My 32 led biocube

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So tommarow I will get some close ups

This tank has came a long way and is still very basic honestly

Just a return filter pad and carbon with a heater

And stocked with the correct sponges live and micro feather dusters and reef safe micro stars and reef safe pods a few diffrent types and sizes

 

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And all I do is a 5 to 10 gallon water change every 2 weeks

 

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And replace filter pad

 

[fishguy242]

i'm with you, keep it easy as possible ,the more you play around ,the more trouble they can be.
when are your new monti's coming ?
hint at what colors ? ...

 

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OK so I did not get close up pic yet cuz I moved it alittle one last time and then glued it all in place again as it had not been since I started

 

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So here are close ups of everything

 

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This forest fire is about a year old now you can see the original frag disk but also how much it has grown would be bigger but I knocked off a huge finger awhile ago opps

 

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This is a unknown type of montie it had no identification when I bought it other then the growth characteristics which are

Plating like a cap but it will have narrow spiky branches much thiner then digitata its the same age as the forest fire but grows alot slower

Montipora stellata I believe

 

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Then we have the newest addition a yellow and pink graphed montie cap moving it to just above where it's at now on that flat area where the algie is hehe got it yesterday hope it does as well as the original cap I have

 

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And lastly as of now the montipora cap. Which used to be on the bottom of the tank and got this big so let's see what happens up here

You can no longer see where it was originally mounted and has taken over the rock its on and would be bigger but I kept hitting it cleaning the glass one of the reasons things got rearanged

It's also what made me realize these guy would kill most of the soft coral

 

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This will be a richordia field and they kill montipora where they touch so I keep them back but they will eventually fill the entire area in

 

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Then a German blue digi one will go here in about a month

 

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And a purple montie cap. Will go here

 

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Then we have the Duncan now 3 large heads

 

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And the candy cane which has exploded this was 1 small head just over a year ago I might feed it to much but it's just so easy to feed lol

 

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Hoping the gorgonian survives I killed a few shrooms off and some of 1 got stuck on it and I didn't realize and was mostly dissolved the next day so we will see

 

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And the rest of the tank so you can see the rock layout which is all glued as 1 large piece now

 

[fishguy242]

love the monti's,upcoming purple...
nice work on the scape...

 

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love the monti's,upcoming purple...
nice work on the scape...

Going for the vivid purple cap. from world wide and the German blue digitata from tidal gardens (enless I get my hands on a blue birdsnest then it'll go there instead)

The plan is the yellow pink one grows into the orange and purple one over time and since they are all caps I'm hoping they will mix

Then the rest of the monties I'll either let grow together if they will or trim back away from eachother

Over time I want to bonsai them into cool looking shapes

 

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Montipora stellata is the green one I have for reference