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Thanks very much for that, what features point you towards identifying it as S. mertensii? I've never seen one before. Looks like I will be needing a much larger tank than I was planning. I've also been thinking of getting a nano box light for this tank, would the mini be the correct size?

The white tips and length of the tentacles mainly. Yes, the mini would be a good light for this tank.

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Sorry for the lack of updates on this! I got a new job and I've been working very long hours so my tank has been a bit neglected, I got rid of them carpet nems because I didn't want to kill them. I didn't do many water changes maybe 2 over three months and surprisingly everything didn't do to badly, the sand bed is very dirty though so I am taking it out, just this week I've added a bunch of shrooms and a maxi mini, I'll try get some pictures soon.

 

I also want to start planning an upgrade, I want a slightly deeper tank and a fuge. I also want to get a coral croucher.

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Finally got around to taking some photos of this tank. It's now been set up for over a year, a few weeks ago I moved the entire set up into a slightly larger tank as I wanted a clear back ground. The new tank is around 7 gallons now. I am going to start a new thread soon in the members section as it's no longer a pico tank.

I got myself a new pair of black ice clowns on the weekend while I was on holiday, they're beautiful and they look fantastic. They won't be in this tank long term. I have a new tank I am currently planning to set up. I want to remove a lot of the smaller frags from this tank and either let a few of the smaller frags grow into smaller colonies or get a few really nice pieces. I'd prefer to have a smaller number of larger higher quality corals. 16090357780_016cef20d7_o.jpgClowns by matty9557, on Flickr

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Looking good. That zoa colony is really growing out

Thank you! That's actually a new colony I bought this past weekend. I do have a much smaller colony that's similar higher up, but those polyps have an orange skirt and the polyps are much smaller.

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Some new additions. Not staying in this set up forever, just trying to recover gem from bleaching. They're recovering very well. The small one is the smallest I've ever seen, a bit less than 5cm. The tiny green one was originally a bright orange. Not very happy it's gone green.

16440589011_4a65892e58_o.jpgIMG_5041 by matty9557, on Flickr

16442277315_9961ef5af6_o.jpgIMG_5048 by matty9557, on Flickr

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Wow awesome tank! What type of shrimp and where did you get the cowrie?

Thank you! It's a periclimenes, not sure on the specific species, there's a fair few.

I caught the cowries myself in a lagoon near my house, I have three in this tank.

Just read this whole thread. Darn it! I'm supposed to be working. :wacko: Great read, m8.

Thanks very much, I'm upgrading this tank to a knock off 45P soon so I'll post the link for that up soon.

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