kudoras 84 gallon thread

[korth659]

Setup looks cool

[kudora]

Originally posted by korth659
Setup looks cool

thanks!!

[kudora]

Originally posted by Demonic
Hurry up, almost done with the vacation. We leave for Sioux Falls tomorrow. Cant wait. Will meet up with Tangdiver Saturday morning.

the 84 is ready for frags the 40 will be set up by this weekend.

[Demonic]

So the stand is finished for the 84?
When did you find time to do this?

[kudora]

no no they will go in the 84 for now....looking at another tank atm also hehe

[Demonic]

when are you not looking at another tank?

[kudora]

[Aquarist007]

Originally posted by kudora

how many tanks do you have Kudora??

[kudora]

the 84 gallon, 30 gallon, 40 breeder, then i also have a couple of 75s and a 55 gallon that are empty atm.

[Demonic]

LOL

[ackerman]

Originally posted by kudora
the 84 gallon, 30 gallon, 40 breeder, then i also have a couple of 75s and a 55 gallon that are empty atm.

Thats it?

[kudora]

Well after having the CBB for over 8 weeks i put him in the DT. The kole and the powder brown went nuts, after a couple of min the kole lost interest but the powder brown would not stop chasing. the powder brown was not nipping or anything but the CBB went defensive and left a good amount of scratches on the PBT face. I decided to put up a eggcrate barrier up on the tank.

2 days of eggcrateing the tank and i took the barrier down at lights out. The CBB was eating great and did not nip at any of my sps or Lps on his side(1/3) of the tank. The PBT did not chase as much but didnt let the CBB come out of his cave either. after 4 hours the barrier went back up.

i woke up early this last sunday, put up a mirror on the tangs side and took the barrier down. tangs were scared of the mirror and the CBB was kinda left alone. i didnt turn the lights on for 2 days.

yesterday i turned the lights on and the chasing began, but over the hour i was home for lunch it got better. i got home last night and the PBT let the CBB have 1/4 of the tank and by lights out he had his original 1/3 of the tank to roam. since the pbt is letting the CBB roam more and more it should only be a couple more days.

[Rae C.]

The mirror was a very clever idea.

[kudora]

very awesome update!!!

as of yesterday afternoon the CBB is taking care of the aiptasia in the DT, i have not been able to dose the aiptasia for weeks now since i didnt want to take the chance and poison the CBB. Some of the aiptasias were close to nickle sized head.

The powder brown and the CBB are getting along better, the CBB is free to roam the tank but is not allowed in the PBT cave which is also the Cleaner shrimps cave. He will sneak in for a quick cleaning but is quickly vanished as soon as the pbt come back to claim the cave...ohhh the drama. I have another cleaner shimp in the acclimation tank and i might move him into the display if they dont start sharing the DT cleaner shrimp. The CBB is comming right up to my hand now and i will prob try to feed him by hand soon.

i gave up trying to keep the blood worms going, no one in the display tank but the pajama cardinal would eat them.

I should mention that the sunburst anthias is doing well in the DT and adds a good bit of color to the tank.

[Tswifty]

Glad to hear everyone is getting along now, and sweet bonus that the CBB is going to town on the aiptasia. It's always nice when livestock does what it's supposed to.

[kudora]

picked up a randalls anthias that was in real rough shape, i am a sucker for beat up fish i swear lol. saw it for a sec last night, will try to look for it again later today during feeding time.

[kudora]

went drove to a larger city yesterday, and couldnt pass up my newest edition, a female japanese swallowtail angel fish
its 2.75" from head to tail.

the poor randalls i picked up the day before is in rough shape, they kept the water quality poor and the salinity high. i am still hopeful that it will pull through.

[kudora]

acclimation tank:
well the randalls lasted only a couple days after the last post, i think it was so weak it couldnt handle going into a new tank

the swallowtail looks great and will eat any kind of frozen i put in the tank.

