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I think they might. Mine lives fine with a YWG but I had a neon goby and a tailspot blenny disappear and I think the tiger pistol may have taken them out

Welcome back. I'm in the North Laurel area

Currently they both have the stock lighting

It has been a while so I thought it would be a good time for some updates. Biocube 1 I recently finished off a battle with Bryopsis. The tank is looking good. The GSP has just about covered its Island. My Zoa Rock is mainly orange oxide and rainbow infusion from local reefers. I had a few other types but my urchin kept pulling them off the rocks and they got lost. My orange yuma and red discosoma mushrooms have been going well there are about 4-5 yumas but tthe color has change to a more yellowish color likely due to the biocube lights. the Red mushroom has gotten about 4 inches across and has about 5 offspring in the area. My duncan has gone from 1 head to about 5. the Toadstool leather has gotten much bigger. The hammers has recently started to get growing. The green hammer heads are in the process of splitting and there are about 6-7 heads forming. The gold teal hammer is starting to split but is only about 3 heads right now. My fascination favia is starting yo encrust on the rockwork in the center. the leptoseris has started encrusting on the back wall . Since the bryopsis was eliminated everything has been growing better. For fish, the are only 3 fish now :the clownfish, the royal gramma, and the yellow watchman goby. The gramma is a bit of a bully. He goes after the clown on occasion and I think he stress out the neon goby until he disappeared. Biocube 2 This has become the nem tank with 1 RBTA and 7 rock flower anemone. I have a few corals but they have not done much. There is a nice acan on one side and the galaxia colony kind of near the RBTA. I have 2 kinds on Gorgonians in the back, a purple wispy willow and a orange knobby gorgonian. The fish are all doing well. I have a pair of clowns, 2 orange firefish, a tailspot blenny and a yellow neon goby. I also have a fire shrimp, an emerald crab and a porcelain anemone crab. The anemone crab lives in the RBTA. The clowns have started to hang out around and underneath it when it expands each day but they haven't kicked out the crab. I am hoping the RBTA will split. I am currently fighting bubble algae and aptasia in this tank. I have been using aptasia X but I haven't gotten ahead of them yet. Here is a closer look at some of the rock flowers. tonight when I came down, it looks like they have started spawning as 2 or 3 have kind of formed into bowl shapes and has released some white cloudy substance.

Biocube 2 has also gotten some additions. I added a fire shrimp and some snails for the cuc. Here are the clownfish I added about a week ago. . I added a few more fish today, a tailspot blenny and a pair of firefish. I has seen the blenny a few times and got a picture but the firefish are hiding. I got RBTA from @Myst3ry_sea earlier this week and it seems to be settling in well. The clowns have not seemed to discover it yet but hopefully they will soon. I know it may be early for a nem but I wanted to get it settled before I got corals. I did get a few corals today : an acan , a favia and some green candy canes. They will sit on the frag rack for a few days and then I will move them into place.

I added a couple of items to Biocube 1, a Green clown goby and a feather duster. The new duncan head is getting big enough for a picture. the GSP is starting to spread on the rocks. the Monti appears to have started growing on the rocks. The tanks parameters have been good and I a working on the algae.

I have been seeing growth in most of the corals in Biocube 1. The duncan has the bud of a second head. The GSP has started growing on the rock. I ham seeing more polyps of the different zoas. They are starting to grow off the plugs. The Lepto and monti are showing tissue growth but haven't quite moved onto other surfaces yet. The hammers and candy cane care expanding well. Biocube 2 has its first inhabitants, a super nasserius snail, an astrea snail and a pair of occellaris clowns. I have added a wavemaker, an GPH eFlux wavepump. I am running it in surge mode at 70% power with a 30 second cycle.

I also started the second biocube. I still need to get a powerhead for it. But here is the layout. I am hoping to eventually get RBTA at the top. the 2 Rocks at the top of the arch have lots of pores and crevasses,

My duncan has not been opening so I move it a bit further away. Here is the current view of the tank.

I finished taking done my old 50 gallon long tank so that means Biocube 2 can be set up. So far the stand is up and the tank is out of the box. I will update as that tank starts coming together. I would kind of like that tank to be an anemone tank. Maybe a RBTA and a couple rock flower anemones. We will see. I am still deciding on the powerhead for that tanks and trying to figure out if I will have enough light.

Just a couple of update. I have been working to pull some of the hair algae and the urchin seems to have helped. I moved the hammers into position on the right side and I attached the lepto to the back wall. I still not sure what to do with the monti but I have been seeing new green polyps show up on it. Here is the tank now. Any suggestions on monti placement?

Thanks for the advice. I have been working on it.

I also introduced 2 more inhabitants, a maroon clown (top right of overview image) I have had for about 5 years and a red tuxedo urchin to help with the hair algae. my Nitrates and phosphates read as 0. I am keeping up with the water changes but hopefully the urchin helps clear up some of the algae. I am not planning to add any more fish as this point. I hope to let the tanks settle for a while and I will be taking down the 50 gallon tank (48" x 12" x 18") and setting up the other Biocube soon. If anyone is interested I will likely post the tank and stand later.