Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

Eagle_Steve · Oct 28, 2019

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My 7 year old mag finally finished splitting. Both splits have fully formed mouths and are doing well. One is making my birds nest a tad bit angry, but I have a basketball sized colony I can frag worst case lol.

Eagle_Steve · Oct 28, 2019

Kimberely said:
I may have to trade the toadstool in for something else then. I looked at a t5 but I can't get bulbs locally. I'm a little leery of ordering something as fragile as bulbs online.

Can you order from @Bulk Reef Supply? If so, they have awesome packaging for T5 bulbs. I have ordered almost 50 from them so far and not a single broken bulb.

Kimberely · Oct 28, 2019

Eagle_Steve said:
Can you order from @Bulk Reef Supply? If so, they have awesome packaging for T5 bulbs. I have ordered almost 50 from them so far and not a single broken bulb.

Thanks for the tip! I'll take another look at t5 fixtures then.

Fin · Oct 28, 2019

Eagle_Steve said:
Can you order from @Bulk Reef Supply? If so, they have awesome packaging for T5 bulbs. I have ordered almost 50 from them so far and not a single broken bulb.

Yeah, they pack those bulbs really well. I wouldn't worry about them breaking. Even if they do, BRS will make it good.

NY_Caveman · Oct 28, 2019

Fin said:
How much algae you got?

Lots!

Why-Me · Oct 28, 2019

So my daughter officially named the Extreme misbar longfin darwin clownfish (that's a mouthful to say).
His/Her name is Coco
What a beautiful fish, I'll get pics tomorrow, very very dark orange/brown with black fins. I understand it will turn jet black besides the white misbar.
This particular extreme misbar is actually quite awesome. He has a stripe on top of his head that breaks up and then a white dot on each side's cheek and that's it for white markings.
I tried to get her to name it Jaws (LOL) because of the placement of the white dot on each cheek.
She wasn't having it!!

Kimberely · Oct 28, 2019

Why-Me said:
So my daughter officially named the Extreme misbar longfin darwin clownfish (that's a mouthful to say).
His/Her name is Coco
What a beautiful fish, I'll get pics tomorrow, very very dark orange/brown with black fins. I understand it will turn jet black besides the white misbar.
This particular extreme misbar is actually quite awesome. He has a stripe on top of his head that breaks up and then a white dot on each side's cheek and that's it for white markings.
I tried to get her to name it Jaws (LOL) because of the placement of the white dot on each cheek.
She wasn't having it!!

I like the name. It's more creative than the name I gave my ocellaris pair. They were surrendered to Petco and I got them free. So I named them Free and Freebie. Lol

SashimiTurtle · Oct 28, 2019

Eagle_Steve said:
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My 7 year old mag finally finished splitting. Both splits have fully formed mouths and are doing well. One is making my birds nest a tad bit angry, but I have a basketball sized colony I can frag worst case lol.

I want a mag but they are huge!

NY_Caveman · Oct 28, 2019

Robin Haselden said:
I want a mag but they are huge!

I had one in a standard 55 under MH long ago. It was front to back on the glass after a couple of years.

SashimiTurtle · Oct 28, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
I had one in a standard 55 under MH long ago. It was front to back on the glass after a couple of years.

I've decided I'm gonna put my clown pair in my 35 cube and stuff a few anemones in there. I doubt I can keep a mag in that tank, at least not a grown one. Its 20x20x20.

Kimberely · Oct 28, 2019

Not the best video but does anyone else's fish beg like this?

SashimiTurtle · Oct 28, 2019

Kimberely said:
Not the best video but does anyone else's fish beg like this?

Yes, my clowns will stick their face out the water for food.

Kimberely · Oct 28, 2019

Robin Haselden said:
Yes, my clowns will stick their face out the water for food.

It's terribly endearing isn't it. Lol

NY_Caveman · Oct 28, 2019

I cannot click Love enough on that video.

Kimberely · Oct 28, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
I cannot click Love enough on that video.

They're my favorite fish and I have multiple tank syndrome. None of my others beg like that.

SashimiTurtle · Oct 28, 2019

Kimberely said:
They're my favorite fish and I have multiple tank syndrome. None of my others beg like that.

You too? I cant seem to stop setting up tanks.

Kimberely · Oct 29, 2019

Robin Haselden said:
You too? I cant seem to stop setting up tanks.

I'm down to 2 at the moment. Still trying to decide what to do with my 125. It was warping my floor so I may sell it or trade it for a second 75 gallon. I've also been toying with the idea of setting it up as a vivarium for dart frogs.

SashimiTurtle · Oct 29, 2019

Kimberely said:
I'm down to 2 at the moment. Still trying to decide what to do with my 125. It was warping my floor so I may sell it or trade it for a second 75 gallon. I've also been toying with the idea of setting it up as a vivarium for dart frogs.

That's a huge dart frog vivarium!

Kimberely · Oct 29, 2019

Robin Haselden said:
That's a huge dart frog vivarium!

Yeah it is. I kinda hate to get rid of it but I'm a bit afraid to fill it full of water again. My other half braced the floor but the floor is no longer level there and I don't have room anywhere else for a six foot tank.