Magik's 75 gal upgrade!

magikof7 · #1 01-17-2014, 10:26 PM

Thank you,

Denny, Eli and my hubby have been a big help.

lol Every hobby is expensive believe me I've tried many and have a few lol.
I don't own a horse yet, once we get out of the city we will see. The only Horse that has taken my breath away is a Gypsy Vanner. You don't wanna know what they cost. I'm just learning horsemanship so it will be awhile.

magikof7 · #2 01-21-2014, 08:58 PM

It's ALIIIVEEE!!!!

The Red Neck light legs will soon be replaced. Will take more pics after it has cleared up. next...Dun Dun DUhhh......Transfer!

magikof7 · #3 01-23-2014, 01:27 AM

Well, my fingers are red, raw and swollen. my Anemone kicked my ass but, I got it done. Nothing is in it's permanent spot yet except the nems, and probably the hammers.
My only loss so far might be my firefish, I think he was inside a rock I had out on the table trying to get Riccordia off of.

Just have to run over to Concept and get some help getting my Mini carpets off a rock. Hopefully I can grab an MP 40 while I'm there.

Here are some pics. It looks so bare!

asylumdown · #4 01-23-2014, 07:56 PM

wow, instant gratification! Beautiful tank, the stand looks great. I love the idea of magnetic doors that just come off.

Can I ask how you trained your mandarin to eat prepared foods (if he does eat prepared foods that is). I picked one up yesterday and I have it down in QT, but it's completely ignoring all dozen foods.

magikof7 · #5 01-24-2014, 02:43 AM

Thank you

I dunno about instant gratification though it has taken forever to get running

I didn't do anything to get my mandarin to eat frozen,(not intentionally anyway.) I don't feed frozen often nor did I need to because I had a crazy pod population in my fuge and DT of my other tank.

I can tell you what I think got him eating frozen...I turn off all flow, power heads and return pump. I fed the carnivore frozen cubes, brine shrimp and or blood worms Mixed together. I also fed frozen mysis shrimp. Because there was no flow the food sat on rocks, substrate, and Corals when the mandarin was over the food his fins would stir up the food and he would eat it when he saw it move. It also has to be very small pieces.
They are such slow hunters, I think the flow is just too much but you turn it off and he can hunt all he wants and his own fins make it move. It has to move and catch his attention but not so fast he can't "hunt" it.
I have seen others use a petrie dish with holes in it filled with store bought pods or frozen foods. Another method I have seen is a baby food jar with frozen food and small pellets, the mandarin can get in the jar but bigger fish can't.

Good Luck with yours I hope you can use something in that novel I wrote

magikof7 · #6 01-24-2014, 10:43 PM

Picked up a few fish from Concept. They are in QT for the next little while.

2 Yellow Candy Hog fish, a Carpenters Flasher Wrasse and a cleaner shrimp.

magikof7 · #7 03-12-2014, 10:30 PM

Things in the tank are finally settling down. I have been having a few problems with algea but it is getting much better. I'm just waiting for my reactors to come in so I can runn GFO and Carbon.

Sometimes at night the overflow gets messed up. the return outpumps the overflow. It takes several restarts to get it right again. I'm not sure if there are power issues or what. (maybe at night the power flickers)

Bought a few more corals. I took back the Hog Fish, they were becomming bullies. I had a really neat Goby that is hard to get in and of course it jumped out of the QT between the glass and the filter. Ugh I think the big dog got a fishy treat.

Some of my older corals. they have improved under the T5's