My 6ft Slice of Ocean. . .

[NastayNatron]

And some zoos and what not













And my first clam

[NastayNatron]

And the tank as it sits about a week ago. Let me know what you think so far! I will keep up with updates from this point on. Hope you enjoyed!

Nate

[MMAX]

Lookin great, I too am jealous about your Pil socks.

[Skimmerking]

buds well done I did notice that you has white caulking in the sump. I hope that isnt the anti fungi ones

[MarkoD]

all looks good. but why didnt you stain the inside of the doors?

[daniella3d]

Very nice tank but your crocea clam is not going to be happy directly in the sand like that. I hope it's not already attach to the bottom. They have delicate filtering system and do dably in the sand, they prefer to be on a rock, in something clean and close tot he light.

[NastayNatron]

Originally Posted by daniella3d

Very nice tank but your crocea clam is not going to be happy directly in the sand like that. I hope it's not already attach to the bottom. They have delicate filtering system and do dably in the sand, they prefer to be on a rock, in something clean and close tot he light.

I did read that somewhere. . . he has only been in the tank for about a week. Ill get him up and onto a rock this weekend. Thanks for the advice!

[Myka]

You did a great job documenting the whole build, thanks for sharing! I really like that you are quarantining all new arrivals. Why do you treat all incoming fish with Cupramine though? How long are you treating for and how long are you quarantining for? Be careful with copper as many fish are very sensitive, like Angelfish and Butterflyfish (although apparently your Angel made it through).

[Lampshade]

Looks great, i like the planter boxes on the sides, frames the tank in nice. You should see if you can get mangroves growing in there!

[NastayNatron]

Originally Posted by Myka

You did a great job documenting the whole build, thanks for sharing! I really like that you are quarantining all new arrivals. Why do you treat all incoming fish with Cupramine though? How long are you treating for and how long are you quarantining for? Be careful with copper as many fish are very sensitive, like Angelfish and Butterflyfish (although apparently your Angel made it through).

I decided to cupramine all fish due to not being able to be 100% sure they are not disease carrying. Even if ich is not visible it could still be present. I get too nervous otherwise second guessing myself if a fish has ich or not. So far it has worked great for me. I have put two dwarf angels through as well as anthias, purple firefish, and the rest of my fish and they all ate constantly and did great. I follow Seachem's directions almost exactly except I slowly introduce the cupramine over 4 days to watch the fishes reaction to it. I leave them at full concentration for exactly 2 weeks and then flush it out of the tank, monitor them for another week and then into the display they go.