Luxo’s Lair - Reviving the Fluval 13.5

Sharkbait19 · Aug 25, 2023

Hello!
I’m sure many of you have grown acquainted with Luxo the lunatic, the clownfish infamous for many fish deaths over the years. As of recent, she’s been very well behaved in the 40 Breeder setup. However, while on vacation, multiple fish of mine mysteriously vanished. While I was 99% sure my angelfish was the problem and hence removed him, there’s still 1% of me that is hesitant on restocking the 40B while there’s a clownfish in there with a rather shady past. Thus, in order to provide a 100% peaceful environment in the 40B, I’m moving Luxo back to where it all began, along with her mate, Sharkbait. I’ll also move a BTA over there from the 40B after a couple weeks of cycling (which shouldn’t take terribly long since a lot of media and rocks are from my current tank).

The future inhabitants:

Most of the rockwork will involve corals that have died in the past. Certainly the most expensive scaping ever!

Nice 20 gallon stands seem hard to come by these days, so I wound up buying a 29 gallon stand.

I look forward to posting future updates soon!

Mschmidt · Aug 25, 2023

Hey look! I've never been the first before!

Sharkbait19 · Aug 25, 2023

All set up!

Nano_Man · Aug 26, 2023

Looking good just the start of your journey

Sharkbait19 · Aug 27, 2023

With the addition of some dry rock and some rocks carried over from the 40B, the scape is good to go!

JoJosReef · Aug 27, 2023

I hope we're all here in 20 years with Luxo still the tyrannical queen of her Evo!

Sharkbait19 · Aug 27, 2023

That’s the goal - she would be one of the longest living occys out of pure spite…

Sharkbait19 · Sep 9, 2023

As the cycling and ugly stages progress, I’ve added some mushroom corals and zoanthids over from the other tank!

Sharkbait19 · Sep 18, 2023

I’ve added one of the anemones from the 40B, which unfortunately moved to a spot rather difficult to observe. It seems to be doing well, though!

Sharkbait19 · Sep 19, 2023

The clownfish have been moved in!

Sharkbait19 · Sep 25, 2023

Added some more inverts to the cleanup crew, as well as a Pom Pom crab for fun!

Sharkbait19 · Sep 25, 2023

The shrimp died for some reason (might have been stressed from the shipping, which took 5 days due to weather delays). It’s a shame since it wound up having eggs too, so it would’ve been interesting if it managed to successfully lay them.

Sharkbait19 · Nov 24, 2023

Some updates! Added three new brittle stars along with a gobstopper zoanthid!

08TRDOFFROAD · Dec 3, 2023

Tagging along!

I have had a pair of true perc's going on 13 years. I am in the process of a 60 gal cube build. Been debating whether or not they will be moved to the 60 or put in a future WB20 I plan to aquire and set up in my bedroom for very similar reasons. My female perc shares some unfortunate traits with Luxo...their only other tank mate currently is a royal gramma that hides from her 99% of the time.

Sharkbait19 · Dec 25, 2023

Merry Christmas, everyone!
I got a brand new random flow generator to help with the tank’s water movement. So far it seems to have a very positive effect on the overall current.

08TRDOFFROAD · Dec 25, 2023

Sharkbait19 said:
Merry Christmas, everyone!
I got a brand new random flow generator to help with the tank’s water movement. So far it seems to have a very positive effect on the overall current.

Merry Christmas! I'm trying these for the first time on my new 60 build. I have heard nothing but good about them!

Sharkbait19 · Feb 26, 2024

Been a while since last update! So the tank saw an ungodly amount of hair algae as well as nearly every coral bleaching in the tank. Turns out that the timer was all out of whack and was on for four hours longer than it should be! With that fixed, maybe I can stop inexplicably having problems in the tank!!

Sharkbait19 · Mar 9, 2024

Been quite a week for the tank. I had to remove Sharkbait on account to a nasty injury to his throat. He began to breathe very heavily and his gills looked rather red. I decided to quarantine him for a bit and treat with kanamycin, which fortunately worked very well! I hope Luxo isn’t beginning to get nasty with her partner, because that would be yet another tank I’d need to set up!!

I also decided to move my euphyllia from the 40B into this tank (as they were closing up a ton in there), and it turns out that the Fluval is a very good environment for them! I ran water tests, and it seems that the tank has excellent alkalinity readings, unlike the 40B which has massive swings. So whatever’s going on in the Fluval is clearly working very well!

08TRDOFFROAD · Mar 9, 2024

Sharkbait19 said:
Been quite a week for the tank. I had to remove Sharkbait on account to a nasty injury to his throat. He began to breathe very heavily and his gills looked rather red. I decided to quarantine him for a bit and treat with kanamycin, which fortunately worked very well! I hope Luxo isn’t beginning to get nasty with her partner, because that would be yet another tank I’d need to set up!!

I also decided to move my euphyllia from the 40B into this tank (as they were closing up a ton in there), and it turns out that the Fluval is a very good environment for them! I ran water tests, and it seems that the tank has excellent alkalinity readings, unlike the 40B which has massive swings. So whatever’s going on in the Fluval is clearly working very well!