Diefs 120 Peninsula

TDiefRN · Dec 5, 2021

Sailfin needs a bigger appetite

fishguy242 · Dec 5, 2021

good morning...

need to manually remove as much as "he" can, pinch between fingers ,try not to let too many pieces slip away,get as much out as possible...

DiefsReef · Dec 6, 2021

fishguy242 said:
good morning... need to manually remove as much as "he" can, pinch between fingers ,try not to let too many pieces slip away,get as much out as possible...

Spent some time removing gha last night and hope to get the rest of the long stuff tonight. Also going to get large cleanup crew ordered today.
The whole tank fills up with floating hair and most get caught up in the mp40's. Have to swap out and clean several times before its all cleaned up. I had it all cleaned out a few weeks ago but it came back with a vengeance before I was able to drop in the sailfin.

fishguy242 · Dec 6, 2021

when doing it,place a couple of fine fishnets over 40's, that will help a bunch...

DiefsReef · Dec 6, 2021

OK @fishguy242 before and after.. Took pic right after feeding;

After a little clean up;
Mo better!!

Mjl714 · Dec 7, 2021

Nice clean up, great painful work.

fishguy242 · Dec 8, 2021

good morning Rich , got your weapons ready...

not the smartest snails in the ocean...

DiefsReef · Dec 8, 2021

fishguy242 said:
good morning Rich , got your weapons ready...

not the smartest snails in the ocean...

Should be here sometime today. kinda concerned, already saw a FedEx truck but he didn't stop here

revhtree · Dec 8, 2021

It's a pain to remove that stuff but worth it! Looks a ton better!! Cool aquascape as well!

DiefsReef · Dec 8, 2021

revhtree said:
It's a pain to remove that stuff but worth it! Looks a ton better!! Cool aquascape as well!

Thx @revhtree !! My wife worked on the scape for a long time. She did a great job!

DiefsReef · Dec 8, 2021

214 snails arrived today from @reeftopia FedEx delivered at 7pm

got them acclimating now.
Will post pics later.

fishguy242 · Dec 8, 2021

cool, now get two container's, one di, one tank water, grab hand full swish in di, swish in tank water pile in tank,
once done rising ,then start placing " strategically"...

DiefsReef · Dec 9, 2021

fishguy242 said:
cool, now get two container's, one di, one tank water, grab hand full swish in di, swish in tank water pile in tank,
once done rising ,then start placing " strategically"...

Took hours and by the time it was done my back was toast. Probably spent more time flipping then placing. They didn't like where I put them on the rock and jumped I guess

Oh well, we'll see how they all look when the lights come on this morning.

Dont think I'll ever order the little ones again, what a pain to try and place a snail the size of an eraser!

fishguy242 · Dec 9, 2021

the little ones actually hold on better, but yes the bigger ones do more damage to the algae.
happy flippin,my guess only 107 to flip...

DiefsReef · Dec 9, 2021

fishguy242 said:
the little ones actually hold on better, but yes the bigger ones do more damage to the algae.
happy flippin,my guess only 107 to flip...

Felt more like 180