new fish

Emg · 06-08-2008, 07:29 PM

Just brought home a purple firefish today.

It's really too small to add to the 50 right now....so....I set up a 15 for it. I had some extra LR in a tank that I toss all my extra caulerpa and cheato in. It's got some unwanted types of algae growing on it and I didn't want to add that to my reef.

Sooo...now I have another tank to take care of...

lousy picture of a pretty little fish....

rich311k · 06-08-2008, 09:51 PM

Congrats, good luck with him.

joephys · 06-08-2008, 10:00 PM

Nice, he will get along well with the others in the 50.

Trixie · 06-09-2008, 09:19 AM

That's how I got 6 tanks up and running at the moment. Pretty fish!

wesleydnunder · 06-09-2008, 07:01 PM

Purty little guy, Emg. Hope he gets along with all the rest in your tank.

Mark

Emg · 06-09-2008, 07:31 PM

It'll be awhile before I add this one to the 50. It needs to do a bit of growing before I feel comfortable putting it in...mostly because of the coral beauty, but also because I lost 2 little high fin gobies and a little tiger pistol shrimp....just clean disappeared...all in one night !! I lost them before I got the dwarf angel..... Whatever ate them doesn't bother the larger fish...

Hmmm........that little 15 is looking pretty nice....I wonder what I coul....."*SLAP* SLAP*SLAP*"..........
ok..I've got my head on straight again.....now, what was I saying ??.......

OrionGirl · 06-09-2008, 08:36 PM

Nice--make sure it's well covered. We've never had good luck with the buggers because they manage to jump through the tiniest openings.

joephys · 06-09-2008, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emg

... I lost 2 little high fin gobies and a little tiger pistol shrimp....just clean disappeared...all in one night..

Hmm, maybe you have something hiding in the rocks hehe

Emg · 06-10-2008, 03:42 PM

I imagine that I do..

I found a peanut worm under the rock where the pistol and gobies had made a burrow...right after they had disappeared. Now....I've never heard anyone say they had problems with peanut worms and that they're harmless, but.......I got rid of it anyway. It just seems to me that it would be way too easy for one of those things to sneak up on a small sleeping fish....and they have nasty grippy little mouths on them....*shudder*

I recently saw another one in the tank and tried to get it out, but it eluded me...dang. Whatever ate my HFs hasn't bothered the larger fish, so I want to wait till this wee little guy grows a bit before I try to put him in. It's pretty small.

joephys · 06-10-2008, 07:18 PM

I have never found a peanut worm, but everything I have read about them says that they are not only safe, but beneficial.

sarcare · 06-11-2008, 08:25 AM

Fish getting eaten by mysterious beings is one reason I avoid salty tanks--creepy!!

Emg · 06-11-2008, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joephys

I have never found a peanut worm, but everything I have read about them says that they are not only safe, but beneficial.

Yeah, I've never read anything negative about them either, I just can't help thinking that something that ugly with a mouth that's constantly sniffing around and sucking up anything it can get hold of....wouldn't or couldn't "find" a sleeping little fish and suck that up too. .....elephant trunks !....the dang things look like groping elephant trunks ! :

Lol Sarc...it's really not that terrible...but it is frustrating to loose a fish and shrimp you've paid $30 for within a few days of getting it. But, that sort of thing happens in freshwater tanks too...

Emg · 06-21-2008, 02:07 PM

Whoa ! They don't call these guys "Firefish" for nothing !

DirtyDawg10 · 06-21-2008, 08:27 PM

Very cool looking fish, Eileen. It looks like a fluorescent bulb with red fins...lol.

Emg · 06-21-2008, 09:29 PM

Lol......yeah, if I could get a nice clear pic of the thing !

OrionGirl · 06-21-2008, 09:36 PM

Peanut worms are detrivores, not predators, BTW. They won't go after a living critter. Some sort of predatory critter isn't out of the realm, though, and there are a variety of worms that CAN be predators--but not peanuts.

Emg · 06-22-2008, 05:22 AM

You're probably right OG......and everything I've read says that you are but I'm going to be skepticle and just remove them if I can and toss them in the macro tank. If I find the culprit I can just put them back in the display. Those mouths just look too opportunistic to me not to grab a drowsy fish if it comes across one.......uglysonsaguns.......dang, those were nice little fish too.....

....just wish I knew what grabbed them and get rid of it !

joephys · 06-22-2008, 08:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emg

...uglysonsaguns...

lol, that almost looks like a scientific name.

Emg · 06-23-2008, 10:18 AM

Ok....I'm getting better at this.....

The adult.......

and.....little MinMe......hehe.......

