Fuge Build - NEW FISH PICS!!

Seahorses are so cute but kind of freak me out!!

Yeah I get what you are saying about bare bottom. Hmmm....I love the look of sand, but I get that it's much easier to keep clean when it's bare...I'll think about it.

 

Yay you got off your tush!

 

Kacy, you dont see the kitty litter if you make a mound of it in the center and surround it with pretty sparkly beautiful sand. Plus, its a fuge, they get gross I promise..

 

Booo I don't want it to get gross!! lol

Alright, I'll do some research on the kitty litter.

 

I did it for you.. Just get the cheap plain clay kittle littler with no other products in it. It says Natural Clay Kitty litter. I really feel it helped with the stability of my past system.

 

Cat liter...what's next?

 

'bout the litter... I used walmart's brand "Special kitty" which contains no additives, perfumes or any other chemicals that you probably do not want in your fuge. I have a deep sand bed, my sand and kitty litter all mixed together (my fault though) and still no problems. To top it off, I added about 8 pounds of live rock rubble and I can tell you, KC, my fuge has tons of pods (dragonets!!) among other creatures that like it down there...

Oh, I also put my peppermints in there... they were stealing the food from my corals.. so they're enjoying some permanent time off
By the way, get some red mangroves from John. I've had my nitrates consistently at zero since I added the chaeto/mangrove combo.

Yay!!! Now you're almost all set!!

 

Mangrove pics please.

 

Great job Kacy! I was also very nervous when drilling. I drilled 3 holes the first time drilling glass. Hurry and finish it up so we can see it up and running. They do get pretty swampy though, and fast. If it is a display fuge, you'll have to be ok with a dirty box of water.

 

Thanks for the info!! I've heard arguments for and against rock in the fuge, so I'm going to do some more reading about it. Your personal experience is very helpful!

I don't want dirty water!!