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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
He's got the food!!!!
I would like to get up to about 30 fish. I want 2 mandarins, some more chromis and another large angel. I have never kept angels and am not sure if I have lost my window to put another one in now.
Time to make a bigger hole. 3 one inch pipes need to go through the wall. The water change system is unneeded now anyway. I can do everything in the other room.
I have gone round and round in my head over what to put in the 75. I think It is going to be a snowflake eel, dwarf lion and clam. I will put a glass top on the tank. No wires need to go into it so I can seal it up good. I have always had to decide what I could cram all in one tank and make concessions to that. This is a new experience for me.
The only thing in the stand will be the light power supply. I am going to try and run the tank on the return pump only. If that doesn't work I will put a MP-40 on it.
I think corals are beautiful but prefer things that swim and typically only add a few to decorate the tank a bit. The gorgonians are growing and I am going to try propagating them and spreading them around.
I have been in infrastructure mode and want the system fully built up and stable before I add more livestock anyway.
I have the install overflow box project coming up and will drain the water down from the 240 into the 75 and sump to drop the level enough to glue it in. The Customaquariums overflows would work fine on a tank with still water but dont handle waves well at all. I have modded them to do what I want but cant get to where I want to be. The modular marine box hasent shipped yet. Waiting patiently.
There are so many things I have always wanted to keep but time is short and I need to keep things simple because it is only going to get harder and it isn't easy some days now. Mostly why this isn't done yet.
The macro is doing well in the small tank. There are 4 or 5 kinds in there.
The red is the bi valve. There are 2 large ones
Louie is taking a cat nap on me. He really really really wants to go outside. Not sure what I am going to do about that. Mocha goes out every day and it's never been a problem. Fear of the unknown I guess.
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Ned
I would like to get up to about 30 fish. I want 2 mandarins, some more chromis and another large angel. I have never kept angels and am not sure if I have lost my window to put another one in now.
Time to make a bigger hole. 3 one inch pipes need to go through the wall. The water change system is unneeded now anyway. I can do everything in the other room.
I have gone round and round in my head over what to put in the 75. I think It is going to be a snowflake eel, dwarf lion and clam. I will put a glass top on the tank. No wires need to go into it so I can seal it up good. I have always had to decide what I could cram all in one tank and make concessions to that. This is a new experience for me.
The only thing in the stand will be the light power supply. I am going to try and run the tank on the return pump only. If that doesn't work I will put a MP-40 on it.
I think corals are beautiful but prefer things that swim and typically only add a few to decorate the tank a bit. The gorgonians are growing and I am going to try propagating them and spreading them around.
I have been in infrastructure mode and want the system fully built up and stable before I add more livestock anyway.
I have the install overflow box project coming up and will drain the water down from the 240 into the 75 and sump to drop the level enough to glue it in. The Customaquariums overflows would work fine on a tank with still water but dont handle waves well at all. I have modded them to do what I want but cant get to where I want to be. The modular marine box hasent shipped yet. Waiting patiently.
There are so many things I have always wanted to keep but time is short and I need to keep things simple because it is only going to get harder and it isn't easy some days now. Mostly why this isn't done yet.
The macro is doing well in the small tank. There are 4 or 5 kinds in there.
The red is the bi valve. There are 2 large ones
Louie is taking a cat nap on me. He really really really wants to go outside. Not sure what I am going to do about that. Mocha goes out every day and it's never been a problem. Fear of the unknown I guess.
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Ned
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
I put some pellets in there for the crabs. That's it.
I have to dose phosphates to my system. I have been doing that for months.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
Yes. Louie loves it, my shoulder, lap and sitting on the dogs. I was looking at weight to age charts. He is at the very top number at 2 pounds 9 ounces at 9 weeks.
After a certain thread post I now call him ninja death cat when he plays ruff.
He is eating right now. I got him some tuna and chicken food. The first stuff he has eaten that isnt Kitten Spam goo. He is chowing down.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
I do. I love all my friends. We have a good time.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
It holds water. All systems are go.
