ESHOPPS Mariner 70 Build

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I’m pretty sure Tim likes his Spam fried with a side of Rattlesnake stew to help wash it down

In other SPAM news, while in Hawaii my son ate SPAM Loco Moco.

 

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In other SPAM news, while in Hawaii my son ate SPAM Loco Moco.

 

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So I haven't been around home much the past couple of days so I hadn't really had a chance to look in the tank. Tuesday after the fish arrived DOA, I decided I was going to go ahead and turn the lights on. Everything looked decent and the Leopard was out swimming around as if the lights were on. Melanurus and Leucoxanthus were both in bed hiding. Kept the UV and filter floss in there and kept giving the tank MB7 and Nitrifying Bacteria.

I left pretty much after turning on the lights to help my buddy with his tank and got home about 2 hours after lights out. Turkey basted the rocks and corals, rinsed the filter floss, added some MB7 and Bacteria, and went to bed. Woke up yesterday for work (lights still off) and rinsed the filter floss, turkey basted the rocks and corals, and added MB7 and Bacteria, and left for work. I got home at 10 o'clock last night so lights were off. Repeated the routine and went to bed. This morning, all fish are out swimming and accounted for - fat and happy! Looking at the tank, there are a few small strands of junk so I'm making headway for sure but I'm not done yet.

I told you, we've got this!

As far as corals, pretty much all recession has stopped and most appear to be healing already. Unfortunately the Care Bears is down to 1 retracted polyps so I'm not holding out much hope.

Hopefully I'll wind up with some time today and I'll get the doser moved over to a temporary install spot until I can design and print a table for inside the sump. In the meantime I've been just hand dosing phosphates.

 

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TLDR - Probably lost the Care Bears, fish are good (maybe even GREAT!) and the rest of the coral appears to be healing. Still a small amount of dinos visible but we're getting better for sure!

 

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Green spot has grown ever so slightly.

Also, the picture doesn't show it but there's a few little green stripes starting to show up in the upper left of the frag and behind the "bump there in the middle is another green patch about 1/8" in diameter starting to grow.
Meteor Shower has kinda browned/purpled out in the other tank - it's gaining the green back again!

Bizzaro is growing and almost entirely encrusted the frag plug now.

 

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if you’re interested in getting another Care Bear, I found this seller

SBB Care Bears Goni

SBB Care Bears Goni This is cut to order

tankcandy.com

And somebody on eBay selling them as well

 

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if you’re interested in getting another Care Bear, I found this seller

SBB Care Bears Goni

SBB Care Bears Goni This is cut to order

tankcandy.com

And somebody on eBay selling them as well

My Gonis are all pretty much done. I'll take a break from them and focus on what's in the tank for now. Working on bringing the Pink Caddy back from the dead and my Bowers and Blastos are going absolutely bonkers with growth! My Alveoporas are doing swell so I might stick to them.

 

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My Gonis are all pretty much done. I'll take a break from them and focus on what's in the tank for now. Working on bringing the Pink Caddy back from the dead and my Bowers and Blastos are going absolutely bonkers with growth! My Alveoporas are doing swell so I might stick to them.

My small bunch of Alveos

 

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CBB first pic. Lubbock hiding from my Blue Star leopard

 

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CBB first pic. Lubbock hiding from my Blue Star leopard

He looks healthy! Hopefully he eats prepared and frozen and starts knocking out the Aiptasia!

 

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He looks healthy! Hopefully he eats prepared and frozen and starts knocking out the Aiptasia!

They feed mysis and throw rocks with aiptasia in the tank. I emailed them about CBBs before I bought mine. Unfortunately I lost mine a few months ago.

 

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My small bunch of Alveos

Is that from SBB? I have that one - got it from AquaSD. The one I got from SBB looked a lot like the Lucky Charms Alveopora but it's morphed now and looks more like a TSA White Tip.

 

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PetSmart has Buy one get one 25% off Omega Frozen foods. Not a huge sale, but it's something.

 

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Is that from SBB? I have that one - got it from AquaSD. The one I got from SBB looked a lot like the Lucky Charms Alveopora but it's morphed now and looks more like a TSA White Tip.

It’s actually two that turned into a big green carpet. One was from ASD and the other from a TCK auction

 

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My one blasto starting to make new heads

 

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Some Bower love

 

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My one blasto starting to make new heads

My Merlettis do really well for me. I've killed most of my Wellsi. The one I have left I think I've killed 3 or 4 times.

 

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Some Bower love

I like #1 and #3. #2 is nice but I like the colorful ones more. Mine are Purple with green streaks and swirls and the Winter Soldier which is Red and Yellow with an ice blue mouth when it's happy. Turns more white/pink with a green mouth when it's not happy. Currently it's at 8 heads up from 1 at purchase and 4 when I transferred it to this tank. I need to get a picture of it. The purple one is at 3 heads now I think, up from 1 when I transferred it to the tank.

 

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Copper!

 

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Copper!

Awe grats!