125 gallon anemone tank move
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There is a picture of this coral from a couple years ago here. This WAS my 210 in happier days. The toadstool comes in many varieties. This one I have gets polyps 2-3” long. In the photo above thru are 3/4-1” long. They get REALLY long when it’s happy and acclimated. Some don’t get near as long. This one I have is called a gold crown toadstool - I think. Not positive but was told this by others. If you’re local I can give you a piece.
just will need to wait a year of growth before it gets happy.
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So almost 5 weeks since the tank transfer. Almost all is well. Not quite. The green gig decided to get greedy and took all the real estate and is now covering a purple gig for the last week. There’s a purple gig under the rock in the dark that the green gig is attached to. I’m Not happy with this, neither is the purple gig.... I moved a blue gig from the right side and put it in the middle where the leather used to be. I’m not sure what I want to do with the purple gig. Kind of waiting for it to come out for a walk so I can plant it up front in a better place. Tank isn't big enough for this many gigs. 
they seem to all be getting bigger, I only fed the a few weeks ago, not since, and a few didn’t even take the food, but all are getting bigger from light only. With a much shallower tank the intensity is better with less lights. Overall everything is going good.
they seem to all be getting bigger, I only fed the a few weeks ago, not since, and a few didn’t even take the food, but all are getting bigger from light only. With a much shallower tank the intensity is better with less lights. Overall everything is going good.
What a great tank....KUDOS !!!!
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thanks guys. Half my gigs I got were cuts, a couple were fresh cuts too, very evident. I posted pics of it somewhere when I first got it, Duy has it now, it was the purple he got from me last year. I doubt they ever naturally split. Never seen one documented manually split either, but there is a local reefer (that’s right Randy, post it up if you see this) that accidentally cut his blue gig when a rock fell on it, and both pieces lived, he sold one a couple years later, and still had the other a couple years ago, screen name on RC Was VOLS or something like that, sports team logo. I don’t remember. Don’t try to cut a gig if you don’t have the experience, AND AREN'T WILLING TO KILL IT. MOST LIKELY if someone cuts their gig it will die, but one day someone just might try it...
...but not me...
...but not me...
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It's like Easter in that tank, from both the colors and also given new life from what you went through, nice to see it all coming back to healthy life!Well purple gig came out yesterday. Got a little bleached from a week under the rocks.
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Very nice. Did you transfer to get a lower tank? same foot print?
Looking good. Everything look settle and doing well.
Looking good. Everything look settle and doing well.
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Hi Minh! Thanks. I moved my 210 into a 125, different location. Wife raised hands on Sunday’s, spread her legs on Monday’s, for years. Now destruction is her game, so I took my fish and anemones out of the home. It’s a long story you just wouldn’t believe. Lawyer practicing 35 years said he never heard of one like this. I might still have to pay to keep them.
210 was 24” deep x 72”wide x 29”tall
125 is 18” deep x 72”wide x 21 tall
Smaller footprint and more shallow by 8”.
No way would I ever try tangs and anthias in a tank this size, let alone with carpets. Poor choice. But circumstances forced me to transfer all at once and hope for the best. I think the only reason the fish are doing well is because they’ve been with the carpets together so long. Everything seems to be doing well.
Thanks Minh, I know you’re no stranger to tragedy. Good to see you still in the hobby. Once salt is in the blood, it’s hard to get out.
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Here’s close ups. The little purple has yet to make a cone back with color, but doing well otherwise. I haven’t fed any of them in the last month or two, I’d have to reread my posts in this thread to see when I last fed because that was it.
Par varies, from 800-1100 on the low side, to 1800-2200 on the brightest green ones.
KH is fairly stable between 10-12. I’m struggling to keep calcium up past 400, daily manual additions of calcium are needed right now. Skimmers been smelling good and earthy lately, nice and thick. I’ve been wanting to add more sand the past couple months but time hasn’t happened yet. Maybe soon.
Par varies, from 800-1100 on the low side, to 1800-2200 on the brightest green ones.
KH is fairly stable between 10-12. I’m struggling to keep calcium up past 400, daily manual additions of calcium are needed right now. Skimmers been smelling good and earthy lately, nice and thick. I’ve been wanting to add more sand the past couple months but time hasn’t happened yet. Maybe soon.
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That's gorgeous!Toadstool leather
