Cthulukelele's 120g build!

Also my blenny giving me his patented side-eye from his favorite hidey hole

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I jave been dialing in my 2 part dosing, and I am very close to stable. My acan is now super happy. Plus I am getting a bit of corraline algae growing as you can see in the background :) The ricordea florida wishes the water was a little dirtier, but still looks pretty nice IMO.

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Some nice pieces there. Really like the Blastomusa. Been considering one for my tank.
Yeah I am hoping some of the little heads bounce back. Had to glue an aiptasia on it and they didn't love the dip.
 
More corallllllll!
Especially excited about the new elegance. Thank you local reefer friend for the great deal :)

Also my emerald crab buddy is getting hugeeee

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As a Lovecraft fan and an owner of ukes I simply had to drop a post of envy of your kick butt moniker.
 
A ton has happened since my last post! Added a few coral, moved qt fish to display, added more fish to qt. Cool new thing! My sea urchin is spawning! I guess it's a dude lol

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Picture dump alert!

6 months without an update! Things have gone super well! I didn't leave the hobby--just started learning things on my own.

Lots of good things. A few bad things.

Good:

Only lost a few coral (they were early on)
All fish and inverts are alive and thriving
Good growth on a lot of stuff
Found a consistent dosing schedule
Have eliminated water changes for the last 5 months and have found an acceptable equilibrium

Bad:
Really just aiptasia


Will be adding an aiptasia eating filefish soon. Also will be adding a yellow eye kole tang.


Notice that green octospawn I bought 7 months ago has gone from 1 head to 8 or 9 :D

Also my elegance has nearly doubled in size--as has my green acan, punk rocker colony, and duncan. Yellow NPS gorg one of my friends suprised me with for christmas is even thriving. Super happy with the tank.

Installed some t5 retrofits 3 or 4 months back. Colors and growth have exploded. Bought a speckled bta that has since split and the 2 are both twice the size of the 1 I bought. Got a derasa clam 4 or 5 months ago that has doubled in size. Added quite a few acros that have almost encrusted their entire plugs.

My clowns have begun laying eggs! Also my yellow watchman has paired with his candycane pistol shrimp. I included a pic of their mound and the goby, but the pisto was shy today. Got a single head of gobstopper zoa that has now become a 10 head colony (cha-ching). Every single one of my fish now readily eat LRS, omega flake, and spectrum pellet food.

All-in-all I am super happy with how it's all going, and once I add the kole for hard to reach nominal hair algae and filefish for aiptasia, this tank will be truly complete aside from more SPS, euphilya, and the occasional mushroom.

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Also my softies didn't die or get sold!

I started a full sun 45 with 4 t5s that I have overstuffed with rock, a snowflake eel, a valentini puffer, and a flame hawkfish, so the big softies are now in there.
 

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