Turtle's Fairy Tale

[SashimiTurtle]

Ok, they're acclimated.

JRC Halloween Acan

Aussie button scoly

Green elkhorn monti

Bali green slimmer(super bright)

 

[C-Reefer]

Nice haul! I need a frag rack, your making me jealous :/

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Finally testing all my parameters. I'll get back once I have everything recorded, but phosphates are high. Shaggy and Scooby high....

 

[Katrina71]

I was just commenting on @Rakie green slimer. I think I might get one.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I was just commenting on @Rakie green slimer. I think I might get one.

Do it!

 

[Rakie]

Yes buy a green slimer. Then see about getting a purple / blue one. They're out there.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

So, I finally tested my water. After two months. I know, bad Turtle.

Calcium 450 ppm
Alkalinity 9.4 dKH
Magnesium 1200 ppm
Nitrate 12 ppm
Phosphate 0.64 ppm
Salinity 1.026 SG

So, I'm gonna dose Mg back up to 1400 over the next few days and keep the fuge on for 18 hours a day. The glass is staying clean for a day and a half now. Even then it's just a light dust instead of the green paint it was. The nutrients are high, but the tank looks fine. I'll let them come down slowly using chaeto.

 

[Fudsey]

I need to find another green slimer. Never hear of purple/blue , that would be really cool

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I need to find another green slimer. Never hear of purple/blue , that would be really cool

I used to have a blue stag. Wasn't called a slimmer, but grew the same. This weekend I may be picking up a frag of that blue tip stag I had this spring. It isn't doing anything in my friends tank so she said I can have it back.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

It amazes me how quickly this monti grows.

10-20

10-23

10-25

11-2

11-5

11-6

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Tank looks good, I have no maintenance I can do, I can't glue frags because... I'm out of glue.

What ever shall I do? Oh, I know. Watch my hard work pay off and enjoy a nice beverage.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Well, I lied. There is something I can do. Water change via skimmer. This thing will not stop going crazy. Even after the 20% water change, being on a 3" stand way above recommended water height, and being on max recirc...

Hahaha, yea that's my "Turkey baster." Its extendable to about 2 1/2' and has a bulb end and even an extendable "tooth pick" on the end for target feeding an eel or other fish you don't want biting your fingers. I pulled the bulb off and the ID of the feeder fits the OD of the drain tube on the skimmer cup almost perfectly. I turned my ATO off, added a gallon of 1.026 and I'll let the skimmer overflow a gallon out, if it overflows that long.

 

[Mrs. Herbert]

I'm 5'8" first thing in the morning when I wake up, or afternoon depends on my schedule... The top rim of the tank is going to sit at 60"... that is only 8" shorter than I am. Arm pits and shoulders are going to get wet with this tank. Might need a snorkel.

#shortpeopleproblems

LOL! Sounds like me! but I am 5',1" and our 75 gallon tank comes to my shoulder. I still need to drag a chair from the kitchen table to stand on to get to things way in the back of the tank!

 

[Katrina71]

You had me at coffee pale ale. I might actually like that.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

LOL! Sounds like me! but I am 5',1" and our 75 gallon tank comes to my shoulder. I still need to drag a chair from the kitchen table to stand on to get to things way in the back of the tank!

Welcome to the Fairy Tale!

You would have fun working in my tank.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

You had me at coffee pale ale. I might actually like that.

Kat, it's very good. It's in the Sam Adam's fall sampler this year.

 

[Katrina71]

My exact issue with going bigger.

 

[Katrina71]

Kat, it's very good. It's in the Sam Adam's fall sampler this year.

I have never tried a beer I like. I think I might need to try that. I'm a liquor girl. (Gosh my Mom would be proud)

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I have never tried a beer I like. I think I might need to try that. I'm a liquor girl. (Gosh my Mom would be proud)

Its definitely an ale, but with a hint of coffee flavor. Nice rainy fall day beer. Once it cools down some more I have a fresh 4 pack of Guinness draught in the fridge. The winter Sam Adam's had a coffee porter and a chocolate stout. I'm excited to try that sampler next. I do love my dark beer in the winter.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Two gallons of overflowing later... we have a not so bad overflowing skimmer. The cup will be full in the morning, but at least it doesnt look like a 6th grade science fair volcano.

Oh I measured the height of the skimmer. It is in 6" of water. Manufacturer recommended height is 9.5-11", but it just skims way to wet at that height. Most people recommend putting them on a stand.