Mike's Red Sea Reefer 525 XL build

[mta_morrow]

Noob question : What's type of fish is spot?

Spot is a tailspot blenny...……..not a noob question at all!

 

[Charlie_11278]

Spot is a tailspot blenny...……..not a noob question at all!

Thanks

 

[mta_morrow]

Thanks

You’re welcome and thanks for checking out my build thread!

Happy Reefing!

 

[mta_morrow]

Package is ready for pickup!

Off to the island in a few minutes!

 

[mta_morrow]

All 3 arrived alive.

The flame seemed a bit lethargic. He is just chilling in a cave right now

The CB and blenny are checking things out.

And the boss of the tank is already letting them know who the boss is.

Solon fairy wrasse is the boss.

No nipping, just some chasing and flashing

 

[mta_morrow]

Here is a video with the flame and CB.

Another short video of the flametail to follow as he is still a bit shy.

 

[mta_morrow]

And Lenny, the flametail blenny!

 

[Crabby48]

Great looking fish. I like Lenny I’ll have to look into them.
Do you not quarantine? Would like to no you procedure

 

[mta_morrow]

Great looking fish. I like Lenny I’ll have to look into them.
Do you not quarantine? Would like to no you procedure

I learned about the real importance of QT a bit too late. Not sure that I would though.

I’m a @PaulB type of believer. I get live foods and count on the bacteria.

I can say I haven’t lost a fish to disease in this tank unless they came in sick.

Those that came sick died within a day or two. None of these were from DD

Live foods every day. Plus pellets and nori.

I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, and I don’t offer my opinions on it in other threads.

I do believe that if you don’t feed live foods, then you better QT absolutely everything you bring in and try to keep a sterile tank.

 

[Crabby48]

I learned about the real importance of QT a bit too late. Not sure that I would though.

I’m a @PaulB type of believer. I get live foods and count on the bacteria.

I can say I haven’t lost a fish to disease in this tank unless they came in sick.

Those that came sick died within a day or two. None of these were from DD

Live foods every day. Plus pellets and nori.

I’m not saying it’s right or wrong, and I don’t offer my opinions on it in other threads.

I do believe that if you don’t feed live foods, then you better QT absolutely everything you bring in and try to keep a sterile tank.

Thank you for taking time time. I like your approach and leaning this way myself.

 

[Oshengems]

So your a risk taker as well! I went through a few angels in my current reef, that was my first combo flame and CB both good but got a bit aggressive and sold them both were good to my corals, currently have a potters whos been in for ~4 months and still not eating and tried a Multibar about a month ago who went ham on my brain and favia I got him to FREAKING EAT! In my sump but def had a taste for corals... since I like to live dangerously my LFS had a sale and a smaller one Sunday $20 for a Multibar bar why not he’s in my sump spitting out brine hopefully I get him to eat and he’s Reef safe

 

[Oshengems]

Fish trap is your friend! Bought a used one thinking I was only going to use it once, but I have used it several times getting violent stubborn fish time in the sump while others acclimated it has come very handy

 

[mta_morrow]

Fish trap is your friend! Bought a used one thinking I was only going to use it once, but I have used it several times getting violent stubborn fish time in the sump while others acclimated it has come very handy

Have one!

 

[Oshengems]

They come in handy! I tried the whole acclimation with the Multibar so my potters could get used to him but the potters is very dosile fish the “shy” Multibar was a bit of a bully to the potters even took his lil cave go figure

 

[mta_morrow]

Skimmer, reactor, and UV pump all scrubbed up and clean

Now it’s sump cleaning and WC time!

Woo Hoo!

 

[mta_morrow]

I got fed up with Chaeto dying on me 4 times.

Check out what I did with my reactor today!

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/converting-a-skimz-algae-reactor-to-a-scrubber.508833/

 

[mta_morrow]

A video with the new additions from last night.

Everyone is still doing well this morning.

The coral beauty is like the energizer bunny.

The flame is already figuring out he’s the new star of the tank.

Every once in a while the flame tries to chase the CB. No nipping, and for the most part they do ignore each other.

I hope it stays that way!

 

[mta_morrow]

And here is the flametail blenny.

He’s chilling on the left side in some small caves and the barnacles.

The biggest issue in the tank right now is the tailspot does not like the flametail.

According to eatbreakfast, there shouldn’t be an issue, and hopefully it works itself out.

 

[Crabby48]

Thanks I enjoyed the videos. The barnacles look real good.

 

[jsker]

Following along now

Edit, I am already following