DT:

copperbanded is now eating hikari spirulina brine, it has cleaned up all the aiptasia, feather dusters and i have seen him go after bristle worms.

picked up a 2 inch female spotted mandarin from someone who was breaking down a tank. she went into the DT and is actually quite round and large

[kudora]

got a quick photo of the swallow tail, the acclimation tank was overfed while the copperbanded was in it lol i have some hair algae in it but nothing serious.

[Demonic]

Nice addition!

[kudora]

long update time

going a bit fish crazy as i get ready to stock the 40 breeder

acclimation tank.
i picked up a pair of scissor tail dart fish, a zebra barred dart fish that all swim around together in the acclimation tank, dont know if Laura still lurks around but i did pick up another clown goby, a citron this time. I picked them up at a tank break down sale and are all over 3 years old so the 30 gallon is all full of fish, i have almost taken care of the hair algae with wet skimming and weekly water changes.

i also picked up some kind of clam that looks like a old piece of live rock and put it in the acclimation tank. i have so much equipment laying around i could set up a 55 as an upgrade to the 30 gallon sigh. never mind i have a 75 with stand i could use also lol

the female swallowtail angel fish(Genicanthus melanospilus)
is doing great and is eating any frozen offered but will not eat flake or pellet, i hope the dart fish help her discover the flake since they go nuts over it.


DT
had my buddy come over last night and he took another 2 gallon bucket of cheato that was so thick it wouldnt all fit in there, i still have another 2 gallon bucket left easily in the fuge. after i put the 65 watt pc light my cheato is growing like crazy and my nitrates are zero.
After he left and the fuge settled down i took a look in there and it looks like i have either brine or mysis shrimp(i have put both kinds in the tank at one point or another) by the thousands, they make little swarms in low flow area of the fuge, just thought it was cool.

The powder brown has left the CBB alone and everyone is getting along in the tank, the CBB is not eating flake or pellet yet tho. it will eat hikari and pe mysis, brine, spirulina brine, rods food and a couple of other frozen types of food.

40 breeder
still showing a little ammonia will put some snails or hermits in another 2 weeks.

[kudora]

got a flow upgrade done today on the DT, i had K3x2 and a K4 but they have been replaced by two 6000(1850 gph each) and a 7095 multi controller.

i had them set at 70% and 40% for a pulse but it was way to much for the tank. huge sand storm was created plus all the fish were not very happy. i have it a 40% and 30% for now. since i had not cleaned my powerheads in 6 months i am sure it was a shock for everything in the tank.

i moved the female swallowtail angel fish to the DT last week, after a day of bullying from the PBT he has left her alone and has been accepted by everyone in the tank. i am at my max for fish for this tank(even if its a 5 ft tank)i will not be adding anything unless something is taken out of the tank at this point. current stock list:
Powder brown tang
yellow eye kole tang
CBB
Female swallowtail angel fish
target mandarin
sunburst anthias
pajama cardinal
algae blenny

in another month or so i will be transferring corals to my other tanks and will house the fish in a 75 gallon that i will be setting up soon.
i am waiting for the 40 breeder to mature a bit more before i start putting any sps in there. since i put the bubblemaster on the 40 breeder i purchased another skimmer for the DT, i will post pics when it comes in.

questions and comments are welcome

[Tswifty]

lol... Yeah those pumps can really move stuff around. Even the 6025 in the small cube I used to have was clearing out sand. Since the stream is a little more concentrated it's a little tricky to find the sweet spot with them.

I think it's time for some updated pics of your new equipment and livestock as well.

[kudora]

checked up on the tank today during lunch, moved the pumps as high as i could since they were moving alot of sand in the middle of the tank. like you mentioned i will have to find a sweet spot for them. the sps is really happy but the LPS is kinda upset, the pagoda cup is not liking the new flow forsure.

i will take some pics tonight of some corals and a FTS.

[kudora]

quick vid of the tank tonight