Pictures of your Guard Dogs

[MUCHO REEF]

Do you have a pic of the fishes that guard your reef, keeping it free from any predators and algae. If so, take a moment and share a pic. As soon as my new camera arrives I will post mine as well.


Mucho Reef

[MarvinsReef]

yeah, I'm quite sure my fairy wrasses do a very good job on keeping things in check.. I don't see anything crawling on my zoas when the lights are on... coz if they see anything that moves, it's normally gone in a second or two.. ;)

Liney
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/32g_Reef/FisheZz/Lineatus_03-12-07_2.jpg

Stipes
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/32g_Reef/FisheZz/Laboutei1_03-24-07.jpg

Hoody
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/32g_Reef/FisheZz/Hooded.jpg

[650-IS350]

Damm Marvin. thats a pretty expensive wrasse you have on pic#1 and #2

[MarvinsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9590394#post9590394 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650
Damm Marvin. thats a pretty expensive wrasse you have on pic#1 and #2

I gotta good deal... ;)

Thanks.. :)

[650-IS350]

I actually have plan of getting #1 maybe a pair....

[JGoslee]

Nice wrasse's Marv! Here's my two guard dogs.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/jgoslee/oneeyewilly.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/jgoslee/lou3.jpg

[MarvinsReef]

nice guards Jesse... and great shots.. :)

[650-IS350]

My guard dogs are the same as Josh's with the addition of a type of fairy wrasse..

[MUCHO REEF]

No more dogs out there huh?

Mucho Reef

[650-IS350]

IN a couple weeks mine would be a pack.. converting my 100gal to full fairy wrasse tank. with mandarin and blenny

[b.branscombe]

Anyone know if flasher wrasse also keep pests in check?

[BurN]

Nice nucs JGos =D. How long have you had em?

[ct_vol]

Hey Marv, when did you get the Labouti???

[MarvinsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9597455#post9597455 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ct_vol
Hey Marv, when did you get the Labouti???

hehe.. a week ago I think... :D

[650-IS350]

How much did you pay for it ? ( HOOKUP )

[650-IS350]

How much did you pay for it ? ( HOOKUP )

[JGoslee]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9596990#post9596990 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BurN
Nice nucs JGos =D. How long have you had em? A few months.:)

[snipersps]

some of mine one year ago
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/snipersps714/IMG_1286.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/snipersps714/rainbow-fish.jpg

[gflat65]

Love the lineatus, Marvin...

[MarvinsReef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9600112#post9600112 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snipersps
some of mine one year ago
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y30/snipersps714/rainbow-fish.jpg
nice Rhomboid Hugo...


<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9600833#post9600833 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gflat65
Love the lineatus, Marvin...
Thanks man.. :)

[scoutmaniak]

Love the trigger, I just like my shrimp, lol. I have angels in with my zoos, so they eat the algea, worms, and the zoos lol. So they keep everything in check.

Michael

[ct_vol]

Here's my hair algae manager... lol ;)

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j239/ct_vol/LPS/nudi.jpg

[SDguy]

For pests (much more of a picker than I expected with a fairy wrasse):
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/YellowStreakFairy.jpg

For algae:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/PowderBlueintank_1.jpg

[MUCHO REEF]

Wow, lots of nice dogs in the pond. Forgot tp ask if everyone could detail what their dogs eat/control predator or algae wise. Doing so would help a lot of other reefers who might need to purchase a hunter.


Mucho Reef

[mfinn]

I had a problem with amphipods untill I added this guy.




http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1306/wrasse5lq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[edwing206]

Oooh. Cool wrasse mfinn. What kinda wrasse is that and where did you get it?

[mfinn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9623859#post9623859 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by edwing206
Oooh. Cool wrasse mfinn. What kinda wrasse is that and where did you get it?


It is a melanurus wrasse and I bought it at a store called Barrier Reef.

[SDguy]

Oh, and this takes care of problem pods, LOL :D

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/06/08/interceptor.jpg

[roader247]

Here's one of the best guard bunny's I've ever had

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/roader247/2001_0303_135513AA.jpg

Mark

[SDguy]

LOL, he's so big, that the ears look like a little bow on his head :D

[LoudProudNPunk]

i have a 40 gal with a skunk clown and an algae blenny, if i wanted to get a gaurd for my zoa's would it be to crowded? if not what would u guys suggest?

