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So just did hours of a live sale. So exciting I'm going to be in trouble tomorrow. Here's the first corals so far...
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Stay tuned for tomorrow!
 

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So just did hours of a live sale. So exciting I'm going to be in trouble tomorrow. Here's the first corals so far...
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Stay tuned for tomorrow!

It’s a great predicament to be in haha. Corals look great, are they a mushroom and ricordea?

I’ve not got them yet, just waiting to find the right ones

Let the fun begin, oh plus the nagging from the other half haha.

I was refunded £20 from a fish store yesterday as they had a free shipping offer on but mistakenly charged me the £20. They said add something from their site so I chose a Red Dwarf Holly Favite.

Oh I bought another fish as I’ve been after this fish for approx a month and they sell out so quickly.
 

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It’s a great predicament to be in haha. Corals look great, are they a mushroom and ricordea?

I’ve not got them yet, just waiting to find the right ones

Let the fun begin, oh plus the nagging from the other half haha.

I was refunded £20 from a fish store yesterday as they had a free shipping offer on but mistakenly charged me the £20. They said add something from their site so I chose a Red Dwarf Holly Favite.

Oh I bought another fish as I’ve been after this fish for approx a month and they sell out so quickly.
Yes. I'm trying to find out what the orange mushroom is so I know if I can place close together or not. But I think the color matches well. Will be great to add.

What fish did you get?
 
Yes. I'm trying to find out what the orange mushroom is so I know if I can place close together or not. But I think the color matches well. Will be great to add.

What fish did you get?

Can’t go wrong with orange in the tank. Let me know what mushroom it is when you find out as may put some in my reef.

It’s my sons favourite colour hence me putting 5 blue eyed Lyretail Anthias in on Friday.

I’m getting a red line wrasse
 

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I know it's called candy corn mushroom but I don't know the actual familia it is
 
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So got a hammer hour one 4ONLINE.D5.060220-1.jpg
Happy they are all so pretty
 

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The orange is a discomusa mushroom. I did learn that.
 
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Sucks cause the 2 mushroom will need separated
 
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Final haul of live sale
 

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So took gf into the lfs. Ended up walking out with pulsing Xena. Guess it will go on the clove zoa rock. Here's to 3 invasive corals.
 

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So took gf into the lfs. Ended up walking out with pulsing Xena. Guess it will go on the clove zoa rock. Here's to 3 invasive corals.

Haha you've gone for a tio of invasive corals. However, who cares they look awesome. I'm really thinking about getting an invasive clove as they're beautiful. Its great the gf went with you though.

I've just noticed that I've got a little coral hitchhiker on the back of one of my new trachys.... I've not made a decision what to do with it yet.
 
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Well upon further inspection the Xenia has a small apistaia on it. So it's in a cup hopefully I can get it scraped off and glue the Xenia to the rick. They are attached to a candy cane coral also. I am about to get glue and try to move everything into the tank and it survive a night in a cup. Ugh.
 
Well upon further inspection the Xenia has a small apistaia on it. So it's in a cup hopefully I can get it scraped off and glue the Xenia to the rick. They are attached to a candy cane coral also. I am about to get glue and try to move everything into the tank and it survive a night in a cup. Ugh.

That’s annoying, good idea scrape it off. Can you use more of the glue or a little putty to cover the area where the Aiptasia was. That way you’ll be certain the bugger has been covered and killed.

Good luck with it all
 
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Yeah I will try to.glue over thspot the apista was on.ugh I should have not got any at that lfs. But the bangai cardinal is doing well
 
Yeah I will try to.glue over thspot the apista was on.ugh I should have not got any at that lfs. But the bangai cardinal is doing well

Least you now know not to go back there. I struggle to find many fish stores that don’t have Aiptasia. Fingers crossed the extra glue will cover it and no more show up
 
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Yes I will not be getting corals from that store again. Hopefully I got it all off and glued the spot well. Now to find a lower flow spot for these Xenia to be able to pulse some. Have a new controller for the wave makers coming today will turn flow down a little when it arrives
 
Yes I will not be getting corals from that store again. Hopefully I got it all off and glued the spot well. Now to find a lower flow spot for these Xenia to be able to pulse some. Have a new controller for the wave makers coming today will turn flow down a little when it arrives

I bet you’ll have some more corals in the next week haha. Pretty addictive
 
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So scraped off the apistia glued the spot. Placed the candy cane coral. And set my Xenia rock. Unfortunately my tank is heavy blue in pictures but here's my placement. The cardinal is still trying to figure out the amount of flow in the tank spends alot of time in the corner
 

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The dreaded blue photos, its such a pain. I've started taking pics through some orange lensed glasses i have haha.

