From snakes to fish

[dvgyfresh]

New anemone apparently still settling in! Making me kinda worried but has not deflated once / dug itself into the sand so it seems healthy, still discharging black stuff in mouth. Everything else is doing pretty good.
Nitrate 20ppm
Phosphate .07 - seems kinda low for me lol
Alk 9.8
Salinity 1.026 -1.027

 

[dvgyfresh]

One of my last fts with the 40b planning to move every thing next week, wish me luck! Using a bunch of 5gal buckets / battery airstone

 

[dvgyfresh]

My plan to beat aptasia is as follows lol , when moving everything I wil rehome / selll the damsels and six line wrasse/blenny , leaving only purple dottyback and clown fish at which point I will either buy a CBB or berghia nudibranch

 

[dvgyfresh]

Also may spray a rock with peroxide to help kill of the aptasia during the transfer

 

[dvgyfresh]

Took about a week but I think the purple LTA finally closed its mouth. Will check again later tonight, hoping I don’t have to cipro my DT again lol

 

[dvgyfresh]

Not cleaning the glass lol anemones liking all the nutrients , an rbta decided to become buddies with the green

 

[dvgyfresh]

Here’s one of
My btas , can’t decide if it wants to bubble or have long tentacles (it’s always like this lol)

 

[dvgyfresh]

Good buy old friend lol

 

[dvgyfresh]

Well moved tanks over the weekend as well as painted a couple rooms safe to say I’m exhausted lol , everything survived the transfer! One anemone is a little beat up but I expected that. Next purchase needs to be a light mount as my old one sadly does not fit the tank. LTA is sooo much more happy in new tank , it’s all by itself and loves the deep sand bed . Tank is cloudy due to sand ( dry 90 lbs) , parameters are pretty much the same due to using old water.

alk 8.9
Ph 8.2
Nitrate 20-30ppm
Phosphate .14ppm
Nitrite 0
Ammonia 0

sold most of my fish , just left with clowns , lawn mower blenny and orchid dottyback. Plan is get a CBB and then a tang or two ,

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Dude I bit m gut bumped from here a few days ago. I would have been there for hbd transfer. I just saw the new LTA!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Tank is Legit! How was the transfer? What did you learn?

 

[dvgyfresh]

Dude I bit m gut bumped from here a few days ago. I would have been there for hbd transfer. I just saw the new LTA!

All good! It was hectic but I made it work , had some help from friends lol and thankfully a drill to build the stand

 

[dvgyfresh]

Tank is Legit! How was the transfer? What did you learn?

Honestly I think using the old water really helped, my parameters stayed pretty much the same just like a 50% waterchange in old tank. I did add 90lbs of dry sand so I’m expecting a little bit of a cycle but glad to get rid of tons of bristle worms and aptasia haha , need to buy some conches and nassarius snails as the sand is liek 4-5 inches and very fine

 

[sp1187]

liking it.

 

[dvgyfresh]

liking it.

Thanks , got some big plans for the tank!

 

[sp1187]

Thanks , got some big plans for the tank!

dedicate a single credit card for nothing else but.

 

[dvgyfresh]

dedicate a single credit card for nothing else but.

Just waiting for the BRS credit card lol

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Just waiting for the BRS credit card lol

Let them buy out BofA first...

 

[Sean Clark]

Lots of great pics. I enjoyed all of the anemone spam along the way. I probably should not have a BRS credit card... That would not be a good situation.

 

[dvgyfresh]

Thanks I’m glad lol , expect many more anemone pics to come! And yea I may be sleeping outside if I get a credit card for fish ;Hilarious