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Our 45g cube

howze01

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NikkiT said:
howze01 said:
So nice! Thanks Nikki
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No problem :)
They seem to grow pretty quickly, I want to say we've had them for about 2 months and that mike initially bought 2 polyps.
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Hmmmmmmm. Sounds like another month or two and it may be time for a frag. I may know where you may be able to unload one ;)

My zoas are the same. Seems like every day I see new polyps popping out.
 
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Here are some random growth shots:
This was the pink lemonade when we first bought it from smcooler. This was way back in the 20g tank:
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Recently:
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Hulk chalice:
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Now:
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4 color WM chalice:
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Now:
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Blue zoas:
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Now:
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Several of the chalice this was around oct of last year:
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Now they look like this:
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Rasberrry lemonade when we first got it:
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Now:
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Raptors peace favia around febuary:
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Now:
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Baby's breath and mia's fruit loops:
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Now:
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Who likes chalices?
Got this one from Trop today, looks really nice:
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Got this one back in the day from AO, really developed into a pretty one:
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Our scarlet hermit imitating king kong:
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Porcelain crab we added, tough to get a picture that shows how much purple this guy has:
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Gorgonian:
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NikkiT

NikkiT

OK, time for an update!
We moved into our new house on Friday, Ethan (thank you again!) came and set up the 45g cube, drilled it and plumed it on Saturday, and yesterday we moved livestock over.
At the moment, things are EVERYWHERE in the 45g and 57g, with coral all over the sand beds, and the rockwork is a mess.
However, below is an updated list of mobile inhabitants:
Pair of Bangaii Cardinals, Shephardi Angel, pair of black & white clowns (and their rose bubble tip), the yellow watchman goby, the blue spotted jawfish, the serpent star, a pair of cleaner shrimp, a pair of peppermint shrimp, and a tiger pistol are now calling this tank home (the tiger pistol was in the back chamber of the 12g, we had no idea he was still in there. If this list of inhabitants looks like it is a bit off, that is because these are mostly the inhabitants of the 30g, minus the wrasse (he is in the 57) and plus the cardinals. The fish and shrimp made the transfer well, but the bubble tip is NOT happy. The fish ate for me this AM, and the corals look fine so far, a couple of broken branches, but most are polyped out and happy.
We will post picks once our internet is up and running.
 
NikkiT

NikkiT

So the livestock has been in the tank for a week now, and I am pleased to report that most things are doing well. We liost three sps frags to rtn, but luckily, it did not spread. The pretty little Acan we got at the June meeting unfortunately got stung by the anem pretty badly, we are watching it to see how it does. The fish have settled in nicely, and the angel, the cardinals, the clowns, the jawfish, and the yellow watchman goby are all doing well, as is a barnacle blenny who snuck in on a piece of live rock (we think).
The a cans are doing well, and then anem is no longer angry at us. The tiger pistol that managed to get into the back chamber of the 12g somehow managed to get into the sump in this tank (don't ask us how), I caught him last night and returned him to the tank. We moved our zoa colonies zinto this tank when we moved, and all of our a cans, and with the exception of the poor guy who the anem stung, most are doing well. This tank is also due for water testing tonight, we'll keep you posted.
 
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There was also a terrible smell coming from the tank, thought it was the skimmer cup but it was not. Two snails got stuck onto the top of the overflow box and died. Those two little guys stunk the whole room up.
 
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I cleaned the swc 120 the same day so I had a good comparison. The skimmer smell does not linger quite like those dead snails.
 
Hawkeye

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just do us all a favor and make sure there are neither dead snails or clogged skimmer cups on the 20th. We will take your word for it. ;)
 
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