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Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« on: May 07, 2018, 02:48:15 »
Here is the current tank:









These are in quarantine and just waiting to go in:




http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH0-4pS-EKI82WqeeWOrvdQ/videos?view_as=subscriber

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2018, 18:22:55 »
The Yellow Tang and Coral Beauty in my super fancy acclimation boxes:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2018, 16:34:34 »
Vids of the two new additions feeding with the others:




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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2018, 02:56:03 »
My Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty and my Wrasse  :o all chomping on Seaweed:




I had a left handed hermit that I hadn't seen in a month or two and he came out about a week ago sporting a MUCH LARGER shell and has clearly grown:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2018, 00:16:03 »
Great stuff, love it when you get surprises like the hermit.

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2018, 14:30:20 »
Well, a lot has happened since my last post.  My Yellow Tang turned into a monumental butthead towards my Coral Beauty and actually took a chunk out of the tip of it's lower fin and was starting to hit it with it's scalpel.  I gave it the boot.  I tried sourcing a Pyramid Butterflyfish and found one, but it died within 24 hours of reaching the LFS (suppliers fault as they delayed shipping).  After not being able to source another Pyramid, I pulled the trigger on a One Spot Foxface.  I also added a juvie Blue Star Leopard Wrasse:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2018, 21:53:42 »
Species Spotlight on the Coral Beauty: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2018, 18:43:03 »
Species Spotlight:  The Blue Star Leopard Wrasse


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2018, 17:49:39 »
Spotlight on the One Spot Foxface, soon to be followed by the Melanurus Wrasse:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2018, 19:26:46 »
The Melanurus Wrasse:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2018, 13:41:03 »
The Pajama Cardinalfish:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2018, 15:32:41 »
Needed more bio-filtration so I added a CF Grow LED and some Chaeto to my sump: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2018, 20:05:51 »
Black Friday Frags:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2018, 12:36:53 »
An overview of the Fighting Conch Snail: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2018, 12:38:26 »
An update of my Chaeto Growth using the CF Grow Bulb: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2018, 15:55:22 »
A review of the Caribsea Life Rock and weighing Pros and Cons as compared to Dry Rock and Live Rock:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2018, 11:32:16 »
Color Development update as my Melanurus Wrasse begins it's transition from Juvie to Adult (still has a ways to go): 



For drastic comparison here it was in August of 2017:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2019, 20:57:51 »
Coral Growth Update: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2019, 15:44:10 »
4 indispensable cheap tools for the hobby: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2019, 18:22:23 »
Melanurus Wrasse continues it's transition the dorsal fin spot is almost gone: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #20 on: February 07, 2019, 15:56:03 »
Noticed that last night that my pod population is building up: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #21 on: February 26, 2019, 13:00:56 »
Trying out some new algae eaters in the tank.  Saltwater acclimated black mollies: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2019, 11:48:33 »
Recently tried Flucanozole.  Take a look at the Coral Growth video above and then compare it below to see the effects.  The video below was after a single dose and letting it sit for a month with no water changes, then followed by a 20 gallon water change and waiting for a week. 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #23 on: March 05, 2019, 16:53:38 »
Growth Update on my Zoanthid that I got as a Freebee on Black Friday.  It was just a single tiny polyp but it has grown out and colored up as well as sending out new polyps now: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #24 on: March 06, 2019, 17:43:32 »
Very noice

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #25 on: March 11, 2019, 21:39:30 »
Thanks.

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #26 on: March 12, 2019, 18:47:50 »
An Update on my Saltwater Molly Algae Eater Experiment:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #27 on: March 27, 2019, 16:45:30 »
Really want one of these:



My Wrasse has lost it's dorsal fin spot as it continues it's transition:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #28 on: March 27, 2019, 17:22:07 »
Love the Melanurus and  the Lubbock's shouldn't be too hard to find. I love the fairy wrasses, just added a pintail and already had an orange back, both have lots of color and character.

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #29 on: April 16, 2019, 18:42:23 »
The Lubbock's isn't hard to find.  My LFS seems to get them in every few weeks.  I am just hesitant to have one as my well established Melanurus already gives my Blue Star Leopard Wrasse a hard time. 

