ESHOPPS Mariner 70 Build

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Well @tbrown I'm pretty impressed with this little skimmer. It's only been a week but I've been able to tune it and get some real nasty looking stuff.

I have a large refugium and my nutrients stay low, but my water always has a discoloration. The skimmer seems to be helping remove some of it.

I'm cautiously watching making sure I don't zero things out.

I ran mine 1.5 hours at a time, 4 times a day. I was able to get I dialed in to run super nasty thick skimmate and I only had to empty it once every 2 months. I never had that good of success with the Curve.

 

[stoney7713]

Thank you @thuan

now I have to keep her from eating it all from the boys

 

[stoney7713]

Oops wrong thread

 

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[felda001]

Thank you @thuan

now I have to keep her from eating it all from the boys

Plenty of crossover between the threads

 

[Mschmidt]

Oops wrong thread

Plenty of crossover between the threads

Really should be on @Slocke's though.

 

[tbrown]

RFA is dripping!

Now to start the sump fish stocking list...

 

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Sump stocking list started...

 

[tbrown]

Both were sold as "Black" Ocellaris but I think one's a Mocha.

 

[felda001]

Really should be on @Slocke's though.

We're there too. Although I think we have to go with which one in that case

 

[fishguy242]

Both were sold as "Black" Ocellaris but I think one's a Mocha.

Acclimate the black O's a lil bit longer than would other clowns...

 

[tbrown]

Acclimate the black O's a lil bit longer than would other clowns...

Drip or just temp?

 

[felda001]

RFA is dripping!

Now to start the sump fish stocking list...

Sump stocking list started...

Both were sold as "Black" Ocellaris but I think one's a Mocha.

Nice and with them in there you may be able to avoid the aggression issues when they pair

 

[tbrown]

Nice and with them in there you may be able to avoid the aggression issues when they pair

Yeah. I have 3 in the DT that have been together for about 3 years now. I didn't want to split them up and cause a hierarchy shift and gladiator style.

 

[fishguy242]

Drip or just temp?

I'd drip, seems like they are 10x more delicate to acclimation .

 

[tbrown]

I'd drip, seems like they are 10x more delicate to acclimation .

Sounds good. They've been floating for about 15 minutes. I'll start the drip here soon.

 

[fishguy242]

Sounds good. They've been floating for about 15 minutes. I'll start the drip here soon.

separate container w bag water then drip...

 

[tbrown]

Source water:
SG 1.025
pH 8.2

My water:
SG 1.026
pH 8.1

Pretty close. Dripping anyways because Frank's been in the business a lot longer than me!

 

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I need to buy a filter. They're both likely Mochas. The smaller one has a "red" nose and his fins also appear to be reddish. The big one has a red face and red fins with black lining. His whole lower half is a deep brownish red fading into a black upper half. He'll become female almost guaranteed. The smaller one was the second smallest of the 9 or 10 in the tank. He was the only one that almost had a black nose.

 

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Sitting on the couch right now.

My son: Oh yeah mom, dad bought some clownfish today.

Wife: You bought more clownfish? How much were they?