Marlin's 95gallon lion cage

[marlinmero]

finally got all the parts for my tank.

 

[mfinn]

Is there water in it yet?

 

[marlinmero]

Bout half full and got a leak

 

[Krish]

Bout half full and got a leak

Bummer...Was it really bad? Apart from that, everything looks pretty good! Love the shape of your tank!

 

[marlinmero]

no its a small slow leak but still a pain. its leaking up in the back underneath where the return line goes into one of the bulk heads, so i have to get in there and add more plumbers tape.

 

[marlinmero]

alrighty got it full got rock and sand now. it stayed cloudy for like 4 days i wasnt impressed. now i just have to do the hardest part and wait.

 

[Chichas01]

looking good man! did you do anything to secure the rock? zip ties?, epoxy? gravity?

 

[marlinmero]

just gravity thats all i ever use.twist the base rock to the bottome of the sand then stack from there. kinda wash my hand around and blow water on each piece as i stack it to check for stability

 

[tat2z_21]

I would worry more towards snails and any other rapid movements bringing them tumbling down.

 

[tat2z_21]

Looks awesome though. The rockwork looks awesome and well thought out.

 

[marlinmero]

well im guessing its cycling. everywhere where light hits it its turning a light brown color. guessing this is the diatom bloom that happens during cycling

 

[mfinn]

As soon as I get a day off, I need to get over and check this one out.

 

[marlinmero]

any time. let me know and ill try and break off another one of those shrooms and try it again

 

[WABlonde]

Any updates?

 

[marlinmero]

finally an update been super busy with my new house and long vacation to Mazatlan. Had an out break of ick. so i have bought a quarantine tank. "havent needed one for 5 years but luck ran out" so its sat for a couple months now so i bought a new lion yesterday and am going to have him in the quarantine for a 4 weeks. I dont think he was stressed all, i put him and 3 cromis in the bucket to drip acclimate and he instantly ate two of the cromis. I have to add i got to the store as they were unloading him out of there shipping box. So thats why he has such a big belly. Almost matches mine. lol

 

[Krish]

Looks like he is ready to pop!! That's crazy!! Well, he won't need any food for a bit.

 

[mfinn]

Cool looking lionfish. I've always had a fondness for them.
Lions usually don't get too stressed out. Give him something to perch on or maybe even hid in and some food every couple days and keep the water clean and he should be ok with the q-tank.
What are you using for a biological filter?



Where's the new house?

 

[marlinmero]

i put a ceramic bowl and a cup in there for him to hide in. i plan on going and getting a chunk of pvc to put in there for him. and far is filtering i just have a HOB biowheel filter and im trying to find a cheap HOB protein skimmer.
The house is over on the westside by bark and garden across the street from that fruit stand

 

[marlinmero]

well its been a few weeks and he looks happy and healthy. His new home has sat empty for a couple months now so i restacked all the rocks tucked away the cords and what not. i did a water change two days ago and i plan on doing another one tomorrow and then in goes the lion fish. Here are some pics of the rock work re done after the collapse.

 

[marlinmero]

excited about my new fish. got a australian tusk, and a male blue jaw trigger