Doc's Shark Tank

[yote]

Thats what I do.If i'm not on living reefs,I'm watching the tank.
Aint nothing worth watching on TV no how.

[dustin_P74]

any updates doc, its been awhile

[jhnrb]

I enjoyed the pic's Doc. looking very nice indeed.

[Doc]

Well, I have taken a few months off to try to get a private practice started (damn, it is difficult) and decided to take a few shots of the tank and update progress.



Here is a shot of the "shark reef". Still love my angels and still love the shark. I even added a tang to keep all the "die-hard reefers" happy with my tank. I have gone through three emperors and have been successful with this one for about 3 months. He eats like a pig and is not intimidated by the shark.

-Doc

[Doc]

I added a blue-line grouper in this tank a few days ago. He is pretty absent and hides a lot. I thought he would make himself a strong presence, but alas, he cannot keep up with the aggression of the rest of the tank.



I added a toadstool leather yesterday and it has not opened up yesterday. I have been breeding pom pom xenia and my LFS has been kind to buy it all up from me.

-Doc

[Doc]

The Koran is a different story. I was so mad at myself for being stupid. So there I was, at the LFS, and I had a moment of weakness. I saw a 3 inch humu humu trigger and it was like $20. I bought him up. THis was about 3 weeks ago. I tossed him in and he did great....til he and my Koran started fighting over food and the trigger made a bitch move and bit out the eye of my Koran. I had the fish for over two years and he looked amazing. He was almost done with his color change and I was so proud of him. He died three days later. Needless to say, I took a steak knife from the kitchen and hunted down the trigger and skewered him and left him to bleed out. The shark had his way with him and I pulled out the remains and flushed him. I finally found a replacement who is not quite done with his color change and he has acclimated well to the tank. I have my fingers crossed.



My other Koran was so beautiful and I am such an idiot. I am not going to push this tank anymore. A shark and three angelfish are plenty of fish in here. The tang is OK and I doubt the grouper will have the nuts to make a run of it. I will look to add more coral to beef up the reef look of the tank in the next few months.

-Doc

[Oscarsdad608]

Nice to see you back Doc where is the picture of Squishy?

[Doc]

This is now my oldest fish. My baby. He is two years old in my tank and is about 4.5 inches long. I can't wait til he is all grown up. I think he is actually a Townshend Angelfish, which, for those of you who have not grown into the angelfish addiction, is a cross between a queen angel and a blue angel. Blue angels tend to not have the blue crown on their heads, but the Townshend do. I will not know for sure until he is a bit larger. Blue angels also don't tend to keep the full tail lobes in this brilliant yellow, and the Townshend angels do.



As things progress in the tank, I will include more pics of updates, coral and of course, feeding videos.

-Doc

[Doc]

Originally Posted by Oscarsdad608

Nice to see you back Doc where is the picture of Squishy?

Squishy is a wuss when it comes to photo-ops. He hangs out in the back of the tank and comes out after about 6pm to swim all evening and all nite. He is HUGE. Probably put on 2 more inches in the last few months. He is a good looking shark if I do say so myself. He has taken to the bad habit of going into such a frenzy eating that he jumps out of the tank. He has done it twice, one time clearing my shoulder and almost hitting me in the face. Needless to say, I have covers on the tank to help him from committing suicide!

-Doc

[Doc]

I will try to get a shot of him eating later this week just to give the old-timers a look at his majesty!

-Doc