Poidog's 70g Tech Tank Build

jcarlilesiu

jcarlilesiu

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I think that you should just let him settle in.

He was up rooted from his home in the old tank, and I think he just needs some time to settle in. I wouldn't worry about creating a PVC home for him until he decides where he wants it to be.

Right now, he is checking out the real estate market. Once he finds and stays in a borrow, then put the PVC there.
 
DanSreef

DanSreef

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Great looking tank! I am jealous! Good Luck with Jose. I agree you should just let him settle in. Maybe find some more rubble for him to move around instead of your frags.
 
poidog

poidog

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Small update-
Lighting:
I swapped out two of my t5s for ATI blue+ which is giving me more blue (then the previous purple) and makking my corals pop more. I'm still looking for the Fauna Marin Royal Blue t5 bulbs which no one apparently has in the US. They are supposed to mimic the color from the royal blue LEDs which really make the colors pop. I can buy them direct from FM but the shipping is €67... ouch. If someone wanted to try the bulbs too sand split shipping I'd be up for that.
Now I'm running:
Giesemann actinic+ (similar to blue+)
ATI Blue+
250w pheinox
ATI Blue+
Giesemann pure actinic

Jose update:
He's seemed to settle down more since I gave him much more rubble to play with. He burrowed right by the clowns and their host, but neither seem to mind since they were in close proximity in the nano as well.

I'll try to get some updated pics up this weekend.
 
poidog

poidog

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My Helfrichi died this morning :(
Last night he wasn't acting right, was lethargic, labored breathing, the ends of he's rear tail were "burnt" and had brown spots on his body by the rear tail. He went to bed on the sand, in the open - strange behavior. I figured if he made it through the night he would recover. He didn't. Found the clean up crew eating him this morning. They had made it about 1/2 through him. All the other fish and corals are fine. I tested all my params, and everyhthing is perfect. And he wasn't harrassed by any fish.
 
poidog

poidog

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Oh and the Helfrichi was named after my husband cause it looked like him, haha. And he's the one that found him 1/2 eaten this morning. I think he's hurt more than I am. Haha
 
poidog

poidog

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Went to my favorite LFS (MCF) today and picked up some new things... a few snails, a skunk shrimp, and a garden eel. They've had the garden eel for about a month (saw it when it came in), it was a good price, so I thought I'd see if I could have success with the guy.


Also, Jose has finally found his condo! There is peace again in the tank.


Here are some acan shots. First is Malibu Beach from Cherry Corals, second is a green/red/orange rainbow.

 
Smitty

Smitty

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Those are some awesome additions...good luck with the garden eel, they love to burrow in sand, so make sure you have enough of it. :)
 
EricTheRed

EricTheRed

No, I'm not a communist..
poidog said:
I'm still looking for the Fauna Marin Royal Blue t5 bulbs which no one apparently has in the US. They are supposed to mimic the color from the royal blue LEDs which really make the colors pop. I can buy them direct from FM but the shipping is €67... ouch. If someone wanted to try the bulbs too sand split shipping I'd be up for that.
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Hey Eric, You ever find a more reasonable place to buy these bulbs?
 
poidog

poidog

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EricTheRed said:
Hey Eric, You ever find a more reasonable place to buy these bulbs?
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Yes! The US importer is going to bring them over on the next ocean shipment. They are a distributor, so they are going to forward them on to a local dealer that can "sell" them to me. Let me know if you're interested.... I'll be buying a bunch since they are so hard to get.

adam87 said:
Wow nice garden eel. How much was it?
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Thanks! He was very reasonably priced at MCF :)
 
poidog

poidog

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How about a small pic update :)

The garden eel likes to come out at dusk and forage for food


My new ORA Blue Mandarin from DD. First is him flashing off in isolation. The second is after he was released to the display. He arrived in great shape this morning, and was eating Ova while in isolation.



New granulosa frag I just picked up... I think it was a wild colony, so we shall see how it colors up.
 
poidog

poidog

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There are some new additions and corals I'm waiting to color up before an update. I've been working on one for a whole now, so stay tuned it'll be a good one :)
 
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