special juice's 240 gallons of FOWLR glory!- Not so FOWLRish anymore!

Discussion in 'Show Off Your Fish Tanks!' started by special juice, Sep 5, 2013.

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  1. special juice

    special juice Feather Duster

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    Good call. The bird wrasse is the only fish on this list that I have questioned when it should be added. Keep it where it is or add it last?
     
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  3. Scuba Ken

    Scuba Ken Ritteri Anemone

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    I feel your pain with the tank move.

    I had to get my new tank, delivered "flat" and built in the basement, as it wouldn't fit down the stairs.

    Now I am gutting the basement and having it rebuilt, I am having to consider, moving the tank again................ Something I am dreading ..............

    Love your tank stand though, looks lovely.
     
  4. special juice

    special juice Feather Duster

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    I wanted to get my new inline TDS meter hooked up to my RODI system before filling this tank- The better the water quality is in the beginning, the better things will be in the long run. I just got the meter plugged in and my first reading is 1 ppm. So, I'm going to start filling this badboy right now. Whoohooo!
     
  5. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    woo hoo!! go special, get busy!
     
  6. special juice

    special juice Feather Duster

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    Equipment organized and ready to fire-up...
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    Half-way full...
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    That's a super clean setup. Looking good.
     
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  9. oldfishkeeper

    oldfishkeeper Giant Squid

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    +1^^^ yes, it is! Very nice! I love the dark wood....it should really make your tank inhabitants stand out!
     
  10. special juice

    special juice Feather Duster

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    Thanks for all of the positive feedback. I feel pretty good about how everything is looking. I did have two minor setbacks today. First, the royal blues stopped working on one of my three AI Sol modules. I have no idea what caused that or how to fix it. Second, after calculating how much water will be draining into my sump, I realized that one return pump is not going to be enough. So I ordered a second Ehiem Compact 5000. I am planning on mixing salt in the tank tonight and doing my transfer of livestock, rock, etc. from my 76 gal. On Friday.
     
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    special juice Feather Duster

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    Here's the most recent version of my fish list for your review: Happy almost Friday!

    1 Chalk Bass (moving from old tank)
    1 Bangai Cardinalfish (moving from old tank)
    1 Melanarus Wrasse (moving from old tank)
    1 Starry Blenny (moving from old tank)
    3 Heniochus Buterflyfish
    1 Auriga or Latticed or Falcula Butterflyfish
    1 Spotband Butterflyfish
    1 Mertensii or Pearlscale Butterflyfish
    1 Harlequin Tusk
    1 Green Bird Wrasse
    1 Flame Angelfish
    1 Yellow-eyed Kole Tang
    1 Yellow Tang
     
  12. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    Good i'd add them in this order (Fish net to each other go in at same time)
    Melanarus Wrasse Bangai Cardinalfish Chalk Bass Starry Blenny
    Flame angelfish OR one of the butterfly's
    other Butterfly's
    both tangs
    both wrasse
    Add them slowly, you have a lot of grazers who will appreciate a lot of true LR with algae, etc to peck at, the wrasse will enjoy finding amphipods, etc to eat too :)