Lbacha’s 25g Lagoon & 8g Peninsula zoa & SPS garden

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My mini valley

I can’t wait till it’s shadowed by nice acro colonies

 

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Well I needed some small emerald crabs and my lfs’s only had massive sized ones or none at all so I decided to stop at the one petco I consider to have a decent aquarium staff (their tanks actually look good and their fish and inverts don’t look half dead).

Well long story short I walked away with a deresa clam for $29.99. I’ve wanted to get a Tridacna clam for a while (I’ll admit maxima or crocea were my first choices) but my first clam over 20 years ago was a deresa so I figured for the price I couldn’t go wrong and it’s colors are actually pretty good (really bright blue rim and deep golden center)

It opened right up after a 45 min acclimation and I’m struggling to get a good pic because it’s very light sensitive so a good sign there as well. The foot was healthy and attached to a price of coral rubble so a lot of positive signs.

 

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Better picture of my new clam

 

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Well I may regret this later but I have always loved the look of urchins, especially longspine Diadema’s. Well I saw a couple at the store so I pulled the trigger and bought them since I needed some algae control and they are great for that

Diadema setosum

I also found a small maxima for a great price so I got it too

 

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I love urchins. Without them, coralline would grow out of control in my tank. I have three tuxedos in my 90g. Only downfall with them is the frag kidnapping. [emoji16]

 

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I love urchins. Without them, coralline would grow out of control in my tank. I have three tuxedos in my 90g. Only downfall with them is the frag kidnapping. [emoji16]

I’m not worried about what the urchin will do in the tank, I’m worried I will forget about it and stick myself lol

 

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Yeah, I know what you mean. I've pulled out many spines in my day, not fun.

 

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The urchin looks good hanging out with some frags

 

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Some pics of my new maxima from petco

 

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Nice! How much was the clam, if you don't mind me asking?

 

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Nice! How much was the clam, if you don't mind me asking?

I got it for $29.99 at petco. They got it in from ORA the same day I picked it up. The deresa cost the same and was from ORA as well.

 

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I got it for $29.99 at petco. They got it in from ORA the same day I picked it up. The deresa cost the same and was from ORA as well.

That's awesome! I'm hoping to pick up another maxima at RAP this weekend, but I don't think I'll find one for $30 though.

 

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My new containers for organizing my testing supplies and my dragging supplies

 

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Hard to capture but the colors on this clam are amazing the mantle is deep purple almost black with bright blue dots all over it. I actually had to udjust my mp10’s in the 8g so they turn off every so often so I can look down on the rank and see this and the deresa

Here is the top down of the 8g that is actually my wife’s tank

 

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My nightly 8pm thunderstorm

 

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Well I’ve neglected cleaning the cheato out of the fuge for a while.

 

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This WWC regal platygyra is turning into one of my favorite corals