[edwing206]

I've been to that store before. It is one of the best I've been to.

[Peter Eichler]

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/pseichler/Reefprogression075.jpg

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n59/pseichler/Zoas036.jpg

[jafoca]

peter - what is the first fish? Looks like the body shape of a blenny...

[ct_vol]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9629670#post9629670 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jafoca
peter - what is the first fish? Looks like the body shape of a blenny...

Its a Springerii Pseudochromis... :D

[jessp]

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/vbcoach22/fragswap007-1.jpg">

<img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b94/vbcoach22/wrasse008.jpg">

and a yellow coris that is awesome

[edwing206]

Damn those are some sweet fish jess.

[Stanton]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/33994easter07_038_1_.jpg

He's a hunting machine.

[edwing206]

Nice fish stanton.

[msman825]

here's mine http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/msman825/smilie_074.gif http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/msman825/smilie_149.gif

[SptfireXIV]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/VicSkimmr/Reef%20Tanks/90%20Gallon%20Acrylic/Livestock/DSCN4577.jpg

Unfortunately, he was KIA recently :(

[Stanton]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/33994easter07_015_1_.jpg

I have never seen him eat a amphipod though.

[frontosa_man80]

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[REEFRHEAD]

SDguy
i totally agree with the wrasse i have the same wrasse in my 220 and he gorges himself on algae and other pests, such as bristtle worms and nudis and pods of course ;)

[MUCHO REEF]

Last call for the dogs.


MR

[siren]

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r42/OMASociety/Richard%20and%20Jeffs%20Tank/TOTM/12/YellowCitronClownGoby.jpg

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r42/OMASociety/Richard%20and%20Jeffs%20Tank/TOTM/12/Carpentersflasherwrasse.jpg

(not in the same tank)
http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r42/OMASociety/Richard%20and%20Jeffs%20Tank/TOTM/55/Red2.jpg

[xxtriggermanxx]

Hey what about us "Guard cats"! (i think this is an all you can eat seafood buffet, with really heated seats!)

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e71/xxtriggermanxx/fishpics047.jpg

[143gadgets]

Here's my guard dog.http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/CHR_641.jpghttp://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/CHR_6400web.jpg

[MUCHO REEF]

That's a mean looking dog. Care to share some details about it?

Could everyone share the names of their dogs and what they consume? That would be an asset if anyone of us comes across one and wants to pick one up. Thanks.



Mucho Reef

[msman825]

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/msman825/IMG_0011.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/msman825/March807FishTankPics006.jpg

[MUCHO REEF]

Anymore Guard dogs in your tanks?

Mooch

[Eklikewhoa]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/eklikewhoa/NanoReef/IMG_1713.jpg

[aquarius77]

Here is one of mine on duty.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/euchre_skillz/zoo%20pack/croppedcoral.jpg

[aquarius77]

Ahh what the heck.... One more.
My wild cought in the keys Saddle Blenny. Just look at his gut, ive never seen a fish so hungry.



http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/euchre_skillz/Zoos%20Rics%20and%20Palys/5-16-07020.jpg

[stoneroller]

How about the blue flasher wrasse for a guard dog?

[Mr2KiEu]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9784358#post9784358 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 143gadgets
Here's my guard dog.http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/CHR_641.jpghttp://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a290/143gadgets/CHR_6400web.jpg

what kinda pipefish is that? never seen one like that before.....very cool!

[143gadgets]

Thanks! It's a dragon face pipe!

[AquaReeferMan]

Here is my crew.

Pods/unwanted critters.
Leopard Wrasse:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/aquareeferman/leopard-1.jpg

Peppermint:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/aquareeferman/Pep2006.jpg

Algae.
Achilles Tang:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/aquareeferman/Achilles-2.jpg

Hippo Tang:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/aquareeferman/Hippo.jpg

Kole Tang:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/aquareeferman/Kole.jpg

Flame Angel:
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e349/aquareeferman/flamer-1.jpg

[customanimalart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9623511#post9623511 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mfinn
I had a problem with amphipods untill I added this guy.




http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1306/wrasse5lq3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

what are the names of the pink/purple zoas on the left? I have some but don't know what thry're called.:confused:

[edwing206]

Algae.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/edwing206/DSC_0164.jpg


Other live things.
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p255/edwing206/DSC_0158.jpg

[mfinn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10386200#post10386200 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by customanimalart
what are the names of the pink/purple zoas on the left? I have some but don't know what thry're called.:confused:

In real life they are more orange and black.
They are bam bam oranges.

