Love your setup. Simpler, lps, and very nice. I like that blasto on top, acans around, greens in the back. It will look gorgeous as they grow
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Well I've had some corals randomly dying. I may have stocked a bit too much too quickly. So I'm increasing water changes and harvesting more chaeto until things even out. However, I did take a couple of cool pics of my leopard wrasse and a battle between my frogspawn and acan. The frog lost big time, and I'm sure this isn't the last time they tango. Enjoy!
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It has been a while, especially with a FTS update. Here are some recent pics I took with my phone, so again not the best quality. However, my new phone definitely does a better job of color representation than my old phone.
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Other Side
Corner
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Favorite Acan/Brain (this guy is in high flow and has caused an intense feeding response from him 24/7)
Top Side
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how things have been going. I've had a few corals mysteriously die on me, but most are thriving and my tank is still 95% LPS (I added a couple zoe/palys last month on a whim).
Also, I have several fish. However, they are shy and my rock work encourages hiding when they want to. The tank looks like a fish ghost town but is really not.
Overall, I just wanted to show how things look over a year from my last posting and it has been a couple years since my last FTS. Enjoy!
Front
Side
Other Side
Corner
New Hammer
Favorite Acan/Brain (this guy is in high flow and has caused an intense feeding response from him 24/7)
Top Side
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how things have been going. I've had a few corals mysteriously die on me, but most are thriving and my tank is still 95% LPS (I added a couple zoe/palys last month on a whim).
Also, I have several fish. However, they are shy and my rock work encourages hiding when they want to. The tank looks like a fish ghost town but is really not.
Overall, I just wanted to show how things look over a year from my last posting and it has been a couple years since my last FTS. Enjoy!
Beautiful, i love how you built the scape to match the height of the tank, outstanding work, colors amazing!
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Thank you Perry, I tried to create height to allow lots of space under my rockwork. I have a pistol shrimp that is moving so much sand things are shifting and subsequently sinking, but not by too much... knock on wood.
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Here are a few more updates since it has been almost a year. Things are going very well even though I have not done a water change in over a year. I'm becoming even more radical in my habits. No skimmer and no water changes. I simply harvest lots of macro and change out one of 3 big bags of carbon when I think of it.
Here is a front FTS:
Side FTS:
Other side FTS:
2 top down shots:
Looking at my tank from the sides, you might think there is a lot of room for more stuff. However, the top down shots show how little room there is for any more coral. I've had to move or frag several corals lately that were going to war, overshadowing other corals below, or getting buried by my pistol/goby pair. I've come to terms with not being able to have anything on my sandbed.
Hope you enjoyed looking!
Here is a front FTS:
Side FTS:
Other side FTS:
2 top down shots:
Looking at my tank from the sides, you might think there is a lot of room for more stuff. However, the top down shots show how little room there is for any more coral. I've had to move or frag several corals lately that were going to war, overshadowing other corals below, or getting buried by my pistol/goby pair. I've come to terms with not being able to have anything on my sandbed.
Hope you enjoyed looking!
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I got a rare glimpse of my pistol/goby pair hard at work today. Normally, they skitter back into their hole the second I get near the tank. However, this time the goby kept his eye on me (never flinching), and allowed the pistol to continue working for nearly 10 minutes. The quality of the video is not great, but at the 1:55 and 3:55 mark you can see some unique behavior as the pistol clears a hermit and nassarius snail that was in the way.
Hope you enjoy this rare glimpse of my favorite tank inhabitants. My water is always cloudy because of this guy digging, but I would never get rid of this pair. The symbiotic behavior they display is simply fascinating.
Note, the first 1 minute of the video is rough, until I tweaked the zoom and angle a bit. The ability to see what is going on gets significantly better at the 1 minute mark.
Hope you enjoy this rare glimpse of my favorite tank inhabitants. My water is always cloudy because of this guy digging, but I would never get rid of this pair. The symbiotic behavior they display is simply fascinating.
Note, the first 1 minute of the video is rough, until I tweaked the zoom and angle a bit. The ability to see what is going on gets significantly better at the 1 minute mark.
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I really like your tank!
The video of pistol shrimp was so cool!
He was not happy with that snail
Thank you SMS. I was extremely happy to capture the interaction between the snail and the pistol. I thought the pistol might try to eat the snail for a second as it pulled it back in the tunnel, but it seems the snail released a lot of mucus or slime that made it unappetizing. You can see the pistol has sand sticking to its claws for a while after tangling with the snail. Probably makes it a lot harder to dig when the sand sticks to your claws.
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Setting up a 60 cube now and will be keeping your aquascape in mind as I do mine. Great tank. Love the goby/shrimp, certainly plan for them in my tank as well. What sort of goby is that?
I really like the pink spot, but they may be a little big for this tank so i was thinking yellow.
I really like the pink spot, but they may be a little big for this tank so i was thinking yellow.
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Thank you Scott. The goby was called a flame tailed goby by the LFS I purchased it from. Looking online, the closest pics I can find is an aurora flame tail goby. It is a small goby, and I would highly recommend for a 60. It does seem to be a bit shier than other gobies are reported to be. Size-wise, it may be a good fit for you, as you are looking for a smaller goby. My pistol is now bigger than this goby even though the pistol began life in my tank much smaller.
Let me know if you have any other questions as you setup your own 60. I keep saying it, but a 60 cube is ideal! Best of luck to you on your own adventure!
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Great tank you have there thanks for sharing. loving your corals selection.
I'm setting up a 60 G cube in coming weeks as well.
I'm setting up a 60 G cube in coming weeks as well.
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Great tank you have there thanks for sharing. loving your corals selection.
I'm setting up a 60 G cube in coming weeks as well.
I'm setting up a 60 G cube in coming weeks as well.
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It has been a couple years since my last post. Luckily, my tank is still kicking despite BJD taking out about 90% of my LPS 1.5 years ago. Things have stabilized and the survivors are growing better than ever.
Here are some tank shots today, as I still want to document my tank despite the losses. This hobby really can try a person's patience.
Here are some tank shots today, as I still want to document my tank despite the losses. This hobby really can try a person's patience.
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