Ali's 90g Cube Build

fishguy242 · Jul 14, 2020

thank you for the compliment,young was 25 yrs ago... :rolleyes: :)

alimac122 · Jul 14, 2020

fishguy242 said:
thank you for the compliment,young was 25 yrs ago... :rolleyes: :)

Young at heart always!

alimac122 · Jul 18, 2020

Okay! So, first off I would like to thank @Kattkrazie for providing me with wonderful selection of corals.
I also have a couple Jason Fox frags in here too. Now I feel like a real reefer!
Still trying to figure out the best way to take photos with my phone. I have the iPhone XR and I’m trying to get the courage to dunk it to get the macro shots.
But here is what I have so far!

Also, can you all spy the two new additions in the last photo?
Again, thank you so much @Kattkrazie for helping me out! Although the photos (And cyano) don’t do them justice— most everyone’s polyps are out. They all see happy!
One minor update- the valentini is in time out. He started picking at my JF maze brain. The one I got a special hookup from JF himself. I caught him and now he is staying in the fuge for about a week. Hoping that’s enough time in timeout for him to quit using his teeth as a curiosity detector.

fishguy242 · Jul 18, 2020

looking good!!.. :cool:

alimac122 · Jul 19, 2020

I don’t know what to do.

I kept the Valentini in the sump for a week. I put him back in the display this morning. He instantly started going after my LPS and the new baby ceriths that are in the sand.
I don’t know if I should try and return him to my LFS, I feel bad because he’s my first fish, and the scopas And lemon peel love him (seriously— they have been hiding in the rocks ALL week and now that he’s back in the tank they’re out swimming around again).
I don’t want to return him because he’s adorable and gets along with everyone. But I also don’t want him annihilating my montis!

fishguy242 · Jul 19, 2020

hi ,sorry to be bearer of bad news...gotta go somewhere not in the reef:(

najer · Jul 19, 2020

fishguy242 said:
hi ,sorry to be bearer of bad news...gotta go somewhere not in the reef:(

This, it will not stop I'm afraid.

Nover05 · Jul 19, 2020

You could cut it in half like other suggest and then run a smaller diameter pole thorough the center to keep them together. think putting a square sleeve over a circle pole. You might be able to find some square rods to put in the center though. Maybe a 2x4 would fit in them?

alimac122 · Jul 19, 2020

Nover05 said:
You could cut it in half like other suggest and then run a smaller diameter pole thorough the center to keep them together. think putting a square sleeve over a circle pole. You might be able to find some square rods to put in the center though. Maybe a 2x4 would fit in them?

At first I thought you were suggesting me cut the Valentini in half

alimac122 · Jul 20, 2020

Apparently I’m doing something right.
Mr. Duncan is already growing new heads (promise these weren’t there when I got the frag)

Katrina71 · Jul 20, 2020

Congrats on the new baby Duncans! I'm sorry to agree with others that your valentini will need to go. Aka another tank ;)

alimac122 · Jul 20, 2020

Katrina71 said:
Congrats on the new baby Duncans! I'm sorry to agree with others that your valentini will need to go. Aka another tank ;)

The valentini is going to the wonderful @Kattkrazie 's home!

Katrina71 · Jul 20, 2020

Oh gosh, no worries there! Will be spoiled rotten!

alimac122 · Jul 20, 2020

So.... one fish out means a new one in, right???

Say hello to the new blue sided fairy wrasse.
@najer do you approve?;):p
*now I want a tank full of wrasse— this guy has the cutest personality*

fishguy242 · Jul 20, 2020

i could not find the "head shaking"emoji..lol :cool:

alimac122 · Jul 20, 2020

fishguy242 said:
i could not find the "head shaking"emoji..lol :cool:

I only have 6 fish in a 90g. Give a girl a break!

cmaxwell39 · Jul 20, 2020

Just read through the thread. You have done a lot with the tank in a short amount of time. The corals look good and I love the new wrasse addition. Of course I am a sucker for the fairy wrasse genus. Keep the updates coming. Will be following going forward.

alimac122 · Jul 20, 2020

cmaxwell39 said:
Just read through the thread. You have done a lot with the tank in a short amount of time. The corals look good and I love the new wrasse addition. Of course I am a sucker for the fairy wrasse genus. Keep the updates coming. Will be following going forward.

Thank you! I am very VERY happy with the success I have had so far. I would like to attribute most of my success to having worked in the industry, the wonderful people here, and 52 weeks of reefing!
Everyone has been so kind and helpful I love the little community. I am quite surprised as to "how little" money I have put into this over the last 4 months and have it be as successful as it is. One of the biggest attributions is impatiently being patient. Letting the tank do its thing. Currently dealing with a cyano outbreak, I bought more CUC and have been doing water changes every couple days and making sure to stir up the sandbed. Its doing the trick. No added chemicals in this baby. I've read too many stories of subsequent dyno outbreaks because people try and rush the process.

I read through your whole thread too! I hope to have a forever home one day so i can have a fish room. But, as of right now I have my little setup. Graduation is hopefully May 2021, so I am crossing my fingers to land a job soon after that will have me in a career I can see myself in permanently for an extended time. When that happens, I am definitely upgrading. I want nothing more that to be able to snorkel in my own tank, Im thinking 300. I am super excited to follow your progress too! Its smooth sailing now that you FINALLY got your DT in and running!