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So my wife and I name a lot of our fish. The female trigger was finally named last night.......Pebbles! And guess what!

Bam Bam arrives tomorrow!

Yes......Pebbles gets a boy friend, and......
 
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.........and I will also be adding tomorrow 5 chromis to make up for the 1 that died, and a diamond spot goby to get to work on the sand bed. Should be plenty of leftovers in the sand bed by now to support it!
 
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Also got 4 blue chromis (1arrived dead) and a diamond spot goby.

Stopped by Petco to see if they had another little chromis because I want an odd #. Ended up getting 5! Now I have 9 of them. They are all under an inch. I’m expecting a few losses.

Stocking list on the 1st post is updated.
 
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Photos of the tank noobs.

The diamond spot hasn’t moved much since it went in. The triggers are happy! The chromis have already formed a gang.

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Those videos were great Mike! Congratulations! In the second one I was really “distracted” by the Chromis. They were practically being hosted by the anemone. That blue mixed with the red was beautiful.
 
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Those videos were great Mike! Congratulations! In the second one I was really “distracted” by the Chromis. They were practically being hosted by the anemone. That blue mixed with the red was beautiful.
Thanks man! I’m hoping all the chromis make it. They are tiny! And they are so close to the nem tentacles! Maybe they will be hosted! That would be super cool!
 
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Wow! great addition Mike! the triggers look very happy.
Thanks! Everyone is doing well except the diamond spot goby. Hasn’t moved in 9 hours and I tried spot feeding and no response :(
 

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Thanks! Everyone is doing well except the diamond spot goby. Hasn’t moved in 9 hours and I tried spot feeding and no response :(
Let’s hope the OSG gets better, they can go long without much food in my experience.
 
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Went to bed last night with 9 chromis out and about.

Saw 4 hiding in the rocks early before work.

My wife was just home for lunch-5out swimming.

No idea where 4 went!

I’ll check the overflow when I get home.

Hopefully the triggers didn’t have a late night snack!!!!
 
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Well, to sum it all up, all 5 of the chromis got from Petco died within 24 hours.

I will stop by after work as they are close to my house. I know the guy there and he treats me well.

They get their fish in on Thursdays so I will see if I can get 5 more.
 

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Hate to say it's almost expected for chromis. Hope u have better luck with the next batch.

Besides that the intro of BamBam went beautifully it appears. Peace. Thumbs up bub.

Tank is looking clean as always. That orange diamond goby will make sure of the sandbed at least ;)
 

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