Replaced sand..why not a 12 pack

stanlalee

Active Member
I was shocked with just 40lbs of florida live sand I was able to
a: supply the nano

b: seed my sump

and the tank with a 1" layer (old sand completely removed) 12pack begins now
1. center

2. center

3. more center

4. left

5. right

6. right
 

stanlalee

Active Member
7. ORA turquois staghorn

8. green/yellow valida

9. monti digitata

10. green millipora

11. plate

12. pink star polyps
 

kevin34

Active Member
Nice tank.
How do your like you powder brown? I noticed the tail in pic 5. Do you have any more pics of him?
 

stanlalee

Active Member
Originally Posted by Kevin34
Nice tank.
How do your like you powder brown? I noticed the tail in pic 5. Do you have any more pics of him?
one of my favorite looking fish but has the least personality in the tank.
here is a pic of both tangs from about 3 months ago

and all my fish crammed into this pic also 3 months ago but I still have them all

Originally Posted by azul1994
nice sps!
thanks! the ones I like I put on the right. the ones that suck or need more time to blossom and adapt I put on the left. matter of fact the clam is the only highlight of the left side. the valida really took off. this is what it looked like when I put it in the tank feb 24th. no green and it sucked too

vs now

Originally Posted by digitydash

Looks great

thanks, I want to see your new live sand too!
 

kevin34

Active Member
Thanks for the pics. Does your PB show any aggression towards the other fish? I was planning on getting a PB and a blue hippo just like you. Should the PB be added last? Also what kind of blenny is that? Midas?
 

stanlalee

Active Member
Originally Posted by Kevin34
Thanks for the pics. Does your PB show any aggression towards the other fish? I was planning on getting a PB and a blue hippo just like you. Should the PB be added last? Also what kind of blenny is that? Midas?
I would add him last. he did try to terrorize the anthias and blenny when I added them and I wound up having to put him in the QT tank for 2wks. once he came back he was fine ( I also put the hippo in the QT although it wasn't as aggressive. usual shadowing hippo's do with new additions but no actual attacks). its a midas blenny.
Originally Posted by psusocr1

love the fish/coral combo!
how long have you had your canary? any luck with him eating?
Thanks! its a midas blenny but thats what I thought it was when I saw it at the store. when it scared it turns into the color shown on this website. Kinda glad though as I understand canary blenny's are poisonious and arent afraid to bite people.
while I'm at it I just added 7lbs of liverock to the 6 gallon. That little bit of crap rock cost $50 but its my sons tank technically and he isn't interested in shipping and long curing. why is it that everytime I buy liverock local and ask how long its been curing I get the exact same "oh it should be okay to put in your tank"
. I'll be testing. heater kind of tacky but it keeps the powerhead from falling and I had it already as did I already have the mini jet powerhead (108gph I think). It was suppose to be freshwater but I kept killing goldfish so I thought I'd make it easier on him and myself and stick with what I know. looking to retrofit a 13w pc. that should allow some basic corals.

I kinda dig the above the tank filtration
 
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