Wrangy's Reef Dungeon (Waterbox 170)

[tripdad]

Your officially a fish tease!

 

[Wrangy]

Your officially a fish tease!

One of the fishes I got was a fish to replace the loss of a beloved fish I'd had for years and she's a stunner!! The other is a fish that's on my list that I'm glad I was able to add so early! And the third is a fish that I'm hoping to pair with a friend I've had for a long time that currently lives in the nano (second or third time I've seen one for sale here in 5+ years too haha)

Planning on getting a Versa 4 unit bar for the tank too when the ATO function stuff is released too! And I desperately need to add a bunch of snails to the tank too!! haha some amphi and copepods too!

 

[Alex Costa]

Nice and low scape.
I love it!

 

[YHSublime]

Update please!

 

[Wrangy]

Nice and low scape.
I love it!

Thanks Alex! It's going to look even nicer when I've got lots of coral on it!

Update please!

haha not much to update at this point Fish are doing well, I'm going to start up a more regular water change routine and also look to get a 4-set of Versa pumps to do my awc, ato and carx management I've gone full Ecotech junkie for this tank haha

 

[mattzang]

Corals will be sps, shrooms and zoa's mainly with a few other things depending on my feelings haha and the fishlist plans are on the first page but here they are again:

• centropyge colini (colini angelfish)
• centropyge potteri (potters angelfish)
• centropyge aurantia (golden angelfish)
• centropyge multicolour (multiolour angelfish)
• centropyge acanthops (flameback angelfish)
• centropyge loricula (flame angelfish)
• centropyge venustus (venustus angelfish)
• chaetodon burgessi ("Burgers" the Burgessi butterflyfish)
• chaetodon declivis (Declivis butterflyfish)
• chaetodon mitratus (mitratus butterflyfish)
• prognathodes marcellae (French butterflyfish)
• forcipiger flavissimus (longnose butterflyfish)
• At least one of the really not "reef safe" butterflies haha
• cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis (Rhomboid Wrasse)
• cirrhilabrus shutmani (magma wrasse)
• cirrhilabrus isosceles (pintail wrasse)
• At least two other groovy fairies but that's open to who I take a liking too

oh my, that fish list

 

[pcon]

oh my, that fish list

That's exactly how I felt when I first stumbled across Wrangy's first build thread! He has some amazing taste in fish.

 

[Wrangy]

oh my, that fish list

More like oh my that price tag ;Dead;Dead haha thanks man, I'm hoping to pull it all together!!

That's exactly how I felt when I first stumbled across Wrangy's first build thread! He has some amazing taste in fish.

It's just going to take a while as availability can be quite slow here in Aus!

 

[Mattres]

Mate! wow I know Iv'e been away for a while when you're 11 pages deep into a new build!
Congrats on the new place mate and the new tank is looking sharp!
The Reef dungeon is a place i'd happily be locked up in!

How was Noosa? I'm heading there next week with the missus for a week off.

 

[Wrangy]

Mate! wow I know Iv'e been away for a while when you're 11 pages deep into a new build!
Congrats on the new place mate and the new tank is looking sharp!
The Reef dungeon is a place i'd happily be locked up in!

How was Noosa? I'm heading there next week with the missus for a week off.

hahaha yep, no mucking about here! Shame there's not a huge amount to report on but it's coming along nicely and I've done a heap of organising and cleaning out of the study/fishroom getting things to a level I'm really enjoying! Really looking forward to having fun again

We always love Noosa, we stayed in Sunrise Beach this time around and that's fantastic! We don't stay in Noosa main any more and we're usually over the hill in Sunshine or Sunrise Love the whole area though!

 

[Mattres]

hahaha yep, no mucking about here! Shame there's not a huge amount to report on but it's coming along nicely and I've done a heap of organising and cleaning out of the study/fishroom getting things to a level I'm really enjoying! Really looking forward to having fun again

We always love Noosa, we stayed in Sunrise Beach this time around and that's fantastic! We don't stay in Noosa main any more and we're usually over the hill in Sunshine or Sunrise Love the whole area though!

Cant rush perfection mate so take your time!


Awesome, its our first time there. Keen to just eat drink and relax!

 

[Alex Costa]

• centropyge colini (colini angelfish)
• centropyge potteri (potters angelfish)
• centropyge aurantia (golden angelfish)
• centropyge multicolour (multiolour angelfish)
• centropyge acanthops (flameback angelfish)
• centropyge loricula (flame angelfish)
• centropyge venustus (venustus angelfish)
• chaetodon burgessi ("Burgers" the Burgessi butterflyfish)
• chaetodon declivis (Declivis butterflyfish)
• chaetodon mitratus (mitratus butterflyfish)
• prognathodes marcellae (French butterflyfish)
• forcipiger flavissimus (longnose butterflyfish)
• At least one of the really not "reef safe" butterflies haha
• cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis (Rhomboid Wrasse)
• cirrhilabrus shutmani (magma wrasse)
• cirrhilabrus isosceles (pintail wrasse)
• At least two other groovy fairies but that's open to who I take a liking too

Well.................That's a serious fish list!!!!!
I vote in these ones.......

 

[Wrangy]

Cant rush perfection mate so take your time!


Awesome, its our first time there. Keen to just eat drink and relax!

I'm keen to hear your thoughts on Noosa when you get back! Make sure you do the walk out to Hell's Gate, it's phenomenal <3 just gorgeous!!

Well.................That's a serious fish list!!!!!
I vote in these ones.......

I'm going to tell my colini that he wasn't highlighted and you're going to be put into his black book with a big mark next to your name! Glad you like the list though!

 

[Wrangy]

This bacteria bloom can kiss my lovely ginger behind haha

At this stage I'm going to let things play out for another month before considering a UV to deal with it. I'd rather take the time and let the tank sort itself out but this is still very annoying haha

 

[drawman]

This bacteria bloom can kiss my lovely ginger behind haha

At this stage I'm going to let things play out for another month before considering a UV to deal with it. I'd rather take the time and let the tank sort itself out but this is still very annoying haha

Fish still look great! Annoying for sure but it will pass.

 

[YHSublime]

If it's aerobic you should increase aeration, keep those fish breathing!

 

[GBRsouth]

The bloom will pass. Give it at least a week before you bother buying a uv just for that.

 

[Wrangy]

Fish still look great! Annoying for sure but it will pass.

Definitely a pain in my butt but it'll pass and as long as the fish are okay I'm not stressed.

If it's aerobic you should increase aeration, keep those fish breathing!

The fish aren't having any troubles but I've been monitoring it pretty closely! I might add some airstones though

The bloom will pass. Give it at least a week before you bother buying a uv just for that.

I won't be buying one but I might see if I can borrow one off someone local just for a little bit to sort it but I'm just waiting for the moment

 

[Wrangy]

Okay so my current method of dealing with this bloom is dosing AF Pro Bio S, some Bio S once a week, skimming super wet and added another 4-5L of Matrix to the tank as well for a total of about 8-10L. Hopefully we can get on top of this!

 

[Wrangy]

Day 438: Food is running scarce and there is fighting over water rations, this bacteria bloom seems to have no end and it's driving our fearless leader into insanity. We can hear him quietly muttering to himself at night and yesterday I think I caught him talking to the bacteria but I'm too afraid to say anything... I fear these may be our final days, lost in this cloud.