The ubiquitous first timer Waterbox 20 Build. lots of pics!

[Steve089]

WB20 finally stocked!

 

[Steve089]

and we have diatoms!

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

and we have diatoms!

Really like that aquascape!

 

[Steve089]

we got some algae forming on the middle peak, diatoms dying down. let’s get this party started!

 

[Steve089]

started the zoa garden and added some clean up crew! two zebra turbos, once cerith, and 4 blue leg hermits. duncans going in next week!

 

[Staindsoul]

Nice work so far. Really like that picasso pair.

 

[Steve089]

zoa garden in front done! added a feather duster, duncans, firework cloves, gsp and xenia from other tank. thats it until for a few months

 

[Steve089]

woke up to dying corals, head popped off duster and 2 dead clowns. am going to do a big water change...salinity is 1.026, temp is steady at 77...ammonia and nitrates are 0, phosphate is hovering slightly above 0

loss is party of the hobby i suppose, hope the zoas can hold on

 

[513ReefGal]

woke up to dying corals, head popped off duster and 2 dead clowns. am going to do a big water change...salinity is 1.026, temp is steady at 77...ammonia and nitrates are 0, phosphate is hovering slightly above 0

loss is party of the hobby i suppose, hope the zoas can hold on

Here I was just plugging along, reading every post since September and then THIS! How sad! I love little clown fish so much. Sorry for your loss

 

[Steve089]

Here I was just plugging along, reading every post since September and then THIS! How sad! I love little clown fish so much. Sorry for your loss

thank you yeah poor clowns, but also were about ~$175 since I bought them through quarantined fish. kinda stings. i cant imagine what ppl feel when they lose tons of livestock in a 200+gal. tank, like a punch in the gut for sure

....sad to see my once fluffy ricordia shrivel up like a grape and then expel its insides. terrible.

just did a 80% water change, will give updates later on in the week

 

[513ReefGal]

thank you yeah poor clowns, but also were about ~$175 since I bought them through quarantined fish. kinda stings. i cant imagine what ppl feel when they lose tons of livestock in a 200+gal. tank, like a punch in the gut for sure

....sad to see my once fluffy ricordia shrivel up like a grape and then expel its insides. terrible.

just did a 80% water change, will give updates later on in the week

This hobby is such a gamble but it is worth it, I suppose. I am awaiting my WB Cube 20 to ship. Enjoying all of these builds in the meantime. Good luck and I will await your update. Fingers crossed.

 

[Steve089]

update! corals are bouncing back.

good growth on zoas. not going to put fish in for a while...just putting some reef roids in a few times a week to keep nutrients up.

below is the ricordia after the fish died and how its looking now about a week later

 

[ReefNBeer]

It is coming along nicely! Sorry to hear about the casualties...it happens to the best of us. Just remember, SLOW SLOW SLOW! Corals are starting to pop!

 

[Steve089]

added some fish today after waiting a few weeks since the clowns passed.

transparent goby and a tailspot blenny

 

[Steve089]

everyones happy, love the blenny