs never hid when i entered the room wildman, on the flip side, i dont even think they cared i was there at all!your fish could have been spooked alittle too much as a youngling
my tang is actually very responsive to me. Shes not shy. She knows when I am going to feed her because I everytime I lift my arm to the top of the tank she rushes up there waiting for some shrimp.
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"Corals require an aquarium, seawater at the right temperature and salinity, waterf flow, light, food, bicarbonate/buffer, and calcium. Period. No other equipment, apparatus, magic potions, pills, voodoo, prayer, or other sacrafices are necessary." -Eric Borneman
mine are responsive to me, but will hide from everyone else...
its funny that they can actually recognize me, from other people.
sine my tanks are in the basement, they dont get regular visitors like they would if there were in the living room or something
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I have had it running for almost 1 month. The water levels have been stable for a few days now. So, yesterday I got my first fish! She is a beautiful hippo tang. She is 2.5" long, has great coloration, and is loving the algae on my rock! I have started a feeding program for her that consists of Nori, brine shrimp, Mysis shrimp, and Formula 1 small pellets. My question is about the way she acts when i turn on the lights.
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