Nick's 24g Aquapod Diary

nick76

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Originally Posted by bjoe23
isnt sandbed too thick?
Its specially designed for a Jawfish, which requires alot of sand to burrow in.
 

bjoe23

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Originally Posted by Nick76
Its specially designed for a Jawfish, which requires alot of sand to burrow in.

well, excuse me!
 

nick76

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Originally Posted by bjoe23
well, excuse me!

haha sorry I didnt mean anything by it, just trying to educate on the subject
 

nick76

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Alrighty well Im pretty sure im not going to get a good ammonia spike, I cycled with alot of fully cured rock from the LFS and its been about 3 weeks now. Here are some updated pictures with more rock.
So far ive been seeing some activity, Small pods, a few tiger pods here n there, a tiny cerith snail and another snail that I cant id yet.(to small and I didnt get a good look)
EDIT: Oh yea and the diatom bloom is almost gone.


 

nick76

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Well as of today im no longer detecting any nitrates in the tank so I think this weekend I will be going out to buy my cleanup crew.
 

nick76

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Added Cleanup crew
2 Bluelegs
2 scarlets
2 Nas Snails
2 Astrea Snails
1 Emerald Crab
I also put in a special order at my LFS for a Yellowhead Jawfish
 

nick76

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Sorry anybody who was watching I havnt did any updates in awhile. Well the tank is finally established and rolling I managed to get a Yellowhead jawfish and im soo happy with him. He dug a mess of tunnels and is very active jetting in and out of his holes all day n night. Hes eating like a pig too. Here are some new pictures!







Next to add next well is a Bangaii Cardinal and im also getting a Tiger Pistol shrimp.
 

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Got to watch him today digging during daylight hours, scooping sand with him mouth moving it around, very entertaining to watch.
 

nick76

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Yay my Bangaii Cardinal is in at the LFS, going to pick him up tmro. New Pictures Tomorow.!
 
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