184g basement 8ft reef

[Roskoreef]

i found what i think is a baby snail? it kinda looks like a nudibranch, either a hitch hiker or offspring anyone know what this is??




another wild one changing to reddish maybe, different time of day but the colour is getting more vivid and brighter... i need to get a real camera soon, this cell phone is driving me crazy.

before:


now:


i dont know what exactly this one is, a euphyllia of some sort.



The LPS and Softie side is doing really well:



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[Roskoreef]

feeling frustrated....set up a permanent quarantine.

[Roskoreef]

also.. thank you sand bed for being dirty and disgusting=====you will not be missed, going to bare bottom/rubble slowly during manual water changes.

[rishu_pepper]

Sorry for the loss. Learning from experience is valuable.

What will you put in the QT?

[Roskoreef]

it sure is.. depends if i see any more ich on any fish, all that remain have no ich at all. If any get it again, straight to the QT. Im going to continue this medic treatment of my DT for 20 days total to be sure. All new fish and corals will live in there for a while too , prob 6 weeks... getting rid of the sand, too much challenge for its value.

[rishu_pepper]

Hope it all works out for you and the livestock will be happier in the long run.

[Roskoreef]

all i can say is, never buy sand with small shells in it.... takes forever to syphon out witout using a 1" hose and sucking up everything.

some of the hard lessons learned so far:

-Quarantine
-Sand makes me crazy
-ich is no joke

here is a leaf wrasse,



he will live in QT until DT goes through 12 week fish free soon here....i hope my red coris wrasse and him will get along in here once i can catch him going under the sand... i may have to setup another QT...palm to forehead

[rishu_pepper]

Looks like we are fated to go through the same things. I'm setting it up to be fallow for the 72 days. Saddest thing ever, getting a new 8 footer then seeing no fish for 2+ months.

Well, do it once, do it right. I want my fish, current and future, to be all healthy and happy. No point tossing them in now and seeing them succumb to sickness.

My corals and inverts will get a LOT of attention.