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Unread 01/18/2014, 06:27 AM   #26
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Things are clearing up , She turned one of the rocks for a better look.






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Unread 01/23/2014, 02:48 PM   #27
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Well, I think The Cycled rock & 30 Gallons of SW from my other 2 tanks helped Speed things up. I have dropped a few brine shrimp in over the past week.
I Got a med. spike in Nitrites .25 & Nitrates 20. and Amoni. is .50
Not jumping right in . Still letting it do it's thing . But progress is under way.

She picked up a nice Sock filter setup for the sump. SO I guess she will be hot on it getting the sump done this weekend.
She gave the skimmer a good Vinager bath & scrubbed it all nice and clean.
We have not had any luck with a local supplyer of the Jebao dc-3000 pump she REALLY wants. So We may have to settle on that Quiet one 2200.


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Unread 01/23/2014, 02:49 PM   #28
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Also she picked up some more Macros , Nice Flame tipped macro. & a Sea Fan ( purple ) . I will get some pictures up. Soon.


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Unread 01/29/2014, 04:06 PM   #29
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Man I say order the pump on Fleabay. Get this puppy rolling


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Unread 01/29/2014, 04:33 PM   #30
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I here ya.
I think It is a must to have a pump & sump system going by this weekend. Think she may settle for the Quiet One 2200. ( it is at a local Shop )

( I have to admit. I have taken alot of the free time we have picking up my New Project, ) 180 RR and a 100 Sump I'm trying to design.. My upgrade thread is next.


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Unread 02/01/2014, 09:25 PM   #31
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Got a Late Start to the day , But picked up the New Pump.
Also She bought a small cleanup crew for now. 20 BLcrabs. 2 snails ( i'm not a big snail fan )
Had a Buddy Donate A Baby Fiji Toad stool
Probably start on the Plumbing tomorrow during the Super Bowl.




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Unread 02/08/2014, 06:25 PM   #32
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Sorry for the slow updates.

Things have been busy. Here are a few updates.
Got the Quiet One 2200 Pump , So the Wife ordered a few special pieces to go in the tank.
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Unread 02/08/2014, 06:26 PM   #33
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Unread 02/08/2014, 06:31 PM   #35
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Unread 02/08/2014, 07:04 PM   #36
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Pipe fish .




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Unread 02/08/2014, 07:20 PM   #37
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Oh And Did I mention We Got the Girls & boy.
A Near by Wholesaler Had got them in today. We Got 2 young Female Orange Erectus. & 1 Believed to be Male Grey with Cirri
I will have better pics tomorrow .

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The bigger girl


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Unread 02/09/2014, 07:41 AM   #38
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The Big girl ( Hidalgo ) < ---wife named them...


The little girl ( Sea Biscut )

Pipe Fish ( Slim )

Think he is a boy ( Rody )





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Unread 02/09/2014, 07:53 AM   #39
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Nice build. Beautiful setup. Loving the sea horses. Hoping you will keep going with pics as it progresses. :-)


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Unread 02/09/2014, 07:57 AM   #40
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Oh I promise this thread aint dead yet.
I have seen many tanks on here that have inspired the wife to keep going.


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Unread 02/09/2014, 12:46 PM   #42
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Are your erectus wild if they are you will need to worm them,also seahorses can change their colour.

Tank is looking very nice,keep pictures comeing.


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Unread 02/10/2014, 07:12 PM   #43
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I skipped over the sump build.
Here are a few pics

The curve to keep a good skimmer.




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Unread 02/10/2014, 07:14 PM   #44
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Picked up some Smokin red Sponges today , & another Gogonia.




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Update on the crew.
So far ( little girl sea biscut eats like a pig on live brine.)
Rody would not eat untill today..and then pigged out on live brine.
Slim started feeding today as well.
( big girl Hidalgo on ate 2 brines yesterday...and didn't eat today. I have seen her peck at the rock & glass at some pods...Fingures crossed She will follow the rest of the crew. SAlthough. She does have the most body mass over the other 2.


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Unread 02/11/2014, 02:01 PM   #46
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Just out of curiosity, have you thought of using Tonga Branch Rock at all for hitching posts?


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Unread 02/11/2014, 03:24 PM   #47
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Just out of curiosity, have you thought of using Tonga Branch Rock at all for hitching posts?
To be honest ..No. We used what Rock I already had cycling from a previous tank. And As Small as they are right now, They are having fun drifting to each of the hitching post they have now.
My Wife is in no way done with the build. So I'm sure she will be looking into other hitching post for them.

I think our biggest concern right now is the Larger of the 2 females ..She does not eat alot . just a peck or 2 ( that we see ) . Maybe she is more active at night . But I did swing by and pick up a few different types of Pods yesterday.


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Do you run a religion at all? I was thinking of running a CPR AquaFuge 2 with light and keeping it populated with pods.


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Unread 02/13/2014, 07:23 PM   #49
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well we had a good & bad day with the ponies.
The Good
The big girl finaly ate after 5 days of 1-2 pecks here and there. She ate nonstop tonight .
The Bad.
Rody Found his way into the return pipe today , ..Made it past the overflow not being used...Pic below. The wife said she had just seen him before I got home. So he was only in there for maybe 20 mins. Took him a few hrs to relax again,, but starting feeding shortly after.
Here was the issue.


Here is how I addressed the issue.



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Unread 02/13/2014, 07:26 PM   #50
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i had to pick up a fresh Batch of live brine,

So the Itch got me.]
Here are a few sponges I got & a Gargonia
the purple tube spong in this shot ( from the store ) it is huge .Cant wait to get it in the tank


And got this nice Hitching post of a orange sponge.


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