FarmerTy

Woot woot!!!

Not at all, I practically have no softies and LPS so it really comes down to SPS nipping. With the amount of acros I have, the nibbles are distributed so not much consequence in my tank. The flame and the emperor were already living in the tank so I already know what damage level they can do, and it was hardly anything. The majestic and potter's angel are TBD but hopefully they don't decide to tear apart my gold torch or Colorado Sunburst and we'll be all good then.

Thanks Rob. I've been only able to look at them from the top down in a tub so believe me... I was super excited to be able to see them from the side like in the video. It's getting me super pumped about my final fish stock!

Forgive the terrible lighting but here's a glimpse of my new fish being QT'ed right now.

When's the big day for the center brace removal?

Tank looked great when I saw it Rob. While I don't think most should ever nitrate dose, in your case, I think you'd see a vast improvement in the darkening of colors in your acros. I still think you should put GFO online but that's just me. I should have a fraggable piece of Red planet and SSC in about 6 months sir if you don't find some before that. For the "pro" version of salts, if you are dosing to replenish Ca and alk like you are, a "pro" brand is not needed. They artificially increase the Ca and alk in those mixes for tanks that don't dose as a way to supplement their foundation element usage. I know we already discussed that but I wanted to mention for others on the forum. I think a chaoti leopard wrasse is calling your name sir! Only because I want to come over and stare at it.

I'm going with Rey for my wrasse, but a big part of that is because of my mega crush on her. It's hard to tell with the potter's wrasse because I've only had it under ambient fluorescent lighting. I'll post some cool videos later today and you can see for yourself.

That's cool about finding the little clam. It says a whole lot about your system to be able to have those thrive in your tank. Glad your tank is turning the corner!

I'm late to the party but welcome!

Mine ate nori and would scour rocks all day. Jestep said it best, foxface is the best algae eater of all the fish.

Its when a mommy nutrient and a daddy nutrient meet and fall in love...

Yes, but combined. I run TTM and on the 2nd and 4th setup, I dose prazipro. That allows for the first setup for them to acclimate to the QT and get used to me feeding them initially.

Yeah, I'm super excited that the PBT and achilles aren't trying to kill each other! This gives me hope that if they don't do that in a 40-gallon tub, chances are when they get bigger that they won't do it in a 215-gallon tank.The potters wrasse I got is huge! Like 4-5"! I sure hope he makes it through QT but he's doing the weird leopard wrasse thing where they just lay there until they get used to the time change and feel comfortable enough to explore. My current leopard wrasse came out like 10 times in 3 months while in the tub... They are just odd little creatures. I hope to get some pictures when I swap the tub again for TTM tomorrow. I would have done it the first night but the shipment got delayed and I wanted them in new water ASAP! Sounds like a good start for the PBT and Achilles. Did you end up getting the PBT from RCA? I saw they had a few for the first Friday sale the other night. That potters sounds like it's a beast, leopard wrasse can def be finicky and weird. But they are cool fish for sure. Yeah Rob, I got the PBT that was in the top tank. He was perfectly small, healthy, and ate mysis at the store so I couldn't pass him up. The achilles is so much bigger than him that there wasn't a battle at all. It's like me picking a fight with Shaq... The potter's wrasse is ridiculous. He makes the 4" achilles look small! I sure hope he makes it through QT. If I didn't have an ich free tank and just an ich-maintenance tank, I would have tossed him into the main tank already. They don't do the best in QT. I actually ordered an extra fish of everything I got with this batch of fish. Unfortunately, they ran out of an extra potter's wrasse so he's my only hope!

Mine did some good work on the rocks.

Don't mention sand around ol'aggie. It increases his blood pressure!

Oh no! Reef puns! [emoji33]

Pretty sure Ty has those blue prints Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk What a coincidence! I just ordered my Apex disco ball yesterday!

How about one peppermint angel instead?

I think 50 lbs of anything in a 75 gallon will cause a substantial cycle. I put a 10 lb rock into my old 125 gallon and it caused a baby nutrient spike. If you have current inhabitants of the old tank, I'd leave them in the tank, cycle the new tank with new rock and sand, and once its cycled, move only the old rock over and the inhabitants of the old tank.

Some pics just for fun. I need to get a real camera one day.

That update was overdue sir! Tank looks good! What's the beaming orangy-yellowey-reddish thing on the rock? [emoji6] My favorite part of the update is that you answered a question Mlaw posted two years ago. [emoji4]

Wuh? Sacrilege! [emoji4]I'll sell you an orange shoulder tang and two clowns! Okay, kidding about the clowns... my wife would kill me. dont abandon that orange shoulder... put your head down and tough it out Fight the good fight you say?! Alright, just for you bud I'll give him a shot... but if it looks too cramped, I'm making you come over and catch him out!Yeah! That might make me jump in with more vigor. This starting your own business thing is time consuming. I've been hanging on by a thread, just trolling the site in the background [emoji1]Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G928A using Tapatalk I figured that's where you disappeared too! Don't worry, by the 2nd-3rd year you'll have streamlined all the processes and it'll go a lot smoother from that point on! Keep fighting the good fight!

Thanks for keeping us updated on the adventure. I have no desire to ever do this myself but it's a very interesting read and follow to see the journey you're taking with it!

Nice! I feel like you should automate the water disposal and salt mixing as well. Like have the 5-gallon bucket fill up with RO/DI water automatically, have a dispenser automatically open to dump preportioned amount of salt in, pump turn on to mix it, and leave a salinity probe in there to make sure it's at 1.025 or whatever your desired salinity is. If the salinity is not in range, have it notify you and you can adjust manually as needed. For disposal, that's just as simple as running a line to a drain directly. Do it Jimbo! Do it! It'll be like the Rube Goldberg of water changes! You can throw in a rolling egg on a rail hitting a spoon somewhere too just for a throwback nod to Rube Goldberg.

Wuh? Sacrilege! [emoji4]I'll sell you an orange shoulder tang and two clowns! Okay, kidding about the clowns... my wife would kill me. dont abandon that orange shoulder... put your head down and tough it out Fight the good fight you say?! Alright, just for you bud I'll give him a shot... but if it looks too cramped, I'm making you come over and catch him out!