Anyways here is an overview and an update of my 90 gallon tank:




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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2019, 17:35:42 »
Review of the Eheim Jager Tank Heater:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #31 on: May 02, 2019, 14:06:39 »
Review of the Hydor Koralia 3rd Gen Powerheads:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #32 on: May 09, 2019, 15:38:31 »
Another Euphyllia Frag, Couldn't pass up the color or the price ($20):


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #33 on: May 24, 2019, 20:04:09 »
Individual Coral Spotlights:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2019, 20:05:13 »
The Green and Purple Branching Hammer:



 

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #35 on: June 01, 2019, 16:15:33 »
Spotlight on the Grape Coral:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #36 on: June 07, 2019, 20:27:02 »
My Biggest Frag:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #37 on: June 07, 2019, 20:28:07 »
Update and Spotlight on the Green and Purple Tip Frogspawn Coral Frag:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #38 on: July 06, 2019, 16:14:54 »
Feeding Time:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #39 on: July 06, 2019, 16:15:25 »
Emerald Crab:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #40 on: July 13, 2019, 18:54:55 »
Fish Behavioral Experiment: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #41 on: July 19, 2019, 15:48:50 »
Tried a similar experiment with my Wrasses: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #42 on: July 20, 2019, 19:12:39 »
Foxface cleans the inside of my seaweed clip for me:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #43 on: August 09, 2019, 22:58:31 »
Happy 2 year anniversary to my Melanurus Wrasse. 

Here it is as a very young juvie in August 2017:



Here it is now in August 2019:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #44 on: August 23, 2019, 15:21:37 »
Pajama Cardinalfish 1.5 years later:



Here is what he looked like when I first added him along with my AI Hydra 26HD lights:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #45 on: August 23, 2019, 15:23:42 »
One year update on both my Blue Star Leopard Wrasse and One Spot Foxface:





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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #46 on: September 09, 2019, 16:20:51 »
1 year update on my Coral Beauty Dwarf Angel: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #47 on: September 11, 2019, 11:46:06 »
Frogspawn wasn't doing well so we moved it out a bit and it seems to have bounced back nicely:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #48 on: September 18, 2019, 23:32:49 »
Review of the 300 watt Aquatop Tank Heater: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #49 on: September 23, 2019, 20:18:56 »
Not all fun and games:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #50 on: October 08, 2019, 00:36:07 »
Update on the little Zoanthid Polyp I got for free:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #51 on: October 08, 2019, 00:36:37 »
Pod population update:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #52 on: October 08, 2019, 00:37:03 »
Bumblebee Snail additions:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #53 on: November 18, 2019, 20:34:06 »
Finally found an algae eating invert that my Melanurus Wrasse won't eat:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #54 on: November 18, 2019, 20:34:41 »
Just couldn't pass up this beautiful fish:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #55 on: November 26, 2019, 23:32:00 »
Can't believe I have had this guy for almost 2 years now, he has gotten huge:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #56 on: December 05, 2019, 20:37:10 »
Wife was nice enough to get this for me at my LFS' Black Friday Sale while I was at work:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #57 on: December 16, 2019, 15:51:17 »
2 New Frogspawn Frags:





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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #58 on: January 13, 2020, 22:01:39 »
Had to evict my Long Spined Urchin.  Getting too big and bulldozed a well established and well glued Frogspawn Colony. 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #59 on: January 13, 2020, 22:33:42 »
I love long spine urchins, but they sure make a mess.

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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #60 on: January 20, 2020, 17:24:53 »
Yup, had to give it the boot, but did replace it with this guy:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #61 on: February 07, 2020, 00:03:15 »
Felt that the first vid didn't do a good job showing the purple tips mixed in with the green.  It has grown some since being added.  Here it is more clearly visible now:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #62 on: February 17, 2020, 19:37:30 »
90 gallon overview and update part 2:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #63 on: March 18, 2020, 20:12:56 »
My Son teaching My Daughter how to communicate with the Aquatic Life:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #64 on: March 23, 2020, 18:12:11 »
Going to be experimenting with Reef Roids and documenting the impact on my 90 gallon reef.  Here is the before overview: 


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #65 on: April 06, 2020, 19:54:30 »
New Duncan Frag:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #66 on: April 20, 2020, 21:46:35 »
Reef Roids experiment after a couple of doses:


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Re: Jester's 90 gallon upgrade
« Reply #67 on: May 09, 2020, 17:36:01 »
Stunning new Indo Trachyphillia:


 

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