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Slappy*McFish

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A few more pics. I removed the sun coral replica all together, moved the Acropora replica to the top left, and planted Prolifera in the empty space behind the shoal grass. I think it looks better.

Full tank shot:

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Shoal grass:

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Very Cool
 

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Really nice.
 

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Very nice, slappy!
 

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New fish today ;)
2 True Percs
1 Royal Gramma
4 Blue-Green Chromis
6 Red-leg hermits

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Slappy what did you decide about your bannerfish? I have been looking and like the phantom banner, but don't think they are reefsafe.
 

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I'll be adding 2 banner fish later on down the road. The LFS had a nice pair but I didn't want to add them at this time.
I'm adding small groups of fish every month until fully stocked. The hardier species are being added first. All the fish are doing fine this morning but 1 of the Chromis has separated himself from the group. I'm not sure if it's due to aggression or if this fish is taking the transition to the new tank harder than the rest. I'll keep my eye on him.
The cleanup crew is happily going about their business of munching on algae.
The AquaC Remora is doing it's job and I had a full cup of skimate to empty today. It should be operating at full throttle in a week...after the 'break-in'

Took some readings this afternoon (24 hrs since adding the fish)
ammonia 0
nitrites 0
nitrates 0
ph 8.3
phosphates 0
SG 1.025 @ 79F

I fed the fish with cyclopeeze this afternoon and they were eating well.
Next month I'll add the goby, blenny and wrasse.
 

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Tonight I scrubbed and removed a lot of the hair algae growing on the rock, pruned the macros and blew the rocks off manually with one of the power heads. Stirred up quite a mess but is clearing up fast. The fish were swimming around and eating all the tiny critters that got blown around the tank in the process.
 
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