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Harold Green
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Did you have any issues with the sailfin getting along with the other tangs and did you add them all at once?
No I've not had any issues at present he has so far been a model citizen 
They was not all added at once but over a space of a week in this order.
Yellow and jewel
Sailfin and yellow eye
Regal
Powder blue
They all feed together ok you get a bit of pushyness but not any agression as such
They all sleep behind the same rock except the sailfin that sleeps with the clowns don't ask me why but he happy at night with them
They was not all added at once but over a space of a week in this order.
Yellow and jewel
Sailfin and yellow eye
Regal
Powder blue
They all feed together ok you get a bit of pushyness but not any agression as such
They all sleep behind the same rock except the sailfin that sleeps with the clowns don't ask me why but he happy at night with them
Harold Green
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I have a sailfin in my 210 and I have been trying to decide what additional tank to get to add a little color to the tank and not bring on aggression from the sailfin.
Had a busy night on tank tonight was a big maitenance session as that's the only way to prolong equipment and keep it reliable in my opinion.
Stripped and Cleaned 2 x return pumps
Striped and Cleaned 3 x reactor pumps
Stripped and cleaned UV system pump
Stripped and Cleaned 3 x reactors
Replaced carbon
Replaced phosphate media
Topped up pellets in reactor
Changed UV bulb
Replaced airline on ozone System as I must of got pipe mixed up and it had turned to snot now has ozone safe pipe fitted
Stripped and cleaned out skimmer and skimmer pump stunk house out in the process.
Cleaned glass on tank
Fed the fish
Took around 4 hours and now finally glad to sit down.
Next maitenance session in 3 months for pumps ect media in reactors changed at a max every 6 weeks.
Stripped and Cleaned 2 x return pumps
Striped and Cleaned 3 x reactor pumps
Stripped and cleaned UV system pump
Stripped and Cleaned 3 x reactors
Replaced carbon
Replaced phosphate media
Topped up pellets in reactor
Changed UV bulb
Replaced airline on ozone System as I must of got pipe mixed up and it had turned to snot now has ozone safe pipe fitted
Stripped and cleaned out skimmer and skimmer pump stunk house out in the process.
Cleaned glass on tank
Fed the fish
Took around 4 hours and now finally glad to sit down.
Next maitenance session in 3 months for pumps ect
media in reactors changed at a max every 6 weeks.I have reserved a new fish one of these.
A mata tang
Absolutely stunning fish I know I'll mainly have tangs in my tank and if and when it gets crouded the brother inlaw has an 8x3x2 they can always move onto.
A mata tang
Absolutely stunning fish I know I'll mainly have tangs in my tank and if and when it gets crouded the brother inlaw has an 8x3x2 they can always move onto.
Well its been an eventful couple of days noticed the fish had whitespot once again and got up this morning to find 3 dead the Juwel Tang the lipstick tang and the powder blue 
So left of work early to get back and break the tank down and remove all the fish they are now at my LFS in there copper system and will remain in the QT for 4 months while my tank goes fallow now until after Christmas I can't go through all this again and all new fish will now be put through copper treatment at my LFS for me.
Here is a few pictures here it is stripped
Had a bit of a move round as I'm now going more into SPS I needed more space for corals so altered the scape here it is now..
If it comes back after 4 months of going fallow and all fish being coppered I will not be impressed it has been a challenge but I'm not one to be beaten so no fish updates for 4 months. Hopefully the remaining fish will make it through and I can re add them after Christmas.
So left of work early to get back and break the tank down and remove all the fish they are now at my LFS in there copper system and will remain in the QT for 4 months while my tank goes fallow now until after Christmas I can't go through all this again and all new fish will now be put through copper treatment at my LFS for me.
Here is a few pictures here it is stripped
Had a bit of a move round as I'm now going more into SPS I needed more space for corals so altered the scape here it is now..
