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[Lebowski_]

Welcome folks, this is my IM 25g Lagoon build.



This started as a shroom lagoon, but it turns out I suck at keep shrooms lol. It's been converted into a mixed reef. Trying to cover the entire bottom in frag discs and Zoas to use as trade ins.

Here is my other tank, which is now being transitioned into an anemone cube. This tank was shut down.

Equipment:

• Aquarium: Innovative Marine 25g Lagoon
• Lights: 2 x AI Prime 16HD
• Wavemaker: Nero 3
• Skimmer: Bubble Magus MiniQ
• Heaters: 100w + 50w presets
• ATO: Reefbreeder's Prism

Fish:

• Ocellaris Clown (wild)

Coral

SPS:

• Acro: Mayagi Tort
• Acro: Pacman
• Acro: Staghorn green x 2
• Birdsnest: Teal
• Birdsnest: Ponape
• Birdsnest: Bright Green
• Birdsnest: Seriatopora Hystrix
• Birdsnest: Pink Hysterix
• Hydnophora: JF Limelight
• Leptoseris: Mr. Freeze
• Montipora spongodes
• Montipora: Sunset
• Pavona: Catcus green
• Pavona: Freak Hair

LPS

• Acans x 2
• Chalice: Hollywood Stunner
• Goniopora: Hot pink
• Euphyllia: Torches x 2
• Euphyllia: Hammers x 3
• Euphyllia: Frogspawn
• Leptastrea: John Deere
• Favia: Watermelon

Softies

• Cloves: Fireworks
• Leather: Finger green w/brown tentacles
• Pulsing Xenia
• Mushrooms: Discosoma x 3 varieties
• Mushrooms: Rhodactis x 4 varieties
• Mushrooms: Ricordia Yuma Orange
• Sarcophyton Toadstool w/green tentacles
• Zoanthids
  • Basic red, green and yellow
  • Sunny D's
  • Frozen Apples
  • Illuminatti
  • Rastas
  • Utter Chaos
  • Red People Eaters
  • Rainbow Incinerators
  • Nirvana
  • Rainbow Infusion
  • Jungle Juice

Inverts

• Nassarius snails, Astrea snails, Trochus snails, Blue and Scarlett hermits
• Bubbletip Anemone
• Fire/Blood Shrimp

June 2023


May 2023


April 2023

 

[Lebowski_]

A few notes for today....

Going to start moving some of the LPS over today. Going slow, hardiest first. Nero 3 also coming over from the nem cube.

Right now, my female clown is in this tank due to a nasty divorce. You can see the thread here.

Tonight's job is to crush up some LR and sprinkle it on the front to provide a bed for the mushrooms.

Toadstool hasn't opened in a few days. Hoping it's just being a leather, maybe shedding? Not much I can do, just going to keep my hands off.

 

[Lebowski_]

Morning tour

 

[Rennurdoar]

Looking good! Looking forward to seeing it grow!

 

[Sleeping Giant]

looks great

 

[Lebowski_]

Lots of changes.

I originally bought this tank to be me 2nd tank, to go along with my 15g anemone cube. Almost immediately, though, it felt like I was splitting my time, energy, money and interest between the two. It didn’t take long to realize I don’t really want 2 tanks right now. So I ended up moving the Prime 16, the anemones, and the livestock all to the 25 lagoon.

Aquascape changed to better house the anemones - I now have one island with coral, and one dedicated to the anemones (who love to move!). My 15g cube has been handed over to my wife who is a plant guru, for her first attempt at a planted shrimp/guppy tank. Still needs more plants and some driftwood but the pic below shows she’s off to a great start!

 

[Lebowski_]

Sunset

 

[iamacat]

Looking like there’s room for more

 

[Lebowski_]

Looking like there’s room for more

 

[LRT]

Do it

 

[Lebowski_]

Anemones are fascinating - here’s my BTA “Bertha”, she’s snaked her way through all the tiny crevices in the LR for the night.

I can see why new owners freak out and want to break about their rocks. A little claustrophobic.

 

[Lebowski_]

Euphy garden starting to grow out.

I don’t know why, but all of my mushrooms just aren’t too happy. I think maybe I ramped up the lighting too fast. This green citrus was an absolute gem when I first added it. Now it’s sad.

 

[Lebowski_]

Of course the nems decided to go on their daily adventure and the big boy made the leap across to the coral island.

I guess that means operation: anemone island has failed.

 

[OneZenReefer]

Very nice set up.

 

[Lebowski_]

I just couldn’t get the flow right so I had to switch up the aquascape today. While it settles, here’s a pick of my RBTA just before sunset.

Love the pink tips!

 

[JoJosReef]

Getting flow right is one of the toughest. Did your nem settle? Hope mine don't jump their nem island!

 

[Lebowski_]

Getting flow right is one of the toughest. Did your nem settle? Hope mine don't jump their nem island!

It never settles. It has the heart of Lewis and Clarke!

I’m just going to have to live with it. I’m making it hard by adjusting lighting and flow too often.

 

[dangles]

Nice looking setup and coral selections!

Are you just using your phone to record those videos? Any filters or post-processing?

 

[Lebowski_]

Nice looking setup and coral selections!

Are you just using your phone to record those videos? Any filters or post-processing?

Hey, yes I just crank my whites way up and then use my phone. I use the imgplay app to turn them into gifs.

I am going to get the Polyp Lab lens kit soon, though.

 

[LRT]

It never settles. It has the heart of Lewis and Clarke!

I’m just going to have to live with it. I’m making it hard by adjusting lighting and flow too often.

Flow is a really fine line to walk with shrooms. You want to try and push as far as you can to maximize turnover through the tank but keep flow directly off the cap. They can take a ton of flow around them as long as it's not disrupting them I guess with the exception of a few. I try to use a lot of deflection around my tank to achieve that.