Sharkbait’s 40 Breeder Upgrade

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The main tank seems to be stable. While casualties are high, at least the fish, the anemone, most inverts (including the new urchins), and all soft corals are safe. So thankfully I won’t need to be completely rebuilding from the ground up.

 

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The rebuilding process has begun!
I got a slimeball anacropora, a bicolor frammer, a brand new torch coral (mellow yellow), and a long polyp green toadstool!

I’ll have to get more pictures as soon as they open up some more!

 

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Scorpionfish can find the strangest places to hide….

 

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Scorpionfish can find the strangest places to hide….

 

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Also, I think I forgot to post pics of the new corals opened up! Here you go!

 

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Meet the new fish!

Introducing Eva the Aurora goby (basically Eve 2.0), Lennie the Orange Spot Blenny, and Iroh the Banggai Cardinalfish!

 

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Welcoming home a brand new firefish, Zuko!

To help with any doubts about the firefish’s compatibility with my clowns, that brings me to my next big announcement!

Luxo and Sharkbait are moving out!! It was a tough decision, since they are such a huge part of this tank and build thread, but I assure you, they are not going away! They will be getting their own tank with an anemone, which will soon be getting a build thread of its own. The main reason I’ve decided to remove the clowns from the tank has to do with the recent fish deaths. While I do believe the angel was the main aggressor, I cannot ignore luxo’s shady past, and cannot fully trust whether or not she was responsible for the gramma or goby’s deaths, and whether she can be trusted with future fish. Originally I was going to start up a tank for more peaceful, delicate fish, until I decided I can give Luxo and Sharkbait their own lair and keep the 40B as a peaceful setup.

 

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Great name for a firefish.

 

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Great name for a firefish.

 

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hands down favorite character arc in the story.

 

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And thus begins the build of Luxo’s lair!!

Build Thread - Luxo’s Lair - Reviving the Fluval 13.5

Hello! I’m sure many of you have grown acquainted with Luxo the lunatic, the clownfish infamous for many fish deaths over the years. As of recent, she’s been very well behaved in the 40 Breeder setup. However, while on vacation, multiple fish of mine mysteriously vanished. While I was 99% sure...

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Update FTS!

 

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Some update photos!

 

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The clownfish have been moved into the Fluval 13.5!!

 

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And the new fish have been added!

 

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Very sadly, the cardinal fish didn’t make it. A combination of doing poorly in quarantine (I’m not the greatest at being 100% attentive of those tanks like I am with the DT) and a likely shock from the transfer, he quickly spiraled out of control when moved into the main environment.

 

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Very sadly, the cardinal fish didn’t make it. A combination of doing poorly in quarantine (I’m not the greatest at being 100% attentive of those tanks like I am with the DT) and a likely shock from the transfer, he quickly spiraled out of control when moved into the main environment.

I’ll keep my eye out tonight though, if I’m not mistaken they are nocturnal. It just was doing the typical dying fish behavior (listless swimming, spiraling, etc.) before disappearing.