Maggie's Mixed Reef Build V3, now a 75!
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I had to press pause on fish transfer, hubs needed a second truck for tractor recovery.
Lady who owns the tractor ran over a metal post, and then heard something, tried to back up, got the post wedged in the engine area and pierced through some fuel lines. Tractor died in the field. Took hubs truck with the big gooseneck trailer, and needed my truck to tow it from the field and pulled it into the trailer. Good thing I have lots of towing and recovery experience, it was easy. Lady couldn't imagine how we'd get that dead tractor up on the trailer. With the trailer jackknifed, I just pulled up close next to it and pulled the tractor right on. Easy peasy.
Now hubs has to fix the damage.
Hopefully I can get these fishes caught and into my tank today.
Lady who owns the tractor ran over a metal post, and then heard something, tried to back up, got the post wedged in the engine area and pierced through some fuel lines. Tractor died in the field. Took hubs truck with the big gooseneck trailer, and needed my truck to tow it from the field and pulled it into the trailer. Good thing I have lots of towing and recovery experience, it was easy. Lady couldn't imagine how we'd get that dead tractor up on the trailer. With the trailer jackknifed, I just pulled up close next to it and pulled the tractor right on. Easy peasy.
Now hubs has to fix the damage.
Hopefully I can get these fishes caught and into my tank today.
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Caught the pretties. CB is going to another tank. Anywho, I decided to just add them right to the mix instead of freaking them out for days in a scary box. Fox face camo'd and hid, well, he thinks he'd hidden but I can still see him. The Mel is happy as can be out checking things, and the blenny found a perch.
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Awesome!Caught the pretties. CB is going to another tank. Anywho, I decided to just add them right to the mix instead of freaking them out for days in a scary box. Fox face camo'd and hid, well, he thinks he'd hidden but I can still see him. The Mel is happy as can be out checking things, and the blenny found a perch.
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Baby foxface slept nestled into the frogspawn. So cozy.
Luckily we have our hubbys for this kind of stuff! LOL Can I ask what you have your setting at? Looks like your tank is pretty small and narrow like mine! What are the dimensions too if you dont mind. I have a 20g long and dimensions of 30 x 12 x 12. Plus its a frag tank and the frags sit up about 3 inches or so. I needed two because of how wwide it is but since its so narrow and shallow I have no idea what to program at!So, new Smatfarm light..... it's OK. I like the color ok, seems easy enough to figure out if you're into pushing buttons. BUT, the mounting to the tank... wow. They updated the arm and tank mounting. What you currently see on their sale posting is not what you get in the box. I got round tubing and a solid looking tank mount, BUT they have the screws that you tighten against the tank on the wrong side. If you mount like they show on the directions, the extra tubing is in the water, but if you flip it around to where it should logically go, the more you tighten, the more it leans into the water and the weight of just the arm with no light makes it fall forward. I had the husband look it over with me just to confirm what I already know, the screws need to be moved to the other side. Thankfully hubs knows how to add threads to the new drilled hole and it took less than 5 minutes.
This is the way it should be mounted, but the more you tighten the screws, the more it angles forward. Then the weight of the arm and light caused it to fall forward.
So I rechecked the instructions and it showed the mount flipped, so I tried that...
But then the excess of tubing was almost in the water, not right. However, with the screws on this side it was very sturdy and could support the weight of arm+light.
This side needed the screws..
5 minutes later new holes drilled and tapped.
Now it's capable of holding the weight.
So maybe the original holes work for a rimmless tank? But for a rimmed tank you'll need the holes on the other side. Quick job if you know how. Thanks husband!!
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@nano reef , I am still running the smatfarms on my 29g Eel tank, I can get the percentages in a few after much needed coffee!
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I don't think this nem is ever gonna leave.
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Also fish update...
-Foxface was hiding for a couple days and getting mildly chased off by the tomini tang. Now they are besties. Which is cute because the foxface is so smol next to it. No pics cuz the phone is scary, or me...... probably me.
-Blenny has been chilling in various perches. I see kissy marks on the glass so I know he's sampling.
-Mel wrasse, have not seen it since the first day in the tank. Which is weird since it was not scared, was hunting and eating right away and not afraid of anyone in the tank. It went to bed and haven't seen it since.
-Foxface was hiding for a couple days and getting mildly chased off by the tomini tang. Now they are besties. Which is cute because the foxface is so smol next to it. No pics cuz the phone is scary, or me...... probably me.
-Blenny has been chilling in various perches. I see kissy marks on the glass so I know he's sampling.
-Mel wrasse, have not seen it since the first day in the tank. Which is weird since it was not scared, was hunting and eating right away and not afraid of anyone in the tank. It went to bed and haven't seen it since.
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