A couple of new pictures

Just a couple more pictures. If a few more come up I might just add them to this post.

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/peppermintshrimp01.jpg

The two-spot goby has decided that under this rock is his home now.
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/twospotgoby03.jpg

Cardinals

Today we went to the fish store and came back with a few much anticipated fish. We got four Bangai Cardinals and another green clown goby. The goby is still hiding in the crevices between the rocks; hopefully he will come out at some point again. The cardinals are schooling and they look like they're playing nice, of course there's nobody in the tank to really bother them. Here are some pictures.

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/cardinals01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/cardinals02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/clowngoby01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/clowngoby02.jpg

Now it's time to start looking at tangs. There are several types of tangs out there but we need to find two or three that are compatible, that we like, and that we can actually find. That process should take until the cardinals are happy with their new home, then once the tangs are here, Sarge will finally be able to get rid of the cramped quarters he's been staying in for so long. I'll post pictures of tangs we're considering as they come up. 

New camera!!

I got an AWESOME new (well, used, but new to me) camera for Christmas, which means...

...LOTS of really high quality pictures of the fish! Enjoy:


http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/blenny01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/blenny02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/butch01.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/ctanley01.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/dusty01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/dusty02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/firefishgoby01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/firefishgoby02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/fresh01.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/herbert01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/herbert02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/lemmy01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/lemmy02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/magnum01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/magnum02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/mandarin01.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/ruckus01.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/sarge01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/sarge02.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/torpedo01.jpg

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/twospotgoby01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/good/twospotgoby02.jpg

 From now on, pictures of the fish will be at least this good.

Update

So I haven't updated in a while, here's what's happened and what the plans are:

I haven't seen the green clown goby since we put him in the tank, I'm not keeping any hope that he's still alive, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was.

Last night we moved the blenny into the main tank. He was eating well and everything in the quarantine, and I think the white spots we would see sometimes were due to stress. He found a hole to crawl into pretty quickly, and we got a couple of (not so great) pictures:

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/bicolorblenny02.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/bicolorblenny03.jpg

We also got a video, which should be on youtube soon. The cave goby has dug quite a hole in the front corner of the tank that he's grown attached to, and the blenny was a little too close to it, so the goby has been shooting sand at the blenny all night, and this morning there was a huge pile where the blenny was. We'll see how long it takes for that to work itself out...

With these exceptions, everybody else has been doing very well in the display tank. We got a firefish goby who is very shy, but will come out to eat and when there is nobody else around. Here's a picture:

http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/firefishgoby.jpg

The quarantine tank is empty right now, so this weekend I want to get some more fish. The cardinals are next, but I think they will go straight into the display tank. I'm still looking for one more blenny if one comes up, but I think that will wait until the sand war is over, and even then, things may not look so good for another blenny. 150 gallons is a lot of space but they seem like they would rather fight right now.

In other news, we managed to find some figure-8 puffers at a store about an hour away, so I'd kind of like to get something set up for them soon while I can still find them.

We lost the last paraguay tetra about a week ago in the freshwater tank. He was pretty old and he was the last one left, so I'm not concerned about the rest of the guys, but it was still pretty sad.

More Gobies!

We went to the fish store last night to pick up some more gobies, and we came back with three new gobies and a blenny. Here are some pictures:

Cave Goby:
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/cavegoby01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/cavegoby02.jpg

Two-Spot Goby:
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/twospotgoby01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/twospotgoby02.jpg

We realized after we got home that these guys camouflage so well with the rock in the tank, making it really hard to take good pictures of them. I think a new camera for Christmas might be a little ambitious, but hopefully I'll have one shortly after...

Green Clown Goby:
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/greenclowngoby01.jpg
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/greenclowngoby02.jpg

This guy is good at hiding; we haven't seen him since shortly after we put him in the tank.

Another picture of the Mandarin Goby, who is becoming a little less shy:
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/mandarin08.jpg

Bi-Color Blenny:
http://www.adamhorton.com/files/flog/bicolorblenny01.jpg

I've never had this kind of trouble taking pictures of stuff in the quarantine. He seems to be doing OK though, he ate last night and seems pretty active.

The next fish for quarantine will be one or two blennies. We're looking at some type of forktail blenny or maybe a midas blenny. Also, next chance we get, we'll probably get a firefish goby. After all of those guys are in the tank, next up will be the Bangai cardinals. I'll keep posting as things happen or as I can get some more pictures of the fish.