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Admittedly I did make two mistakes with my fish selection… Against sound advice and better judgment of my go to aquatics person at the local Petco I added two fish that were not compatible. Will reveal that later.Six fish as well. I stopped almost two years ago at that number and it has worked out well.
Hi Brandon, thanks for popping in. Glad you noticed this thread. I was skeptical of the instant cycle that lfs manager introduced, so I did some independent investigation and saw a thread you had on this topic. Gave me more confidence to try it. By the way, I missed out one important point, this Petco is a bit different, they actually have a coral frag tank and couple of fishes about 2-3 that they won’t sell!! They are the stores “mascot” residents and live in the frag tank. There’s a v old royal gramma. Also unlike other Petco, they actually have one wall tank display that has separate sump system for quarantine. All the fishes there have been quarantined.There's one small detail the lfs employee needs to know: petco live rock doesn't have dieoff when moved to a new tank, it's literally just instant skip cycle. The practice of skip cycling (with pet store cured rocks, not applicable to ocean rocks) doesn't have instances of failure they need to leave room for, moving rocks among tanks simply does not cause die off on cured- down rocks. You don't even have to take them home in water and they still won't die off... the way they pack them in damp bags is perfect for days of safe transport without losses.
The detail they missed was the importance of fallow and qt prep so petco fish don't bring in disease, the cycle was 0% risk. That's very nice rock they have for sure, tank looks great.
CoolActually use the extra parts to make a rack for media in the refugium in the sump. Will post more pics
Ya, glad I stopped at 6 , my diamond watchman goby has more than doubled in size and is about 5” long. Eats like a pig, I’m pretty sure if I threw a meatball in it would devour it. Last time I was in Boston I was at the Garden for my father’s retirement party. I don’t know how people can drive in that city. I caught my first blue fish, 14 lbs on freshwater gear, off of Cape Cod. By the way, have you noticed people talk strange around Boston?Admittedly I did make two mistakes with my fish selection… Against sound advice and better judgment of my go to aquatics person at the local Petco I added two fish that were not compatible. Will reveal that later.
And wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving too. By the way I’m in Massachusetts, just outside Boston.
Haha…. driving in Boston is interesting too say the least. The “T” ie sort of an mis-mash subway and tram system contributes to the confusion as well. Well I live in the “villages” newton/waban that’s at the edge of Boston. Rarely go into Boston because of the stressful traffic. Oh do you mean the “Quincy” Irish accent? Or the Boston city area way of speaking.Ya, glad I stopped at 6 , my diamond watchman goby has more than doubled in size and is about 5” long. Eats like a pig, I’m pretty sure if I threw a meatball in it would devour it. Last time I was in Boston I was at the Garden for my father’s retirement party. I don’t know how people can drive in that city. I caught my first blue fish, 14 lbs on freshwater gear, off of Cape Cod. By the way, have you noticed people talk strange around Boston?