[customanimalart]

oh, okay. i have bam bams as well and when i looked at your pic more closely, i thougjht that was what they were.

If I could figure out how to take good pics of my zoas, I would post for ID's.

thanx

[d4a2n0k]

Got this guy recently, cheap. :) A buddy of mine bought him and had his butt kicked by a Hawk Fish as soon as he entered the tank. After one night, he was almost dead. He has been recovering nicely but still has some fin damage near the tail. He cruises the tank and looks for bad things to eat all day long.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o266/gbannister/IMG_0462-1.jpg

[customanimalart]

Beautiful colors. Is it a wrasse? How big and what type if you know.
I am still deciding on what species to put in prop tank.

Decisions, decisions:confused:

[d4a2n0k]

Thanks, its a Mystery Wrasse. They have been known to eat Shrimp so keep that in mind. They are in the same family as the 6-Line Wrasse.

[customanimalart]

:eek2: :eek1: :eek2: :eek1:

You got lucky....these guys (mystery wrasse) are EXPENSIVE AND HARD TO GET YOUR HANDS ON.

Man alive...:hmm5:

[Slakker]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10368678#post10368678 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by 143gadgets
Thanks! It's a dragon face pipe!

Fitting name! The first thing I thought of when I saw that first picture was a dragon prowling its domain...

How rare are those things, and what special needs do they have?

Edit: Looked it up...sounds like a fish that would do well as the only fish in a tank. If I were to set up a 30br reef with assorted corals and a Dragonface Pipefish, do you think it'd do well?

[650-IS350]

They go for roughly $110 here in the bayarea...

[customanimalart]

250.00 on marinecenter.com...Ouch!

Liveaquaria.com for 160.00. Geee...I pick liveaquaria.

[650-IS350]

Here's mine...

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n230/delsol650/Picture007.jpg

RIP
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n230/delsol650/Picture006-4.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n230/delsol650/Picture003-4.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n230/delsol650/Picture001-4.jpg
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n230/delsol650/Picture005-4.jpg

[customanimalart]

See, now I'm jealous. Hmmm...Christmas is coming up.

Do these guys acclimate and ship well? For that price, you know. I was paranoid when acclimating my Coral Beauty and he was only 25.00. Three hr drip.

[lfduty]

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/lfduty/IMG_1219.jpg
copper and Osker in the back
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/lfduty/IMG_0884.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/lfduty/FUN%20TIMES%20WITH%20LIN%20DUTY/thIMG_00201.jpg
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/lfduty/FUN%20TIMES%20WITH%20LIN%20DUTY/thDSC017631.jpg
And for the pest's the fish can't do
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b5/lfduty/IMAG0095.jpg

[customanimalart]

HE He! My husband is a cop, so that 4th pic really cracked me up. I know how you boyz are with your toyz.

[lfduty]

HE HE im a exBLM Bureau of Land Management and cop I LOVE my toyz

[customanimalart]

HE HE...did I get it right or what??? Those boyz and their toyz.

My toyz????
Reef life!

[lfduty]

me to naw

[customanimalart]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10392260#post10392260 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by d4a2n0k
Got this guy recently, cheap. :) A buddy of mine bought him and had his butt kicked by a Hawk Fish as soon as he entered the tank. After one night, he was almost dead. He has been recovering nicely but still has some fin damage near the tail. He cruises the tank and looks for bad things to eat all day long.

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o266/gbannister/IMG_0462-1.jpg

I'm still dreaming...he's on my wish list.

[lfduty]

I got one and it jumped that night and my Ferret got it be for I new it jumped I was sick with the new tank they cant jump they will just hit the back and back in they go

[customanimalart]

OMG! Sushi for the ferret.
I would have been sick too.
I have glass tops, so no worries there. Do they still want to jump out if you are messing around with frags with the top off? If so, then that is a problem.

[lfduty]

Some time's but i put the Ferret up naw when im in the tank fraging and what not.