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This guy is extra salty

My turkey week update!

i finally found some dragons breath macro algae and I put a piece of it in the pico to see growth against “dragons burp” I trimmed back the “burp” to level the playing field. Enjoy

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I put all the trimmings in the mangrove tank.

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So it’s the December update

i decided to extend the contest 2.5g another 25.4cm back so I did and ended up combining the mangroves. The 2.5 will live on in the 5g

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Another update!
here is December’s FTS

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and a little side boob

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i have been doing manual water changes on the mangrove tank which isn’t bad but I had enough of them so I finally got around to setting up the AWC the same way I had it before. With both the drain and return lines running into the sump of the 160. I had to buy an extension cable for the dc pump and I bought some black tubing EE91EB7F-080D-4F93-9FED-B466AF1A3C2C.thumb.jpeg.a8da86b16b7a72368bee44bc6b8649ac.jpegE2718F79-3A17-4EDF-AE56-2BF0C40D5061.thumb.jpeg.c5f483237ce3ce8b758f6cff22bfda7d.jpeg

I had to have 2 20’ lines but the stock tubing only comes in 15’ unfortunately which is why I found some that is higher rated and a bit thicker so it can be walked on and not interfere with the water changesA6CD8B2F-539F-4795-B44B-7F19D516FE1C.thumb.jpeg.02442dddbf48596168b149c314c360f6.jpeg

got the two lines ran and testing the fill rate on the return. 4919D835-93AA-47BC-8AD9-3AEB030FC48D.thumb.jpeg.f21d98f97142b839d81e84388a55403a.jpeg
zip-tied the lines to the back of the acrylic stand so my son doesn’t yank or pull them out. 04EE7F9B-BA20-4681-BC54-73A2B8A987E5.thumb.jpeg.23f30aae2047c8d0d3e19fb36bbcf2f1.jpeg
i have both of them running under the floor mats and the rug in front of the 160 648287B5-0F4F-4107-97BD-23AD7D8DC130.thumb.jpeg.1c5e9938056eb41fa4b6ea1c9ec8e283.jpeg
now just gotta shove them into the sump and run the return pump wire back to the controller.

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overall I like the new placement of the 5g mangrove tank. It sits in front of a southern facing window so the tank does get about 4hrs of natural sunlight which Is great but since it’s winter I have to supplement with a 32w GE plant bulb. (FYI the bulb grows chaetomorpha really well, if you’re on a budget)

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So this weekend I got the tank’s first inhabitant. A hifin goby/ candy pistol pair. Both of them are about a 1/2” long 

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1 hour ago, ef4life said:

Cool video, it’s awesome his little cave is right up on the side like that do you can see in.

Thanks I have had some luck with pistol shrimps they like the front panels of the tanks I put them in 😂 

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