afboundguy's downsizing (or upgrading???) 25 gallon cube build

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That puppy's ears are so confused - which way do we go today?

Usually it's only one that stays on her head but got lucky with that picture...

 

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So the sump was a major fail... Couldn't get it to work with the space and set up I had and I decided to make the wife happy by switching back to how it was with the in tank skimmer... I've had some great SPS growth with just simple water changes. Had a bubble algae breakout that I was able to get rid of with manual removal which was a blast... Any ways enjoy some updated crappy cell phone pictures

 

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And I can't not mention the puppy progress... She's about 10 months old now and still a crazy puppy. Besides her being deaf we found out she is half blind as well but that hasn't slowed her down. We finally were able to get our back yard fully fenced in and it has been awesome to just let her run around and get the puppy zoomies out. She's 45 lbs now and we think that's as big as she'll get which is nice because our other dog is 55 lbs. Enjoy some puppy pics!!! On a side note she did just help me out with a water change and by help I mean totally get in my way

 

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She (Harlow) is the one on the top and left of the two pictures with her older brother Gunner...

 

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Update on the puppy and tank... She'll be a year old on Jan 1st!!! Hope everybody had a great Holiday!!!

 

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As far as the tank goes started 2 part dosing and purchased a dosing pump I need to set up. Getting good growth on the SPS hope to swap out a few pieces to break up all the green and purple...

 

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I also did something insanely stupid... I bought some scan frags

The last picture the top right one is insane. Found it at a LFS up in Manchester NH last weekend. The coloring is amazing!!!

 

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Those two in their Christmas PJs is priceless...

Everything in the tank looks nice and happy.

 

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Those two in their Christmas PJs is priceless...

We actually had the older dogs real sister (littermate) over during that time...

 

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That is fantastic!

 

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Made a trip to Dong's today and traded in some corals for... You guessed it more corals!!! Traded in my large candy cane colony, a porities that he really wanted and a large acro that I had two of. Ended up getting a few sweet acros and millis... Anyways here's an updated FTS and a close up of some of the corals I got...

 

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I also purchased some quahog shells at market basket today steamed them and cleaned them up. Going to attach the acan frags to them so they grow faster and better just ran out of time today so they're living in the stand for now I'll update when I get around to that...

 

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Also got a sweet deal from Dong on a new light that I'll be trying out. He was very high on them and all the research I did today I couldn't really find anything bad on them... Can't wait to throw this bad boy up

 

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And just because here's some puppy pics!!! We're trying a thunder vest to help with her separation anxiety. Guess when you can't hear anything and can only see with one eye she gets attached to us

 

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Just hooked up the dosing pump. Set it for 10 ml 4 times a day an hour apart. Picked up the dosing pump from Chewy before I disowned them for using horrible shipping companies that kept messing studf up but that's a different story... Seems like a great deal for the price. Most of the negative reviews were about programming it but it only took me a few minutes to set it up by reading the directions

 

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Had plenty of room left of my dosing tube holder just have no clue where the screws are... Temporarily using a zip the going to head to the hardware store see if I can find any plastic screws if not I'll just order a new bracket...

 

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Got the new light installed after working out a few kinks with the Wi-Fi programming. Have it set super low something around 20% whites and 40% blues for now and I'll slowely ramp them up over the next few weeks... I did have to remount the supplemental blue LED strip I had but now its directly above the acans

 

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One added bonus with the new light was I could remove the piece of wood I put in the back of the canopy to be able to mount the AI Nano light. Freed up a lot more space on the back edge so I moved the 2 part and ATO lines closer to the MP10...

 

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On a puppy related side note our puppy is one today!!! Happy Bday Harlow!!!