danfeig
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FedEx Friday - and then some...
FedEx Friday - and then some...
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So it's been a long day. I tried to get all of my maintenance work done on the tanks before the deliveries arrived, but there was just not enough time. I think I spent most of the morning adjusting the chiller and flow to my new refugium/seahorse tank. I have the temperature set to 73 degrees and I believe it is turning over approximately once every four hours or so.
The seahorses were the first package that I opened up and acclimated. I ordered four Hippocampus Kuda, two males and two females from Seahorse Source. They recommended a different acclimation process. Essentially it was - float the bag to set the temperature and then scoop out the seahorses with your hand and place in your tank. I turned on the lights tonight to take a few pictures. Three of the seahorses appear to be doing well and one is a little iffy. Three ate frozen mysis, the fourth just kinda hung out. Hopefully he/she will be okay. They are still being timid, so the pictures were a little tough.
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My next shipment was from Live Aquaria. I received another Clown Tang, two small Atlantic Blues and five Blue Reef Chromis. The Blue Reef Chromis are really cool and the Clown Tang is big and very colorful. I have to call Live Aquaria. The Atlantic Blues were supposed to be 2"-2 1/2". If I am lucky, these are 1 1/4". I will try to get some pics taken of these tomorrow. I left the lights off in the QT for 24 hours while they are acclimating.
Scott Fellman at Unique Corals is the Bomb! I can always expect a call or email from him when he gets some nice specimens in. He is good friends with Dave, O2manyfish, who usually gives me a warning that Scott will be contacting me. Well my deliveries from Unique were outstanding! I could not get a decent picture of the corals in my frag tank because my blue lights were already on. So I am posting pics of the ones Scott took for me. The pictures don't even give the corals justice. The first he sent me is a 6" tabling acro, real thick, with greenish (some a lil yellow) branches and blueish tips. The second was a 6" Acropora subglabra which I can place down low as it is deeper species coral. The third, a real nice Blueish Acropora tenuis colony, around 7".
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I have not gotten around to opening the box I received from Avast Marine. I know its filled with Carbon, GFO and some Kalk. I will have to open it tomorrow as its time to change out my media.
Enjoy! I am going to sleep!
FedEx Friday - and then some...
So it's been a long day. I tried to get all of my maintenance work done on the tanks before the deliveries arrived, but there was just not enough time. I think I spent most of the morning adjusting the chiller and flow to my new refugium/seahorse tank. I have the temperature set to 73 degrees and I believe it is turning over approximately once every four hours or so.
The seahorses were the first package that I opened up and acclimated. I ordered four Hippocampus Kuda, two males and two females from Seahorse Source. They recommended a different acclimation process. Essentially it was - float the bag to set the temperature and then scoop out the seahorses with your hand and place in your tank. I turned on the lights tonight to take a few pictures. Three of the seahorses appear to be doing well and one is a little iffy. Three ate frozen mysis, the fourth just kinda hung out. Hopefully he/she will be okay. They are still being timid, so the pictures were a little tough.
My next shipment was from Live Aquaria. I received another Clown Tang, two small Atlantic Blues and five Blue Reef Chromis. The Blue Reef Chromis are really cool and the Clown Tang is big and very colorful. I have to call Live Aquaria. The Atlantic Blues were supposed to be 2"-2 1/2". If I am lucky, these are 1 1/4". I will try to get some pics taken of these tomorrow. I left the lights off in the QT for 24 hours while they are acclimating.
Scott Fellman at Unique Corals is the Bomb! I can always expect a call or email from him when he gets some nice specimens in. He is good friends with Dave, O2manyfish, who usually gives me a warning that Scott will be contacting me. Well my deliveries from Unique were outstanding! I could not get a decent picture of the corals in my frag tank because my blue lights were already on. So I am posting pics of the ones Scott took for me. The pictures don't even give the corals justice. The first he sent me is a 6" tabling acro, real thick, with greenish (some a lil yellow) branches and blueish tips. The second was a 6" Acropora subglabra which I can place down low as it is deeper species coral. The third, a real nice Blueish Acropora tenuis colony, around 7".
I have not gotten around to opening the box I received from Avast Marine. I know its filled with Carbon, GFO and some Kalk. I will have to open it tomorrow as its time to change out my media.
Enjoy! I am going to sleep!
