The Mystery of the tail-less fish.

I am not sure what have happen to this fishes. All I'm sure is that all this fish has had a traumatic experience. A very important part of the fish anatomy is missing. The tail is very important for fish to not only chase their prey but to also to escape from predator.

Should they be considered lucky that they are now in the hands of the reefer which will hand feed them?

Makes me wonder if this fishes looks cute at all. Does it look adorable or is it Hideous.









I just hope that this fish was not "parrotise" just to sell them at a higher price. As this picture was posted by Fish Folk of Aquarium.hk I have no idea of what the real story behind the fish current look. Though, by looks; the fishes looked healthy and most probably lost their fins in the wild.

The full story though is still a mystery.

Fusi Goby Laid Eggs

Happy and Sad...

I've had this pair of goby for a while now.

Happy: of course it made me happy that both fish had paired-up and mate.

Sad: Because I've just destroyed it's burrow and eggs.



.......tired of my scape, so decided to made a mini makeover scape only to my surprise that the goby mentioned had eggs on the cave it dug. I have actually remove that piece of liverock where it burrowed under, keep the rock on the floor while rescaping until I decided to put the rock back in the tank again. Did not really notice the peculiar behavior of one of the fusi not until I felt smushie and soft from under the rock that made me curious and focus my attention to it.

The color of the eggs is white and I have a feeling that the eggs where newly laid. Very tiny eggs and plenty of them on the underside of the rock. You wouldn't really see it till you know that it is there. Since the rock is white on the underside (not expose to lights), the eggs just camouflaged to it.




here is a closer shot of the tiny eggs.




And here is another picture of the smaller goby acting strangely after I've remove the rock. It might be the male but I'm not sure. He is roughly 3 inches from head to tip whilst the other goby is .05 inch longer.

World's Best: TOTM - November '09

Sullivan Martin's (Sullivan Martin) Reef Aquarium of Reef Central
System Profile

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• Display tank:.4” X 23.6” X 23.6” (238 gallons)
• Sumps: Sump 1 -33 gallons 19.6” X 19.6” X 19.6”; Sump 2 - 47.5 gallons 47.2” X 19.6” X 11.8” with refugium 15.7” X 15.7” X 11.8” and full of Chaetomorpha.
• Lighting display: 1 Fauna Marin T5 8 x 54W and 1 ATI Powermodule 6 x 39W
• Photoperiod: 12 hrs - From 11am to 11pm
• Water circulation: 1 Tunze Wavebox, 2 Tunze 6200 and 2 Tunze Nano 6055 with Tunze 7095 controller; return pump - Deltec HLP 5250 6000l/h (1585g/h)
• System filtration: Pure Berlin
• Skimmer: Bubble King Internal 250
• Calcium reactor: Custom design made by Planctonite - Holds up 24 pounds of ARM extra coarse.
• Aditives: 1 ampoule Biodigest every 15 days; 2 ampoules weekly Prodibio Bioptim
• Chiller: Hailea HC 1000 - A
• Media reactor: Deltec FR 509 with Deltec AquaCrown Carbon.

JGross4's Clean SPS Solana of Reef Central's Nano Forum
System Profile

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- Aquarium: 34g Solana and Stand
- Substrate: 1/4" White HDPE Board
- Light Mount: 14" Zero Edge Lamptree
- Light: 20" 250W Current Sunpod
- Controller: Reefkeeper II with Temp and pH
- 2-Part Dosing: Litermeter III and Pump Module
- Flow: Tunze Nanostream 6025 and 6055 with Single Controller
- Back-up: Xpower 400 UPS for 6025 only
- Auto Top-off: Tunze 5017 with Pump (5.5 gallon reservoir)
- Skimmer: Sapphire
- Heater: 200W Stealth







Andy's (Triton) 76 gallons Reef Aquarium of MARSH
System Profile

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• Display tank: 76 gallon Oceanic half-circle
• Sumps: 30 gallon sump
• Lighting display: Geisemann Actinic+ and Aquablue +
• Photoperiod: whites from noon until 9 pm, and the blues from 11 am until 10 pm.
• Water circulation: run two Koralia 2s
• System filtration:
• Skimmer: ASM G1X skimmer
• Calcium reactor:
• Aditives:
• Chiller:
• Media reactor:







Mike Armes's(Mike) Reef Tank of SaltCity
System Profile

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• Display tank: 125 system volume
• Sumps: Refugium w/chaeto
• Lighting display: 2 x 250 Watt MH Single Ended w/ Lumenarc Reflectors, LED Moonlight
• Photoperiod: 10:30am Tank Lights on 9:30pm Tank Lights off, Moonlights on 9:30pm Moonlights off 9am
• Water circulation: Tunze 6100 with a 7095 controller
• System filtration:
• Skimmer: Euro Reef RS180 Skimmer
• Calcium reactor:
• Aditives:
• Chiller:
• Media reactor:








Neil H of MASA (marine aquarium of south africa)
System Profile

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• Display tank: 120cm x 60cm x 80cm - 550 Liters
• Sumps: 3ft sump - DSB and chaeto
• Lighting display: 2 x 150w 12000 K MH’s 2 x 10 000K 54w T5’s 2 x actinic 54w T5’s
• Photoperiod: 0700 - 2100
• Water circulation: 3 seio pumps
• System filtration:
• Skimmer: TS2 protein skimmer
• Calcium reactor:
• Aditives: Marine One
• Chiller:
• Media reactor:




