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Bill,
Have you tried feeding the CBB PE Mysis? Mine eats it with such gusto I can hear the slurping through 3/8" glass! I too have been following Paul B.'s advice on the blackworms. AbFish stocks them all the time, they are pretty cheap on a per-feeding basis, and they last a long time in the fridge. And much less disgusting than tubifex. I have a really sophisticated method for feeding them. I pick them up with a fork, spaghetti-style, and swirl it in the tank. The CBB and the yellow longnose do love those things, you only have to see how they eat them to realize they are worm specialists. The whole worm diappears in a single gulp. The other fish eat them, but don't get as excited as the butterflies! They eat their fill of the live ones and then scour the tank looking for any that have fallen to the rocks or substrate.
Have you tried feeding the CBB PE Mysis? Mine eats it with such gusto I can hear the slurping through 3/8" glass! I too have been following Paul B.'s advice on the blackworms. AbFish stocks them all the time, they are pretty cheap on a per-feeding basis, and they last a long time in the fridge. And much less disgusting than tubifex. I have a really sophisticated method for feeding them. I pick them up with a fork, spaghetti-style, and swirl it in the tank. The CBB and the yellow longnose do love those things, you only have to see how they eat them to realize they are worm specialists. The whole worm diappears in a single gulp. The other fish eat them, but don't get as excited as the butterflies! They eat their fill of the live ones and then scour the tank looking for any that have fallen to the rocks or substrate.
PE Mysis is very concentrated, there is basically no pack juice. The PE Mysis are 3-4 times larger than regular Hikari mysis, so large that my yellowlongnose cannot swallow one hole and has to kind of pick it apart. The downsides to it is that its oiliness kills skimming for a long time, and it is naturally rich in tank pollutants (maybe phosphates) so if you don't use it sparingly you can really encourage macroalgae and cyano, something I suffered with in my old 58G.
Some quick updates.
Added an EcoTech Marine MP40w and removed the 4 maxijets. I'm running lagoon mode at about 1/3 speed. Corals are doing great and I do see better but still gentle flow in many areas that needed more. I wish it was a bit quieter though. Maybe it's taking a bit longer to break in since I run it much slower than most folks would.
Still feeding blackworms and everyone is now addicted to them. Also tried some fish roe this week. I added PE mysis to the frozen food mix and it's a big hit with the fish who can handle them. PE mysis are larger than Hikari and the other common brands.
Added a Leopard Wrasse and a Sharknose Goby. Went the risky no-quarantine route again. So far so good. I do still see a random spot from time to time, but no outbreak since the one a few months ago.
I added my Octopus NW150 to the setup. I wasn't keeping an eye on it under the somewhat neglected 75. Now that it is in the 180's sump it's kept clean, dialed in and its cranking out nasties! I put the AquaC Remora on the 75 and I can see the collection cup easily as I walk by.
Added an EcoTech Marine MP40w and removed the 4 maxijets. I'm running lagoon mode at about 1/3 speed. Corals are doing great and I do see better but still gentle flow in many areas that needed more. I wish it was a bit quieter though. Maybe it's taking a bit longer to break in since I run it much slower than most folks would.
Still feeding blackworms and everyone is now addicted to them. Also tried some fish roe this week. I added PE mysis to the frozen food mix and it's a big hit with the fish who can handle them. PE mysis are larger than Hikari and the other common brands.
Added a Leopard Wrasse and a Sharknose Goby. Went the risky no-quarantine route again. So far so good. I do still see a random spot from time to time, but no outbreak since the one a few months ago.
I added my Octopus NW150 to the setup. I wasn't keeping an eye on it under the somewhat neglected 75. Now that it is in the 180's sump it's kept clean, dialed in and its cranking out nasties! I put the AquaC Remora on the 75 and I can see the collection cup easily as I walk by.
Ours took a little while to start cleaning, but when they do it is hysterical to watch. The other fish can have great reactions to the little guy jumping all over them. You can also pair them up (hermaphodites) which always adds a bit of action before they pair up. They chase each other all over the tank.
Wow, Bill! Your tank looks amazing. I just love everything about it. 