HHH’s attempt at an IM 25 Lagoon

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Forgot to take unboxing pics from my arc order! Anyway, they packaged very well and the prices look great. Had 4 x $5 and then some that were more than that.

Seductions
Grim Reapers
Autumn psamm
Pikachu zoas
Laser lemons
Blue leptastrea
Blue bird tenuis (poor mans angry birds)
Prince acro
Green goblin anacropora.
A single fruit loop zoa.

I messed around with my flow again so things are a bit miffed. I’ll get some pics this weekend.
 
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Placed an order for Eldridge’s Phyto. Should see it next week. Here’s a top shot from a water change earlier in the week.
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Cricket Spine will be a show stopper once grown out.
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Can’t wait to get my girl grown out again. Color is coming in nicely.
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Space Lazer and Space Lazarus. The left survived a Monday - Thur in a bag at the FedEx hub in Memphis. The right is the replacement Adam sent. It was the only one that wasn’t 100% toast.
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Poor man’s angry birds. It’s a ARC Blue Bird. Just got it so color isn’t good.
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Lowered my lights by about 10% on main channels. Have a couple frags that aren’t happy and it also can be from an alk drop. Have a friend coming with a par meter next week so I’ll get a better idea. I was running a couple channels at 90% I just don’t know what impact my mesh lid has. Really need to find out.
 
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A friend came over with a par meter and I discovered I have been roasting my coral. I was hitting things on the bottom with 400-500 par. I reduced my lights by half and now have 3-400 up top with 200s along the bottom. Feels good to have done that and hope that I continue to see positive results.
 
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My rocks are almost gleaming in this tank. I have not had ANY green algae yet and I 100% attribute that to the urchin that came in on the gulf rock. I have never had an urchin in any of my builds but man, they are great cleaners. This one is growing fast which is kind of a bummer as I don’t know if I can keep it if it’s like a baseball size.
 
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Haven’t updated in a few. Removing the limpets had made a big improvement on some of my frags that had some receding at the bases. Growth seems to be good but now I am having to dose nitrates again. I might try and get another fish. I do have 2 frags coming from TSA today. A mystery zoa and a yellow submarine favia. Here is a left side and right side shot just so there is something to look at.
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If anyone peruses this thread on some random research, here is my fish pecking order lol.

King: Flasher Wrasse
2. Neon Goby
3. Royal Gramma
4. Yellow Watchman Goby
5. Possum Wrasse
6. Court Jester Goby
7. Chalk Bass
 

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