Trixie · 06-23-2008, 10:28 AM

Um.. you have always been pretty good at it as far as I've ever seen...

06-08-2008, 07:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	new fish Just brought home a purple firefish today. It's really too small to add to the 50 right now....so....I set up a 15 for it. I had some extra LR in a tank that I toss all my extra caulerpa and cheato in. It's got some unwanted types of algae growing on it and I didn't want to add that to my reef. Sooo...now I have another tank to take care of... lousy picture of a pretty little fish.... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-09-2008, 09:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trixie Fauna is my EVIL TWIN. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,571	That's how I got 6 tanks up and running at the moment. Pretty fish! __________________

06-09-2008, 07:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
wesleydnunder Resident Cannibal Join Date: May 2006 Location: La Marque, Tx. Posts: 2,346	Purty little guy, Emg. Hope he gets along with all the rest in your tank. Mark __________________ If it can't be fixxed with a hammer, then you've got an electrical problem.

06-09-2008, 07:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	It'll be awhile before I add this one to the 50. It needs to do a bit of growing before I feel comfortable putting it in...mostly because of the coral beauty, but also because I lost 2 little high fin gobies and a little tiger pistol shrimp....just clean disappeared...all in one night !! I lost them before I got the dwarf angel..... Whatever ate them doesn't bother the larger fish... Hmmm........that little 15 is looking pretty nice....I wonder what I coul....."SLAP SLAPSLAP".......... ok..I've got my head on straight again.....now, what was I saying ??....... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-09-2008, 08:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,723	Nice--make sure it's well covered. We've never had good luck with the buggers because they manage to jump through the tiniest openings. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

06-08-2008, 09:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
rich311k Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 281	Congrats, good luck with him.

06-08-2008, 10:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,392	Nice, he will get along well with the others in the 50.

06-10-2008, 03:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	I imagine that I do.. I found a peanut worm under the rock where the pistol and gobies had made a burrow...right after they had disappeared. Now....I've never heard anyone say they had problems with peanut worms and that they're harmless, but.......I got rid of it anyway. It just seems to me that it would be way too easy for one of those things to sneak up on a small sleeping fish....and they have nasty grippy little mouths on them....shudder I recently saw another one in the tank and tried to get it out, but it eluded me...dang. Whatever ate my HFs hasn't bothered the larger fish, so I want to wait till this wee little guy grows a bit before I try to put him in. It's pretty small. __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-10-2008, 07:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
joephys Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: auburn, wa Posts: 4,392	I have never found a peanut worm, but everything I have read about them says that they are not only safe, but beneficial.

06-11-2008, 08:25 AM	#11 (permalink)
sarcare Lost and Confused Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 1,910	Fish getting eaten by mysterious beings is one reason I avoid salty tanks--creepy!! __________________ Reality--go 'way!

06-21-2008, 02:07 PM	#13 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	Whoa ! They don't call these guys "Firefish" for nothing ! __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-21-2008, 08:27 PM	#14 (permalink)
DirtyDawg10 Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,391	Very cool looking fish, Eileen. It looks like a fluorescent bulb with red fins...lol. __________________ Derek Self-Proclaimed FUTURE Fish Master IN TRAINING

06-21-2008, 09:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	Lol......yeah, if I could get a nice clear pic of the thing ! __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-21-2008, 09:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
OrionGirl Miss you, Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Location: California coastline Posts: 6,723	Peanut worms are detrivores, not predators, BTW. They won't go after a living critter. Some sort of predatory critter isn't out of the realm, though, and there are a variety of worms that CAN be predators--but not peanuts. __________________ ~Sheila tempus edax rerum Ideas do not have to be correct in order to be good; its only necessary that, if they do fail, they do so in an interesting way. ~Robert Rosen

06-22-2008, 05:22 AM	#17 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	You're probably right OG......and everything I've read says that you are but I'm going to be skepticle and just remove them if I can and toss them in the macro tank. If I find the culprit I can just put them back in the display. Those mouths just look too opportunistic to me not to grab a drowsy fish if it comes across one.......uglysonsaguns.......dang, those were nice little fish too..... ....just wish I knew what grabbed them and get rid of it ! __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-23-2008, 10:18 AM	#19 (permalink)
Emg Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Northeastern Ct Posts: 3,263	Ok....I'm getting better at this..... The adult....... and.....little MinMe......hehe....... __________________ Blog of my tanks and critters....come check em out and don't forget the archives ! http://emgstanks.blogspot.com/ Eileen

06-23-2008, 10:28 AM	#20 (permalink)
Trixie Fauna is my EVIL TWIN. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Northern VA Posts: 1,571	Um.. you have always been pretty good at it as far as I've ever seen... __________________

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