180 Achilles/SPS focused tank

[Newbie Aquarist]

Nice frags you have.

 

[dwebster86]

Nice frags you have.

Thanks! Was playing around with camera trying different things

 

[dwebster86]

 

[dogface 13]

very nice setup, i like the sump a lot. That anemone is huge...

 

[sawcreatives]

Very pretty. Love achilles and love the effort put into this tank.

 

[dwebster86]

Thanks yea it's been a lot of effort

 

[dwebster86]

very nice setup, i like the sump a lot. That anemone is huge...

Thanks! Yes the Nem is going to be my centerpiece. Got some very nice and rare Picassos coming tomorrow and hopefully they make it their home!

 

[dave.m]

Finish exchanging all of the water in the bag as part of your introduction of the clowns to the display tank and then make sure you dump them directly into the anemone. I found this to be the only way to ensure the clowns get the idea and host in the anemone you want them in.

Dave.M

 

[dwebster86]

Finish exchanging all of the water in the bag as part of your introduction of the clowns to the display tank and then make sure you dump them directly into the anemone. I found this to be the only way to ensure the clowns get the idea and host in the anemone you want them in.

Dave.M

I'll try that, thanks

 

[dwebster86]

 

[Grandlotus]

Looking great!

Those fish are stunning.

 

[dwebster86]

Looking great!

Those fish are stunning.

Thanks! Yea I'm extremely happy with them. They are my babies!

 

[dwebster86]

 

[dwebster86]

 

[dwebster86]

Ok, so after a morning from hell (frozen over). I can finally post some pics and tell of my experience here.

So a couple weeks ago, I ordered a Blonde Naso Tang and a Magnificant Foxface along with 10 Nass Snails and a Scarlet Cleaner shrimp. Well with all this crappy weather we've been having, I ended up delaying the shipping until Monday, receiving Tuesday (today). Well of course Sunday I figure out that we are having winter storms here in Shreveport, so I delayed some coral shipments and my clowns, I completely spaced my order from Blue Zoo...Until I get the email saying fedex had picked them up last night. I of course freak out and feel like an idiot.

Well I kinda stayed up all last night and watch the tracking. They were coming from CA. 3am they hit Ft. Worth, and then 5am they hit Shreveport. I was impressed, thought that well Ft. Worth was supposed to be worse than Shreveport, so maybe they will get them to me. Wrong. I finally figure out at 10:30 that I better check the tracking again, just to see that there is no expected delivery today. Fedex wasn't delivering in shreveport today. So I run down to fedex and basically argue with a rude lady and finally get them to give me my fish. This is at 11:15am.

I get them home and open them up and the foxface looks bad...white splotches everywhere, very stressed. The bags were moderately cold. Heat packs still had some heat left to them. The Naso has white spots on both sides, I can't figure out if its Ich or just stress. Now that I finally have them acclimated, that took 3 hours. I'm going to wait to see if they dissappear. They are in CP in my 40g QT immediately.

Here's a pic. Best I could work with. They didn't want to cooperate.

 

[dave.m]

Ich dots are tiny, the size of a pin point. If you are referring to the pale splotches on the fish's sides, those are from stress and will disappear as the fish recovers. (See how positive I am being?)

Dave.M

 

[sethd12]

Achilles and PBT duo look great.

 

[dwebster86]

Ich dots are tiny, the size of a pin point. If you are referring to the pale splotches on the fish's sides, those are from stress and will disappear as the fish recovers. (See how positive I am being?)

Dave.M

Thanks! Others said the same. Definitely a relief

 

[dwebster86]

Haven't updated any pics in abit, so here are some new ones.

 

[dwebster86]