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Today I've seen the first sign of green - some film algae on the glass. I think I'll go ahead and move Seymore (the cucumber) and Mom (the conch) over to the display. It would be good for the wife if I could break down the holding tank asap. My home office is kinda cluttered. The QT will stay up and running until I move all my schools through. Then I'll go back to my previous arrangement in the display cabinet, with a 20 and a 26 gallon QT.
In my search for Mom, I grabbed some macro algae that had some mini serpent stars in them. I added them to the bucket for acclimation to the display. Woo Hoo! I wonder where those came from. I found about six.
Interesting time for my tank. Starting up an ecosystem from the bottom up. I'm letting Nature teach me the next steps to take to assist in the process. Early days. Next wave of life will likely be worms and pods. I may try live mysids again. When I added them to v1, they got gradually picked off. If I could get them in before more fish are added, maybe they could build a sustainable population. That would be sweet!
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As many naturalists and environmentalists have suggested, we should set aside our arrogance,
our desire to conquer and control everything, and walk hand in hand with Mother Nature. -Walter Adey
Current Tank Info: 180g Seagrass Sandbar Lagoon, START DATE November 28, 2018
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