Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[mkutsch]

nope, never had the pleasure, but! One time I was feeding my fish and suddenly a newcomer, a neon blue cleaner goby, began eating from the pipette. Once I had exhausted the supply he started to move up my fingers. This continued and I found it hilarious until one day he actually started to clean my hand. He was an awesome little guy. Unfrotunately I had to give him away after my recent tank crash and before sickness got em. Although this might've been a good omen, cause I was scared he was becoming vampiric!!;Nailbiting

 

[mkutsch]

 

[cameronh]

So where ya been? Building a new tank?

Coral rehab? You can tell us.

Lol!! Yeah I've been stuck in coral rehab.
It seems every time I go buy one coral it turns into four.
Lol everything is the same. Tank is on autopilot.

 

[Katrina71]

I'd never want mine on autopilot. I'm happier hands on. A perk of having a tiny tank

 

[mkutsch]

Sorry about photo quality--and the cyano--as it has never been my forte. But they're awesome fish, rhino blennies.

 

[mkutsch]

Oh god what have I done? The first one was ugh-worthy but the second was cringe factor 10...
I don't take pictures with anything more than 8,500K spectrum cause of saturation. It's an old phone..

 

[Katrina71]

Mine are much worse.

 

[mkutsch]

Is that even possible? If so I feel your pain.

 

[Katrina71]

I suck at it.

 

[mkutsch]

Also you should get these:

for viewing coral at home or at LFS. They filter out more intense actinics and UVs (@saltyfilmfolks I'm probably butchering this...) so you can see stuff without getting blasted by so much blue. They work and they're great. They're protection eyewear from heave--I mean good ol' Home Depot. 7 bucks. Also takes away eyestrain, same concept to camera filters.

 

[Adam113]

I suck at the picture thing too...

 

[Katrina71]

I'm wearing some right now lol

 

[Katrina71]

I suck at the picture thing too...

Show off! Soooo cute

 

[mkutsch]

At least he's humble.

 

[mkutsch]

I'd say my profile pic is halfway decent.

 

[Katrina71]

Mine too.

 

[mkutsch]

No doubt. Maybe you should update it and make it monster coffee.

 

[Katrina71]

I'd like it to be Xenia.

 

[IanReefer]

Years back, probably around 2006, I had a Biocube 8 gallon set up as a single species tank. I had a beautiful stone crab in it, about 3-4 inches across. He did well by himself for about 2 years until I decided to trade him in. All I did was weekly water changes of about 2 gallons each time. Never had an issue with water chemistry.

Sounds like this is your first small tank, so keep it simple. You'd be surprised how well simple water changes can work to resolve water quality issues.

 

[Katrina71]

That's what I'm doing. Simple is good for me.