Sympathy for mother duck.

pseudorand · Oct 3, 2020

I've been slowly stocking my 120 over the past year. I'm up to 5 fish, 9 corals, 3 urchins and many hermits, but 3 big enough to identify and count. I make sure to see each of them every day. But for a 120, I have lots more stocking to do, especially of corals.

I know the numbers, because I have to count to avoid forgetting anyone. At first I tried just remembering where I put the frags, but one day I counted and realized one was missing. It took me a while to remember which one and find that the frag had dislodged and fallen under some rock.

Now I know what a mother duck feels like, keeping track of all those ducklings.

How does everyone else do it? Have you ever realized something is missing, but couldn't remember the last time you saw it? When someone doesn't make it, do you ever find and remove the body, or does CUC make quick work of it before you have a chance?

Ranjib · Oct 3, 2020

True that

vetteguy53081 · Oct 3, 2020

pseudorand said:
I've been slowly stocking my 120 over the past year. I'm up to 5 fish, 9 corals, 3 urchins and many hermits, but 3 big enough to identify and count. I make sure to see each of them every day. But for a 120, I have lots more stocking to do, especially of corals.

I know the numbers, because I have to count to avoid forgetting anyone. At first I tried just remembering where I put the frags, but one day I counted and realized one was missing. It took me a while to remember which one and find that the frag had dislodged and fallen under some rock.

Now I know what a mother duck feels like, keeping track of all those ducklings.

How does everyone else do it? Have you ever realized something is missing, but couldn't remember the last time you saw it? When someone doesn't make it, do you ever find and remove the body, or does CUC make quick work of it before you have a chance?

try keeping track of nearly 40 fish and shrimps, etc in a 660g LOL

jeffchapok · Oct 3, 2020

I only keep track of fish -- 14 at present (I think!). As for corals and CUC, I don't bother. Stuff comes and goes. For the most part, I just look at the whole, not the individual parts.

pseudorand · Oct 3, 2020

jeffchapok said:
I only keep track of fish -- 14 at present (I think!). As for corals and CUC, I don't bother. Stuff comes and goes. For the most part, I just look at the whole, not the individual parts.

I have to find my urchins to make sure they didn't kidnap one of the baby crabs. Crabs are cheap in $, but I'm in the QT anything wet camp, and 45 days in QT is expensive in time, especially when I'm trying to stock the tank and my wife won't let me commender the rest of the basement for a rack of QT tanks.