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Twizzlers the first pic is gorilla nipples not sure on pic 2 but not candy apple reds

@PetesFolly Bob really Wish i could make this one. You know Chanel’s does too. Maybe we’ll come for the after party once the wedding is over. 😁

There’s a few types of BWs you should avoid as they get large. The type you got here is the good type.

Saw this story on R2R thought I’d share it here too. https://www.newsweek.com/north-carolina-michael-ray-hinson-fish-room-animal-cruelty-animal-abuse-new-1385857

I second that! Spaghetti worm. Good worm to have in our aquariums. Good find Denise.

Nice! Only tip on taking pics of the tank is to use gel filters. Polyp Lab makes a cell phone clip with a nice set of lenses.

to Indy! More importantly welcome to the salt life!

👋🏽 Welcome! Look forward to meeting you.

Just my 2 cents here. You have a deep sand bed? About the only thing to worry about then is a sulfide pocket right? In that case I’m on your side on error on the side of caution. Considering you’ll still have inhabitants. If not all I see is a bunch of detritus clouds coming out. You could suck it out, rinse it out, and dry it out put it back in as clean dry sand. Use the $$$ for new fish and corals later. But... playing with new stuff always exciting! Lol That sand is very old, I mean it was sitting in the ocean for a bit before it was sucked up and packaged. 😉

I kept my old sand from my 90 when I upgraded to the 180. 90 was up for 3 years, not 9 though. Curious as to why you would want to get rid of the sand and uses all new? I found my upgrade process easy. I had both tanks running for some time. Put everything together added all my dry rock and sand with what was coming over from the 90 inmind. Left space for those pieces to be put in later. First thing that came over was the live rock pieces I liked and didn’t have coral on them. As well as as much as sand I could pick up with a fish net. One thing I was not prepared for when I did this was the displacement of the water when I removed that much mass from the aquarium. Had to shut the return off, pump all the water from the sump into the display, and run only powerheads till I made and mixed enough water. So don’t do this. Have some water ready. Once diatoms showed their face all the inverts went in. Plus more I bought. 1week later all the corals and their rocks from the 90. ( I was ready for the displacement here.) lol 1week after corals came the peaceful fish with new stock list in mind for order of introducing other fish to limit aggression. i slowly moved fish over and sold the rock I didn’t want to keep. Once most of the stuff was sold. I took the tank down.

I can see the splash shield on my T5 fixture from the chair I sit in most in the living room. Helps having a tall stand too. It definitely gets salt creep mostly on one end. Seen fish slap water onto it too. Looked up at it last night after reading your post and told myself I’ll clean that on my next water change. Thanks Ryan

No blue ones. @ReefNewby82 and I definitely wouldn’t subject the poor nem to a colts themed home. 😂

Hi all! Update on these guys is long overdue. They’re steadily growing. I have noticed there’s a size difference in all of the nems not sure why. Maybe it’s they all grow at their own rates, or maybe it’s a sign of sex. Not sure but I will be documenting the stand outs. The bigger ones are around 3/8” round. The colors on these guys are really starting to show.

Get a towel hurry up. Lol😂

I plan on attending.

Hi 👋🏽 welcome to the club Greg. I grew up in Lafayette. Take it you shop at Aquarium World. I know those guys real well. I take them coral for trade often. Those pink guys in your tank look real familiar😜. Tank looks great. Hope to see you at some meetings.

Thanks mike for having us invade your home. Can’t wait to see the tank again. Chanel thanks you and apologizes again. Your hospitality was unmatched.

Hey Eric is was he actually picking at the polyps or the skeleton/base. The polyp would deflate in both cases. However if he’s picking at the polyp when it’s deflated he definitely has a taste for acans. If that’s the case you have 3 options. 1 no more flame angel. 2 trade for a different flame angel ( hope he doesn’t like coral). 3 no more acans.

I’m attending +1 maybe +2

@ReefNewby82 No blue ones. I can confirm that most are very unique. I had only one that looks like the mother.

Update on these guys. All is well and they have doubled in size! Found a few more shortly after my first post. A week ago had a couple die do to some kind of slime/bacteria that was covering the two anemone. I think it was caused by some leftover food. With a new total of 20 babies! I hope to not have anymore loses.

Definitely agree about it being overrated. Nevertheless nice healthy looking fella.

Now that is cool!

I’ll be there! Just me.