Poseidon's NEW Adventure!

Geez looking good Mike! Grab a small rabbit fish and he will take care of your "yuck" problem. It is the fastest way I have found. Depending on growth and future fish plan on trading him in as things settle down.

Thanks John, I added a Foxface yesterday from RP! He is a tiny fella, about 3" long, perfect for me.

I couldn't take the algae anymore though, I took out the rocks and scrubbed them clean. I know it will come back, but now there is a fish in there to help keep it at bay. I have lost a couple snails though, and that concerns me. Maybe I didn't spend enough time acclimating the Trochus. They are my favorite snails by far.

Fun build! WOWEEE on your former tank and that cap garden! Can't wait to see where this tank goes. Good luck.

A couple of observations of my tank today:

1) Corals that I bought at the swap that came from LED lit tanks are doing well, a "Raptors Peace Coral" and a some paly's (forget the name) are out, open and looking quite happy on the sandbed.

2) Corals that came from a T5 lit tank are having a harder time adjusting to my tank. Gobstopper paly's that I have a 3 polyp frag of, has not fully opened yet, and it has been nearly 2 weeks. 1 polyp is open the other 2 closed, and I have tried several different locations in the tank. I found a "better" place for the frogspawn, off to the right of the light near the rock work.

3) My tank is no where near ready for SPS of any kind. I have 2 frags of ORA Birdnest, green and Hyacinth both are doing poorly.

The foxface I added died, he was thin at the store, but was eating so I took a chance on him. The Purple firefish is doing very well, eating and even chasing off any of the green chromis that get to close. The Chromis started "culling" the other day, one was separated from the group and killed in a day. The remaining 5 seem happy at the moment.

So far I would say that the tank is progressing as expected, with the loss of the foxface being the only set back. (Though it was an awful lot like flushing 2 $20 bills down the toilet at the "funeral" for the little guy.)

Things I would like to add in the short term:

More snails. I am thinking a Mexican Turbo or two would be a wise choice, as well as another 5 or so Trochus. (I lost about 3 of the 5 I put in before.)

Trim work to the stand, I really need to finish that part of the project off.

PC4 for the Reefkeeper, I want the controller upstairs instead of in the basement. I have the cable I need to connect the PC4 to the one in the basement, so that is nice. The cord from the controller head unit is to short to make the trip downstairs. Having another PC4 would also eliminate 3 timers from under the tank which would clean it up a bit.

One of those el cheapo air pump shelves that you get a PetsMart, I would use it for pellet food/Prime/CA glue storage. My wife was gracious enough to let me get rid of her curio cabinet in exchange for the shelf space under my tank. It's the least I can do to get my "ugly" stuff out from under there.

I think that is it for now, which is not bad I guess. Now for the hardest part.... Patience. ;)

I added 3 Mexican Turbo's last night, got them from a new(ish) Local shop that moved closer to me. The store is small, prices OK, and no real corals yet. I am hopeful though, it will be nice to have a shop close by to pick up food/clean up crew etc...

Ask them to stock Rod's and Reef Nutrition. It's nice to have a supplier for those.

Reef related, in that my reef is in the picture! ;)

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This is me and my soon to be 12 year old German Shepard, Centauri. Centauri has bad hips, they are getting the best of her lately, she has trouble getting up and down stairs, and can no longer jump on the bed, or into my Jeep. There are days that she wants to PLAY, just like when she was younger, there are others that she wanders around the house huffing and puffing, panting, because she can't find a comfortable spot to sit or lay down. I know that my days with her are numbered, so I wanted to share a quick image of her here. (She is notoriously camera shy, and runs and hides when she sees the camera out.)

Thank you for allowing me to share the BEST Dog I have ever owned!!!!

Tank looks good Mike and I feel for ya ! Shepards are such great dogs. We went thru the same when our previous shepard Rex turned 13. It's amazing how they become such a large part of your life and because shepards are so smart and have great personality's it makes it even harder. I am not looking forward to when Bubba gets that age but on the other hand he has filled a void that we never admitted was there. Enjoy the good days with her. :oldman:

Ok, here are some new pictures! These are just some quickies that I took before I left for a MMMC club meeting.

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I just added some freebie corals from the club meeting, a 3-4 head Duncan frag, a reddish/orange chalice, and some Zoa's that I have no idea what they are. (Logan picked them out.) I also picked up a small container of New Life Spectrum, I am having a hard time finding this stuff lately. :sad: Has anybody else had issues?

Fun times on the way back from the meeting, I got a FLAT, and it went flat in a HURRY. No biggie, full size spare, just had tires rotated a week ago. I get all the stuff out, put the tire tool on the first wheel nut, and I start spinning the WRENCH. Ewww... paint peeling off the angle, not a good thing. Then my friend Nick mentions the bottle jack may not reach. (I have a 3" lift on my Jeep Grand Cherokee, and 31" tires.) Double EWWWW! I start looking around, and see an Auto Zone down the street! YAY!!!! According to Siri, it is .2 miles away, not bad at all. So me, Nick, and my 11 year old Logan start heading down the road, to get a 4 way, and a jack. $75 later, and a short walk back to the Jeep, where I TWIST the 4 Way, man the nut is tight! I take off the other 4, and it finally lets loose. The right tools, and the right sized jack make all the difference. Now, I have to find a place to keep the jack in the jeep. ;)

Wow. That sucks.