The reefer's deep blue build

Yea I recieved the snails in 5 days. I was emailing John from reefcleaners about them and he kept telling me that they will b fine. He just told me to acclimate them by floating them in the bag and then put them in. That was a bad idea. Turns out more than half of the snails were dead. I did a 10g wc, put prime, and added ALOT of carbon but it wasn't enough. I trusted John since he would know more of his cuc. This was a lesson learned the hard way but I should of followed my gut and I shouldn't have put them in.
 
Why'd it take 5 days for shipping? I've ordered before and get it in a day or two. priority mail is 2-3 days. He won't ship on Fridays so they don't sit over the weekend. Is this what happened?
 
Nope I ordered on Monday night, it got shipped priority mail on Wednesday and arrived Monday morning. Idk y he waited till Wednesday to ship.
 
Well its been around 9 weeks and my tank has been fallow. im ready to add fish. so ive bought a mccosker flasher wrasse,ora sharknose goby, and the smallest midas blenny i have ever seen. right now they are in qt. (thanks beto) i will add them after 30 days of qt. Im also gonna b going to see mitch for some clowns hopefully this weekend or next. That will b all the fish i will add (mayb lol).
Ive added a couple coral and 1 sps. so far they r doing great.

The only thing that is bothering me is the d@mn diatoms. i know they will go away eventually but im just tired of looking at them lol. I know patience is a big part of this hobby so i will wait it out. right now I have nothing to show in the tank so this is pic of how the tank looks in the room.

thanks

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What a story.... awesome build, beautiful fish, the heartache, and now the recovery... hope its better for you second time around
 
frostyjay1 said:
What a story.... awesome build, beautiful fish, the heartache, and now the recovery... hope its better for you second time around
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lol! thanks. i was ready to throw in the towel. But thanks to my wife and sum reefers here on cr, I've been able to keep my head up and not quit. This hobby has its up's and down's but i enjoy it so im staying with it. Time has past and now im getting ready for the fun part. Adding fish and corals! :rock:
 
FINALLY! After 10 weeks of the tank being fallow I have my first fishes back in.

First my mcCosker flasher wrasse
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Next is my Ora sharknose goby
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And the smallest Midas blenny I have ever seen
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