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Old 10-05-2018, 04:12 PM
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Awesome start! Before you know it you will be amazed at how much your tank has changed.
Ya I can't wait to see the changes along the way!!
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Old 10-05-2018, 08:15 PM
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I'm sure a lot of you will laugh at this because you likely thought the same thing the first time you saw it but this morning I woke up and thought one of my Scarlet's had died.. I see a red shell floating around on my sand bed, lifeless and one of my Scarlet's was missing.. I search all over the tank and see what I thought was his empty shell tucked back behind my rockwork and reach in to grab it, only to see a hermit still living inside.. I guess one of them molted!
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Old 10-05-2018, 09:29 PM
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I don't know if anyone else can see the pictures that I've been posting but for some reason I can't anymore... They were there when I checked last night...
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Old 10-06-2018, 10:26 PM
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I find stress will often trigger it. When I moved tanks, they all molted. Once I took one out to brush off a big hunk of algae on his shell, and he just threw his molt out in the cup he was in. I thought he died from the shock of being out of the water for 10 seconds, but when I peeked inside he was still in there.
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Old 10-18-2018, 04:15 PM
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I find stress will often trigger it. When I moved tanks, they all molted. Once I took one out to brush off a big hunk of algae on his shell, and he just threw his molt out in the cup he was in. I thought he died from the shock of being out of the water for 10 seconds, but when I peeked inside he was still in there.
lol too funny.. I would have probably thought he died too. Good to know about stress. I've only found the one molt so far.
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Old 10-18-2018, 05:25 PM
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Time to update things...

I added a few more dry reef rocks to the aquascape. I love SPS so I tried to add more spots up higher that I can attach some SPS, on top of making a few more little caves and places for smaller critters to hide. I'd like to add pompom crabs once my tank has matured enough and who knows what else.



I also added a purple firefish as my first marine fish! I've been letting the tank stabilize after adding the fish and so far everyone is doing well.

Up next, possibly a Banggai Cardinal?

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