Cthulukelele's hodgepodge softy and anemone 120g

[Cthulukelele]

I've got the chaeto setup finished! Put on a baseball sized piece for overnight. Already the size of a softball/football. Cleaner water and infinite pods here we come! Not at home so I took a screenshot of my tank nanny cam lolol

 

[ReefGrammie]

He lives on the dinner plate sized toadstool most of the time. The lawnmower blenny will occasionally try to punk him, but he seems to live a pretty good life.

Mine likes to bury in the hammer coral. Sometimes he looks like he's surfing on it!

Mine is also a little stinker. A year or so ago, before I outsmarted him and blocked his access, he ended up in my sump TWICE. The first time, he was missing for several weeks before I saw something moving in the sump. I had searched everywhere, including the overflow chamber, and never dreamed he would be in the sump! No telling how long the little stinker went without food. After I put him back in the tank, he did it AGAIN! This time I immediately looked in the sump and there he was. I finally installed some mesh with zip ties and he's behaved ever since.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I added a little shade to keep the tank dark. The fish seemed to be getting stressed. Also the chaeto has already grown 2-3x in size and is nice and fluffy and bright green.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I added 2 maxi mini carpet anemones. One is the standard multiple shades of purple and white with a green rim which I've always loved, but the other one is amazing. It's got a purple mouth, greenish white lines coming from the center, and then a cascade of yellow to orange to reddish-purple with a green rim. It looks like a sunset. I love it a lot. They are all settled in and will snap a pic when I get home

 

[Cthulukelele]

I tested to make sure my auto-feeder was working yesterday. It is which is good. Going to set up a 3 a day pellet feeding schedule once I've added 3x lyretail anthias.

Does anyone have a pellet they've found doesn't float at the top? I struggle because when the pellets fall they just sit on top and a quarter to half end up in an overflow. I am using nls pellets.

 

[TokenReefer]

Does anyone have a pellet they've found doesn't float at the top? I struggle because when the pellets fall they just sit on top and a quarter to half end up in an overflow. I am using nls pellets.

I throw mine in a shot glass of tank water to let them soak and sink first; it helps a lot.

 

[Cthulukelele]

I throw mine in a shot glass of tank water to let them soak and sink first; it helps a lot.

I appreciate the info. This is actually my strat too, but with the autofeeder the goal is to have it go off every 4 hours while lights are on and I'm not there to mix the water with the pellets. I did some research and bought a feeding ring to see how that goes

 

[TokenReefer]

I did some research and bought a feeding ring

Perfect; I want to get one eventually as well

 

[Cthulukelele]

The sunset looking one then the purple one. My pincushion photo bombing carrying one of the toadstool babies lol

 

[Cthulukelele]

Added some pods to seed the fuge. Hoping my lfs has some lyretails and live brine in stock this week. Maybe a one spot foxface?

 

[dennis romano]

Nice tank. Especially like the blue flasher. Beware of the maxi minis, they will catch small fish. I had one eat a large blue devil damsel.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Nice tank. Especially like the blue flasher. Beware of the maxi minis, they will catch small fish. I had one eat a large blue devil damsel.

I've heard of this happening, but I had a few in my old tank for several years and never lost a fish to one. I wonder what causes it

 

[Cthulukelele]

Added a trio of female lyretail anthias yesterday. Got 2 eating live brine yesterday. The third started voraciously eating live brine today. All swimming and healthy.

Will post pics later. Girlfriend and I went on a road trip to go to a Friday the 13th themed haunted house for her birthday in the middle of nowhere and are on the way home from that now lol

 

[Cthulukelele]

They're hard to photograph swimming around lol and the main lights are off. They seem to love getting cleaned by the cleaner shrimp which is cute also they spend a lot of time with the midas blenny

 

[Cthulukelele]

Was actually able to get a few cleaning action shots! What a rare and lovely catch!

 

[Petcrazyson]

Could we get a FTS pls ? What’s your favorite Anthias btw?

 

[Cthulukelele]

My current view from my computer eating oreos lol

 

[Petcrazyson]

I’m eating chocolate as well lol. A little chocolate covered cake.

eating oreos lol

 

[Cthulukelele]

Could we get a FTS pls ? What’s your favorite Anthias btw?

Lyretail or bimac are probably my favorite visually. Also here are a few more quick pics from the computer chair lol

 

[Cthulukelele]

How often should I be pruning my chaeto? I started with about a baseball's worth. Now I probably have a 5 gallon bucket and change worth. It's in a 20 gallon dedicated tank so still lots of room to grow (especially downward)