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danreefs
03/07/2010, 02:41 PM
I waited a long time for my LFS to get a haddoni in with this color and good health. Here are some pics injoy

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww312/wynjam/100_3870.jpg

jsharp1
03/07/2010, 03:09 PM
OOOOOOOhhhhhh, I like the color! Very nice!

garygb
03/07/2010, 05:20 PM
It looks bleached to me, but otherwise healthy. I would expect with proper light it will get a rich brown color. Good luck.

firedude33
03/07/2010, 06:30 PM
it does look a little bleached. maybe too much light?

danreefs
03/07/2010, 06:56 PM
it does look a little bleached. maybe too much light?

Flash from the camera is making him look more bleached then he is. Yes he is a litte bleached. I do have some old glass tops i put on to block some of the light. I run T5s 6 bulbs 54W over a 75g.

Toddrtrex
03/07/2010, 07:56 PM
Flash from the camera is making him look more bleached then he is. Yes he is a litte bleached. I do have some old glass tops i put on to block some of the light. I run T5s 6 bulbs 54W over a 75g.

The glass tops won't block all that much light. I would put 3 layers of window screening b/t the lights and the tank (( can use egg create to support the screening )), and then remove a layer every 5-7 days.

jupiter
03/07/2010, 08:17 PM
What colour is that? It looks a lot like the haddoni I bought many years back (see my profile pic). It was a beauty but it was bleached and didn't last more than 2 years, although part of that might have been due to dropping a boulder of live rock on it ... twice :(

danreefs
03/07/2010, 08:17 PM
The glass tops won't block all that much light. I would put 3 layers of window screening b/t the lights and the tank (( can use egg create to support the screening )), and then remove a layer every 5-7 days.

I will do that thanks Tod

5h3rW1N
03/07/2010, 10:14 PM
its a healthy one !!

Toddrtrex
03/07/2010, 10:21 PM
I will do that thanks Tod

Great, and I have a feeling that in time it will darken up, a dark green with stripes.

danreefs
03/18/2010, 06:25 PM
Update. He has moved 3in to the right and that puts him in a cave that i made out of the LR. He is about 75% out of the light now. His color is getting better and he will take silversides. Im thinking he had to much flow on him and thast why he moved. I will move some LR around to make a better place for him somtime this weekend. But should i just let him be for now? or move him back in to the light alitte?

danreefs
03/18/2010, 06:42 PM
Update. He has moved 3in to the right and that puts him in a cave that i made out of the LR. He is about 75% out of the light now. His color is getting better and he will take silversides. Im thinking he had to much flow on him and thast why he moved. I will move some LR around to make a better place for him somtime this weekend. But should i just let him be for now? or move him back in to the light alitte?

jupiter
03/18/2010, 07:37 PM
I'm thinking he's trying to get onto the sand bed to burrow. He needs deep sand or he may never settle. You can't keep him on the rocks.

danreefs
04/06/2010, 04:12 PM
small update. The nem is looking alot better now Injoy

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww312/wynjam/DSC00103.jpg

ocellaris123
04/06/2010, 05:52 PM
Very cool, neat porcelain crab you got paired with him. Im starting to catch the haddoni bug and am thinking of adding a smaller green one in a few months, dependent upon how my blue one does. He does appear a tad bleached but it should recover if given proper conditions as everyone has said. Best of luck.

danreefs
05/07/2010, 02:21 PM
Here he is at 2 months and looking good

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww312/wynjam/DSC00523.jpg

http://i731.photobucket.com/albums/ww312/wynjam/DSC00520.jpg

Magga Pie
05/07/2010, 07:48 PM
Very Nice!! What kind of fixture do you have? I have a 75g and looking to upgrade my lighting.

t4zalews
05/07/2010, 08:47 PM
that carpet looks awesome...are you going to be adding clowns..or just the crab? maybe add a trio of sexy shrimp or something

t4zalews
05/07/2010, 08:48 PM
nvm..just saw the clown in the top of the picture

danreefs
05/08/2010, 06:49 PM
Very Nice!! What kind of fixture do you have? I have a 75g and looking to upgrade my lighting.

Its a Nova Extreme Pro.