Smite's UNS 75g Peninsula

[Paranoiattack91]

Man, I didn't think it was possible due to size but the chaoti wrasse went for a ride into the weir box of my overflow. He was too large to actually make it into the bulkheads completely. I saw his tail sticking out of the bulkhead when I went looking for him and thought he was a goner. I pried the weir out a bit in front of the bulkhead and was able to get him to push into the rear box and catch him. I released him and he swam around, fed the tank and he nibbled then shot into the sand.....fingers crossed he's okay. His gills look spread out a bit but he was breathing heavily, I just hope there was no damage done. Luckily it's a thick coated fish, lots of feather dusters and stuff to get scratched up on in there. All his fins looked to be mobile while he swam around for a short while so hopefully he pulls through.

That sucks but give it few days, he may just be spooked. In my old tank, I had a leopard wrasse that jumped, I scooped him up off the tile with my bare hands and threw him back in. I didn’t see him for almost 2 weeks, just assumed he was dead. Was rearranging the rock work and saw the same sort of film bubble in the sand, poked it with tongs and out came the wrasse.

 

[OGFrenchHorn]

Nice! Glad he’s ok


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[drexel]

Most wrasses and parrotfish secrete a protective mucus cocoon when they sleep. It’s not a 100% security blanket for them, but it covers their scent from most would-be predators. Fun fact, hammerhead sharks use their distinct head in order to find sleeping wrasses by electromagnetic signals that the fish produces, even buried in sand.


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[Smite]

This thing didn’t handle shipping great and showed up browned out. It still had lots of color at night but it’s really been starting to gain color in the day spectrum too. This ones going to be good all grown out!
Draw Jopper

RRC Hellfire enchinata

 

[Paranoiattack91]

Is that doomsday frag ready yet?

 

[Smite]

Is that doomsday frag ready yet?

I was looking at that piece today and thought about that.
Tank handled the alk swing amazingly well. I’ll cut it tomorrow as shoot you a pm.

 

[mattyzang]

when does the new tank arrive?

 

[Smite]

when does the new tank arrive?

I was told the tank would have final assembly this week and would be ready for shipping in 2 weeks.

 

[drexel]

Tank is looking great!


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[Smite]

Thanks man! It is doing very well at the moment. I can't wait to give these pieces more room to grow!

 

[Smite]

My color is really starting to come back. My tenuis are looking better now too

 

[Jimbo327]

That last shot is amazing. The fluorescence is crazy bright and colorful. Your SPS is growing so well.

 

[Smite]

That last shot is amazing. The fluorescence is crazy bright and colorful. Your SPS is growing so well.

Thank you!

 

[Paranoiattack91]

is the red one on the far right a maleficent?

 

[Smite]

is the red one on the far right a maleficent?

Yep thats CB Maleficent. It's my favorite truly red piece I've kept so far.

 

[drexel]

Is the pic with just the reef brites on? To me halides are worth it just for the health of the animals alone. I love LEDs, but there’s no comparison.


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[Smite]

Is the pic with just the reef brites on? To me halides are worth it just for the health of the animals alone. I love LEDs, but there’s no comparison.


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Yeah that last picture is the reefbrite XHO only through an orange phone filter. The side shots farther up and very close to what I see with both on in person.

I'm feeling the same way, overall my polyp extension has increased around the clock since the switch. I feel like the few swings I had a while back were pretty large and yet still I didn't really have any negative effects, minus my uptake dropping a bit. That tells me they must have been pretty dang healthy going into those swings.

I lost my scopas to it's mouth injury unfortunately. It's a little morbid but I always feel terrible trashing a fish I lost. With my low nutrients I decided to sump the poor guy and let him become one with the reef.

 

[drexel]

Nice, I should be getting my fixtures and ballasts next week. I think they had to build them since I didn’t order the pendants with the xho’s. I ordered through my favorite LFS to help support him as much as I can. Sorry to hear about the scopus. I just lost my sharknose goby. I did a major cleaning on Saturday, blowing off the rocks and siphoning out the sump and haven’t seen him since? I also found a bunch of whelks in both of my tanks, so maybe he got trapped in his burrow and they got him? The whelks came from the live sand and mud that I got from the Florida keys.


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[Smite]

Nice, I should be getting my fixtures and ballasts next week. I think they had to build them since I didn’t order the pendants with the xho’s. I ordered through my favorite LFS to help support him as much as I can. Sorry to hear about the scopus. I just lost my sharknose goby. I did a major cleaning on Saturday, blowing off the rocks and siphoning out the sump and haven’t seen him since? I also found a bunch of whelks in both of my tanks, so maybe he got trapped in his burrow and they got him? The whelks came from the live sand and mud that I got from the Florida keys.


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Bah! That sucks. Hopefully he will pop up and is just hiding out from all the maintenance. I've never dealt with whelks, it's always something in this hobby!

 

[Smite]

Really bummed on that scopas, I witnessed him eating byropsis strands in the tank. I'm thinking he got hit by an aiptasia hidden in the bryopsis and it got infected or possibly just struck something. Maybe took a nibble on the tiny gigantea, not sure but he was gorgeous and it's a bummer for sure.