Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Why-Me]

Little update, not really any closer to getting the 40 or the 50 setup.
BUT the good news I got sick of the GHA and looked into the settings I had going in ecosmart live and turns out my red and green were way up to 25% each so I kicked them down to 7% each and the algae is almost gone and water looks cleaner, corals pop and look better maybe they weren't diggin the red spectrum.
I see a small white spot thinkin it's a fluke? on Marlin the largest clownfish. So I ordered some metro/focus and prazi to make sure it doesn't get any worse I'll do a fw dip too. Everything looks healthy, I'm happy.
Zoas still growing, I see a few new tiny tiny lil pinhead sized polyps, exciting times.

 

[tdlawdo]

Forgot the link... ;Facepalm

https://reefs.com/magazine/macropharyngodon-tale-throated-teeth/

Love this article.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Love this article.

Me too, reading it over again is making me want to set up a 180 peninsula tank full of leopard wrasses. Plus the Ahi the Tomini... gotta have one herbivore in the tank.

 

[Crabby48]

They seem to only be fragile when shipping, but once acclimated to your aquarium they are pretty tanky. I read somewhere that someone was shipping them with 2" of sand in the bag and had a very high success rate with them that way. Once they break their jaw, there isn't much you can do and they usually end up starving. That's what happens to most of them. They are also susceptible to intestinal worms, so I would treat in QT with General Cure. Copepods should live thru it, so you can dose them to keep it fed while in QT. When it starts eating frozen, dose one Tbsp of thawed frozen with one scoop metro and focus then feed that for I think ten days to make sure any parasites are gone. After that you should have one beautiful bullet proof fish.

So they are back on the list for contemplating. There is so much to know about each fish it gets little over whelming. Great fuel for the internet so I can learn

 

[Fin]

Gotta love those Cajuns. :-)

 

[Crabby48]

@Fin alcohol eases the pain. Stay safe

 

[sfin52]

@Fin alcohol eases the pain. Stay safe

 

[Katrina71]

@Fin maybe they are just adding it to the FEMA preparedness bucket?

 

[Fin]

@Fin alcohol eases the pain. Stay safe

We stocked up on junk food, dog treats and bottled water. We're good. :-)

 

[Katrina71]

Anyone else feel my pain? #privacy

 

[NY_Caveman]

Love this.

 

[Crabby48]

Good looking cat! It looks like a redhead. Must be trouble but cute

 

[Katrina71]

She can open door knobs. I did offer to give her a bath.

 

[Katrina71]

Good looking cat! It looks like a redhead. Must be trouble but cute

Lol. I never thought about that, but you are right. It's hard to stay mad when she's purring and trying to give you kitty kisses.

 

[Crabby48]

That’s why I have a redhead weakness. You can stay mad at them with the love they offer after the wreckage

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Hurricanes are reasons to party in the south! Unless you're a utility worker... at least I don't get called out for storms like linemen, but I do still have to report for my normal shift even if the earth opens up and demons fly out of the fissure. That's when I load up the log chains and chainsaw in the back of the truck... never know when you might need to clear a tree off the road. As long as there is still a road.... had that happen in the 1000 year flood back in '15. Good thing was, I didn't have to go back to work until it was clear.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Anyone else feel my pain? #privacy

It's all fun and games until she falls in...

 

[sfin52]

Anyone else feel my pain? #privacy

Loki loves showers. Tries to sneak into the shower with us. He even begs to take shower.

Nemo our clown fishing kitty. Likes to go into the bathroom with us. She has fallen into the shower a couple of times.

Sorry all following sentences have been removed from reef2reef. Please keep this pg @Musovski is around

 

[12gallonsofhex]

For anyone who is into using apps and wants to try one for your tank.

I ran across this app this morning and have to say it looks pretty user friendly and robust.

I believe @Hemmdog uses a similar app. I also have seen @NY_Caveman 's copious system of spreadsheets.

I'm not really sure where I'm going with this because I just saw something shiny. I suppose it's just to introduce the app. If anyone decides to employ the app can you please give us some feedback? Thanks!

Oh, it's for android... sorry you iPhone users.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dyhwang.aquariumnote

I am using that app. It works great to keep track of things

 

[Hemmdog]

Anyone else feel my pain? #privacy

That’s a good lookin cat!