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Need to do a little wire management behind the tank but Im pretty well there. I hope, believe my little leak is fixed on my drain line so that is taken care of. My Sca 302 skimmer isn't really doing anything. I have it set up to dry skim but every thing look so clean, I guess that's a good thing. The skimmer has been running for almost two weeks. Right now the only thing its collected is clearish water.
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Been having some issues with fish in QT. Im not a huge firefish fan but the 5 year old loves them so we tried starting with a pair. Due to the fact there are really no stocked LFS' within a couple hours of me we grabbed a couple from Petco. Knowing full well that they had who knows what as far as diseases go, they went into QT. The plan was to do the TTM followed by a few weeks of observation. One died on the 4th day and the other on the 5th. Not sure why, water was tested at 0 for ammonia and nitrites. Only thing I can come up with is that the first transfer was using 48 hr old mixed water vs their arrival was in a tank that was filled from the DT.
So still no fish buuuutttt we do have some coral.
Thanks to the WWC live sale which was a blast the display has some color to it. You will have to forgive me and the cell phone really don't take very good pictures. Makes me really respect you all who can get it done.
So still no fish buuuutttt we do have some coral.
Thanks to the WWC live sale which was a blast the display has some color to it. You will have to forgive me and the cell phone really don't take very good pictures. Makes me really respect you all who can get it done.
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Ive been splurging a little on frags, probably need to slow down. I also change my flow up a little. Bought a Gyre 130 and place it in the top left corner facing the overflow. That seems to be moving the water around the tank clock wise and also giving me a good strong flow towards the top of the main pier where I plan to place some sps in the future. I then put the mp10 on the back wall dead center. So far Im liking it, hopefully the corals will as well.
I believe these are all a. echinata. They were labeled as just acans and I jumped on them since they were so cheap. They are beautiful but didn't realize how aggressive they are. I know to keep them around 3" apart from anything else but what about themselves? Can I have a little Echinata island?
I also change my flow up a little. Bought a Gyre 130 and place it in the top left corner facing the overflow. That seems to be moving the water around the tank clock wise and also giving me a good strong flow towards the top of the main pier where I plan to place some sps in the future. I then put the mp10 on the back wall dead center. So far Im liking it, hopefully the corals will as well.
I believe these are all a. echinata. They were labeled as just acans and I jumped on them since they were so cheap. They are beautiful but didn't realize how aggressive they are. I know to keep them around 3" apart from anything else but what about themselves? Can I have a little Echinata island?
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You should build stands for reefers... That is a great looking setup!
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Its been awhile. I tell you what, keeping the motivation up in this hobby when so much is going on with work and family can get tough. Due to my lack, water quality has suffered a little bit. Lost our clown, he made it out of qt just fine but developed a wart type thing near his left gill. My frogspawn also died on me. My biggest issue right now is an aiptasia outbreak. They are everywhere and starting to affect more of my corals. I should be getting an order of berghia nudibranch to hopefully take care of this.
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