stalkem's Oceanic Biocube 29 HQI (first SW tank)

skey44 · May 17, 2024

stalkem said:
Just picked up this favia. Trying to fill in some top space.

That’s a nice one. Tank looks clean and healthy!

stalkem · May 30, 2024

Added a Cyphastrea and Candy Cane Caulastrea yesterday. Picked them up at a local Coral Farm (or maybe it's an aptasia farm , but the prices are good). I did a double dip in CoralRX, and then when I was going to trim the plug plate, I ended up just popping the Cyphastrea off, and there were a few worms under its rock and the plug... so those went down the drain. Other than that, they look pretty great!

stalkem · Sunday at 9:07 PM

Scooped up some more corals at then end of @SaltwaterAq 's Memorial Day Sale. Coming soon: mystery button scoly, mystery gold torch, crazy eye chalice, and gummy bears favia. Should be fun!

stalkem · Wednesday at 11:23 AM

My Hi Fin Goby was out in the open yesterday, which seemed strange, but didn't seem to be acting weird, other than being out of a cave. Looking over the tank this morning, and I found his carcass, mostly cleaned up by the CUC... mostly the backbone and some faint skin, enough to make out the yellow head and color bands. RIP.

Photos of him being out yesterday... tough to take due to the shell placement and rounded corner of the Biocube. I brought the magnetic glass cleaner down near him, and he swam off to hide in a cave, which seemed normal.

Everyone else seems to be acting fine. Only thing I did out of the ordinary yesterday was feeding my aptasias... could the goby have ingested some of the aptasiax? It's allegedly reef safe, so I wouldn't have thought so.