Daniels 55g to 125g Build

[dannyb]

Thanks mate!

Yeah im looking forward to getting corals and watching them grow out. It will be goood!

 

[Greenmaster]

All these tanks look so awesome I just hope mine can fit in the same class once I finally get it going.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Awesome Danny. Those Brown Polyps look like Palys. You can always just take them out of your tank.

 

[austinsdad]

FWIW, I've always subscribed to keeping the side glass such that I can clean them. With the rocks there, it'll get ugly before long. I just kept enuf space for me to fit a scraper in to get down to the sand.

Nice looking tank!

 

[dannyb]

Thanks guys!

How do you remove them Mitchell? I want to keep the rock but not the "Palys.."
Thanks!

 

[ccCapt]

I had a rock packed full of ugly brown palys. I pulled the rock out, took it to the kitchen sink, put on safety glasses (you do not want their "juice" squirting you in the eyes), grabbed a wire brush, turned the sink faucet on and scrubbed them off the rock.

 

[Mitchell0605]

Yep that'll do it. Make sure you get everything off and wash it a few times before putting it back in as it might cause a small ammonia spike.

 

[SnowZz]

was that a 55g cube? i wanted a 55-65g cube so bad, you can aquascape some lovely terrain with cubes

 

[dannyb]

Yeah sure was a 55g cube, It was good, Just couldnt do much with it fish wise.

Thanks guys, Ill give that a go!

 

[dannyb]

Abit of an update.

Got the tank stocked to how i like it, Now im moving onto corals. Going for a mixed SPS and soft.

Fire Gobie

Hawaiian Flame Wrasse (Fairy/Flasher Wrasse)

PJ Cardinal (Getting 2 more)

Flame Angel (Very bright red)

All of them including the little Blue Tang i brought yesterday. (Going to watch him grow)

They all love the nori, Including the wrasse and damsels.

 

[Greenmaster]

Just a warning as your damsel gets bigger it likes to pick on your other fish...

 

[Mitchell0605]

Sweet.

 

[CEverii]

Also that Dwarf angelfish might cause your corals some problems. They like to pick at them. Heard of them tearing some tanks apart

 

[Mitchell0605]

Mike can testify to that.

 

[CEverii]

Lol i didnt mean to so much chaos to be going on in my post either haha

 

[dannyb]

Well ive got some zoa's and poylps in there.

He hasnt touched any of it yet, So hopefully he stays that way. Which i think he will.

 

[Zer0]

Awesome danny! Nice fish! Make sure to take more pics!

 

[dannyb]

Bad news guys.

Lost all fish to ich, No signs of it. Added the Wrasse(Having the ich, The guy at the store said some of the fish had ich breakout but they copper treating them all so it should be fine)

Then boom, 2 days later. All gone.
Very sad.

So now, Im going to concerntrate on corals and get it stocked with that and wait 6-8weeks for the ich to die off them start again with the fish really.

 

[Greenmaster]

Sorry to hear about your loss... I hate to say this but you should get a QT tank... if you had then this would not have happened... Mitch told me about this... An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure: A Quarantine Tank for Everything by Steven Pro - Reefkeeping.com

 

[Greenmaster]

I would also chew out the LFS and ask to get all your replacement fish at cost because they lied to you... or just get my money back and get the fish elsewhere

I'm glad your taking it so well though. I hope you consider getting a QT tank because I would hate to see this happen again.

"Not using a quarantine tank is like playing Russian roulette. Nobody wins the game, some people just get to play longer than others." - Anthony Calfo