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Here are some updated pictures....
The rock on the left, first picture is all new....'if you could not tell'....
The rock on the left, first picture is all new....'if you could not tell'....
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OK, so I got a few things to add to the the tank.
So I know that my pictures suck, but I will try harder next time. :tongue:
I tried to make the pix smaller so they would load easier:
These are a couple of pieces I added to the tank.
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So I know that my pictures suck, but I will try harder next time. :tongue:
I tried to make the pix smaller so they would load easier:
These are a couple of pieces I added to the tank.
Wellso
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Orange Carnation
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I am planning on gettting a Vortech MP 40. One to start, and as the budget grows, I will be doing a second.
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Well I guess it is time for an update on the tank. I will even include a picture of the kid for fun....
First off here is the boy born May 20....
and a four Generation Shot.....
First off here is the boy born May 20....
and a four Generation Shot.....
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Ok now on to the good stuff.....jk.....
So with the tank, I have been dealing with a few issues...
First off was that stupid Six Line Wrasse. I finally devised a way to get him out of the tank. This required some Screening material, and two 30 inch pieces of pvc. I connected them so that the screen acted as a scroll. Then inserted them in the tank and unrolled it half way. After two days, I finally was home and watching the same time the wrasse swam into the left side of the tank. I quickly slammed the screen across trapping him on the left side of the tank. I then took every single rock out of the tank, and caught the fish. Here are some pictures of this problem solved.
Then Magically one of the wrasses {Orange Back Fairy} that I put in and was sure he had killed CAME BACK TO LIFE. I also introduced a Carpenter Flasher Wrasse, and a Purple Velvet Wrasse {Marshall Islands} into the tank.
Orange Back Fairy
Purple Velvet
Carpenter and Purple Velvet
So with the tank, I have been dealing with a few issues...
First off was that stupid Six Line Wrasse. I finally devised a way to get him out of the tank. This required some Screening material, and two 30 inch pieces of pvc. I connected them so that the screen acted as a scroll. Then inserted them in the tank and unrolled it half way. After two days, I finally was home and watching the same time the wrasse swam into the left side of the tank. I quickly slammed the screen across trapping him on the left side of the tank. I then took every single rock out of the tank, and caught the fish. Here are some pictures of this problem solved.
Then Magically one of the wrasses {Orange Back Fairy} that I put in and was sure he had killed CAME BACK TO LIFE. I also introduced a Carpenter Flasher Wrasse, and a Purple Velvet Wrasse {Marshall Islands} into the tank.
Orange Back Fairy
Purple Velvet
Carpenter and Purple Velvet
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I also have been busy behind the scenes in the fish room.
I took out the two tanks that I was using as a sump and refugium. They are now stacked on the wall for holding fish and corals.
I replaced them with three 50 Gallons Drums full of Water, Rock, Macro, a Deep Sand Bed, Argonite mud and Millions of Pods.
I also still have the frag tank setup and running. These are on the same system as the main display, and the overflow from the frag tank runs through a UV Sterilizer and then to the Refugium. From the Refugium it then runs into the center drum which is full of rock and one of the skimmers running Ozone. From that drum it falls into the next drum which has rock and the return pump in it. This drum is also where the Calcium Reactor drips.
So as of now, I am running over 600 Gallons of water.
You will also notice the two drums on the far right that are stacked on top of one another. These are fresh filtered water ready to mix. The water runs through a four stage filter system and then Two DI containers before going into these drums. Well on with the pictures...
I Did get in the Vortech, and love it, I just need another one so I can pull out the koralia 4's....
Now all I need to do is finish the stand and canopy for the main display tank....maybe this week....
I took out the two tanks that I was using as a sump and refugium. They are now stacked on the wall for holding fish and corals.
I replaced them with three 50 Gallons Drums full of Water, Rock, Macro, a Deep Sand Bed, Argonite mud and Millions of Pods.
I also still have the frag tank setup and running. These are on the same system as the main display, and the overflow from the frag tank runs through a UV Sterilizer and then to the Refugium. From the Refugium it then runs into the center drum which is full of rock and one of the skimmers running Ozone. From that drum it falls into the next drum which has rock and the return pump in it. This drum is also where the Calcium Reactor drips.
So as of now, I am running over 600 Gallons of water.
You will also notice the two drums on the far right that are stacked on top of one another. These are fresh filtered water ready to mix. The water runs through a four stage filter system and then Two DI containers before going into these drums. Well on with the pictures...
I Did get in the Vortech, and love it, I just need another one so I can pull out the koralia 4's....
Now all I need to do is finish the stand and canopy for the main display tank....maybe this week....
Congrats on the bambino! :smile:
Is your "Orange Carnation" still alive?
Is your "Orange Carnation" still alive?
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Thanks, he is getting fat now. When he was born he was 23 inches 8 lbs and two weeks early.
The orange Carnation did really bad at first, it never opened up, but now it is growing and thriving. I think they just need some time to adjust to a home aquarium.....and some cyclopeez and phyto.....
here are some updated shots.....and yes the cabinet guy still has not finished the cabinetry around HIS fish tank...hahaha
Another Problem has been flow......To fix this, I dropped the bomb and bought a Vortec MP40 Pump for one side of the tank{Still saving for the other one}..
So far the fish seem to love swimming in the 'new' current.
New Additions to the tank are...Many corals.....a Chocolate mimic tang....another Purple Tang and a Flame hawk....
Here are some full tank shots of the new rock work on the left side.....
The orange Carnation did really bad at first, it never opened up, but now it is growing and thriving. I think they just need some time to adjust to a home aquarium.....and some cyclopeez and phyto.....
here are some updated shots.....and yes the cabinet guy still has not finished the cabinetry around HIS fish tank...hahaha
Another Problem has been flow......To fix this, I dropped the bomb and bought a Vortec MP40 Pump for one side of the tank{Still saving for the other one}..
So far the fish seem to love swimming in the 'new' current.
New Additions to the tank are...Many corals.....a Chocolate mimic tang....another Purple Tang and a Flame hawk....
Here are some full tank shots of the new rock work on the left side.....
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I know, It is funny how small a 14 inch colony of purple tipped Stag can look in an eight foot long, two and a half foot tall tank....hahaha.....Or that basketball sized Toadstool, 10 inch pocilliopora colony, 9 inch Chalice, 7 inch wellso and 12 tangs, 5 wrasse and a bunch of other fish.....hahaha
