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Unread 08/09/2012, 08:52 PM   #226
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baby giant hawkfish is going in tomorrow...almost out of qt


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Unread 08/10/2012, 12:17 AM   #227
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baby giant hawkfish is going in tomorrow...almost out of qt
Cool. One of my favorite fish. I can't wait to see how it does.


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Unread 08/10/2012, 04:32 AM   #228
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something about the words "baby giant" makes me laugh. its not an oxymoron but feels like it should be


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Unread 08/10/2012, 06:33 AM   #229
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My meanest badest fish is my Giant Hawk.He lets all new comers know who's boss .Mine however is a good 14 inches and about 5 inches wideand growing .Good luck with him.


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Unread 08/10/2012, 08:18 AM   #230
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something about the words "baby giant" makes me laugh. its not an oxymoron but feels like it should be
lol, I laughed as I typed that..


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Unread 08/10/2012, 08:23 AM   #231
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My meanest badest fish is my Giant Hawk.He lets all new comers know who's boss .Mine however is a good 14 inches and about 5 inches wideand growing .Good luck with him.
Hey HappyJack,

Yours is awesome it really made me want to get one...
I waited until Kevin got those tiny lil guys earlier this summer...
He was about 1.25-1.50 inches when I got him...
Currently about the same size- not feeding him too heavy...
Still every bit the juvi, with the black bands...
Can you toss up a pic of your for me?

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Unread 08/10/2012, 09:23 AM   #232
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Did you see the baby lunula on DD the other day?


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Unread 08/10/2012, 09:44 AM   #233
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she is still there! amazing to me..such a rare fish esp at that size- really thought she would have snagged right away...think she has been there for a few weeks...love them...mine in now around 4.5 inches...


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Unread 08/10/2012, 10:05 AM   #234
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Unread 08/10/2012, 11:30 AM   #235
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yeah man, that is a beautiful beast!
really glad I went with the baby version, lol//
I could that size going after my smaller trigs with a high success rate!
thanks for sharing those pics!


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Unread 08/10/2012, 02:44 PM   #236
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Here is my baby Giant Hawkfish...around 1.50 inches...

my larger queen in same tank..also raised from a baby...plan is for her? and a few other trigs to go into a 610 stock tank..will section it off in concentric circles so the cant get to eachother...my clown, pinktail, mex finescale, and large huma will prob go...one will get the 250 to him/herself...
glass is dirty but you can see the beautiful blues and greens on her...love her...



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Unread 08/10/2012, 03:22 PM   #237
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okay, sorry for those horrible pics...settings are now great but a dead battery...here are some I just took before battery died...
baby giant..




Cinereus and Cortez...

Brazilian Queen

Lunula and Sohal



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Unread 08/10/2012, 08:18 PM   #238
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battery charged...here is a feeding....










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Unread 08/10/2012, 08:21 PM   #239
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Unread 08/10/2012, 08:50 PM   #240
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just caught the baby Giant....
going in soon...
some more pics...







another of my male Blue Throat that has taken on female coloration....she is a pretty bold fish...



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Unread 08/10/2012, 08:51 PM   #241
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can also see the Blue Throat waiting to be cleaned by a couple cleaner shrimp...


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Unread 08/10/2012, 09:25 PM   #242
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the Giant has landed and is in the big tank!!!


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Unread 08/10/2012, 10:54 PM   #243
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sweet pics ted,

now i see why you said you go thru a 16oz pack of PE mysis in 3 days.

i guess that is a male crosshatch? i really dont know how to sex them.


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Unread 08/10/2012, 11:26 PM   #244
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that is a female crosshatch...who is unsure, lol...I lost my male, unexpectedly about 4 weeks after he was in dt, did a slight necropsy and saw nothing to my relatively untrained eyes...have not replaced as the female seems to want to go male...yeah, they are pigs...have to swap out my 7 by 14 inch 200 micron socks every 2 days...I do bleach them but they get lint balls and ugly quick...just got 10 new ones from brs...
how are your fish doing? always good to see you in here...


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Unread 08/10/2012, 11:28 PM   #245
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have 2 doz clams in tankwater purging themselves...they will be dropped in tomorrow...will try and video that...


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I was just about to ask you for a video.

My fish are doing good. The most aggressive fish in my tank is the smallest fish, the lemonpeel angels. I just started vodka dosing to try and get my nitrates(100+++) down. I'm up to 22mls/day (11ml am + 11mls pm). I dont have any issues, but maybe for sensitive fish like the achilles, a sub 60ppm nitrates would help them thrive long term.

I am looking at your rock and seeing algae growth. I'm wondering why my rock is still looking like they day I placed them in? Is it due to using mostly room fluorescent lighting? I believe you're still using room lights too?


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Unread 08/11/2012, 02:26 AM   #247
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Awesome pics! I love that first one with the large cloud of PE mysis just floating there.
That clam feeding will be insane, can't wait to see pics/vid of that. Who is the boss of the tank right now?


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Unread 08/11/2012, 08:01 AM   #248
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I was just about to ask you for a video.

My fish are doing good. The most aggressive fish in my tank is the smallest fish, the lemonpeel angels. I just started vodka dosing to try and get my nitrates(100+++) down. I'm up to 22mls/day (11ml am + 11mls pm). I dont have any issues, but maybe for sensitive fish like the achilles, a sub 60ppm nitrates would help them thrive long term.

I am looking at your rock and seeing algae growth. I'm wondering why my rock is still looking like they day I placed them in? Is it due to using mostly room fluorescent lighting? I believe you're still using room lights too?
Only an actinic over the display...there is an led fixture and 36in t5 on the fuge below...but the tank does get ambient sunlight- not direct...do not use the room lights for lighting the tank and made sure not to install any over the tank itself...


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Unread 08/11/2012, 08:03 AM   #249
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sweet pics ted,

now i see why you said you go thru a 16oz pack of PE mysis in 3 days.
Don't know what you're paying for those 16oz packs...but I buy bulk mysis and plankton...5+ lbs for <$25...from Jehmco (dot) com


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Unread 08/11/2012, 08:12 AM   #250
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Awesome pics! I love that first one with the large cloud of PE mysis just floating there.
That clam feeding will be insane, can't wait to see pics/vid of that. Who is the boss of the tank right now?
Thanks! not sure there is a true head of the tank but for sheer size I will say the Cinereus...the Sohal still cheses the Cortez from time to time which bothers me as I have had the Cortez since she was tiny little thing and was a great cleaner..also taught the Carribean Queen to clean, I watched it happen and it was fascinating...the Brazilian Queen also chases the Carribean Queen but so far these issues are not violent...the only real issue I had was when my Melichthys indicus- Indian Black Trig, bothered my prized Fuscus, go figure!! Fuscus are known to be aggressive and the Indian Black are thought to be less agressive but we all know there are exceptions to every rule...esp with trigs...I was lucky to snag the Fuscus and put him in the fuge...
I do try and overfeed them to keep the aggression down, we shall see what the future brings...


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