Dixie's 36 bowfront

[dixiegirl21191]

Started this build a little while ago and figured it was time to post here. The tank has a 20 gal sump and my husbands 14 gal zero edge plumbed into it for added stability for both tanks.

Stock list:
Encrusting hydnophora
Kryptonite candy cane
Pink candy
Red and green candy
Hollywood stunner chalice
Torch
Frogspawn
Pink hammer
Duncan
Plate
Pink and green birdsnest
Green slimer acro
Blasto
3 mollies

 

[dixiegirl21191]

 

[Sakura2282]

Nice corals.

 

[Aquarian]

Love the Mollies. You don't see them very often:)

 

[Marinne13]

Never seen mollies before!!! Props

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Thanks, they are temporary in here though. Acclimated them myself, 2 drops a minute until the salinity matched the tank. They eat all kinds of nasty things, thats why i like them. Good little tank cleaners.

 

[Shep]

O.o Mollies as in the ones you find in fresh water tanks?! But also your tank looks awesome!

 

[Aquarian]

Yes fresh water mollies can be acclimated to brackish and salt water.

 

[Shep]

I had no idea, that is freaking awesome lol

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Yes! Mollies in the wild travel from fresh to saltwater. They are very hardy little fish.

 

[Shep]

So how hard is it to acclimate them to the salt? Also once you have them in the tank is there anything different you have to do compared to a normal saltwater fish?

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Its not hard at all. Just put them and all of the freshwater they came in in a container and start a drip acclamation at about 2 drips a second. It took me an afternoon to do it. Take out some water every now and then so the salinity can get the same as your tank. The first night, i put them in the sump just in case one doesn't make it. That way I know where it is instead of getting stuck behind the rocks. If they make it through the night then your pretty safe and can put them in the display.

 

[dixiegirl21191]

One word......diatoms....... :confused:

 

[dixiegirl21191]

A few coral pics

And my crown jewel! I have never found another blasto like this. Bought it with only 4 heads a year ago!

 

[AnthonyTheNewbie]

Looks really nice :)

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Well my female balloon molly died. I'm pretty sure my male harassed her to death so I moved him to another tank. I still have my silver molly in here, added my zebra dart fish, and got this stunning McCosker's flasher wrasse yesterday!

 

[Aquarian]

That's one HOT wrass!

 

[dixiegirl21191]

Thanks! He's definitely a show stopper.