Shaggy's Waterbox Reef 100.3 +Plus Build

[ShaggyRS6]

Friday delivery!

 

[MW319]

These look great. Hopefully you have a lid or your getting a lid. One of my clowns jumped a few months ago and while I was waiting for ClearView lids to send my new lid to me, I had two more jump.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

These look great. Hopefully you have a lid or your getting a lid. One of my clowns jumped a few months ago and while I was waiting for ClearView lids to send my new lid to me, I had two more jump.

I don’t although I am going to order an Octo tonight. I do have some window screen and rubber clamps while I wait!

 

[ShaggyRS6]

I have some crazy news. Waterbox contacted me today and asked if I would be an ambassador for the brand. It’s crazy because I just post what I post on here and on Instagram because I love to do so. To be recognized by them for something I love doing is incredible, I don’t have a hidden agenda, I am just me. Thanks to you guys for actually reading what I write here and for helping along the way. It is always appreciated.

 

[NPD_289]

I have some crazy news. Waterbox contacted me today and asked if I would be an ambassador for the brand. It’s crazy because I just post what I post on here and on Instagram because I love to do so. To be recognized by them for something I love doing is incredible, I don’t have a hidden agenda, I am just me. Thanks to you guys for actually reading what I write here and for helping along the way. It is always appreciated.

Things like this make me glad that I chose Waterbox...

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Things like this make me glad that I chose Waterbox...

Right? I am such a massive fan of customer service and interaction. It makes all the difference.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Water change will happen tonight. This will be the first, only planning on 10-15G . This is in preparation for the clowns tomorrow!!

 

[EmilyXLC]

I can't wait to see them! Live Aquaria brought us Papaya & Nugget, so I have no doubt that your new babies will be healthy & amazing. : )

 

[ShaggyRS6]

I can't wait to see them! Live Aquaria brought us Papaya & Nugget, so I have no doubt that your new babies will be healthy & amazing. : )

I am soo looking forward to it!

 

[NPD_289]

I can't wait to see them! Live Aquaria brought us Papaya & Nugget, so I have no doubt that your new babies will be healthy & amazing. : )

My daughter named our Valentini puffer, Nugget...lol

 

[EmilyXLC]

My daughter named our Valentini puffer, Nugget...lol

The name 'Nugget' for our Porcupine Puffer came from me taking my 3 year old daughter, Lillian, to Living Reef Orlando & her seeing some there and saying that they looked like 'chicken nuggets'. I was like, yep, when we get our puffer in at work, the name will be 'Nugget'.

Your daughter has exceptional fish-naming skills.

 

[NPD_289]

The name 'Nugget' for our Porcupine Puffer came from me taking my 3 year old daughter, Lillian, to Living Reef Orlando & her seeing some there and saying that they looked like 'chicken nuggets'. I was like, yep, when we get our puffer in at work, the name will be 'Nugget'.

Your daughter has exceptional fish-naming skills.

My daughter has always been in charge of naming our fish even though we saw online that it was "bad luck" to name fish. Only fatality so far was a suicidal fang blenny, "Fang", who got through the mesh top.

 

[melanotaenia]

Looking good Shaggy, best of luck with the new clownfish!

 

[Aheinz]

Glad I took some time to catch up with your 100.3 shaggy, it's looking great and i may try my hand with live rock on mine once i get going i like how it turned out, my tank I started with dry rock. But my upgrade maybe I'll go with live need to do research and see cost. But loving the tank so far.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

All right! Time for some updates. Clowns were received all safe and well I was very impressed with Live Aquaria. The ordering process, the delivery, the packaging....The packaging was phenomenal, really above and beyond expectations. I will 100% be using them again.

So here are the clowns. They are a bonded pair. Black Snowflakes!

They have settled in nicely and are doing fine.

 

[ShaggyRS6]

I felt a bit sorry for these guys. No nem to call home!! It will be a while I think until I get one as I want to make sure the tank is nice and stable, which is seems to be. Parameters have been rock solid, Calc is also been holding at 410. So today I went to get a Hemmer Coral, in the hope they would host it, to at least give them something to call home.

It took me a while to find the right spot in terms of flow, but I got it done and the hammer is doing well.

I have also posted a bunch of videos on my Instagram. You can follow me (which would be hugely appreciated) @waterboxreef

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Could not help myself. I could me a cheap little Pocillopora. It was all alone in the store. Looked pretty unhappy. I did not acclimate it. Just stuck it straight in on its plug to see if it would do OK and what do you know! Also took some more clown pics :)

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Ok Gordon joined the gang!

 

[ShaggyRS6]

Couple of shots from the tank this evening!

 

[ShaggyRS6]

An update on the mystery of the Mantis Shrimp situation! I am 99.9% sure it not actually a mantis shrimp. With help from Richard at Tampa Bay Salt Water I have identified at least 3 porcelain crabs! They all live together in the same spot! So that's the wired little things I was seeing!

Now for the clicking, cos I still have clicking. Tonight I was checking on a big snail. It had not moved for a few days, I wanted to see if it was dead. So I took it out with some tongs and in doing I knocked another snail to the sand bed. It was upside down for a little while, and I was watching it through the flipper magnifier and I saw this grabbing the snail! I only say the claws and the testicles! Therefore my deduction is a pistol shrimp and $60 bucks worth of porcelain crabs for free :)