They are still out and about this morning. I didn't add them to the 120g. They are TINY. They would fly right through the slots of my overflow. I need to put some netting up.

I added them to my "legacy" seahorse/pipefish tank.

Can I see pics of your Legacy tank?

It's ugly... I don't even have real lights over it anymore because I sold it.. in anticipation of moving to the 120g. I'll get a pic tonight.

The Janns seem to like the darkness.. they don't move out the lighted areas much.

I never knew pipefish were nocturnal.

You can barely see its head. Both splendid garden eels are alive and poking their heads out.. once in a while.



FTS. You can see the "shelf" i made to hold back the sand for the garden eels. Unfortunately, only 1 is in there.



There's an emtpy clam with green zoas on the lid, green star polyps glued to the overflow box and a gorgonia frag on the left.

I added a tank-bred sunrise dotty back. It's actually really cool. He hides in the empty clam and pokes his head out.

However, I have a tinge of regret.. I think he might eat my sexy shrimps. Anyone out there have those guys?

I see the garden eel!!!!

I have not owned one but dottybacks can be super aggressive! I don't think it's safe with seahorses, pipefish, and maybe even garden eels. :/

Hmm.. Might have to retink that one then. He doesn't seem to be messing with the garden eels so far. He can probably go into my 180g. I have a tang that will put him in his place

You have a 180g? Awesome!

I do.. water volume in this house is starting to get out of hand...

How many other tanks do you have?

180g w/ 100g sump/frag tank
10g copepod culture
biocube 29g
29g legacy pipefish tank
120g semi-planted tank


I think I need another.

Oh my gosh.

and no pics/ threads? come on man! you've been holding out on us.

I know. I have been...

Been too busy... But I did get new additions:

2x Purple firefish
Another pom pom crab.. I have two total
2x Janns Pipefish
2x spotted garden eels

2x splendid garden eels are currently on hold at the LFS

The Sunrise dottyback leaves most things alone except for the firefish. He was aggressive but seems to be okay with them now.

The tank is definetly coming together.

The new additions sound sweet!

Pics

I'm working on it. Tank is looking a little crappy. Algae has gone a bit crazy. My cleanup crew isn't big enough so I am looking around for possibly a blue spotted seahare.

Of course, that comes with the caveat... It may eat my macro. So... to the 180g it goes if it mows down my macro.

I kinda like having two tanks.


I also added a Rainfordi goby. It came from the legacy seahorse tank.

I have a bunch of corals I need to sell. After transferring all the corals over to the 120g so I can break down the 29g seahorse, my sandbed is just a trail of misc soft corals.

Why not talk to John @ ReefCleaners?


That sandbed full of softies kind of sounds pretty cool lol.

I definitely am for macro algae and plants.

He adds ncie macros all the time.

Heck, why not get some new macros and beef up your clean up crew

I just got a blue spotted seahare
He rocks. Mowing down hair algae the second he hit the glass.

I picked up an ORA Boreallis colony too for the 180g.



Yeah I know.. you want pics... I'll take some tomorrow.

I love the various sea hares! Too bad they can bomb your tank

Pix!!

If they get chopped up by a powerhead or left to die.. there's a possibility.

This one has quadrupled in size.. i'm not kidding.

Wow that's gotten pretty big!

That Janss' Pipe is awesome!!!!

I have been UBER busy!!! .... with work




These guys are amazing... I have a total of 4x splendids and 2x spotteds... for at least a month.. i thought only 2 survived... just this past week.. i spotted the rest of them. I have no idea what they have been feeding on.

Ohmigosh those eels are SO cool!!!

Those guys are awesome!!!!

So you hurt the bluespot seahare and yashe's feelings.. oh and the sexy shrimp too...

Did I ever say they weren't awesome?

Pretty sweet concept! Those eels rock!! Good luck with your tank!

I soooo this thread, looking forward to more pics!

Weetie didn't... So they were happy after you said that




Thanks! I have some of your macro in my tank I think. Got them from got2envy. Blue scroll? And some red spotted?

Just put in an order with reefcleaners. Ordered almost one of everything he had... especially the Mermaid's shotglass

I got some shaving brush and Mermaid's fan from LFS yesterday.

Sweet gorg and blenny!!

That garden eel has crazy coloration, he's awesome! What's he eating?

I am feeding the tank half cyclopeeze and half nutramar ova. I believe they are mostly feeding on cyclopeeze. The janns pipe appear to be eating the nutramar ova.

I have been adding in mysis for the blenny.

What's nutramar ova?

Nutramar Ova is frozen prawn eggs. Ultra tiny. Smaller than DI resin beads even. Sort of a light orange color.

I got mine from saltycritter.com.

Ah I see.

Sounds like a good food.

Yeah.. it does taste pretty good.

And how would you know this?


Thpse eels are sooo awesome

I'm an eel whisperer...

Reefhotspot appears to be the only online retailer I can find which sells alligator pipefish.... They aren't cheap from them either.

I implemented a new water changing system on my 180g.

2x Aqua medic sp3000's - 50mL per hour

One to pull water from the 45g Brute can full of fresh saltwater and dump it into the sump. Another to pull from the sump and dump it into a QT tank which has a bulkhead to drain out to a sink.

The pumps run for 13 minutes once an hour. If I remember the time correctly, I should be changing out roughly 10% of the water once a week. 40% once a month.

Once every 3 weeks, I would need to refill the brute can and mix up a new batch.

I have a third pump but the sump for the 120g is a bit far away. I will pump the 180g into the 120g and then again from the 120g to the QT tank.

Pros:

-I can be lazy about water changes
-No shock to any of the systems
-I can maintain a different temperature zone for each tank
-I can definitely eliminate the skimmer on the 120g
-No more heater for the brute can
-QT does not have to be maintained separately
-Whatever alk/calc/Mg levels are maintained in the 180g, should translate to the 120g... which has much much lower alk/calc/Mg requirements due to very few hard corals and a few calcium based plants.

Cons:
-Pumps aren't cheap @$100 each brand new
-Replacement tubings aren't cheap either @ $25 per tube - lasts 4 to 5 months
-Salinity might drift but will require monitoring
-In reality, the amount of water being changed out per day is so low.. the salinity change would take days if not weeks to make a significant impact.. at least at 220g water volume levels
-QT salinity may drift because there's no ATO.. something to monitor
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