It is now a 400 gallon system.
Time to take the water out and build an aquascape. I have never done anything but stack rocks but this is going to be a little different. I hope.
It is now a 400 gallon system.
Time to take the water out and build an aquascape. I have never done anything but stack rocks but this is going to be a little different. I hope.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
And it's drained again. Off to find bricks tomorrow. There are a bunch chucked over the hill. I have a very low opinion of the people that lived here. I have been cleaning trash and stuff off since we moved in.
Construction debris, downed brush, old flower pots and plastic chunks. It's a beautiful forest and shouldnt have that stuff in it.
Louie has very big feet for such a tiny cat. Mocha goes 13 pounds and I think Louie is going to be a big cat too.
Construction debris, downed brush, old flower pots and plastic chunks. It's a beautiful forest and shouldnt have that stuff in it.
Louie has very big feet for such a tiny cat. Mocha goes 13 pounds and I think Louie is going to be a big cat too.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
I just rinsed my filter sock into a white bowl. There where more pods and shrimps in it than anything else.
It looked like I dumped a jar from Algae Barn into it.
In fact there was nothing in the sock I would want to remove but a tablespoonful of brown stuff.
So I took it out.
I was watching the barnacles.
I think it's time for the mandarins.
The Appalachian sea is a success.
It looked like I dumped a jar from Algae Barn into it.
In fact there was nothing in the sock I would want to remove but a tablespoonful of brown stuff.
So I took it out.
I was watching the barnacles.
I think it's time for the mandarins.
The Appalachian sea is a success.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
I came downstairs this morning like every morning. I was a little latter than usual an the light were already on in the tank.
There were no fish to be seen. I didn't clean the glass yesterday so it was a little hard to see in but this is not what I usually see in the morning.
Scared the crap right out of me. I see a few fish under rocks.
I go examine the fish room and everything seems normal.
So I clean the glass and get the food ready. Out they come.
I think Bear barked so loud he spooked them all. He gets excited in the morning when they all go out.
and for the admiring fan club Louie is excellent this morning. Zoe went back to sleep.
There were no fish to be seen. I didn't clean the glass yesterday so it was a little hard to see in but this is not what I usually see in the morning.
Scared the crap right out of me. I see a few fish under rocks.
I go examine the fish room and everything seems normal.
So I clean the glass and get the food ready. Out they come.
I think Bear barked so loud he spooked them all. He gets excited in the morning when they all go out.
and for the admiring fan club Louie is excellent this morning. Zoe went back to sleep.
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My Aquariums Going Again
what light is that?It holds water. All systems are go.
It is now a 400 gallon system.
Time to take the water out and build an aquascape. I have never done anything but stack rocks but this is going to be a little different. I hope.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
ReefBreeders Photon V2 48 with black plastic I stuck on so I dont have to look at the emitters.
Notifications still don't work.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
I decided I wanted to do something a little different.
I have contoured the bottom of my 75 with brick, pond foam and landscape cloth. I am making a tiered sand bed and am going to plant macro algae in it.
The sand will be 1.5 inches deep so about half of each tier will be exposed. I have 30 pounds of Marco rock coming and 40 pounds of Carib Sea West Caribbean sand coming. The sand is 1-5mm and I think it will look the way I want for this.
There is a 1.25 inch tube embedded in this for a snowflake eel.
I need to get some glass tops. The eel must not escape.
I have contoured the bottom of my 75 with brick, pond foam and landscape cloth. I am making a tiered sand bed and am going to plant macro algae in it.
The sand will be 1.5 inches deep so about half of each tier will be exposed. I have 30 pounds of Marco rock coming and 40 pounds of Carib Sea West Caribbean sand coming. The sand is 1-5mm and I think it will look the way I want for this.
There is a 1.25 inch tube embedded in this for a snowflake eel.
I need to get some glass tops. The eel must not escape.
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