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Looks really nice! A display all by itself
 
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I am not a patient person. Through many failures I did not QT. I have mainly been into fish until a few years ago when I tried the corals out. When I got my larger fish only tank years ago I changed that. I now QT pretty heavy. I tend to do a minimum of 2 months, but often 3-6 months depending on the source of the fish and how things go. In short, once a fish gets into the larger tank, it is up to the fish and mother nature on how it goes. So, I try to eliminate pests and disease and get them eating well. Then there is compatibility, sometimes just a role of the dice. It is such a pain (especially smaller fish ) to catch once in the display...it is every fish for themselves. Larger fish you can catch with some creativity.

One of the issues I have had with QT is that I am not able to keep a healthy bacteria population for filtration. The meds just do their damage. Doing frequent water changes was a pain...hence I cut corners. I created this QT area. For each tank, I hit a red button and it pumps water our into my sink tub. Around the corner is my fresh salt water, I turn a valve and new water is put in. I just did two 15% water changes in 5 min....no hose....no bucket....hands did not get wet. Just two buttons and a couple valves. Makes my wiliness to do QT much easier.


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I have been in the process of putting things back together in the fish room. I will share some live good pictures soon. Only open item right now is if I want to upgrade refugium
 
Very clean, I like it. Especially the accent rug very nice touch.
 

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