WrasseTastic wonderland restart post 488

sfin52 · Dec 26, 2021

Dive into the magic of Christmas with Scuba Santa at NJ's Adventure Aquarium

This holiday season, families can dive into the magic of Christmas with a unique underwater experience at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey.

abc7ny.com

Crabby48 · Dec 26, 2021

Merry Christmas everyone

sfin52 said:
Dive into the magic of Christmas with Scuba Santa at NJ's Adventure Aquarium

This holiday season, families can dive into the magic of Christmas with a unique underwater experience at the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey.

abc7ny.com

Close to me. Was going to go this winter but……

nbooks · Dec 27, 2021

following this one for sure.

buying a used/starting up a 220 hopefully in mid january that will be wrasse focused!

homer1475 · Dec 27, 2021

Following for sure! Love me some wrasses.

PanchoG · Dec 27, 2021

Merry Christmas Crabby, nice new tank. Following along.

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

nbooks said:
following this one for sure.

buying a used/starting up a 220 hopefully in mid january that will be wrasse focused!

Thanks for following and congratulations on an upgrade.

homer1475 said:
Following for sure! Love me some wrasses.

Thanks for the follow. So many to love but not enough space lol

PanchoG said:
Merry Christmas Crabby, nice new tank. Following along.

Merry Christmas my friend. New tanks are exciting but I can’t wait until everything is moved over and I only have one tank.

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

All plumbing done. I added unions to the return line that I wasn’t planning because the left return pipe was 1” short. Colored pvc pipe is only available in shorter lengths
Made wood blocks to attach pipe clamps that will be painted black

homer1475 · Dec 28, 2021

I would assume your going to run 2 return pumps? Least thats what it looks like in the pictures.

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

homer1475 said:
I would assume your going to run 2 return pumps? Least thats what it looks like in the pictures.

Yes 2 cor20. One for each return. Knowing dc pumps hate head pressure I figured it was best to have two plus then if I loose a pump at least one will circulate water to keep tank warm.

F i s h y · Dec 28, 2021

Looking great! Love the plumbing.

nbooks · Dec 28, 2021

so the reducer setup on the returns is slip/slip fit? im also trying to figure out how i want to go 1.25 down to 0.75.

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

nbooks said:
so the reducer setup on the returns is slip/slip fit? im also trying to figure out how i want to go 1.25 down to 0.75.

Yes reducer is slip/slip. Reducer is 1 1/4”the same as pipe and 3/4” size of connector. Slide reducer in 1 1/4” elbow and a short 3/4” pipe in the reducer. Your bulk head will need to be slip on the outside also.

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

nbooks said:
so the reducer setup on the returns is slip/slip fit? im also trying to figure out how i want to go 1.25 down to 0.75.

Crabby48 said:
Yes reducer is slip/slip. Reducer is 1 1/4”the same as pipe and 3/4” size of connector. Slide reducer in 1 1/4” elbow and a short 3/4” pipe in the reducer. Your bulk head will need to be slip on the outside also.

The reducer would be a 1 1/4” spigot and 3/3” slip

Ugin · Dec 28, 2021

Following along! I'm building a 72x30x24 tank atm with a focus in lots of wrasses as well. I'm curious about your thoughts on con-species issues from the picks you made (e.g. multiple Cirrhilabrus). Not trying to wrasse police, I'm new to them myself, just wanted to hear your experiences.

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

Ugin said:
Following along! I'm building a 72x30x24 tank atm with a focus in lots of wrasses as well. I'm curious about your thoughts on con-species issues from the picks you made (e.g. multiple Cirrhilabrus). Not trying to wrasse police, I'm new to them myself, just wanted to hear your experiences.

Congratulations on the new build!
Mixing different Cirrhilabrus is ok. Some are more aggressive then others and that you want to be careful mixing. I think it’s best adding multiple when adding to established wrasse

Keep them fat and plenty of small homes for happy wrasse.

Start a build thread for us to follow your journey

Ugin · Dec 28, 2021

Crabby48 said:
Congratulations on the new build!
Mixing different Cirrhilabrus is ok. Some are more aggressive then others and that you want to be careful mixing. I think it’s best adding multiple when adding to established wrasse

Keep them fat and plenty of small homes for happy wrasse.

Start a build thread for us to follow your journey

Fair enough. I've primarily used TheWrasseGuy as a resource for learning about what I can keep together and what I can't. Pretty solid resource: https://www.thewrasseguy.com/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses

I actually just started a build thread yesterday, but it's boring as hell because my tank isn't even here yet LOL. It arrived Monday next week, so I'm pretty excited. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/h...ef-lx-270-6-sps-dominant.881307/#post-9727343

Crabby48 · Dec 28, 2021

Ugin said:
Fair enough. I've primarily used TheWrasseGuy as a resource for learning about what I can keep together and what I can't. Pretty solid resource: https://www.thewrasseguy.com/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses

I actually just started a build thread yesterday, but it's boring as hell because my tank isn't even here yet LOL. It arrived Monday next week, so I'm pretty excited. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/h...ef-lx-270-6-sps-dominant.881307/#post-9727343

I will have to reed the link you sent. Some great people in this thread so you can drool over wrasse or ask questions to. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/the-wrasse-lovers-thread.113942/

Somewhere there is a chart for mixing Cirrhilabrus but can’t search now. I always keep a trap in case one becomes a problem.
Best info I can give is get them young and female. Younger the better. They ship and acclimate to new tanks better and they tend to have better attitudes. Also buying ones a store been feeding for a couple weeks or longer will add to success. Where they are from is a big part of survival in my opinion