Barely made the club but time for my 180 upgrade (Warning: Progress may be slow)

[nightOwl]

General Updates - Fish and Critters

Build Thread Pictures

I picked up a new McCosker's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus mccoskeri) on Saturday from a LFS. It was sold to me as a female but when I got home and was taking a few pictures I noticed it had an elongated dorsal fin. I asked in the Reef Fishes Forum and it was confirmed I have a second sub adult. For my tank size they say there should be minimal problems. I am crossing my fingers! I also picked up a few snails, peppermint shrimp, and emerald crabs. These critters actually do their jobs...the peppermint shrimp have already started taking care of the aptasia in my frag tank. The emerald crabs actually eat bubble algae!

New wrasse in acclimation with critters
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Critters
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Emerald Crab Eating
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General Updates - New Skimmer and Salt

My last fish died in QT and I suspect it was some type of disease but also the skimmer was not functioning to my liking. I am replacing my AquaC 120 with the ESHOPPS PSK-75H. Hopefully this little skimmer will perform well. I like to feed heavy so this will allow me to plump up any future fish before they hit the tank. I chose this one since it had some features I like on some larger skimmers. It has a bubble plate, already plumbed for overflow protection, small footprint, and nice pump. I was also running low on salt so I picked up a few boxes of salt. The Columbus Day sales turned out pretty good for me.

New Skimmer
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Out of Box
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Fully Assembled
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Top
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Bubble Plate
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Bubbles
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New Salt
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[nightOwl]

General Updates - Continued

Build Thread Pictures

I also picked up a few new frags over the past weekend from the same place I got the fish and critters. Prices were pretty good so I could not pass them up. One frag is not pictured which is a mushroom frag. My wife saw it and thought it was nice so I picked it up as well. I will get a picture of it tomorrow. Here are few pictures.

Zoas
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Chalice Frag
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Video of Emerald Crab eating
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[Newbie Aquarist]

Nice updates man. Which fish did you lose in QT?

 

[nightOwl]

Nice updates man. Which fish did you lose in QT?

Wayne - it was the Orange Back Wrasse but I think it was sick . It was the one I threw into my DT and found dead.I guess technically I lost him in my DT...lol .Deep down I think I wanted a new toy...lol.