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[user 26995]

(In my worst Darth Vader voice) Turn the dark side!!!

Meaning you want me to go bare bottom?

 

[Somethings Fishy]

has the water cleared??? pictures!!!!

 

[user 26995]

has the water cleared??? pictures!!!!

I dont have any lights on it right now. I will move the t5s back onto it and get pics tomorrow.

 

[user 26995]

What LED's are you going with?

I am considering the Ecotech Radion XR30w. Three of them.

 

[Somethings Fishy]

that would be so sweet but$$$$$$$

 

[07FocusST]

Meaning you want me to go bare bottom?

No way! 1/2" fine sand... maybe mix with crushed coral or agronite (sp?)

 

[user 26995]

Okay, here are some new pics of the rockwork.

Its hard to get the depth in the pics.

 

[Peppie]

Wonderful job on your rocks Lorie..
But I think you might want to add a few more lockline nozzles... LOL just to balance things out. Ha ha ha

 

[user 26995]

Yeah , it could do with a couple less maybe. There are a couple more there, you might not be able to make them out. They are angled downward. I just might plug a couple of the bulkheads. That would help increase the flow from the rest. We will see.

 

[user 26995]

Well I am anxious to start stocking this thing. Water tests at;
ammonia 0
nitrites 0
nitrates 5ppm
calc 465
alk 8 dkH
mag 1300

I am putting my 4' MH/T5 unit on it for the meantime. And I am putting a few coral frags in to see how it goes. Will test numerous times over the next couple weeks. Then I am going to start catching fish and moving them over. The first two going in will be the orange shoulder tang and the blue hippo tang.

 

[NC2WA]

tangs can be territortial unless these are the only fish, you might add them last to the tank.

 

[user 26995]

Actually, I was thinking about that and I think the first two going in are going to be the tomini tang and the bursa trigger.
Then a few weeks later, the orange shoulder and the blue hippo. The orange shoulder and blue hippo are in the 90 right now and get along fine. These two are smaller than the tomini. The last tang going in is the purple tang. He is a bit bigger than the others but he is in with the tomini now and they get along just fine. They are all on the smaller side yet so they should be a long time before I have to rehome any of them.

 

[N1Husker]

That's funny.

 

[Somethings Fishy]

update!

 

[Krish]

We want to see fishies please!!


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[user 26995]

HAHA!!!
Patients Patients Patients....I'm surprised I have any my self!
I tested the water again yesterday
ammonia 0
nitrites 0
nitrates 2.5ppm

I may move a couple fish in this weekend.

 

[user 26995]

Okay, here you go!
There are now fish in it!
I drip acclimated for an hour and a half or two. Here they are being temp acclimated.

 

[user 26995]

The wrasse was scoping the new digs out right away. In and out of every nook and cranny.
Took a little longer for the other two to come out of hiding.

I'll tell you what, that little bursa trigger can get itself into the smallest hole in rock and its funny how they wedge themselves into a rock. After he cameout of the hole in one rock, he made a B-line to another rock and flattened himself against the bottom of it. He was flat against the rock. How he was hanging on and so tight against the rock, was crazy. Took forever to get him off of it.

 

[Somethings Fishy]

SWEEEEEET!!!

 

[Krish]

Finally some fish!! Corals???
Looking good Lorrie.


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