The regal is doing great! He's even starting to give a few of the other fish the business from time to time. He loves pellets and really goes after PE mysis. Looking good. The emperor seems to be more of a vegetarian. Prefers to pick at the rockwork and grab small pieces of the nori that the tangs bite off and send into the water column. Every once in a while I will see him go after mysis. I am feeding at least a half dozen different types of food. I have heard that often times, juvis will be more vegetarian and change into meat/sponge eaters as they mature. He is very active and looks just great, so I am not too worried.
The battle in my tank lately has been due to the monti removal. I had to reduce my alk/cal dosing by about 40%. Just incredible. Additionally, the flow patterns in the tank have all been adjusted because the monti is no longer such a huge obstruction. In the process, my flashlight colony went up in smoke. Oh well. I have a few frags still, it will grow back.
Saw a majestic angel in a store over the weekend. It looked great but I wasn't ready to add more fish yet till the emperor is more settled. I also thought it was priced a little high, but I was very tempted.
Still targeting halloween or black friday to add more fish. Trying to decide on selections. Might try the Idol still, might do a long nose butterfly, might do the pyramid butterfly. I am still thinking it will likely be the majestic angel and probably a flame angel. Not sure how many I will add, might all depend on whether or not I can get that female trigger out of there to create some space.
The battle in my tank lately has been due to the monti removal. I had to reduce my alk/cal dosing by about 40%. Just incredible. Additionally, the flow patterns in the tank have all been adjusted because the monti is no longer such a huge obstruction. In the process, my flashlight colony went up in smoke. Oh well. I have a few frags still, it will grow back.
Saw a majestic angel in a store over the weekend. It looked great but I wasn't ready to add more fish yet till the emperor is more settled. I also thought it was priced a little high, but I was very tempted.
Still targeting halloween or black friday to add more fish. Trying to decide on selections. Might try the Idol still, might do a long nose butterfly, might do the pyramid butterfly. I am still thinking it will likely be the majestic angel and probably a flame angel. Not sure how many I will add, might all depend on whether or not I can get that female trigger out of there to create some space.
