Smitty's 40 Gallon Breeder - I miss this tank :(

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  1. sticksmith23

    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    I finally did some much needed cleaning of power heads in my tank. My flow is a lot better, that is for sure. I also added my hydor 550 back to the tank, I will see how this goes for the 2nd time. I think I had it placed wrong the 1st time around. Now I just need to do some water param testing.
     
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  3. SwimsWithFish

    SwimsWithFish Giant Squid

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    Koralias can be tricky to place. Gotta get it just right! Any recent pics?:)
     
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    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    I will try to get some tonight before the lights go out. May not happen though since 3 of my kids are still awake and crawling all over me lol.
     
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    Here are some updated pics. The turbo snails have been doing their job lol. I haven't cleaned a single bit of GHA except for on the equipment itself today.

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    As you can see, I am having a cyano and what looks like a diatom break out. I really need to replace some filter media before it gets out of hand.
     
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    Here is a quick video. Sorry about the quality or lack of and the dora the explorer theme song in the back ground lol.

     
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    Looks good!;) i love that wrasse!!!
     
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    sticksmith23 Giant Squid

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    The wrasse is my favorite fish in there. It is a McCosker's flasher wrasse. I might have to find him a female wrasse to flash at lol. He is a beautiful fish though. And thanks for the compliments.
     
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    what a difference...great job !
     
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    Thank you, still no where close to how I want it lol. I think that I want to add a reactor for GFO and GAC as well. I really want to run bio pellets, but haven't found the extra money to do so yet.