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So I am back from vacation and things are coming along slowly but surely. I went to Jamaica for week to get some much needed rest and relaxation and also managed to get some snorkeling in. I pretty much snorkeled everyday and the great thing about the place we stayed was that the fish come to you. They are so use to tourist having bread its their first reaction which show how strong hunger can override instincts. Before leaving I tried to set my self up for success by automating my feeding process. All fish were alive when I got back so things went well. I am not thinking about my next fish selection. I think I am going to go with my favorite Blue Eye/Threadfin Cardinals (Apogon leptacanthus).
06/14/2018 -Dip and Fish Food Order In order to have a great variety of food for my fish I wanted to try a few different foods. Before leaving QT I made sure to my fish would eat all different types of food. When I placed my food order I added a few Blue Life USA - Safety Stop dips as well. 06/18/2018 - Put QT Fish in Main Display Before vacation I moved the fish from their QT into the main display. While in QT the yellow and purple tang were right beside each other divided by acrylic separator while the bristletooth was in the bottom tank. I used the two part dip and the fish had no adverse reactions. Once I put them in the main display they found each other and seemed to be happy. I monitored then a few days and there was no aggression. 06/20/2018 - Small Reef Cleaners Order 06/26/2018 - 07/03/2018 - Vacation 07/04/2018 - Old Tank Down 07/08/2018 - Installed Kalk Stirrer I finally got around to added the kalk stirrer to the main display. I have not set up the dosing schedule but everything is installed and working correctly. I am using a AquaLifter pump to feed the stirrer and rigid tubing for all the runs. Next week I will see how much alk the tank looses starting on Monday for about 3 days. I figured the tank is evaporating about a gallon a day. I will tweak the dosing until it holds the alk steady for about a week then cross fingers and hope for the best...lol. 07/09/2018 - Marine Depot Order
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Forgot to post the results from the water tests the other day. For some reason tin was really high. Other elements for the most part were good to go. I will start doing some tweaking this week to to try to get the Alk, Mag, and Cal to be more stable. The main display is maturing and I am seeing tons of sponges in the overflow and in the refugium area. Once I see some corraline algae I will add a frag or two.
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10/25/2018, 06:11 AM | #203 |
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Overdue Update
Its been a while...I am still slowly plugging along but the main display is starting to show its first signs of coralline algae in the last few weeks so I know for sure corals will grow in the display. Keeping them alive will be the challenge. I have made a few minor updates with the tank but still have some things to do. Since my last update I have done the following:
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10/25/2018, 02:44 PM | #204 |
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Great update, but we don't believe you b/c we don't see any photos
You don't even need a display anymore with Neptune, get her online and use an ipad/phone! We have to work on the killing of fish, they may all start to fear you!
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That fish decided to end his own life...the crazy thing was that night I said I should put a cover over the tank soon as I was thinking about getting some wrasses soon. Due to the jumper I have my cover almost done now...lol. Here are some random pictures Random Pictures Orange Spotted Blenny (Benniella chrysospilos)
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Random Pictures - Continued
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10/25/2018, 07:35 PM | #207 |
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Every now and then we need to look back at what we have done in the past to be inspired about what the future holds. With that said here are a few of my old pictures that help me stay focused. Each time I kill a coral I tell myself you can grow corals you really can! Then I go and look at some old pictures when things were simple before all the fancy silly names when you could go to your LFS and get reasonably priced frags for a decent price.
Some of My Inspiration
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Some of My Inspiration - Continued
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10/26/2018, 07:23 AM | #209 |
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Pretty sure I see an aiptasia in one of those pictures.... :0) Ha ha! Giving you a hard time.
The tank and bar look terrific!! How were the mojitos? I can't find a good one outside of South Beach unless I make it myself. :0) |
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I was pretty excited and about how the bar turned out as well. The mojitos were amazing. I have my recipe down pretty good and my homemade simply syrup works well. I think the key is fresh ingredients! We grow some fresh herbs during the summer and I have experiments with various types of mint to give it a unique flavor. Wifey loves them and we have a flavored mule I like to make as well. It's like a fully stocked bar so I even have a garnish tray, fresh juice containers, exact measure pours for bottles, etc. I am going to really enjoy it on Thanksgiving when the family is over and we are watching the game on big TV in basement.
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Yea I can't wait. Our thanksgiving is huge too. I think we are expecting 25-30 people this year. I will try to post some pictures of the corals in the main display in the next few days or so. I am still reading some articles on how to take pictures under the LEDs. So far everything has been bad .
