TX’s Reef’s zoo med 50 gal lowboy

[BadMagnificentFirefish]

Thanks for documenting the build in such detail! Very nice system, I definitely hope to incorporate some ideas into my own.

 

[TX_REEF]

Update time!

My lyretail anthias unfortunately did not survive my 2 week vacation because she would only eat frozen food which my auto feeder obviously cannot provide

Maroon clowns are super happy. I hope my BTA in my display splits soon so I can give them one. The candy cane frag I got on discount at LFS is getting FAT! I’m also temporarily housing a GSP frag from display in the frag tank because it has a feather duster in it - I had to treat the display with prazipro, which I understand kills worms.

 

[TX_REEF]

My last surving damsel seems to have fallen in love with the fat candy cane frag. The other 3 died quite randomly at different times. Wonder if they were bullied to death?

 

[TX_REEF]

Added a very pretty rainbow BTA, a piece of broken birdsnest, and a freebie frag (no idea what it is, do you know?) to the frag system today, courtesy of the Dallas Fort Worth Marine Aquarium Society (DFWMAS) March frag swap!

 

[TX_REEF]

Added a Duncan frag to the tank today. One of my crab friends was enjoying a snack in the fuge this evening

 

[TX_REEF]

I was definitely not expecting the sheer volume of SPS frags that local reefer @bobnicaragua was kind enough to share with me today - many hours of fragging/glueing ahead of me this weekend!

 

[DIYreefer]

Very cool! What all did you get?

 

[TX_REEF]

Very cool! What all did you get?

I’ll have to review the photos I took of them with labeled bags and do an inventory some time this weekend

 

[DIYreefer]

I’ll have to review the photos I took of them with labeled bags and do an inventory some time this weekend

I, for one, will be eagerly awaiting your update! Lol.

 

[TX_REEF]

Heavy duty tank clean today, busted out the razor blade to keep that tank floor nice and white. Mounted all of my new SPS frags. Exhausting work!

 

[TX_REEF]

Cleaned up the tank and re-organized the frag racks. I turned the spectrum back to favor blue/purple because the full daylight spectrum was making the hair algae explode. Lots of work done with the razor blade and tooth brush… also half the caulerpa in the fuge went sexual and died, so I turned the fuge light to 24/7.

 

[TX_REEF]

Here's some quick fuge footage. The porcelain crabs that came in as hitchikers on my TBS liverock are getting quite large! My pithos crab loves to hang on the mangrove trunk. I hand feed him sometimes.