Picked up New Pufferfish, working on tank!!
Posted: Sat May 11, 2013 9:06 pm
I picked up a new puffer the other day, another Fiji Orangetail like Camille, except this one is much bigger. i was gonna do a GSP, but it would seem that my mind isn't done with tobies yet. No pictures yet, and I don't have a name either, but it is a female. I have, in the past, kept with the theme of naming my puffers after hurricanes.
In the meantime, I'm trying to get my tank back in pristine shape. Some of you might remember before that I recently moved to Louisville, KY and that my tank had to stay under my dad's care for a few months. Well, not to knock the old man or anything, but he didn't clean up any algae and seriously overfed the tank! The result? The tank was literally taken over by green hair algae and BRISTLE WORMS!! When I moved the tank, I cleaned up as much algae as I could but it is STILL trying to grow on my rocks, and literally inspected each and every rock and picked off probably 4 dozen bristle worms 2 inches or larger!
Remember this thread I posted a year ago?
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=30053
With my tank's crystal clear water, coraline-wrapped powerhead and purple spotted rocks? Yeah, I wouldn't dare post a picture of it now. Seriously. You guys would cry.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to get the tank back under control, shift it away from the green crap and towards the purple stuff, and get the calcium level back to where it needs to be. Just prepped some water for a water change tomorrow, so I'll have my work cut out for me.
The new orangetail gets along fine with my goby and, although she is still being shy, eats like a horse! I can't wait to turn some live shrimp loose in there and behold the carnage.
Anyway, that's where I am at the moment, I know I haven't been on here too much lately and that's because I'm still settling into my new house. Oh yeah, feel free to drop some hints/tricks that'll help me get my coraline back!
In the meantime, I'm trying to get my tank back in pristine shape. Some of you might remember before that I recently moved to Louisville, KY and that my tank had to stay under my dad's care for a few months. Well, not to knock the old man or anything, but he didn't clean up any algae and seriously overfed the tank! The result? The tank was literally taken over by green hair algae and BRISTLE WORMS!! When I moved the tank, I cleaned up as much algae as I could but it is STILL trying to grow on my rocks, and literally inspected each and every rock and picked off probably 4 dozen bristle worms 2 inches or larger!
Remember this thread I posted a year ago?
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=30053
With my tank's crystal clear water, coraline-wrapped powerhead and purple spotted rocks? Yeah, I wouldn't dare post a picture of it now. Seriously. You guys would cry.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to get the tank back under control, shift it away from the green crap and towards the purple stuff, and get the calcium level back to where it needs to be. Just prepped some water for a water change tomorrow, so I'll have my work cut out for me.
The new orangetail gets along fine with my goby and, although she is still being shy, eats like a horse! I can't wait to turn some live shrimp loose in there and behold the carnage.
Anyway, that's where I am at the moment, I know I haven't been on here too much lately and that's because I'm still settling into my new house. Oh yeah, feel free to drop some hints/tricks that'll help me get my coraline back!