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10/27/2018 - Wrasse Keeper 1000, a New Fish, and a New Shrimp I finally got around to finishing my wrasse lid for the QT system with integrated LED lighting. I initially started this project back in Aug and its been painted for some time now but I did not get around to finishing it until recently when I started looking at wrasses daily. I call it the Wrasse Keeper 1000...lol. It's basically a box I can put over the tank with venting, some LED lighting, and a feed hole. So far it looks promising. I used screen door mesh and cut vertical slits in it so it could fit around the pumps and such. My QT tank now has two accessory lids. One for when corals and one for fish. I forgot to mention in my last post I acquired some more LED lighting. One of the light fixtures is pictured in my Coral set up (I have two). All of the corals in the QT were acquired from my buddy Jesse.
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General Updates - Continued
Few Current Coral Shots I am still trying to find the right time and color spectrum to take pictures under with so bear with me will I find the right look. I tried to take two of each. One regular and one macro of some of the corals.
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Hey Henry, I just did a super fast scroll through the first nine pages of your ridiculously meticulous build.
Simply amazing. The planning, detail and surrounding reno is gorgeous! Love the dimensions and scape of the tank! Following! I got your message.. happy to pass along any info i can!
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Time for an overdue update. Black Friday came and went and I picked up a few items and remembered I had not updated my thread in a while. With that being said corals are growing it the main display and starting to gain some color. I spend time daily just looking at the frags and hoping they start taking off. It's like a kid with the "Are we there yet"....lol. So far I am not there or even close. I have been dosing mag every few days and the results are really showing. Normally for me I can tell things are going good when a cap shows a good growth edge and coralline algae starts to show up in multiple places.. One of my caps from Jesse is doing just that. The corals I put in in the first round from him have all showed signs of growth except the maze or brain coral. I can not seem to find a happy place for it. The the other corals however are doing great. I have picked up some new corals now that things are more stable and they are doing well also. I picked up some new fish but most have died on me. So here is summary of where I am now. In checking my pictures I realized I missed a few pictures. Also the frag tank is a hot mess. I need to order a small clean-up crew or a lawnmower blenny.
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11/07/2018 - New Corals Frags 11/07/2018 - New Corals Frags 11/08/2017 - New Fish and Shrimp I was on Divers Den and found a bonded pair of Flagtail Shrimp Gobies (Amblyeleotris yanoi) with a Red Banded Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus randalli) . They arrived and looked happy but were very shy. I placed them in the bottom of my QT set up and everything seemed to be going fine the first day. They are much thinner than I expected so I was a bit concerned. The gobies were very jumpy but due to the water levels in bottom of QT I thought they would be fine. I was looking forward to the watching the relationship between the bad eyesight shrimp and the ever peering gobies to entertain me for hours.11/08/2017 - Snapping Shrimp Dead Apparently the bad eye sight is true because he managed to get near the return pump and that is where I found him (stuck to the return). So the shrimp is dead and the two fish are looking like they are not a true bonded pair. They have not really been around each other much but we will see how this turns out.11/18/2018 - Moved Fish Since it was water change day I figured it was a good day to move the fish in the top of the QT to the Display. I ended up moving the Flasher wrasse and the cleaner to main tank. They both were eating well in QT and seemed to be doing really well. The cleaner wrasse is full of personality. He eagerly seeks the the front of the glass when its feeding time. Somehow one of the Goby fish had disappeared.11/20/2018 - Lost and Found Goby So one of the Goby fish was missing from the QT tank and the Flasher was missing in the main tank. The day before I saw the Flasher hidden in a rock but he was not really moving.11/23/2018 - Goby Moved to Display 11/24/2018 - Chaeto Harvest 11/25/2018 - Found Lost Goby from the QT I found the other Goby that was lost from the QT. These fish are super jumpy. I actually found the fish in the mini skimmer I am not sure how these guys make it in tank.11/27/2018 - Found Lost Goby in Display 12/03/2018 - New Fish Arrived 12/08/2018 - Two More Cardinals Died I was away from home for just a day and when I returned I found two more fish dead. Both of the fish were attached to my MP10 that I have on the QT tank. More frustration with these little fish.12/11/2018 - New Top Down in Progress 12/13/2018 - Lucky is not so Lucky Coral Pictures IMG_3965 by LifeThrough_TheLense, on Flickr IMG_3986 by LifeThrough_TheLense, on Flickr IMG_3988 by LifeThrough_TheLense, on Flickr IMG_3990 by LifeThrough_TheLense, on Flickr IMG_3993 by LifeThrough_TheLense, on Flickr
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Very nice...
I wish there was a like button... Wonder if RC will ever get a update.
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Image 4149... do you know the name of this coral?
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McPuff - Man I man I am not even sure. I have lost so many corals. I just tried looking back at some old pictures and I can't remember where or what I may have fragged it from. I can say it should be pretty when it finally colors up. I don't think its one of the "named corals". I can't tell it is a frag of an old tort. I need these corals to take off...lol.
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