Jester's 90 gallon upgrade

[Jesterrace]

Added new CF Grow LED to my sump for some chaeto growth:

 

[Sniperhank]

How big of an upgrade is the light?

 

[Jesterrace]

How big of an upgrade is the light?

Well the sump isn't dull and drab anymore and the Chaeto definitely likes it. For $35 to provide more than adequate LED light for it is completely reasonable. There are cheaper alternatives but they require bulb replacements and won't produce the look.

Anyways, my Juvie Melanurus Wrasse is starting to transition from juvie to adult:

 

[Jesterrace]

Black Friday Frags:

 

[Sniperhank]

Still looking great. Good luck with the zoa. They sure are great when they go. When they don't, it usually seems to be alk related somehow.

 

[Jesterrace]

Species Spotlight on the Fighting Conch Snails and why they are so useful to tanks with a sandy bottom:

 

[Sniperhank]

I loved my conch. Wish I had another one, but I want the entire sandbed for my walking dendro.

 

[Jesterrace]

I get the trade off. I miss the personality of my Goby a bit, but I don't miss the sand storms or the unexplained random deaths.

Anyways, Cheato Growth update with the CF Grow Bulb:

 

[Sniperhank]

Great looking growth man.

 

[Jesterrace]

Thanks. Here is a review of the Caribsea Life Rock and weighing Pros and Cons with Dry Rock and Live Rock:

 

[Jesterrace]

Growth update and color transformation as my Melanurus transitions from Juvie to adult. I have other vids of it on my channel for comparison:

 

[Delapool]

Looking nice to me - not for the first time, could be converted to SW.

 

[Jesterrace]

Saltwater is only as difficult, challenging or as expensive as one makes it. You can do a small tank (ie 20-30 gallons) with a pair of clowns for a few hundred and not that much more work than a Freshwater tank.

Anyways, had lots of newbies as of late asking me about sump setups so I did a basic explanation and demo using my setup:

 

[Sniperhank]

If I had diy’d the upgraded system, it was going to have a plastic horse trough as a sump. Long as t holds water and is food grade safe...

 

[Jesterrace]

If I had diy’d the upgraded system, it was going to have a plastic horse trough as a sump. Long as t holds water and is food grade safe...

That would be an interesting build. Mine was part of a used setup I bought from my LFS so I got it for pretty cheap.

Anyways, Coral Growth Update:

 

[Jesterrace]

4 cheap tools of the hobby that I couldn't do without:

 

[Sniperhank]

You're forgetting one, the 'poking stick'. I have a simple dowel rod that I use to flip over snails.

 

[Jesterrace]

I used the long handled fishing net for flipping snails, yet another use of it.

Anyways my Melanurus Wrasse continues it's transition, it's losing it's dorsal fin spot:

 

[Jesterrace]

Noticed that last night that my pod population is growing along with my Chaeto:

 

[Sniperhank]

Very nice. I wish I was able to get a pod population going. I tried many times in the old 55.