Pabucsfan Journal (1St Ever)

[PaBucsFan]

Well it is finally all coming together! I am setting up a 20 gallon long tank with 10 gallon sump. I have the 20 gallon long and 10 gallon tank cleaned up and bagged up in my garage. I have the tubing, the sump pump, the bulkhead, and the sand. The light, versa top, and heater are ordered for Friday. I will also be purchasing the remaining LR on Friday. I just got done staining the stand. I will be applying the final coat tomorrow and heavily aerating before Friday. Pictures will definitely be posted as the process progresses!

 

[GGtank]

Welcome to the salt!

Can't wait to see the pics!

 

[seffieuk]

Exciting

Seffie x

 

[PaBucsFan]

Just a mini-update. I will have everything tomorrow except for the full amount of LR, which I will be obtaining next week! Pictures should showing up around 7pm Eastern time!

 

[PaBucsFan]

I know I have slacked on the journal but I will be updating it over the weekend. I got a new phone so half of the pictures are on the old phone and the other half are on the new phone.

 

[PaBucsFan]

Well the tank has been up and running for about a week now. I am posting pictures tomorrow starting from the test run of the sump all the way up to the current setup. I currently have 2 clownfish, 6 corals, one emerald crab, a few snails. For those of you who are reading and didn't know I had a 10 gallon going for 2 months prior to the upgrade. The tank is in a mini cycle but coming along nicely.

 

[PaBucsFan]

Just an update, 3 pictures.

This picture is the tank running for about 4 days with LR only from the original 10 gallon.



This picture is with the new LR added about two days ago.



This last picture is a full tank shot from Saturday Night although I lost one of those clowns and added a Black Ocellaris to replace him.





One last picture of the clowns that I have currently. The Black Ocellaris was purchases today at That Fish Place in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This LFS is about 2 hours from my home and well worth the drive! The other clown is from an LFS much closer to home.

 

[jameshughes1989]

I dont know if it is true but I read that you shouldnt mix different clown species. As I say im not sure of the authenticity of that so maybe another forum member could help.

Other than that, the tank is looking good. How much flow have yo.u got? I cant see any powerheads. Whats your stocking plans?


James

 

[PaBucsFan]

I am currently trying to find out if I do have a mixed clown species or not actually. Nemo on here believe the orange one is also an Ocellaris. If this is the case the LFS I got it from will not get any more business from me since he claimed he only carries Percula. But aside from that I am looking into getting a powerhead this weekend at my other LFS, last weekend they sold out of powerhead that would work for my tank. My girlfriend and I would like to get a golden sleeper, possible a psuedochromis, and after that we are unsure as we are quite new to the salty side. My girlfriend and I are also looking into getting into growing and fragging corals. I'm not sure how realistic our goal is but there is a frag swap at the end of January and we are hoping to take some down for it. The Wavepoint light is actually getting replaced tomorrow as it was only a temporary light until the dealer the LFS uses could get in light I wanted.

 

[PaBucsFan]

These pictures are about a week old but I have been a little busy.

Here is a nice Asternia



Here is my Galaxea Coral



Here is my Torch Coral



Here is my Porsilla(spelling) Coral



More Coral Pictures

Here is 1 of my 2 older Zoas, the second one I couldn't get a good picture.



Here is my Leather Toadstool

 

[PaBucsFan]

I did get 4 more corals on Black Friday but I will give them time to adjust before I take some pictures of them. I got two tone zoas, star polyps, a blasto, and green zoas. Here are some pictures of my clowns.

The Black Ocellaris! (unfortunately he died on Thanksgiving from what I believe was brooklynella)



Here are 2 pictures of my Semi-Snowflake which member Clownfishy and I purchased before the brooklynella was discovered on the black ocellaris. The Semi-Snowflake Ocellaris is in a hospital take to ensure he/she is not sick.



Picture #2



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[Rayne457]

Them corals look nice and so does the fish. Sorry to hear about your clown. It is trial and error. Do not let it discourage you.

 

[seffieuk]

Sorry to hear about your clown, but you made the right choice in putting the picasso clown in qt

Seffie x

 

[PaBucsFan]

Yeah. I want to starve any nasty diseases in the display tank. Hopefully she/he stays healthy and I hope my corals open up today to get pictures of them up.

 

[simonas]

I;ve had same problems with clowns just can;t keep them for whatever reason

has your tank really only been running over a week and you have all that stock already? Did you move the water on from another tank or something as that seems a little quick to be getting all that stock

If I;m wrong I apologise but just don;t want you to make a mistake I did which was rush into stocking