20 Gallon Low Budget Nanoreef

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1 minute ago, Jakesaw said:

What is the Yellow and white fish with black spot.  

 

That's a cool one.

 

Thanks

The lemon damsel maybe? He has a small dark spot on each side 

[Jakesaw]

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The lemon damsel maybe? He has a small dark spot on each side 

 

That's probably it. Cool fish.  Like the leopard Wrasse too.  Hadn't heard of either.  You have a nice fish selection going on there.  

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20 gallon update 

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[A.m.P]

Your Talbot has such wonderful colors, also I think I've said this before but you've taken a tank size I, and many others, hate and created a really wonderful scape in form and function.

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2 hours ago, A.m.P said:

Your Talbot has such wonderful colors, also I think I've said this before but you've taken a tank size I, and many others, hate and created a really wonderful scape in form and function.

Thanks! The 20 long is probably a more functional size but the 20H just happened to fit perfectly on my bedroom night stand so the choice was easy. 😸

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40 breeder update

 

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40 gallon tank update 

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20 gallon update. I am planning on religiously dosing 3 of my tanks and keeping track of alkalinity more closely. Hopefully it makes a difference. 

 

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A few pics of cyphastrea and the other SPS corals. 

 

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This is under mostly blue light. 

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Here is a video under the same blue-ish light. 

 

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Some overhead shots in the 20 gallon of bird's nest and monti cap.

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40 gallon update. Gorgonians are growing. SPS corals are growing very slowly. Overall it is doing ok other than an outbreak of bubble algae. I am using microbacter clean each week after I do a water change. 

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20 gallon. I got one of the Orphek lenses things that helps take better photos. 

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40 Gallon Reef

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In the 20 gallon the rock flower anemone moved up front so it can sting the small bird's nest coral. It just won't stay put.

[Jakesaw]

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When animones move around tank and sting coral, does the coral die - or just stress out for a while? 

 

Newbie question as I'm interested in Animone and corals and working through concept of coral / animone additions to tank.

 

Thanks

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It has killed a couple branches of that small birds nest which now has red cyanobacteria growing on it. I imagine soft coral wouldn't be affected as much though.