StevieT nano reef of NR
System Profile

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• Display tank: 130 24"L x 20"W x 24"H, 29 gallons display
• Sumps:
• Lighting display: CurrentUSA Outer Orbit, 150W HQI Geissman 14.5K, 4 T5s (2) 460nm (2) 420nm, 6 blue LEDs 6 White LEDs
• Photoperiod:
• Water circulation: Vortech MP20
• System filtration:, inTank Custom skimmer cup, Filter Floss, 100ml Purigen, 11.74 Chemi-Pure Elite
• Skimmer: Tunze 9002
• Calcium reactor:
• Aditives:
• Chiller:
• Media reactor: inTank Media Basket
*Equipment: ReefKeeper Lite L3, JBJ Auto Top Off with custom magnetic float mount, UPS battery back up, Stealth 150W heater







Sin Kovacevic (Milan04) of MASA - australia
System Profile

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• Display tank: 3x2x2 - 340L
• Sumps: 2x18x18 is fairly simple containing 3 compartments - DSB with macro algae
• Lighting display: solarmax 8x39w T5
• Photoperiod: 1000 - 2200
• Water circulation: 2 x vortech MP40w’s and 2 x tunze 6045’s
• System filtration: approx 80kg of live rock with only a 5-10mm sand bed just for looks
• Skimmer: Bubble Magus BM-150
• Calcium reactor:
• Aditives: Bubble Magus dosing pump: 2ml of vodka per day as well as the following zeovit items.
Zeobak – 4 drops twice per week
Coral Snow – 3ml twice per week (Dosed with Zeobak)
Zeozym – once per week
HC Amino Acids – 2 drops per day.
• Chiller:
• Media reactor: Phosphate reactor








Stevens (GrumpyDwarf) Nocturnal Biotope
System Profile

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• Display tank: 24.0" x 19.7" x 19.7" 34 gallons - Red Sea Max 130
• Sumps:
• Lighting display: Although the aquarium set comes with two 55 watts, I removed one of them so that I fit a Solite 1 watt LED moonlight
• Photoperiod:
• Water circulation: Tunze Nanostream 6045
• System filtration: UltraPowerPhos
• Skimmer: Tunze Nano skimmer 9002
• Calcium reactor:
• Aditives: Prodibio - Bioclean
• Chiller: mini cooling fan
• Media reactor: inTank Media Basket

BM NAC6A: Indepth Review

BM NAC6A...




Ive been lucky to get the BM NAC6a during my recent trip to Shanghai. I was actually looking for the BM Cone but unfortunately, this model is out of stock. Even the BM NAC6A was the last item from their warehouse. I was just lucky!


Anyway, I will try to post my opinion about this particular skimmer being a relatively new comer in the market with a shocking price and intriguing models.



UNBOXING...

The packaging of the skimmer is very good. An eye catching millipora picture of the outside box which makes the item expensive looking. From the inside, each particular piece is wrap in individual plastic while the skimmer pump is boxed separately with mini styro. The package when open comes with the assembly instruction sheet, warranty card and some stickers.

With a 6 inches in diameter, this skimmer is huge.




THE BUILD...

The skimmer is shockingly made with topnotch detail. The acrylic is very clear though thinner than my NW 100 Reef Octpus skimmer. The skimmer(with out pump) also weighs lighter than the mentioned Reef Octopus. Glued with attention to detail. The over-all look of the skimmer is a beauty;


PRO:
-The neck is wide for non restriction of the froth.
-The collection cup is rubber fitted for a tight seal.
-Polished edge not only for a clean look but also easy cleaning



CONS:
-The collection cup doesn't come-off easily.
-The silencer is pinned/screwed in the collection cup which makes it a hassle if you need to clean the cup.







The PARTS...


venturi... with decently large opening for good water intake.

the bubble plate. Can be disassembled for easy cleaning.

wedge pipe. Look at the details, smooth...

base and pump holder..


PUMP & MESH WHEEL
pump is comparatively the same size as the aquabee 2000 with a good room for the volute. The mesh wheel is a combination of the pin wheel sandwich with the enkamat and a plastic to tamed the mesh.

mesh/pinwheel with a ceramic shaft. Comes with an extra replacement too.

PERFORMANCE
.... not only that the skimmer works, it puts the expensive brands to shame. I also find that the pump operates silently whilst some reefers claim that its noisy.

with a very small foot print, it sure will fit to any sump.
Since my sump was pre-design with the tank, I am not happy with how it was done. Still managed to make it work though and with the skimmer minute footprint, I need not to modify my sump. though the water level is not what the recommended by the Bubble Magus, I am still having a good skimmate.


the pump at work....




I've only had the skimmer running for four Days, but the performance is impressive. I am not let-down with how it works. It is more than my expectation. My only concern is how the pump will operate for long term usage.

Anyway, with the throw-away price and a BEASTLY performance this skimmer is a sure WINNER!