For lighting I went with one luminBright mini. A 250watt 20k bulb is in it now. . Here's how it went.









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Rock.



Acrylic support.



Rock drilled and organized on acrylic rods. Sand added.

As I was going through pics this showed up from a tank that was in my shop. It was a 10 gallon with a mantis and a bunch of aptasia. This guy got too close.

So before moving the tank to the apartment, a fill and run for a couple weeks was in order.







My basslet that won't make the move to this setup.

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I've been testing the nitrate and it's finally starting to fall! (20 instead of 30)
I thought I'd celebrate by releasing Guybrush & Marley into the big tank!!

I pulled Marley's beloved faux-nemone out first and placed it on "nem forest to be" pillar. Then I scooped both clowns out. Guybrush proved true to his name and was far more resourceful at eluding capture, but I got him in the end. When I added them to the 144g Marley dove straight into her fake...