ajmckay Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 No, not really. All it was was a piece of cross-stitch mesh attached to the side of my sump with suction cups and with a light on it lol Lol! I'm going to try a waterfall style that sits above the sump. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 I got my Red Sea Reef Foundation test kit yesterday and finally got to use it. Let me just say this test kit is awesome. I'm glad I didn't waste the money on the hannah checkers since this kit is soo easy to use. there isn't even instructions to read, just look at the pretty pictures on the waterproof cards and you got it. I feel like a scientist, lol. That being said my levels are painfully low. Calcium - 340 ALK - 7.0 Dkh Mag - 800ppm This actually makes me kind of happy - I have never dosed any kind of chemicals, but I just ordered the complete BRS 2 part kit. So if my corals look as good as they do with these levels, I cant wait to see how they look with all of the correct levels. This also probably explains why I had close to no growth in my SPS for the last year or so. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 My Package from Bulk reef supply arrived today. Got all of the jugs mixed up tonight. Really easy to follow instructions. I wish I had done this years ago. Tomorrow - Fish!!!! Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 that was a fun little catch up, love how everything came together! definitely following along with this one! Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Haha thanks. Quote Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 what is the rack your using to lift your skimmer made of? Quote Link to comment
ajmckay Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 what is the rack your using to lift your skimmer made of? Yeah I noticed that a bit ago also... Looks like vinyl coated steel like you would put in a closet or something. Will probably last a little while but I can see it rusting out after a while. I think the bottom of the rack is exposed except for the rubber nubs. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yeah. It is steel. I'm gonna replace it soon. I checked under the nubs at the end when I bought it, I was surprised to find that it was coated all the way. Which is the only reason I put it in. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Great news, all the fish and snails arrived alive and well. I was very impressed with blue zoo aquatics, first off with their reasonable pricing and free shipping, but what really surprised me was when the package arrived. Everything was triple bagged, the larger bags had supports so they wouldn't collapse, and It came with this awesome little acclimation guide with a drip line, suction cup, and a stress remover for the fish, and a little sample packet of food. Not to mention the fish look awesome! Drip acclimating the fish I was able to get a shot of the melanurus wrasse before he buried himself. I can't believe how beautiful this fish is. Its even nicer than the pics they use on their website. And he is quite large. Goby was trying to be a bit suicidal. During acclimation if one of the other fish came near him he would jump out of the water and stick to side of the styrofoam. I had to save him 4 times. But he seemed ok once in the tank. Not pictured - Bartletts anthia immediately swam behind the rockwork to hide. It did poke out a few times later on when i fed the tank though so it is ok. Yellow coris wrasse - swam to the base of a rock and immediately buried itself in the sand So I look at my tank tonight and think, wow I just spent nearly $100 on fish that hide in the sand - with the exception of the anthia who is also hiding. nice. 4 Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Couple pics for laughs. Found a hermit crab riding a hermit crab earlier. And saw this on facebook thought it was funny. 3 Quote Link to comment
ajmckay Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Not a bad catch. Stocking a 40b from scratch is an investment... Glad everything arrived well. Most of my fish hid when they were new as well, but now they follow me around on the other side of the glass when I'm close to the tank. I have a 3 & 5yr old though that like to rush up so it took a bit for them to get used to that. The good news is that it looks like you have plenty of hiding spots, which IME actually helps fish become bolder quicker. 1 Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 Yeah there are definetly enough hiding spots now, I rearranged the tank a bit before the fish came in with a couple of caves for them to hide in. It seems to have worked though because today when i got home the melanurus wrasse was cruising around the whole tank and the anthia now swims around about 50% of the time then darts back to its hidey hole, but its a big inprovement over not coming out at all. Here she is I also want to do a shout out to bulk reef supply and their reef calculator, I used it and it raised my levels exactly what it said it would, amazing! Today reads: Calcium 400 Magnesium 1100 ALK 8.4 Just gonna keep raising it slowly up. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Does anyone have any experience with the yellow coris wrasse. Its coming up on 4 days and its still hiding. is it normal for them to hide this long? Quote Link to comment
wrassegauche17 Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 yellows usually dont hide that long, do you have a top on your tank? they are lightening fast and can jump before you know it. hope your guy shows up soon. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Yeah, I have a top on there. It is very secure too. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Well I'm officially annoyed. The yellow coris is still missing since tuesday, along with the hifin goby. I wish I hadn't gotten fish that like to hide. But now I cannot find my chromis, one day hes swimming around happy as can be eating like a pig, the next day nowhere to be found. Quote Link to comment
jball1125 Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Well I'm officially annoyed. The yellow coris is still missing since tuesday, along with the hifin goby. I wish I hadn't gotten fish that like to hide. But now I cannot find my chromis, one day hes swimming around happy as can be eating like a pig, the next day nowhere to be found. Hopefully with time they will become more comfortaBLE Quote Link to comment
ajmckay Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Well I'm officially annoyed. The yellow coris is still missing since tuesday, along with the hifin goby. I wish I hadn't gotten fish that like to hide. But now I cannot find my chromis, one day hes swimming around happy as can be eating like a pig, the next day nowhere to be found. Bummer. Time to check the overflow box and sump if you haven't already. I've had a fish-can't remember exactly what it was - that liked to sneak into the overflow box and chill there on multiple occasions. I've had some FW fish somehow jump UP INTO the HOB power filter as well - those took a long time to find. The wrasse and goby I would still give some time... Maybe try putting a little frozen mysis in the water and then walk away for a little bit. Hopefully all the fish come out at that point. The chromis though, that doesn't sound too good. They usually start swarming around in fairly short order. My chromis went missing on Thursday - found it dead tonight. I know what the cause was (fluke - must have survived the prazi-pro treatment from a few weeks ago) as I noticed one attached on Wednesday night. It was a really tiny chromis (<1" long) so it didn't take long Not sure if I'll replace it at this point. I did re-treat the tank with prazi-pro. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Played with the settings on my phone and was finally able to snap a few good pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment
BOBBARKER68 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Love the pics, especially the clowns. Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 Love the pics, especially the clowns. Thanks, they love that frogspawn, I had them in a breeder net for about a week while the new fish got acclimated, as soon as I let them out they went straight for it. Quote Link to comment
rturiak Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Sweet! Another awesome 40B build. I love your layout and corals, beautiful scape! Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well I am out of town for a few days and apparently my melanurus wrasse has gone missing. Seems strange that a fish could be perfectly fine for 6 days eating great and suddenly dissapear. Has this ever happened to anyone else. The same thing happened to my chromis. Quote Link to comment
ajmckay Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Well I am out of town for a few days and apparently my melanurus wrasse has gone missing. Seems strange that a fish could be perfectly fine for 6 days eating great and suddenly dissapear. Has this ever happened to anyone else. The same thing happened to my chromis. Soo... Does that mean the yellow wrasse and the goby re-appeared? I would expect the worse for the chromis in all honesty. As a planktivore they should be buzzing all over the place. Not sure on the Melanarus - I suppose those have a tendency to burrow, but after this long I would imagine it to be out during the day. Well, hoping everything stays fine. How are you feeding the anthias? Quote Link to comment
Odyssey350kc Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Nope. The only fish I can see at this point are the two clowns and the anthia. Everything else is gone. I feed the anthia a mix of pellet food, and mysis. Twice a day. 3 times a day on the weekends. Gobbles everything up. I just hope the anthia doesn't go missing too. Quote Link to comment
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