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Awesome just didn't wanna assume you knew or didn't know. Water change buckets too.
Qckslvr and Mrs 90 gallon Oceanic tank build
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I have dedicated clean bucket, and waste. Plus I wash them thoroughly after each use
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been a minute, but a small update!
Our 90 gallon is reaching a point that it requires very little effort to keep it happy. We are still doing weekly 20 gallon water changes, but the water being sucked out is almost crystal clear. No yellow tinge that I can see.
The ick I am sure is still in the tank, but it has not popped up in almost 90 days now! We have been running our tank at 80* for 90 days now, along with dosing Poly Lab twice a day. So a shout out to Yoshi at AC for recommending the Poly Lab, it seems to be working! Or at least keeping the ick at bay. Also a shout out to Arnold at Neptune for recommending Selcon for our fishes. Our fish get a steady diet of mysis, brine, LRS reef frenzy mixed with Selcon, and Garlic Gaurd.
We have added, some fish back to the tank. We added a pair of bonded mocha storm clowns, possum wrasse, tiger striped sand sifting goby, flame tipped tomini, a pair of Biota Mandarins, and the star of the tank right now a CBB. We used our gift certificate that we won at the frag swap at High Tide for the CBB. And I have to say, HT's CBBs are truly the best. This CBB eats everything we drop in the tank. It has been in the tank for 2 weeks now, and the wife is just over the top with it. The CBB, fox face, and tomini are always together. The CBB seems to have taken charge as it likes to be front and center in the tank at all times, and will follow you back and forth. The fox face and tomini are a little more skittish and you have to remain still to enjoy them. And of course the clowns are all over the tank, I think they are still trying to find a place to call "home."
We also added a baby BTA to the tank. When we got it, it was about the size of a dime. 4 weeks and it is about the size of quarter now, and it is constantly on the move. Some days it is on top of the rocks right in front of the gyre, others it is on the sand bed chilling. Again it amazes us at how fast it move itself.
Mechanically the tank seems ok. The skimmer is stabble, and the refugium is living, which my wife is amazed by as well. We also installed a Sicce UV and run the pump at about 50%. Trying not to wipe out all the copepods, while also hopefully removing some of the ick.
Tank pic!
Our 90 gallon is reaching a point that it requires very little effort to keep it happy. We are still doing weekly 20 gallon water changes, but the water being sucked out is almost crystal clear. No yellow tinge that I can see.
The ick I am sure is still in the tank, but it has not popped up in almost 90 days now! We have been running our tank at 80* for 90 days now, along with dosing Poly Lab twice a day. So a shout out to Yoshi at AC for recommending the Poly Lab, it seems to be working! Or at least keeping the ick at bay. Also a shout out to Arnold at Neptune for recommending Selcon for our fishes. Our fish get a steady diet of mysis, brine, LRS reef frenzy mixed with Selcon, and Garlic Gaurd.
We have added, some fish back to the tank. We added a pair of bonded mocha storm clowns, possum wrasse, tiger striped sand sifting goby, flame tipped tomini, a pair of Biota Mandarins, and the star of the tank right now a CBB. We used our gift certificate that we won at the frag swap at High Tide for the CBB. And I have to say, HT's CBBs are truly the best. This CBB eats everything we drop in the tank. It has been in the tank for 2 weeks now, and the wife is just over the top with it. The CBB, fox face, and tomini are always together. The CBB seems to have taken charge as it likes to be front and center in the tank at all times, and will follow you back and forth. The fox face and tomini are a little more skittish and you have to remain still to enjoy them. And of course the clowns are all over the tank, I think they are still trying to find a place to call "home."
We also added a baby BTA to the tank. When we got it, it was about the size of a dime. 4 weeks and it is about the size of quarter now, and it is constantly on the move. Some days it is on top of the rocks right in front of the gyre, others it is on the sand bed chilling. Again it amazes us at how fast it move itself.
Mechanically the tank seems ok. The skimmer is stabble, and the refugium is living, which my wife is amazed by as well. We also installed a Sicce UV and run the pump at about 50%. Trying not to wipe out all the copepods, while also hopefully removing some of the ick.
Tank pic!
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That Coris gaimard is going to devastate your crabs, snails and any other micro fauna and outgrow your 90 .
You menu selection is very good
Best fishes
And two thumbs up to your water changes
You menu selection is very good
Best fishes
And two thumbs up to your water changes
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Congrats on being able to keep the CBB. There was once a time when it was damn near impossible to keep them healthy and thriving. Places that know what they are doing like HT changed all that for us.
Looking good.
Looking good.
