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Fish that came with the setup and lived in a black 27g tote for 48 hours together added to the original post. I managed to only lose one fish through all of that. The blue throated fairy wrasse. He was actually one of my favorites when I saw the tank for the first time. He was the most social...

Thanks! I'm really enjoying it even though it's been way more stressful than I expected. The fish in a 27gal tote for 48 hours really put the pressure on to get things done. For days 1-3 it was consuming my every waking moment. I'm going to update the original post with the list of fish that...

Day 9 Tank survived the two days without me. Dog approves. Transferred over my coral banded shrimp "Banjo." He immediately proceeded to eat one of the new hermit crabs I just introduced into the tank. To be fair it hadn't moved, maybe it was dead? maybe it looked at him in the wrong way? He...

Day 7 & 8 Leaving for work. I will be gone for 48 hours. Everything has been running on its own for 5 hours. No leaks. Water starting to look a lot better. I feel a lot more confident leaving it in the hands of the family when they won't be required to do anything other than feed the fishes.

Day 6 Plumbing Day! Pressure was on as I had to work the next two days and I knew the temporary setup with the black totes would not work without me manning the pumps. I decided that I would use the durso drain that was setup on the old tank and add a emergency drain. I realize that dursos don't...

Fish pics!

Day 4 I couldn't fill the tank full because I didn't have the bulkheads plumbed. I wanted to start filtration to clean up the cloudiness so I set up a temporary sump with some temporary plumbing. VarioS-2 used as a pump to pump water out of the tank into the first black tote. "Chamber 1"...

That is correct and was also my thinking, which is what took me a little longer to get a sump going. I'm at week 2 with the tank and just now catching up with the journal.

I will test run one of these tonight to see how it turns out

Day 3 With the tank temp finally up & the water cleared up a bit, the fish are finally in! I was really worried that 48 hours in the tote would cause some massive fish losses. I added the air stone and an Mp40 to help oxygenate the tank while it was without filtration. Here's a couple fish...

Throwing my name in the hat for printing requests. I'm in the monterey area and dont often make it up to bay area, but I could try and make a delivery once a month or so.

Day 2 The main goal for Day 2 was to get the tank clean and on the stand. I was optimistic that I could get the tank filled and the fish in. Tank cleaned up. Black paint removed from sides of overflow and rear. If anyone is trying to remove paint from glass: Heat vinegar up in the microwave...

Day 1 - 6/22/24 Tank transfer day! Last full shot of it at his place. Old sump setup and plumbing I guess I didn't take any pictures of the process or how it was all loaded up. I knew it was going to be a lot of work, but man I didn't know it would be as stressful as it was. 1030am-330pm...

Day -4 through Day -1 Spent the week before tank pickup building a custom stand.

Current setup: 168g Pennisula - 72"L x 30"D x 18"H Original Stock List: Emperor Angel Blonde Naso Tang Copperband Butterfly Aptasia Eating Filefish Blue Striped Pipefish Purple Tang Coral Beauty Angel Three Striped Damsel Yellow-Tail Blue Damsel Black Damsel? Pair of Black Ocellaris? Two...

Did you ever get this set up on your Alexa routine? Here's the routine I have set up for feeding I don't have it set up, but a fail safe for forgetting to turn it back on could be to have an alarm sound/announcement/notification sent to your phone if the pump is off for more than x minutes.

Time to clean

I picked up this RSR Max 130D for free on Craigslist. The hood is cracked, but all the original equipment is included and working. The stand had some water damage, was falling apart a bit, and was filled with cobwebs. I removed the footing because the water damage was too bad to repair, but the...

Over the last year the snails have grown to about half their adult size. Since they are bigger I am making 5 "frags" available of 3 or 4 snails each. I have to do a trochus census to see what their actual count is. I'd guess I have about 30 left. I will try to make a trip up to the bay in the...

I just added Superman Discoma to DBTC. There are 5 frag(s) available right now. This thread was automatically created by BARcode