If it comes back after 4 months of going fallow and all fish being coppered I will not be impressed it has been a challenge but I'm not one to be beaten so no fish updates for 4 months. Hopefully the remaining fish will make it through and I can re add them after Christmas.
Took some pics tonight now it's all clear now just a case of all the corals filling out and growing now I will add more SPS along the way during the time there is no fish in there gives me time to concentrate on the corals.
What with having no fish in the system it gives me a chance to really concentrate on just the corals.
I have now started the balling method and today added a doser to my system using these products
It's not that tidy at the minute because I need some more pipe to put container at the other end so fitted it the best I could with what came with it.
The first dose went in as programmed so got the programming right
If anyone after a simple to use doser that could not of been any simpler to program then the TMC unit worth a look.
I have now started the balling method and today added a doser to my system using these products
It's not that tidy at the minute because I need some more pipe to put container at the other end so fitted it the best I could with what came with it.
The first dose went in as programmed so got the programming right
If anyone after a simple to use doser that could not of been any simpler to program then the TMC unit worth a look.
Just took some pictures of the tank like I do a lot and I took a picture of one of my forest fire frags 3 days ago and could not believe the difference to the picture tonight it's grown quite a bit 
Taken the 23rd
Taken tonight the 26th
Obviously things in there can't be to bad then
Taken the 23rd
Taken tonight the 26th
Obviously things in there can't be to bad then
I decided to alter my sump lighting I had a basic hang on sump light to feed my cheato with light it has been growing well and harvested some today.
So I decided to fit an LED 20w security lamp that has a 6000k spectrum so to go from 7w to 20w should make a big difference in growth.
Ignore all the plug sockets the rewire is on the to-do list when I fit an Apex controller as I also have another 8 plugs in the side cabinet running equipment anyone is welcome to my electric bill haha
While I was in LFS dropping of the cheato I harvested it would of been rude not to buy something so picked up
Some more Forest fire SPS
An Acro
And a chalice
I'll add pictures tomorrow of them when they not so moody.
I also removed some softies from the tank that have gone to the sister inlaws tank as they was taking up SPS real estate so I now have more space to fill.
When I first started out I could not stand the "twigs" but the soon grew on me and I'm now moving my system mainly towards SPS and LPS.
So I decided to fit an LED 20w security lamp that has a 6000k spectrum so to go from 7w to 20w should make a big difference in growth.
Ignore all the plug sockets the rewire is on the to-do list when I fit an Apex controller as I also have another 8 plugs in the side cabinet running equipment anyone is welcome to my electric bill haha
While I was in LFS dropping of the cheato I harvested it would of been rude not to buy something so picked up
Some more Forest fire SPS
An Acro
And a chalice
I'll add pictures tomorrow of them when they not so moody.
I also removed some softies from the tank that have gone to the sister inlaws tank as they was taking up SPS real estate so I now have more space to fill.
When I first started out I could not stand the "twigs" but the soon grew on me and I'm now moving my system mainly towards SPS and LPS.
The new sump light is working well this how it looked 6 days ago after I harvested some cheato
And how it looks tonight so has made a big difference to growth rate
Also plenty of good bugs amongst it there 100's in there
And how it looks tonight so has made a big difference to growth rate
Also plenty of good bugs amongst it there 100's in there
Well what with having no fish in for last month or there abouts I've been able to get ontop of water quality and parameters and got the doser setup now and have been slowly tweeking it and it's been stable for a while now.
I though I would add a few pictures of the corals all pictures are around 21 days apart to show the growth I've had in 21 days. The first picture will be the earliest pic followed by a picture take today
I'm very happy with the results so far
That's not all my corals but gives you an idea of the growth I'm getting I'm presuming this is good growth
I though I would add a few pictures of the corals all pictures are around 21 days apart to show the growth I've had in 21 days. The first picture will be the earliest pic followed by a picture take today
I'm very happy with the results so far
That's not all my corals but gives you an idea of the growth I'm getting I'm presuming this is good growth
