Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
I wouldn't give up on getting a trio of anthias. They're nice fish.
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dwilliams87
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Looks great man. I too am working with a 40 gallon. I really like the footprint!
marvelousone
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Nice tank. I like the rock for the wrasse to sleep in.
120spsking
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Nice setup
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ritter6788
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Thank you all for the nice comments. The wrasse bed is really great. That yellow wrasse dives head first into it at night.
Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
I didn't see the wrasse bed on their website, I guess you have to special order it. BTW, how much did it cost?
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Thanks.
Thank you! My 75 gallon had a 3-4 inch sandbed for a couple years. I always had phosphate and algae problems. I moved the tank once and scooped most of the sand out. After the move the sps showed improved color and growth. I started vacuuming the rest of the sand out during water changes until I hit BB. I love it and won't go back to sand probably again. I like lots of coral in my tank anyway so now I can fill up the bottom space or even grow coral on the bottom now. I decided this tank not to do sand at all.
I know he had some at MACNA but I don't know if he sold them or not. You can send them a PM here and see if they have any left.
Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
This is what happened to my yellow wrasse because I didn't have a sandbed in the tank. He dove into the glass bottom and broke his back. Surprisingly he lived two weeks after that and I couldn't bring myself to euthanize him because I was wishful thinking he would heal.
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ritter6788
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Wow. I would have never thought that would have happened.
Flameback Pair
started reefing 1999
Sorry for pirating your thread with the picture above, should have asked first.
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ritter6788
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No problem. Sorry about your fish.
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Updated pic,
Added 3 BTAs. One Rainbow from coralcollection and a green and a rose from Aqua SD. The rose from AquaSD is turning into the nicest of them all. It's up top soaking up all the light though. The green one hid for a few days and now is a dull color. It's back out in the light now so I'm hoping it colors back up.
Added 3 BTAs. One Rainbow from coralcollection and a green and a rose from Aqua SD. The rose from AquaSD is turning into the nicest of them all. It's up top soaking up all the light though. The green one hid for a few days and now is a dull color. It's back out in the light now so I'm hoping it colors back up.
wakeboardgeek
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Do you have a lot of flow at the bottom of your tank? Does the sand get blown out of the "bowl"? I've been wondering if this works long term.
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Thanks!
Not a ton of flow. I have 2 Koralia 1050s on each end. The flow doesn't blow the sand out. The yellow wrasse flings a little out when it dives in. I vacuum it up when I do water changes and and fresh sand to it when needed. So far I've only had to add a little sand to it once. I do wish the bowl was a bit deeper. The sand I'm using is really fine so next time I'm going to add a little larger grain.
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