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SMSREEF said:
Nice tank Nate! That tank looks pretty big what size is it?

Cooper-band Butterfly (CBB) is my favorite fish. Gonna be setting up a 60 cube and am thinking about this fish being centerpiece. Does your CBB seem like it needs/wants more room?

Edit, I see it’s 50 gal
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All of the fish need more room. It's still too early to tell if he's fully comfortable. Day 1 he was swimming around like he was apart of the team, but the Purple Tang had to swim a couple of laps with him to make sure nothing funky was going on. He's been picking at rockwork like a madman looking for little things to eat on. He hasn't touched the corals though. I will say, they are extremely picky eaters though. I couldn't get him to eat Hikari Mega Marine, so I bought some bloodworms, mysis, and clams on the half shell for him to munch on.
 
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Redfoxtang said:
Welcome to R2R!! Tank looks good!! What lights are powering it!?!
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Just picked up my 3rd AI Prime HD. I'm running them with the Aquatic Life T5 Hybrid with 3 blue+ and 1 coral+ to help with shadowing. I'm running the BRS spectrum they made to emulate AB+. 1 hour ramp up and down with 8 hours at full. I believe the T5's are on for 6 hours.
 
vetteguy53081 said:
Tank looking nice. How long has it been running ?

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With corals in it, just over a year. Almost 2 years since I bought it, but I didn't want to rush putting in corals. Not because I knew to wait, but because I was too afraid. If only I had done more research before taking that first plunge. I've experienced some extremely slow growth in corals that should be quick growers. That's what happens when you use API test kits at first and don't do your research on dosing.
 
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Thanks everyone for the awesome welcome! This already feels like a place I'm going to make a lot of friends. I'm going to work on getting a few build threads going. I'll try to get the build for this tank going first since it's pretty simple.
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