Tank Journal Archive

macca_75 · Jan 31, 2013

Today is Thursday - where are the pics????

MagicJ · Jan 31, 2013

macca_75 said:
Today is Thursday - where are the pics????

I just got home and unpacked them - all arrived in good condition by the look of things.

Photo's will come later if they open up OK :)

slin1977 · Jan 31, 2013

Welcome to Magics cocktail goni lounge....
Tequila sunset...Frothin to see these :)

MagicJ · Jan 31, 2013

slin1977 said:
Welcome to Magics cocktail goni lounge....
Tequila sunset...Frothin to see these :)

You just have to love common names Nils :rolleyes

This is the photo of the Tequila Sunset provided by the seller

MTG · Feb 1, 2013

Very cool! New fts? :rolleyes:

chimaera · Feb 4, 2013

Need some goni porn shots, please.

MagicJ · Feb 4, 2013

chimaera said:
Need some goni porn shots, please.

They are slowly recovering - they got a little cool on the trip down.

I gave them a feed last night so I will see what they look like when I get home tonight :)

MagicJ · Feb 10, 2013

Whilst taking Ken and Jen on a LFS crawl of the only shop selling marine stock in Hobart today, we spied this little ric in one of the tanks - well, it was actually the only coral tank :) With a bit of arm twisting from Ken it was bagged up and is now in my tank. In reality, I was not planning on buying any corals but Ken and Jen were thinking about buying it and taking it home on the plane - now, we have enough trouble getting any half decent corals in Tasmania so I wasn't about to let those cheeky Victorians steel it from under our noses :D .

There were also a few very sick looking scollies in the tank. I don't advocate the purchasing of sick corals in the hope that they will recover but, at the price negotiated, I thought it was worth the risk. My stromb jumped staright in to help with the clean up :)

Any thoughts on the chances of surviving??

Henry G · Feb 10, 2013

If the conditions are in its favor it can recover. It seems healthy, like the tissue that is there. The only concern is that there is not a great amount of it!

Sarg · Feb 10, 2013

Wow thats a nice ric! Good luck with the scolly.

chimaera · Feb 11, 2013

Wow that ric was a nice find. Was it priced as such rics normally are?

The scoly looks to have a decent amount of flesh left and its mouth is intact so I'd say it has a decent chance. I'd have given it a shot too.

leodb89 · Feb 11, 2013

MagicJ said:
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how much are these worth?

MagicJ · Feb 17, 2013

leodb89 said:
how much are these worth?

Too much for what they are :rolleyes

One week on and the scolly is looking slightly better. The snails have done a good job of keeping the algae at bay, and some of the areas on the inside have started to repair where the skeleton was poking through the flesh.

chimaera · Feb 17, 2013

Looking promising.

leodb89 · Feb 18, 2013

MagicJ said:
Too much for what they are :rolleyes

One week on and the scolly is looking slightly better. The snails have done a good job of keeping the algae at bay, and some of the areas on the inside have started to repair where the skeleton was poking through the flesh.

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i ask cos i have one similar...wouldnt mind pricing it up lol

Synodontis · Feb 18, 2013

Can really see some improvement there mate. :)
Would be nice if you could post a couple of pics each week of the progress.

P.S- I would have thought the scolly would look better after being in your tank for 10 months tho??? :rolleyes

MagicJ · Feb 19, 2013

Synodontis said:
P.S- I would have thought the scolly would look better after being in your tank for 10 months tho??? :rolleyes

Good pick up :D

Photoshop was trying to autoformat the date, but it was doing it wrong - I didn't notice that I had an extra '1' where it shouldn't have been :rolleyes

Synodontis · Mar 22, 2013

MagicJ said:
Too much for what they are :rolleyes

One week on and the scolly is looking slightly better. The snails have done a good job of keeping the algae at bay, and some of the areas on the inside have started to repair where the skeleton was poking through the flesh.

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How is this doing after a month or so @MagicJ? Has it pulled through or not made it.
How about that magic Ric, split yet??? :)

MagicJ · Mar 27, 2013

Synodontis said:
How is this doing after a month or so @MagicJ? Has it pulled through or not made it.

I'm probably still sitting on the fence Ken - it has actually filled out a bit, but at the same time has receded a bit from the edges.

Synodontis said:
How about that magic Ric, split yet??? :)

No, the ric has not split, nor has it been cut :D But it has got quite a bit bigger

MagicJ · Apr 1, 2013

Picked up 5 Dispar Anthia's on Friday :)

Three have settled in reasonably well and are at least starting to look for food tonight. The other two are acting strangely :confused: One went straight to the bottom when placed in the tank and has basically not moved much in 3 days - it is now hiding under my Trachyphyllia geoffroyi. The other one is sitting vertically in the top corner of the tank - I have moved it away a few times but it soon moves back to the same spot. No interest in food from these two - any ideas?

Here are some photo's of the 3 happy ones

I suspect the last one may be a male due to the blue edging to the fins - any confirmation appreciated.