4’x2’x2’ build… The Dragons’ Forest

[i cant think]

Well I see a CBB

He still chills around the tank
This photo pretty much explains him, always in plain sight but still mysterious.

 

[Dave1993]

He still chills around the tank
This photo pretty much explains him, always in plain sight but still mysterious.

i was going to get a CBB but they had none in stock so i got a powder blue instead

 

[i cant think]

i was going to get a CBB but they had none in stock so i got a powder blue instead

Honestly, I do wish I went with a Forcipiger longirostris sometimes but that’s just me loving their incredibly long nose and the fin shape.
Also, you guys will get a new FTS later

 

[Dave1993]

so TOP have messaged back and said they might have a pink streak in QT that will be coming into store in the next week r 2

 

[i cant think]

Well, I nearly lost one of my big mother ricordea’s. This guy decided it was going to up and leave its spot in a rock, which left a huge open part in the middle of the Ricordea rock.
unfortunately, he got stuck in my wave maker and started to get shredded. Luckily, I saw this occur and it hadn’t shredded completely.
Now I’ve just put him on a rock in hopes he recovers nicely.

And there is some flesh on the wave maker still.

 

[i cant think]

On a happier note, this guy still loves life in the reef and hasn’t gone rogue

 

[i cant think]

I talk about it a lot but rarely show it… Here is my gorgeous mother sponge that throws out some of those paler sponges in the sump. Below that is also a bright yellow sponge which you can kind of see in the photo

@Miami Reef youll like this update as I know you love clams and sponges like me.

 

[crusso1993]

Well, I nearly lost one of my big mother ricordea’s. This guy decided it was going to up and leave its spot in a rock, which left a huge open part in the middle of the Ricordea rock.
unfortunately, he got stuck in my wave maker and started to get shredded. Luckily, I saw this occur and it hadn’t shredded completely.
Now I’ve just put him on a rock in hopes he recovers nicely.

And there is some flesh on the wave maker still.

Happy you were there when the almost-unfortunate-wave maker incident happened. Lucky as these types of things usually, as part of Murthy’s law, happen when one is away on a trip!

 

[i cant think]

Happy you were there when the almost-unfortunate-wave maker incident happened. Lucky as these types of things usually, as part of Murthy’s law, happen when one is away on a trip!

I’m now hoping no other yuma legs it off of the rocks, I was incredibly lucky as that one yuma wasn’t small either, it was one of my 6-8” mothers (I think it was one of the 6” ones) and could’ve resulted in a crash of corals.

 

[crusso1993]

I’m now hoping no other yuma legs it off of the rocks, I was incredibly lucky as that one yuma wasn’t small either, it was one of my 6-8” mothers (I think it was one of the 6” ones) and could’ve resulted in a crash of corals.

At that size, I do believe it would have had a big negative impact. Lucky!

 

[i cant think]

At that size, I do believe it would have had a big negative impact. Lucky!

I will say, now that ricordea has moved off the rock he has revealed atleast 6 babies with 4 being almost microscopic.

 

[crusso1993]

Hey… who’s this @Dave1993 dude? I like the 1993 reference but I have a sneaking suspicion his “1993” is much different than mine. My 1993 stands for the first year I got myself a permanent email address. Prior to that the addresses I had were all hosted by companies that went belly up. Anyone here remember Q-Link? It was the precursor to AOL. Yep, I’m THAT old!

 

[Dave1993]

Hey… who’s this @Dave1993 dude? I like the 1993 reference but I have a sneaking suspicion his “1993” is much different than mine. My 1993 stands for the first year I got myself a permanent email address. Prior to that the addresses I had were all hosted by companies that went belly up. Anyone here remember Q-Link? It was the precursor to AOL. Yep, I’m THAT old!

1993 was the year i was born lol

 

[crusso1993]

1993 was the year i was born lol

I suspected that but didn’t want to make any assumptions, young stud!

 

[Tcook]

I need more ideas for Corals to look for…

So far I have;
- More Yuma colours to mix in
- Sarcophyton elegans
- and 4 Frags of SPS growing in my nano.

One thing to remember is;
This is a Mixed Reef but also it has risky fish when it comes to corals

I recommend S. elegans. Want to replace mine. Fiji is open for fish. Hopefully Walt Smith gets his permit reinstated.

 

[Tcook]

I mean, you’re not wrong haha.
LPS and Softies mix well together most of the time but when you have a Trachy just thrown in the middle, it detracts from the rest of the group! Mixing everything in with eachother makes it seem nicer in my eyes haha.

My trachy attracts

 

[i cant think]

My trachy attracts

See, I did that in 2 reef tanks… both times it just took the eye away from the other corals. When someone like you has a trachy it merges perfectly

 

[Tcook]

CHECK YOUR THERMOMETERS! I thought the water in my sump felt cool for 78. Used my calibration thermometer and it was 76! Darn Apex probes lose calibration and I have 2!

 

[i cant think]

CHECK YOUR THERMOMETERS! I thought the water in my sump felt cool for 78. Used my calibration thermometer and it was 76! Darn Apex probes lose calibration and I have 2!

Definitely do - My temp sits at 75-77 every time I check

 

[i cant think]

Since I did say I’d get an FTS out… Here you go!
Again, this FTS is slightly more out dated unfortunately.