evolved's Wrasse & Reef Tank (Old)

See above.

But the remote itself is my universal from the living room.

 

I do, I could sleep in the fuge for the 180 I'm planning!

 

Well, I do owe those of you waiting an update, so I've decided to do a massive one. ;D

First, I got the Timor wrasses over a week ago on Saturday just fine, but after acclimation the trouble started. The canary wrasse didn't take so kindly to them, so I promptly captured the canary after he promptly chased all three of the new arrivals into the sand. The next day, one of the females succumb to stress. I did rid myself of the canary, as I wasn't willing to risk the re-introduction of him even after isolation. So anyways, I do have a M/F pair of Timor wrasses doing good now, so all isn't lost. Both females were tiny. Any smaller and my big fairys might think they looked like snack. I'm still getting used to seeing a tiny fish in my tank.

I also went to work on my sump/skimmer the weekend before last, and I was successful in that endeavor. This also meant I had some new found real estate in my tank for corals, once the old HOD skimmer disappeared. So of course I had to fill that hole....

I've also added another fish (wrasse of course), but I don't have any pictures of her yet. She's gone into hiding, which isn't uncommon for this species and this is only day three right now. I'm not going to say anything more on that subject, as I don't want to jinx it. If all goes well, you find pictures of her here in a few days.

I am planning one more addition, which is on hold at a LFS until it's ready for sale. Should be later this week. Another wrasses of course, of a different genus. Again, if all goes well, this will make 4 different genus of wrasses in my tank. Fingers crossed.

On to the good stuff. I picked up a top-down viewer box in the last 6 weeks, so I played around with that and the camera for a little while last night. Those pictures will pop up a little later.

I don't feel like ID'ing everything, considering the amount of photos I'm about to post. I do know what everything is though, so if something strikes you, please feel free to ask about it.







I did the best I could here, but these are still a little blurry.

Male Timor:




Female Timor:


























New acro in the background here, where the old skimmer used to be:


Another new acro frag here, top right. Points to who ID's it correctly (I know what it is).





And now the top-down shot begin. Yes, there's a lot.



























































































Yeah, so there's just a few coral pictures for y'all. ;D

Lastly, I'll show the fruits of my labor with the sump. Here's what I did.


New humungo skimmer:


Return chamber with my old mag 12. ATO float switch is in the back. You can also spot the drip lines for my dosing pump on the left side of the bubble trap.


Fuge chamber:


Mmmm chaeto:


Peaking to the left; ATO reservoir is back there behind the stand, GFO reactor is hung on the left side of the sump, and the Bubble Magus doser is up there on the top left.


Looking even more to the left, LED drivers, Bubble Magus doser (LED dimmer box is sitting on top of it), and my bottles of Ca/Alk solution for the doser. I also have the doser set up for Mg once/day; that bottle is sitting behind the stand, in front of the ATO reservoir since it only needs filling about every 8 weeks or so. The Ca/Alk bottles run dry in about 10 days. ;D


I'm done now. Feel free to hate on me for killing your browser for a few minutes downloading 73 pictures.

 

Ice Enchinata? My ISP is angry right now.

 

Ice Echinata is correct. From WWC (via my LFS). Yeah, a little round-about I know.

 

WOW! I'm not even sure what else to say. Absolutely amazing.

 

wow tons of pictures! and good luck with the echinata... mine didnt do too well but I suspect that the reason is because my red coris wrasse decided it looked better upside down in the sand bed, which (despite my excessive glueing) eventually led to its demise :-/

 

I really like the Pocillopora next to what looks like a huge Undata.

Congrats on the new skimmer and look down box.

Oh and the Millepora and RP, nice color.

 

Thank you.

Thanks Trent. I'll keep my fingers crossed, but I'd place my money along with yours on the source of your loss. Sorry about that.

Thanks Cheryl.

That is an undata. In fact, it's a Tyree True Undata that loves it's position in my tank. And that pocillopora has spawned in my tank; I have it popping up in three places. Er, two now, since I intentionally glued over one with the echinata frag.

The one milli with the blue tips (Scripts Milli) has done really well for me. The RP has taken along time to get growing, but now it's starting to go at a decent pace.

 

I was just thinking about your tank the other day. And the skimmer is GONE form the DT! Congratz

Gorgeous as always. Im in the process of upgrade to 90.