Snow's 60G Secret Predatory Sanctum 🐲🐉 - Shutting Down

[Snow_Phoenix]

Some shrooms from the mountain:

 

 

 

Thanos peeking: 

 

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Monty the halloween urchin:

 

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Nero & Sushi filmed through the dirty glass:

 

 

 

 

Bullet:

 

Monty again (taken in pro mode) :

 

 

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They're hungry and they see me coming:

 

Poseidon going after a pod:

 

 

 

 

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Tux hard at work:

 

 

Sated after dinner:

 

So much excess pellets though. Too much. 🤐

 

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Too lazy to clip-on the filter lens this morning, so some of the pics will be a bit blue. 😅

 

Orion:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poseidon: 💦

 

 

 

 

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Thanos:

 

 

Monty:

 

 

Corals still opening up:

 

 

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Update #1:

 

Took more pics of my shrooms today afternoon & evening:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Update #2: 

 

Still more shrooms coming up! 😊👍

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Big Guy:

 

 

Odin:

 

 

I scraped the glass in the DT and cleaned out the wavemaker with vinegar & water. Managed to get rid of most of the algae & debri that was clogging it. In a short while, I'll be cleaning the sump & do a 10G (or 15G) WC. Will replace the floss, sock & carbon - it's long overdue for a thorough clean up. Next week I'll try to WC 20G of the DT. 👍

 

Two of my shroom frags were knocked over by my urchins, so I had to re-glue those back on the rocks. Can't wait to acquire more shrooms! 🥰

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8.30pm here. Bella & Illaron spawned successfully. Bella just released a puff of eggs in front of me - it happened so quickly and I didn't catch it on my phone. 😓

 

But...I saw it live. 😊

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Pics are a bit blurry - was shaking in excitement: 😅

 

 

 

 

 

Courtship videos (I'll try to catch them releasing the eggs next time - need a proper camera though) : 🤔

 

 

 

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Forgot to add: I WCed 15G of water in the sump earlier and did a thorough clean up. The water was filthy - it was like muddy laterite soil and really gross. 🤢

 

Replaced the sock, floss & carbon. Including the clean-up of equipment afterwards, it took me around ~2 hours to get everything done. There are still patches of GHA in the sump, but at least the animals in the DT seem happier/more active. 👍

 

Really need to do this more often. 

[debbeach13]

How very exciting. Shows that they are healthy and happy because you take such good care of them. 

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8 minutes ago, debbeach13 said:

How very exciting. Shows that they are healthy and happy because you take such good care of them. 

Thanks Deb. I really try to give it my all for these guys because they need special care. I'm hoping in time (another year or two), the tank will be able to self-run for days so that I can leave for extended vacations. These fish are my favorite in the reefing hobby (although the Pictus blenny will always hold a special place in my heart), but they can be challenging at times. I'm still trying to get a female ruby for my male so that they can mate & spawn too. But it looks like I'll have to wait until next year. 🤔

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I took a few quick snapshots of my refugium - it's messy & chaotic, but as long as it serves its main purpose - which is to supply the DT with pods, I don't really mind how it looks:

 

 

 

 

The patches of dragon's breath are recent though - I got them for free from my LFS, but I'm a bit iffy over them, and I prefer the caulerpa-chaeto mix. They've begun to turn orange, so I don't expect them to last long. 🤔

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Merry Christmas, NR! 🥰

 

 

 

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Update #1:

 

The dragonet squad is out for breakfast. 🐲🐉

 

Poseidon: 🥰💦

 

 

Bella: 🥰🌺

 

 

Orion: 🥰💦

 

 

Orion & Illaron: 🥰🐲🐉

 

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Update #2:

 

The corals are still opening up. 👍

 

Bicolor hammer colony:

 

 

 

Large orange discosoma shroom:

 

 

Thanos peeking and wondering what I'm up to: 😅

 

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Several updates coming through! Took a few vids of the fish during feeding time:

 

Hungry Helios: 

 

Ninja blennies:

 

Picky Poseidon:

 

Shrimp bros:

 

One of the turban snails munching on algae:

 

 

 

 

 

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Took some topview & sideview pics of my shrooms. 😊

 

Yumas:

 

 

 

Blue hairy shroom:

 

 

 

Green discosoma:

 

 

Red discosoma:

 

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Orange discosoma:

 

 

 

White-striped green discosoma:

 

 

Hammer colony from above:

 

[debbeach13]

Merry Christmas

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2 hours ago, debbeach13 said:

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you too, Deb! 🙂

 

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Algae-munching buddies:

 

 

 

Tiny tunicate on a larger tunicate:

 

 

Yumas: 🥰

 

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Bullet cruising around in search of bristleworms to eat: 

 

 

 

 

Thanos: 

 

 

I love his bright red eyes. 😊