Thank you so much! Been pretty busy but hope to post those updates soon lolWhoa those frag protectors are awesome.
looking great! I need to go through and read the build to this point but it’s looking healthy. Great work
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Thank you so much! Been pretty busy but hope to post those updates soon lolWhoa those frag protectors are awesome.
looking great! I need to go through and read the build to this point but it’s looking healthy. Great work
Looks great!Well, those updates were in fact not posted last month, but here are some recent FTS for the time being before I post some more in depth updates!
Curious on this protector sleeve and what it looks like. What kind of urchin is it? That's great the tank is cruising along!Well, long time no see, I've been pretty busy (per usual lol) but things still look great! My main issue right now is overcrowding and coral warfare between acros and other corals in the tank. Today I did some fragging to reduce some of the overcrowding, and I started cycling my frag tank again that I had shut down last year because I didn't have enough time to deal with another system. Hopefully I can move some of my SPS like the pocillipora and montiporas into the frag tank because they're really starting to take up real estate that I'd like to have for acros. Also, the tabling acros are growing insanely fast and I have to keep moving them because there's not enough space, but I feel like this is a good problem to have hahaha .
One update that was slightly concerning and which frustrates me a lot:
The urchin in the clam/shallow water acro tank decided to chew through the power cord of my wavemaker , so there goes $130. I thought the damage wasn't that bad until I removed the powerhead from the tank and saw that it had gone through two layers of insulation. Luckily, I have replacements lying around from various projects, so I just changed out the pump but used the same controller with the same programming. So I may have avoided disaster in the electricity department. Now I have a protector sleeve on the powercord to prevent it from happening again.
Pictures to come!
I got the protector in an old Hydor koralia powerhead box and never used it until today. Here's a picture of it on the powerhead cord:Curious on this protector sleeve and what it looks like. What kind of urchin is it? That's great the tank is cruising along!
Sorry about all the fish mishaps that happened to you!So I've always wanted more fish in my display because there's not much activity going on, and I need more nutrient input anyways. I. decided to order 5 fish online: A McCosker's wrasse, a Red-lined (Xmas) Wrasse, a lubbock's fairy wrasse, a longnose hawkfish, and a rainford's goby. The three wrasses were for the display, the rainfords was going in the shallow-water acro cube tank, and the hawkfish was going in my grow out tank. Unfortunately, the rainfords came in DOA, and the McCosker's and longnose hawkfish came in really stressed from shipping. The hawkfish disappeared shortly after addition, and the McCosker's teeth got caught on the net, which was an entire situation you can read about here . The McCosker's wrasse and the longnose ended up dying after less than 24 hours, but I still have the xmas wrasse and the lubbock's fairy wrasse which are very healthy and are eating well. It was a traumatic event to be honest, and I am hesitant to order fish online again. In addition, I ordered a female/juvenile xmas wrasse, but received a terminal male which is also kind of annoying. He is beautiful, however; and I'm excited to see how he does in the display.
I'm currently on the hunt at my LFS for more wrasses to add to both my main and grow out tank so that I don't have to go through shipping again. Mostly looking at flasher and fairy wrasses, and my LFS has a pretty great selection, so I'm excited to keep stocking the tanks since they've been sparse for so long.
Thank you! It was horrible in the moment but at least I have two healthy fish for my display now. Trying to shop local in the future that way I don’t don’t experience the loss directly from shipping but still sad.Sorry about all the fish mishaps that happened to you!
I feel for you man. I feel like I’ve been pretty lucky ordering fish online so far but I always feel panicked and questioning myself when acclimating fish bought online! Sorry for your experience but thanks for sharing.So I've always wanted more fish in my display because there's not much activity going on, and I need more nutrient input anyways. I. decided to order 5 fish online: A McCosker's wrasse, a Red-lined (Xmas) Wrasse, a lubbock's fairy wrasse, a longnose hawkfish, and a rainford's goby. The three wrasses were for the display, the rainfords was going in the shallow-water acro cube tank, and the hawkfish was going in my grow out tank. Unfortunately, the rainfords came in DOA, and the McCosker's and longnose hawkfish came in really stressed from shipping. The hawkfish disappeared shortly after addition, and the McCosker's teeth got caught on the net, which was an entire situation you can read about here . The McCosker's wrasse and the longnose ended up dying after less than 24 hours, but I still have the xmas wrasse and the lubbock's fairy wrasse which are very healthy and are eating well. It was a traumatic event to be honest, and I am hesitant to order fish online again. In addition, I ordered a female/juvenile xmas wrasse, but received a terminal male which is also kind of annoying. He is beautiful, however; and I'm excited to see how he does in the display.
I'm currently on the hunt at my LFS for more wrasses to add to both my main and grow out tank so that I don't have to go through shipping again. Mostly looking at flasher and fairy wrasses, and my LFS has a pretty great selection, so I'm excited to keep stocking the tanks since they've been sparse for so long.
Yeah I was really hoping things would go well, but I was stressed already. They came in not packed very well and stressed, and I knew it was going to go downhill from there unfortunately.I feel for you man. I feel like I’ve been pretty lucky ordering fish online so far but I always feel panicked and questioning myself when acclimating fish bought online! Sorry for your experience but thanks for sharing.