KrazyKuch's & Michika's 180Gal Tank Build

[michika]

Thank you. I love the little blue tree too! I thought it was too delicate and pretty to pass up at the store!

[michika]

Just got confirmation that our RKE shipped today. It was in Wisconsin early this afternoon. No ETA on it.

[michika]

Quick Update
- RKE is still in Wisconsin
- Ozonizer is at Customs in B.C.
- SPS order to arrive on Monday, or Tuesday
- The Kalk. top-off did fail as I expected. I turned it on and forgot about it. Oops! No harm, I don't fill it up enough to cause any problems.
- Researching inverts, or fish, to add that will help keep the sandbed clean, suggestions?

Cleaning out the bad acro crabs




Breakfast




FTS from this morning; the back and edges of the tank need cleaning

[fencer]

Sand dollars and those snails that bury themselves. I have a 3in bed.

[michika]

Do you mean lipstick conches?

Sand dollars sound pretty!

[fencer]

Not sure what there called...senior moment, but there not conches and they are snails. All you see most of the time is these little breathing tubes out of the sand. Mine are quite white. I remember eventually.

[michika]

Hahaha yeah, Pepper is quite the supervisor, cracking that whip and all. I guess that makes Matia the obnoxious boss who is always poking her nose where it doesn't belong!

I think you mean Bumblebee snails. I have a bunch of them, but there are bigger ones, whose name I don't know either.

[Delphinus]

Think you mean Nassarius snails?

Sand dollars work, I have one, and although it's pretty, don't expect to ever see it. Every once in a while I'll see a lump of sand moving so I know it's still around, but it never comes uncovered - never.

Also hedgehog urchins (I think that's what they're called?) Albert had brought some into Golds back in January-ish. Burrows in the sand.

Tiger tail cuke ...

... and conches.

[michika]

All I've ever had is lipstick conches, bumblebee snails, and a sandsifter starfish. I am oblivious to my other options.

I never knew there were so many options. Thank you!

[fencer]

Yes it was Nassarius snails