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[Frigus Reef]

Soooo I’ll have to do an update via YouTube to explain the vibe on the twenty long now there’s a lot to cover lol.

SPS corals are growing very well in there, we have very heavy stocking but still low nutrients. Lots of spot feeding or else corals get mad. I’ve been able to throw dying LPS in and bring them back so I’m happy about that. There’s also been a steady copepod population and I’ve had sponges and random macroalgaes sprout up all over. In the video I’ll go over everything

I also will start covering my second tank on this thread as well. It’ll be BTA dominated. Clean up crew will be Californian natives but no hard guidelines. Just a nice Californian inspired tidal pool kinda vibe. I can’t have giant green anemones or aggregating anemones as they’re not available in the hobby so I’ll instead just look for what inverts I can I’m actually really excited as the tank is a weird shape and really shallow. It’s an MRC acrylic tank. Here’s some pictures I have on hand:

Y’all should know by now that I am a Hang on Back kinda boy and that’s what we have going here lol.

 

[Frigus Reef]

The Bar Reef:

The Tidal Pool:

(She’s going through a little algae bloom as I’ve been feeding extra pellets for the insane amount of copepods in there)

 

[Frigus Reef]

I should video an update later tonight after tanning session at the pool. #verano

 

[york1]

Tank is looking good!

 

[Frigus Reef]

Sorry I’ve had to deal with some college stuff for this semester, and had some stuff going on outside of the hobby so it’s taken a while to update. I videod the updates finally but my storage on my iPhone is so full it won’t export it to YouTube??? Idk how that works but I’m not an Apple employee so whatever. Here’s photos

 

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So the tank is obviously heavily stocked lol. But my nutrients have stayed in check and everyone gets along so I’ve just let it do its thing.

Nutrients are still very low and I can’t get them up, so I’ve just accepted that’s how my system works lol. But in response I target feed about three times a week and then pellets between those target feedings.

My cyphastrea would dull out if they weren’t fed for three days lol but now they’re a lot better and can go longer without feedings.

My brains are growing a lot, I think it’s because of the target feedings as well

 

[willwoo]

Those cardinal fish look awesome. You having any aggression issues with having so many of them? I have a school of 4 masked gobies in my lagoon tank & they seem to have sorted out a pecking order.

 

[Frigus Reef]

Those cardinal fish look awesome. You having any aggression issues with having so many of them? I have a school of 4 masked gobies in my lagoon tank & they seem to have sorted out a pecking order.

thanks! I’ve looked for them for two years. And finally got them and I have zero problems with aggression in this aquarium! That’s why it’s stayed so heavily stocked

 

[Frigus Reef]

So unfortunately my anemone decided to move around and sting this war coral that I absolutely love and some favites that I healed back from just skeleton. I found the anemone latched on so I removed it, the favites seem fine but the war coral is a little damaged. I’ll probably move the anemone to my BTA tank as I’m focusing more on SPS corals.

 

[Frigus Reef]

Here are some new SPS I got, still on the plugs while I see if they like their spot or not.
It’s obviously a pavona, then a stylophora and a pocillopora.

The SPS dominant goal is actually more than just my personal preference. I’m actually going to get my bachelors, and for my research project I’ll be working with coral bleaching. I’m currently trying to work my way up to easier Acropora, but I’ll be doing some small projects with these easier SPS as well. I’m very excited about the pocillopora as it is a big contributor to reef building!

 

[Hunna]

I genuinely feel like nems just need their own tank. The destruction and havoc they can cause by just randomly up and moving for no reason, just isn’t worth it imo. If my 2 Wyoming White clowns in my bedroom tank weren’t so attached to the 2 that live on the back wall at the surface, I’d remove them so they can’t wander off and kill stuff again after being in the same spot for a year+

 

[Frigus Reef]

I genuinely feel like nems just need their own tank. The destruction and havoc they can cause by just randomly up and moving for no reason, just isn’t worth it imo. If my 2 Wyoming White clowns in my bedroom tank weren’t so attached to the 2 that live on the back wall at the surface, I’d remove them so they can’t wander off and kill stuff again after being in the same spot for a year+

Yeah I agree, luckily I have one! lol. I haven’t moved her because she’s an LTA but I’m running tons of carbon and there’s a good bit of space so I think they’ll be fine. I need to post some photos of it, it’s still got some algae we’re getting over

 

[Frigus Reef]

It’s also crazy for me to look at the first photos of this tank versus now. The birdsnest is huge and the anacropora has grown a great bit too. The tank has so much more growth and diversity. I’m very proud of how far it’s come. It’s been supporting Goniopora and regrowing various skeletons back to flesh, including a small plate coral that was just bare bone.