Apcoleman

Nice! Cant wait to see it when those colonies grow in

dude, you need to chill and relax. this is a hobby that takes patience. corals will open when they want to and fish will hide when they want to and come out when you stop messing with them. let it happen.

Very cool pictures showing the progression

He perked up pretty quickly. Thanks again!

Looking good!! I have the same issue with my clowns. No interest in either of the nems. They prefer the overflow.

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New wrasse added via Kim (smallreef) This guy is always cruising the tank and a hog when it comes to feeding time.

Im using some of the hydroponics designed T5 fixtures over my 250. The model I purchased is the Sun Blaster NanoTech T5 HO. Im very happy with them and there are some others on RC that have been using them without issue for a while too.

I like the tunze a lot but much prefer the flipper. I still mess up the "flip" every now an then but its a solid product. I also have the algae free which I should probably post in the FS section because it just sits off to the side. I make sure to store all of my glass cleaners out of the tank in between uses to ensure nothing gets on the pads that could scratch the glass.

Thanks guys. I have really enjoyed the much simpler approach since the mini crash and have surprised even myself with the urge to resist tinkering with the tank. Stability is definitely the key in this hobby and not having a knee jerk reaction when something isn't going your way.

The tank and I have been on somewhat of an autopilot. The male Bellus has great color and there is clearly a pecking order between him and the other two females. There has been no fighting between them and I expect it to stay that way. The Haddoni is nice and happy. It has not moved since being introduced and has left my fish alone or they are just smart enough to stay away. It is super sticky. The clowns still want nothing to do with it. I have seen nice growth from many of the corals and can't wait until they really fill in the tank. I may add some more frags to fill in some areas. At this point I have also had the Regal for over a year and I am happy to report that it eats EVERYTHING! It was a little touch and go at the very beginning but I firmly believe that introducing it to the display immediately helped it learn from the other fish as to what was nice and tasty. I no longer have a clam or zoas but I look at it as a small price to pay for having such a beautiful fish.

That is pretty slick.

I added t5 to my mid day lighting schedule to help with some shadowing. They run for 6 hours a day and I did not change anything with my LEDs. Everything responded well at least for me. I already run mine at close to 100%. Why not just turn up your LEDs before trying the t5s if you want more light?

I run the same type of light. Grows chaeto well.

Awesome! I had one of my bellus transition over to male earlier this year. Its a cool process to watch and does go rather quickly.

Looks great!!!

I have had the Regal about 8 months now and he is roughly 5 inches and a great fish. He came in a little skinny and took a few days before he was eating with vigor. Mussells on the half shell is what he initially took to and now eats everything including pellets and the new era grazer and filled out nicely. I had to get rid of my clam because he went after it and he also keeps my zoas in check.

I have been thinking about one setting one up because of that nem. In the summer I want to try and raise the clown fry and would set up a harem tank. There is just something about a tank full of clowns and nems.

It sure is. One of my favorites. If you ever want a frag back let me know!

Continuing to document the change. My photo skills are not good enough to capture the colors of this fish. The yellow is starting to show on the lateral line of the fish. One of the females to show the contrast

Bellus is continuing its transition to male. The yellow it really starting to show and the blue and black are continuing to fade.

great work! Looking forward to see this all come together!

Feeding time with LRS and spirulina enriched brine

These ladies are very camera shy. This was the best shot that I could get that shows the difference in color between the one changing and the smaller females. In person the contrast is much more apparent but you can see the color starting to change for sure. The Haddoni has been doing very well and has been fed once a week. The clowns completely ignore it even though they are less than 8 inches away from it. A few pics of some corals in the tank

I am charging up the camera right now and will post some pics later today. Everything is going well but the latest update is that my largest female bellus has started the transition to male. I thought she had started towards the end of last summer but when I added the Regal it completely halted to process. Her black coloring darkened back up and the blue was even more prominent. Now the black is very faded along with the blue and the yellow is starting to show. Aggression hasn't changed between the three but there is very much a hierarchy that has been maintained.