Maxxs' 220g Journey...!
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david00061
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Just read thread. Looks like storm took a toll on you. Nice rebuild
maddmaxx
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not to sound like im looking for pitty, but it was devastating for me actually..that storm literally changed and altered my life. almost like a reset button. krazy to be living this tho.... on the hobby side of it, very heart breaking cause of what i had and where the tanks were going, but all upgrades that i wanted to do are pushed back for a while now..but such is life, day by day...on a brighter side, i did see 2 pods swim out of the chaeto when i put it in. so there is some life, havent seen them since, but we'll see how they turn out....
maddmaxx
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thank u thank u...yea im not expecting to see them, but i shine a flash light on the chaeto every now and again to amuse my self to see if i can see them moving around....
maddmaxx
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I added 4 yellow tail blue damsels to the tank today..these will be only fish in tank for about another 2 weeks to see how they handle the system and how the system handles the fish. i just started my 6th week of setup. so i would imagine the system can handle 4x1" damsels...
maddmaxx
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yea it was a bad day to say the least when i was able to actually access the house days later..it wasnt the power that made it such a castastrophe iit was the temp. along with the power outage, the air temp sunk to about mid to low 30s for several days after the storm. so a generator was useless cause i couldnt get to the house for days. when i hooked the tanks up to a generate, all i could do was smile to be honest. not sure why, but i did, and right then and there started tearing down the tank...All in stride! thanx for checking out the thread
maddmaxx
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recent FTS....only 4 yellow tail damsels in the tank, only can see 1 in the pic, but after last two water changes. water cleared up a lot. thinking of getting a UV sterilizer for the system? but a lot of the algae growth on the rocks and sand is starting to dissipate. I noticed past couple days that the algae grows kinda quick when the MH are on, then by next day they subside a lot. so the water changes and chaeto that I recently added is starting to work together...and I really like only having these small fish in here for so long cuz its really colonizing the bacteria before I add more fish. usually ppl rush a lil at some point after cycle. but based on my location and no LFS around, time is def working in my favor...
maddmaxx
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so working on a fish list. this is what im thinking of so far...
already have 4 yellow tail damsels
may get either a pair of azure damsels or Fiji damsels
midus blenny
forktail blenny
flame angel
coral beauty angel
pair of zebra gobies
yellow head sleeper goby
and a pair of uniqe clowns
then couple months ill add some tangs and poss some wrasses, but I think the list I put should work nice, they are all smaller in size and active fish....what do you think?
already have 4 yellow tail damsels
may get either a pair of azure damsels or Fiji damsels
midus blenny
forktail blenny
flame angel
coral beauty angel
pair of zebra gobies
yellow head sleeper goby
and a pair of uniqe clowns
then couple months ill add some tangs and poss some wrasses, but I think the list I put should work nice, they are all smaller in size and active fish....what do you think?
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Reefing is my middle name
If you are happy with the list, I'm happy. Just keep a heads up on the yellow tails.
maddmaxx
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yea I heard about the damsels for yrs. and I always stayed away from them even tho I truly liked their color. so after the storm, I wanted to try fish that I never had before. so I went with some damsels. I am kinda cautious about adding even one more damsel. I will sit and think about it a lil bit more tho...
maddmaxx
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thank u very much, it was a major shock and took many weeks to fully understand the situation I was in.. I cant wait to start getting some corals and fish in this thing tho....
