GXPKY'S 250g Double D

Arkayology · Aug 23, 2016

Great build! I look forward to more coral shots.

GXPKY · Aug 30, 2016

Precautionary tale...

Ok, first off...I broke down the 29 gallon I had at my barbershop Saturday after work. Gathered the livestock...a 2 1/2" blue hippo, 2 clowns, skunk cleaner shrimp, clean up crew, rock, etc, and headed home to acclimate.

After acclimation I began transferring the livestock to my tank.

Here is where things went BAD!!!!!
I scooped up the hippo tang for the 3 foot journey to the display with my bare hand and she (2 1/2 long fish) spurred me twice...just a dot of blood which I assumed was burning because of the saltwater.

Nope...soon my entire hand was on fire and for 3 days my body has ached. I thought I was going to end up in the ER to be honest, the pain for 7 hours before I drank enough to sleep it off would not ease up. Swollen hand for 3 days as well.

Hindsight is that Oxford studied tangs and just happens that one blue tang has a venom gland and so happens this is the species I own.

Anywho, keep this in mind, all it took was a tiny tiny dot of blood prik on the hand.

reefwiser · Aug 30, 2016

Yes this can be painful. Hope you start feeling better.

GXPKY · Aug 30, 2016

Anywho, here's some updated pics.

Arkayology · Aug 31, 2016

GXPKY said:
before I drank enough to sleep it off

My favorite part of that story. I'm glad you're OK.

SantaMonicaHelp · Aug 31, 2016

I hope your hand is feeling better!
Seems like your packing quite the display of clownfish

- C. Smith

GXPKY · Sep 1, 2016

SantaMonicaHelp said:
I hope your hand is feeling better!
Seems like your packing quite the display of clownfish [emoji14]

- C. Smith

Much better thanks. I've had the clowns for a while in my 29 I had set up at my business, don't remember what they were called to be honest but they were tiny when I got them, now they are a few inches long or so.

SantaMonicaHelp · Sep 1, 2016

GXPKY said:
Much better thanks. I've had the clowns for a while in my 29 I had set up at my business, don't remember what they were called to be honest but they were tiny when I got them, now they are a few inches long or so.

That's awesome. I love clownfish. Mainly Ocellaris' but all-in-all they're great fish.

- C. Smith

GXPKY · Sep 5, 2016

Well, the 100 gallon stock tank full of rock is now cycled. Moved the majority of the rock into the live rock tub under the display.

Fuge is set up and now plumbed in as well.

GXPKY · Sep 5, 2016

All cleared up.

GXPKY · Sep 6, 2016

And added some fish today, 11 blue chromis, a flame hawk, and a juvinile purple tang.

GXPKY · Sep 7, 2016

Picked up a frag tank today...frag system coming soon...it's the 2x4ft white one my wife is holding up there...hit up the hydroponics shop today.

GXPKY · Sep 8, 2016

Well, added a couple wrasse and aquaculture colonies of sps today. Under regular lighting and semi browned out from shipping...but u get the picture (literally lol).

I think this Milli has some great potential.

Two different acros in one. Probably have to split it later but cool regardless...

Blue stag...Yellow coralites.

Noclue acro...

I'm a big fan of aquaculture colonies anywho.

2 pieces of wrasse are better than one.