The smell is absolutely awful, and lingers a little after opening. I like that they’re shelf stable so easy to keep with the rest of my supplies. And a bottle will last me forever! I’ll have to look into the rest of their products, but so far pretty happy with how things are going.
Thank you! Of course I can’t remember exactly what morph they are, but I’m pretty sure the one was a Frostbite, and the smaller one is a Snowflake. I love the contrast that they provide, and the white one will pop nice one I get corals in there.
I think 2 Mexican turbos is too much. I had snails in my 60g of which 1 was a Mexican turbo and I could barely support the Mexican turbo. They eat a lot of algae although they only eat a few types. In a nano, I'd think 1 would be enough but 2 could work. I would monitor it.Ended up going this weekend to the LFS and getting a replacement clownfish. No name yet, but Marlin seems glad to have a friend again.
New clown is a Flurry, which appearance-wise looks very nice with the Frostbite. Also picked up two mexican turbos and 5 Nassarius snails. I think 2 turbos might be too much, but we’ll see how they do. I can always take 1 back if needed.
Did a large water change and sand siphoning. Dosed PNS substrate and AquaForest LifeSource. Inhabitants are all doing well at this point. Still need to set up the mini frag tank. I got my AI blade grow in and I’m excited to start playing with it. Hopefully will get that going next weekend. This weekend I plan on replacing my car stereo/head unit (which I’ve never done), so that may take some time. Wish me luck!
Glad to hear you had a positive experience ordering from us!It’s been a minute since I’ve updated. Made a couple tweaks… my return pump was getting really loud for some reason. I took it apart multiple times, cleaned it, tried vaseline on the propeller shaft, and nothing helped so I ended up ordering a IM Mighty Jet. I love that thing. The feed mode is a life saver. I would often forget to turn my old pump back on after feeding (sometimes for a few hours or more), and this has solved that headache plus is much quieter.
I order some coral from the @AquaSD live sale, and got the mini frag tank all set up. I love watching the torch blow around in the current. I dipped with Red Sea DipX, which seemed to do a good job. Didn’t get a ton of critters, but after inspecting the corals, didn’t notice anything either.
And for my final update this round, I opted to swap out my sand. I couldn’t stand the tiny grain sizes of the Ocean Direct sand anymore. It was just blowing around too much, while still having fish waste laying on the sandbed. I pulled probably 85% of the OD out, and dispersed the remainder across the bottom of the tank (which was mostly like a dusting of sand). I topped it with some rinsed Fiji Pink…which is my absolute favorite sand. I think it looks so much better, though again I’ll have to try for some better pictures later.
So that’s about it for now. Just keeping up with water changes at this point. Hating the green coralline algae, but what are you gunna do?
Any input on a 1-man CUC for the frag tank? Some of the plugs have started sprouting small bits of algae, and I’d like to be proactive about it if possible.
Hope everyone’s having a good week!
