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

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Cynarinas. 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beast from above! 👀

 

 

I'll try to see if I can frag more zoas from my nano and add them to the ledge on the left. 🤔

 

Might give the leptastrea another try too - my previous patches were stung to death by the aiptasia. 😕

 

But now that the aiptasia up top is gone, there should be room for the leptastrea to grow out properly. 

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Taken without any filter lens whatsoever, while the lights were still ramping up for the day. 💦

 

Cynarinas: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pineapple tree coral with full PE this morning: 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

Lady perching on the rocks. 😊

 

 

Need to pick up some shrimp and mollies for my girls next week! 🥰

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Softies! 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleo the copperband. 🥰

 

 

Her tail is healing up nicely. I think she's gained a bit of weight too! 🥰👍

[Xj reefing]

Those are some stunners. Especially your new cynarina 

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11 minutes ago, Xj reefing said:

Those are some stunners. Especially your new cynarina 

Thanks! I really love the amount of colors it has. Planning on picking up 2 to 3 more for the sandbed in the future. 👍

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Puffy. 🥰

 

 

 

Still fuzzy. 🥰

 

 

 

Tiny toadstool with full PE: 

 

 

Buddies! 😊

 

 

Also, check out how large Lily has gotten! 👀

 

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Lady. 🥰

 

 

Lily. 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mornin'. Taken once again without yellow lens filter. 👍

 

My venomous girls: 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

Aquilla debating if she can host the cynarina: 

 

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Various corals in the 60G (without filter lens) :

 

 

 

 

 

Need. More. Softies! 

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Long time no see. 👀

 

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Corals. 😊

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, I'm not sure if this guy is alive or not. His spines haven't fallen off yet, but he also hasn't moved an inch since I added him to this tank. 😕

 

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Aquilla lounging over the cynarina:

 

 

Lady. 🥰

 

 

Lily. 🥰

 

 

One of the mollies feasting on some turf algae coating the rocks. 

 

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Also, my LFS just released a vid. of these gorgeous elegances (the SPS is simply a bonus that I liked at a passing glance). These are just screenshots of the vid. so the pics aren't super clear. 

 

But I'm absolutely in love with the ones in the 1st and 2nd pics. 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have owned a very similar elegance in the third pic before. Argh, if only I had the money to grab one of them! 😔

 

The price is actually quite reasonable. I'm not sure if I should reserve one and pick it up next month, when I drop off some of my frags (from my nano) at the store. So pretty! 

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LPS & Softies - all taken without filter lens this morning: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Two of my mollies:

 

 

 

For some reason, my lions decided to spare the orange one when I added it as a feeder to this tank around a month back. It has now doubled in size, and might eventually end up as dinner one day, but for now it's really good at picking algae off the rocks. 

 

I named the little guy Oren, which means 'orange' in Malay due to his coloration. 👍

 

Lady. 🥰

 

 

Lily. 🥰

 

 

Lily's misbar pattern near her tail has changed as she grew. Even her stripes around the head have become more whole and uniform. 👍

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Lady and Lily together: 🥰

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It can be challenging to get them in a single shot because they're very active. They're also quite interactive and greet me near the glass whenever I wander up to the tank. 😊

 

In essence, they remind me of a pair of water puppies with spiky fins. So much personality. 😅

 

Both fish have doubled in size since I first got them. I haven't taken any official measurements yet, but I estimate they're around 4" to ~4.5" once the fins are taken into account. 

 

Need to restock my feeders too. 🤔

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Cleo's tail has healed up quite well:

 

 

This thing poops every evening. 🤐 :

 

 

Looking nice under heavy blues with yellow filter lens: 🥰

 

 

Hawke: 

 

 

Lady perching:

 

 

Weeping willow:

 

[Tamberav]

I really love how your tank is coming along!

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30 minutes ago, Tamberav said:

I really love how your tank is coming along!

Thanks, Tam! I love it too! I'll slowly stock up on more softies and LPS (sparingly for LPS, since they usually come in colonies, thus the heftier price tag). 

I was planning on adding shrooms too, but I'm not sure if I should/shouldn't. Still thinking. 🤔

Shrooms do add a burst of color though! (And won't be eaten by my foxface and copperband).

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I accidently cross-posted today morning's updates to my nano's thread. 🤦‍♀️

 

Anyway, here it is:

 

There are several pics of the lions in there too. 👍

 

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Honestly love the little side eye Hawke gives from time to time. 😅

 

 

 

Lily up close: 

 

 

 

Got a chance to measure her! My previous estimation was quite off. She's around 3.25" long, including her tail. Lady's around the same size too! 🥰

Some PE up close:

 

 

 

 

This thing is quite tall now:

 

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Good morning. 💦

 

 

 

 

Fuzzy:

 

 

Lily & Lady:

 

 

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Together: 🥰

 

 

All about Hawke today! 🥰