Turtle's Deep Blue Sea

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Smiley is starting to get some coralline!

sfin52 · May 8, 2018

Man smiley looks gnarly aged. Looks really good I dont think you need coral growing over it.

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Diver's Den just listed a C. naokoae for $130... Fishy Business Aquatics has them for $30 right now...

Scurvy · May 8, 2018

Saw that. $52 at fishy business after you add in the 14 day warranty to match DD then whatever shipping charge they hit you with, $50/60 and your in the same ballpark anyway.

Havent looked much at Naoke. More likely to be aggressive for a Fairy??

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Scurvy said:
Saw that. $52 at fishy business after you add in the 14 day warranty to match DD then whatever shipping charge they hit you with, $50/60 and your in the same ballpark anyway.

Havent looked much at Naoke. More likely to be aggressive for a Fairy??

Rubriventralis complex, mid level agression.

Sipec · May 8, 2018

Sorry i havent been keeping up, but what was the problem with the sps? How did you keep them from dying?

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Scurvy said:
Saw that. $52 at fishy business after you add in the 14 day warranty to match DD then whatever shipping charge they hit you with, $50/60 and your in the same ballpark anyway.

I'm thinking the only way to save money with FBA is to order enough to hit the free shipping.

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Joey123 said:
Sorry i havent been keeping up, but what was the problem with the sps? How did you keep them from dying?

Vanadium, nickel and likely other metals leaching from the sand... we replaced the Tahitian sand with the Hawaiian variety. When we set the new tank up I'll be using aragonite.

Sipec · May 8, 2018

Robin Haselden said:
Vanadium, nickel and likely other metals leaching from the sand... we replaced the Tahitian sand with the Hawaiian variety. When we set the new tank up I'll be using aragonite.

Ok thanks

Zack K · May 8, 2018

Missed him by seconds. I’m very upset

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Zack K said:
Missed him by seconds. I’m very upset View attachment 740707

Pretty fish... I've been contemplating a CBB in the 90. I think I'll stick with a tomini tang and just one large fish.

Fudsey · May 8, 2018

Hey turtle, you decide which sand your going with? Carib Sea pink? Or Reef Flakes? I'm still debating which way I want to go but I am pretty sure I'm done with black...

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Fudsey said:
Hey turtle, you decide which sand your going with? Carib Sea pink? Or Reef Flakes? I'm still debating which way I want to go but I am pretty sure I'm done with black...

Yep, I think it's call CaribSea Special Grade Aragonite or something close. LFS in Sumter has it for $40 a 40lb bag. He's really helpful and answers a lot of questions(altho sarcastically) so I like giving him some business. I'm gonna go with 80lbs, this will give us about a 2" deep sand bed.

Fudsey · May 8, 2018

Dry or live?

SashimiTurtle · May 8, 2018

Fudsey said:
Dry or live?

I think it's dry... We'll be using the rock in Deep Blue, and the CaribSea life rock has spored bacteria on it, so bacteria or cycle won't be an issue. It'll become live sand in a day or two.