Looking good, did you want the xenia to spread up the glass too? If not just keep an eye on it and scrape it off.

Some have electric green GSP growing on their back wall that can look lovely.
 
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The dreaded blue photos, its such a pain. I've started taking pics through some orange lensed glasses i have haha.

Looking good, did you want the xenia to spread up the glass too? If not just keep an eye on it and scrape it off.

Some have electric green GSP growing on their back wall that can look lovely.
Yes I'm hoping to have the Xenia grow up the glass. I'm probably going to move it to the back corner though. Idk I have to place the new corals and go from there. I need some orange and yellow lenses for pictures.
 

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So corals arrived all look great opened up within an hour. Kinda in the area they will go in the tank.few days on sand and I'll move them up some
 

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Forgot one
 

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Hello my name is Ryan and I am a coral addict. So ended up getting more corals this weekend. Happy father's day to me.
 

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Hello my name is Ryan and I am a coral addict. So ended up getting more corals this weekend. Happy father's day to me.

Haha i know that feeling. I bought a new coral too. Happy Father’s Day to us haha
 
How long does it take for those too grow? They are always so small at first.
 
How long does it take for those too grow? They are always so small at first.

Good question, I am unsure but I do know the clove coral will grow pretty quickly.

You have to decide whether you buy a frag or colony, both have pros and cons. I’ve bought both to date but will enjoy them all growing.

I’ve just bought my 3rd Goniopora haha. No more I keep telling myself
 
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How long does it take for those too grow? They are always so small at first.
Most will grow pretty slowly. Besides the cloves Xenia and zoa's grow pretty quickly. My mushrooms are expanding over the plug in a week but will probably take months to actually get sizably bigger.
 
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Water change today. Decided to move around one of my islands. Moved my Duncan into the sand and closer to viewing area and it's open more than ever. A few updated shots. Ignore the pictures still learning how to take them
 

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Looking good buddy. I also really struggle with taking good pics of the reef. I’ve started taking them with the flash on or through a pair of orange lensed glasses
 
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Corals arrived. Also have a new setup of cleaners in. Alot of the snails are still hiding. Hopefully in the morning they are moving and at work. All the corals look great. Cloves aren't open yet but they want to so a good day
 

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Corals arrived. Also have a new setup of cleaners in. Alot of the snails are still hiding. Hopefully in the morning they are moving and at work. All the corals look great. Cloves aren't open yet but they want to so a good day

Looking good, it’s always a good day when new corals arrive. I got some yesterday too.

Your new CUC will start to work on your diatoms in no time
 
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I haven't seen my nassarius for a few days I'll check now that lights are out
 
I haven't seen my nassarius for a few days I'll check now that lights are out

It’ll be in the sand bed hiding. You’ll see it’s little ‘straw like trunk’ sticking out the sand. If not it’ll come out like an undead zombie when you add food in the tank
 
I got my CUC from reefcleaners as well and I chose the snails only pack for a 75g. I got over 110 snails! But, some of them are really tiny and some big ones.

For Nassarius snails, they typically come out when you feed the tank.
 
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Yea I haven't seen my nassarius. He usually only comes out at night. I don't have much food make it to the sand especially when the pumps turn back on it is picked off the sand.
I got my CUC from reefcleaners as well and I chose the snails only pack for a 75g. I got over 110 snails! But, some of them are really tiny and some big ones.

For Nassarius snails, they typically come out when you feed the tank.
I didn't want a large cuc so none die hopefully. So I'm buying them as my algea stages come. Now is sand Diatoms and rock. Once sand is clear I'll add a couple more rock cleaners. Then onto hair algea crew.
 
