Bifferwine
I am a girl
Everything looks great! What a fantastic recovery.
Sxybeemr's 125 Gallons reef tank.
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yote
In Memoriam
Looks great Sxy.
Piggy
Reef enthusiast
Looks like things made it alright. Tank looks good.
Great update, glad all turned out ok after the leak. nice addition, very good pics. Try a holothurm cucumber to clean your substrate. stay away from the tiger tails and the black ones. see if you can get a yellow one. that is if your sand is fine enough. make sure you tell the lfs you want a sand sifter. good luck nice tank.
Sxybeemr325
Reefing newb
Jhnrb, I was thinking about a sea cucumber but can't they release this toxic substance..? And yeah, this was a long recovery ....I always find myself checking the new tank for leaks.. I hope never have to do this ever again!!
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
Just curious how the new setup is going. you went through quite the ordeal before. hoping things are back to normal!
If you are considering a cucumber, staty away from the black ones, and only use the holothurums, The cucumbers can expel their insides if attacked or injured, there is also a white sticky stuff like unhardened glue under water but stringy that some of um eject also. If you stay away from the black ones, you should be ok. you can find yellow, brown, sometimes pink, but, which ever one you choose make sure it is not too large, the substrait is of the correct size and consistency, and acclimate for at least 2 hours, when you introduce it to the tank do not handle, use a ladle or something to put it in the tank, do no let it get stung by any thing and lower it into an area of low flow. also make sure the one you get is a sand sifter. good luck, I use three in my main tank and one in my refugium.
Sxybeemr325
Reefing newb
hey! Thanx for following up! Yes indeed, this was absolutely crazy! I would never wish this to my worst enemy! The tank is looking good! Everything is back to normal. I will try to take new photos of the tank this weekend. All my fish /livestock are well. I added a Naso tang ( and by far my favorite fish in my tank! He's not shy ! And he runs the show!! ) and a boxer shrimp since. The shrimp recently molted. I was just at my lfs today and they were all asking about the tank and the recovery... Let's just hope that this tank will not leak! I think I am paranoided now, everytime I get home from work,the first ting I will do is look at my tank to make sure there is still water in it.. It's that stupid... LOL...
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daugherty
part time reefer
i would be doing the same thing that is always my fear comming home to my tank all over the floor
Alexander
Reef enthusiast
Im glad to hear things are going well. Cool that you got a naso. wonderful fish!
Sxybeemr325
Reefing newb
Hello everyone! Well, here are some follow up photos, 1 year after I came home to a leaking fishtank.... I thought I'd post some photos of my tank now. I also recently removed my green serpent star (death star), my boxer shrimp and my lunar wrasse. All 3 were returned to my LFS:^::mrgreen:. I added 2 zebra gobies (but 1 jumped out of my tank and I found it dry on the carpet!:frustrat:). I purchased some egg crate shortly after and decided to cover my tank. Lesson learned! I replaced the green death star for a peaceful one:bowdown:! I also added another Aqua C Remora Pro skimmer(I now have 2 remora pro skimmers), removed my wet/dry filtrer, and got a RO/DI system. Ive been using the Ro/Di water for about a month now and wow! What an improvement already!!
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Sxybeemr325
Reefing newb
dcantucson
Reef pro
Your tank looks super.
reeffreak
Reef pro
Your live rock arrangement looks great and the foxface looks CRAZY!
VAreef
Reefing newb
Wow I'm not sure why your name is sxybeemr but that sure is one sexy lookin tank.
Bluespace
Reefing newb
Awesome tank!
d2mini
Reef enthusiast
Looks great!
SeattleDarko
REEFER
Your tank looks great you have come a long way!
