Oh
That was risky business. I know the tank looks really yellow and stuff
It's actually because I'm just using a temporary light to light the tank
But I think I upset somebody and somebody else is hungry. All right, guys your new home is ready today
We're moving out the lionfish as well as the snowflake eel. Their home is ready
But first we need to move out all of the rock to the new tank
Let me show you how far I've gotten with that. I got it all done today
I started it off by adding in the lighting as you guys can see for those that follow me on instagram
We already know about most of this. But anyways, the lighting is added on I took these off of the existing saltwater aquarium
That's out. There. These are the HD aqua lumen HD primes
I've got them set to 12,000 kelvins, which is their color spectrum and only using about
25% power I think this is gonna look really nice. I can manipulate them. However, I want creating shadowing effects and whatnot
I
started this out by filling the tank up with
Some temperature appropriate water, then of course adding in the salt brought it to the proper salinity and measured it using a hydrometer
This one here. In fact, I'll show you guys how I've done this before
Once I had the salinity, correct, I added in the sand which was a complete mess. I don't know if I like this sand yet
There's a couple things I like and don't like one. I really like the texture of it. We take a closer look here
It's got a bunch of crushed coral here. I'll help buff for the water
Some finer grain sand some larger far more natural than what I'm already using but it comes at a cost
This stuff is gonna be far messier. It's easier to blow it around. However, I think the snowflake eel will enjoy it
So we're gonna stick with it
Next thing I did of course was finish up all of the sump equipment
Now it's a mess in here, but you're gonna get the idea. I really need to clean up these cords
I will be installing a light. That's what that's for. Just to make it easier in here at night. We've got the two Ecotec
battery backup one will be for the
Ecotech pump one is for the Ecotech wave maker, which is installed right here. I've got it on Lagoon mode, I believe and the
controllers attach to the side
This will look a lot much better and I can actually use this space once I clean up these wires
But again, I just did everything today then of course the sump. Let's take a look over here.
I still need to fill up the auto top off for the evaporation. That's definitely going to occur. This sump is
Up and running, but I did have to add in a heater
I went ahead and added in a 500 watt titanium heater. The controller is just right up there. This is messy again
It's just getting set up today. I'll make it pretty here in the future
I took the skimmer off the tank outside and I brought it in here
Unfortunately, I forgot I can't really be running it with the bacteria
I temporarily added at about 200 gallons worth so I can't run the skimmer for 24 hours. No big deal
Just wanted to get it in here. I used a little
empty ice cream container to prop it up though because it needs to be under about 7 to 8 inches of water and this is
10 inches ice cream container was full at the time. I had to eat almost the entire thing (poor boy) I know
Rough life pump is over here though. Everything is set up ready to go
Next thing we're gonna do is add in the rock
So let's go grab that so you might be wondering how am I going to possibly be able to add in the fish?
Right away and the answer is quite simple
Not only am I using all of the rock in there, but we've seeded it with live bacteria. That should be enough
I'm not gonna feed the fish for a few days and I'll keep an eye on water quality in the meantime
Of course, the Sharks are going to need something. So what will remain in their sump is all of that cycled media
We originally put in there, doing just fine. That'll be just enough for these two little babies now
We're gonna also add I'm not looking forward to moving the fish though. Again. This is a venomous fish. It's rumored to be that the
Snowflake eel is venomous as well?
I did have a bit of an algae growth break out here for two reasons one
I went and left went ahead and left the window open which shines directly on the tank and
For the past couple weeks. I skipped the water change and this is the results. Yeah easy fix. No worries
the biggest problem that I'm gonna have here when moving these rocks is I've created such a friendly lionfish and I've associated my hands with
Food so much that he is not going to leave me alone, I'm definitely going need to be very cautious
Oh
Those risky business. I know the tank looks really yellow and stuff
It's actually because I'm just using a temporary light to light the tank, but I think I upset somebody and somebody else is hungry
I'm just glad I figured out to use a net to keep them back Oh man
I need to think things through better before I stuck my hands in these tanks. Okay, all the rock is in the house
Let's see if we can replicate what we had earlier
Every time we add in rocks it displaces the water
Water level rises and eventually, we're gonna plug that sump so we need to remove some as we add the rock also
I don't think I'm going to come anywhere close to replicating what we had previously
I don't know. I don't know. I don't love it, but I don't hate it. You guys know me
I'll probably end up doing some more to it. I really liked the old 'scape better
But this is the same amount of rock and it looks like so much more doesn't it?
hmm
Lots of room to swim around
The tank's a little cloudy now.
I don't know what do you guys think? Do you like it, hate it I know it kind of looks kind of symmetrical
But I did want the lionfish to have plenty of room up top in front
I needed the snowflake eel to have plenty of room
It feels crowded and I don't feel depth with this. So I'm gonna change it in the future
I just don't have a tremendous amount of time right now. Gotta get these fish moving
I've got to get this set up because tomorrow I'm heading to New York for Reef-Apalooza. You see on Saturday
I'm speaking at 2:30 for those that know I'll see you there for those that don't know and want to grab some tickets and, uh,
See the talk. I'll leave a link in the description below. You know, I don't mind the 'scape. I don't mind it
I'm definitely gonna make some changes, but I think the thing that's bothering me
is that it's so level.
So level
um,
Other than that I
Don't know I'm gonna have to change it let me know what you guys think in the comment section below. All right
Now we've got to move the fish. But before I do that, I've really got to clean this tank
Do a massive water change, then I'm gonna move over the lionfish as well as the snowflake eel to their new home
I'll have to acclimate them and whatnot. I'm just running out of time tonight
And then we're going to release the Sharks into the aquarium
You join me this coming Sunday or early next week something along those lines
I'll have that video for you guys. If you're not subscribed to this channel, you don't want to miss that make sure that you do