My new scopas tang(brown tang) and scarlet skunk cleaner shrimp interacting minutes after entering QT tank.

This was my first time receiving a live fish shipment. So far so good. The poor guy is pretty skinny (common wholesaler practice to minimize ammonia in shipping process). I hope he will eat in the coming days and put on weight. Got the nori and frozen food ready.

Why scopas? At my current display tank size many tangs will outgrow it quickly. Options were yellow tang(250€+ here in DE), bristletooth tangs like yellow eyed kohl tang which are beautiful and fairly priced. Or since I already have yellow fox face but still wanted Zebrasoma, Scopas! So what if he is brown. Still looks cool and will keep algae at bay.

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My three blue green chromis finished quarantine yesterday and joined the display tank. Fish 3-5. They are very active swimmers staying in upper 1/4th of the tank.

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Finally hit zero nitrite! The tank seems to be cycled. That or the cheato in the sump is effecting it. Probably should have waited for cycle to complete before setting up refugium.

Nitrate is 1ppm or under and 0 phosphate. On track to buy and turn on lights next month.

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Starting to get some algae growing on the rocks next to the refugium chamber in my sump. I think I need to add some sort of hood / dividers.

I’ll blog about the cheto and the refugium when it starts working. Right now half of it died off, which I removed, and nitrite levels are still high. Basic setup is: Kessel H80 LED and some cheto I bought online from reef shop here in Germany.

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Quarantine is over for my Foxface rabbit fish!

So far he alternates between quivering in the corner and swimming confidently around the tank.

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Got three Blue Green Chromis today! Here they are in the quarantine system. So cool to see them scholing. Nothing scholed so much in my freshwater tanks.

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Veggie lunch 🥗 for foxface

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Chaeto is in! Over night delivery from aquarium shop here in Germany. Let the refugium begin.

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Kessil H80 order for my refugium project. Hopping to lower nitrates from 15ppm to under 5ppm before I turn the display tank lights on.

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Week one behind us. Two more to go before we can put him in the display tank.

This quarantine process is going to take serious time. 3 weeks per fish 😔.

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Today is water change day. That means a lot of testing.

Nitrates are rising in the XL300. Hopefully next month I’ll be able to implement a refugium with macro algae to reduce those. The month after that the goal is to get a light and first coral.

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Got a Foxface Rabbitfish today! Now it waits three weeks in quarantine before it can be added the display.

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New quarantine tank setup.

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Mr. Franz Ferdinand. Cardinal shrimp. Named by my girlfriend.

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Someone finally decided to leave their corner hiding spot.

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aquarium temperature monitoring up and running. #reeftank

Today is the day. The tank has arrived. #reeftank

My partner and I are starting a saltwater reef aquarium! 🐠🦐

I’ll be blogging on the subject and posting here on fediverse to document our adventures

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