Yea I haven't seen my nassarius. He usually only comes out at night. I don't have much food make it to the sand especially when the pumps turn back on it is picked off the sand.

I didn't want a large cuc so none die hopefully. So I'm buying them as my algea stages come. Now is sand Diatoms and rock. Once sand is clear I'll add a couple more rock cleaners. Then onto hair algea crew.
My snails have been doing fine for 2 months with no losses thankfully. Your plan for stocking CUC is much safer and smarter though!
 
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My snails have been doing fine for 2 months with no losses thankfully. Your plan for stocking CUC is much safer and smarter though!
I'm going into this with alot of research. I researched every aspect of the tank. Started with rock substrate water. Then learned sumps filtration and lights. Next was cycle clean up crew fish and corals. I am not afraid of research lol. My only thing I did wrong even though I have the copper and copper checker was qt fish
 

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Update time. Have my corals in place again. My second set of cloves are not too happy with their spot some don't want to open. It's weird the other cloves are 1 inch away. My yumma is slowly moving onto the rock work. Loving my ricordia garden. I found some more that I'll get. And I'm eyeballing an elegance here's some pics. Also have snail eggs happy about that if they live. Also first strand omg hair algea yay!!
 

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Also two nights ago I walk in and look at the tank as I always do after lights out. And the drains were gurgling. So I thought darn snail is stuck again. So I close drain and open and flush out the clog. Wake up next morning mail clownfish is missing. Well unfortunately he took a trip down to the sump got stuck in filter sick under the silencer and passed. Sad day. The female wasn't a fan of him anyways just sucks. Now I need a smaller clown for the female.
 
Also two nights ago I walk in and look at the tank as I always do after lights out. And the drains were gurgling. So I thought darn snail is stuck again. So I close drain and open and flush out the clog. Wake up next morning mail clownfish is missing. Well unfortunately he took a trip down to the sump got stuck in filter sick under the silencer and passed. Sad day. The female wasn't a fan of him anyways just sucks. Now I need a smaller clown for the female.
Sorry to hear about your clown. Unfortunately, it happens. In fact, it happened to me too. Two weeks ago, I noticed a fish was missing in my tank and it was a yellow watchman goby. It was literally like an inch big, so it went through my overflow to the filter sock. I didn’t know at that time, so I took the filter sock out for cleaning and saw the goby going down in the drain! Not sure if it was still alive or dead though.
 
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Yeah it sucked. I think the female wasn't going to accept him anyways. I was hoping but idk. Sorry for your lose also. Sucks losing a fish
 
Yeah it sucked. I think the female wasn't going to accept him anyways. I was hoping but idk. Sorry for your lose also. Sucks losing a fish
Thanks. I only have 1 clown in my tank as of right now because the female was so aggressive to the male and ripped his fins off. I decided to take her to my LFS and planned to keep only one.
 
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Yea mine tore the males find and chased him non stop. He started hiding alot and decided to take the water slide. I'll try another small one in future. Fingers crossed for the 2nd one.
 
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Update:

So alot has changed in my life and tank. So I have officially moved my tank. It was only a 15 min drive so nothing too bad. I left all my current fish and hammer coral at the old house in a 29g. I wasn't around the tank much for 2 weeks. It was rough looking. All is stabilizing. Had to rework the scape also. Here's a few pics.IMG_20200731_102337.jpgIMG_20200731_102344.jpgIMG_20200731_102349.jpgIMG_20200731_102412.jpg
 
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Update: all the fish are doing great. Lawnmower blenny is getting very fat! I added a rose bubble tips anemone. It hasn't moved yet so hopefully it likes it's spot. It's being blasted with these reefbreeders top and center. Here's a few coral pics and full tank shot. Algae subduing so that's a plus!IMG_20200830_191240.jpgIMG_20200830_191305.jpgIMG_20200830_191310.jpgIMG_20200830_191323.jpgIMG_20200830_191328.jpgIMG_20200830_191354.jpgIMG_20200830_191415.jpg
 
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