AZMSGT build thread

[AZMSGT]

So I said today something would be happening and it has... I got my first group of Fish.

3 Green Chromis
2 Oc clowns
1 Fox Face
1 Carpenters Wrasse
and Purple Haze the Purple Tang

 

[Blutspitze]

Lovely little group of fish! Fingers crossed that things go smoothly for them all!

 

[AZMSGT]

Yesterday the Wrasse never came out. It stayed hidden the entire day. I could see it and it’s breathing was elevated the entire day. Keeping fingers crossed that today it will be doing better.

 

[DS204]

Yesterday the Wrasse never came out. It stayed hidden the entire day. I could see it and it’s breathing was elevated the entire day. Keeping fingers crossed that today it will be doing better.

My 6 line wrasse did the same thing twice. First time when I brought it home from the LFS it hid for nearly 2 days. The second time is when we moved it to the main display about a year later. After a day of hiding it was out and about and feeding like a champ! Fingers crossed that yours will do the same after a day of adjusting!

 

[AZMSGT]

My 6 line wrasse did the same thing twice. First time when I brought it home from the LFS it hid for nearly 2 days. The second time is when we moved it to the main display about a year later. After a day of hiding it was out and about and feeding like a champ! Fingers crossed that yours will do the same after a day of adjusting!

This morning after the lights came on the Wrasse came out of his hiding spot. At feeding time he ate so I would say he is now good to go.

 

[Blutspitze]

Great to hear that the Wrasse came out and ate.

 

[AZMSGT]

Yuk.. Diatoms are kicking in now.. I was thinking I might make it without this stage.. Nope just after fish went in they began.

 

[lilchris_357]

Diatoms are inevitable, they are a natural part of the cycle. Just stay on top of it and they will disappear. Don't over feed your tank in this stage as its still a new system. Looking good, happy Reefing.

 

[CasaReefer]

So I said today something would be happening and it has... I got my first group of Fish.

3 Green Chromis
2 Oc clowns
1 Fox Face
1 Carpenters Wrasse
and Purple Haze the Purple Tang

Great Name for a Great Fish.. Great Looking Tank Sir... and Thank You for your Service

 

[Michael Gray]

now that im following i gotta ask.. cleaner shrimp worth the headache if stealing food? or picking at coral??? my girl wants 1 or 2 bad. and i did at first until i read the issues and i convinced myself i will not get one... but she wants one.. and i think it would be cool.. maybe 1....

 

[AZMSGT]

now that im following i gotta ask.. cleaner shrimp worth the headache if stealing food? or picking at coral??? my girl wants 1 or 2 bad. and i did at first until i read the issues and i convinced myself i will not get one... but she wants one.. and i think it would be cool.. maybe 1....

Since my cleaner shrimp mainly hides and just gets the scraps that the fish don't eat I'm likely not the best person to ask. Also I have no coral in the main tank yet, everything is in QT at the moment.

 

[AZMSGT]

Just some photos of the ugly stage.

 

[Michael Gray]

Oh ya. That's where I'm at. same brown dust on glass I gotta clean it tomorrow morning except I got the turf look too on rocks and sand

 

[Michael Gray]

Is it true m7 bacteria might help the algae fight

 

[Katrina71]

I don't find anything ugly about it. It looks like a beginning to me.

 

[AZMSGT]

Is it true m7 bacteria might help the algae fight

I've read that it can help.. But it really needs to just take it's course. I was getting some turf bits but the Tang and Fox face have mowed it down.

 

[AZMSGT]

I don't find anything ugly about it. It looks like a beginning to me.

Very true.. Just gotta let the tank catch up to what's going on.

 

[Blutspitze]

Oh yes, totally ugly with all those great looking, healthy fish swimming around . Looks awesome

 

[AZMSGT]

Over the last few weeks I have been building a cabinet to go on the left side of my tank. The bottom will have a Calcium reactor, CO2 tank and I might move my ATO tank over to it. The top is meant to be all storage. The wife blessed it to look good enough in the house so I did something right.

 

[Blutspitze]

Very nice, loving the cabinet look. And it does indeed go with the house.