50 gal salt water set-up
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unconv-reefer
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Great, you won't meet a bigger smart *ss than me but at times when I type it really comes out wrong.
aaronfeeney
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I miss identified my xenia, it looks more like anthelia
:unconv-reefer
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I would have to agree on being blue xenia, had some took over everything, but looks good
aaronfeeney
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a friend told mre to keep this stuff isolated in a part of the tank with sand all the way around, to help keep it from spreading too far.
aaronfeeney
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OK readings say amonia 0, nitrate 0, nitrite 0 and I am getting abit of brown algae on rocks and sand. 4 days after LR.
aaronfeeney
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I am thinking of a closed loop without drilling.If I start plumbing I'll post it. i saw something like this on a buddy system
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I got snails and fish today, I got 20 snails from barrier today, some nerites and some other kind, I then stopped at sierra in renton and got a firefish goby and a scooter blenny. I read up on these when I got home, the goby will be fine , but I was unaware the scooter blenny has similar food requirements as the mandarin goby,,, crap I didn't want to deal with adding pods yet. we'll see if he'll eat anything else later, I'll try for pics when they settle in.
Blenny should be okay with small meaty foods. Shrimp, mysis, scallops. I freeze it and then while frozen I shave really small pieces off, thaw it in fresh water. My tail spot blenny eats frozen and small pellet food.
One thing to check is what the store is feeding them and always ask to see the fish eat. And ask how long they have had the fish. I like to know that the fish has been there for a little while and is healthy and eating. If it has only been there a day or two, or not eating yet, IMO you dont want to expose it to more stress transporting it again and acclimating it to new surroundings so soon after it was shipped to the store.
One thing to check is what the store is feeding them and always ask to see the fish eat. And ask how long they have had the fish. I like to know that the fish has been there for a little while and is healthy and eating. If it has only been there a day or two, or not eating yet, IMO you dont want to expose it to more stress transporting it again and acclimating it to new surroundings so soon after it was shipped to the store.
aaronfeeney
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mmmmm ... fish flavored shave ice.
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firefish goby
bad pic of the little blenny
snail cleaning up
sidekicking
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Hey feeney cool looking goby
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got some zoas from lilfishie the other week, added some kenya tree and athelia today and several sps and some small "might not lives",,,, meaning broken pieces of misc corals that may or may not survive, I'll try to get pics tomorrow when things settle in a bit.
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