Smite's 66g cube

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Looking good Matt, I'm looking to pick up that same tank soon, nice dims.
I really like the dims too, not being a full cube gives it a larger appearance but still has good depth. Great tanks for the money. Mine runs dead silent.
 

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Picked up 2 frags form RR. If you know the name let me know.
Chalice: Looks to be red with some grey/white and blue highlights. Sorry some of the pictures are ultra blue, my waterproof point n shoot doesn't have much for white balance settings. Also 2 different cameras give 2 different looks.



Enchinata:



Updated shot of the tank. Its growing in alright. My sps and chalice had lost a lot of color. A wise man told me I was running to clean of water with no nutrients - Thanks Adrock. I took my GFO offline at the beginning of the week and they have already improved. I've also started to dose RedSea's Reef energy A&B to help boost some colors.



Side shot. My red dragon and monti caps are doing great. Hopefully my green cap will graft to my red.


Pink and blue blastos might be my favorite coral in the tank. Seem to be bullet proof and always colorful.



A free frag I picked up a few months back. Had 2 polyps forever but recently started taking off. Cheap common zoas but I love the look of dragons eyes.


A few coral I plan to keep an eye on while dosing RS reef energy for color and growth.


A long dip in RX seems to have saved this acan mini colony for now. The recession has stopped.


Another favorite in my tank:


I've been going back and forth as to whether I'm going to replace my Sols with 52's or possibly Gen 3 radions. Now that I'm seeing some color come back I think Ill hold off.
 

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Thanks he's a great little goby. Cleans the top layer of sand but too small to make a real mess.
I'm going with all nano fish this time around. Mostly gobies.
1 snowflake clown
1 black snowflake
5 masked gobies
1 mandarin goby
Rainfords goby
Fire goby
Yasha Haze still in Qt. I threw the tiger pistol shrimp in and haven't seen him since.
 

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Got my order from Diver's Den this morning. 10 red spot glass cardinals & a blue head combtooth blenny. All look fat and surprisingly colorful for just being shipped. I think I have a good chance at success with these guys.

Getting dripped.




The gnarly quadrupled bag they all show up in, individually. Surprised me when I opened the box. Very well shipped
 

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In the tank. Suckers a too fast for my phone lol. Seem alright though. Blenny is probably the most stressed looking.





hopefully they came out cleaner than on my phone
 
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Very nice set up!! I'm currently building the exact same tank! Have u had any issues with gobies or firefish jumping or fighting? Or is the 66g enough to house multiples? I'm probably going the same route, small colorful fish to keep a light bioload
 

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Very nice set up!! I'm currently building the exact same tank! Have u had any issues with gobies or firefish jumping or fighting? Or is the 66g enough to house multiples? I'm probably going the same route, small colorful fish to keep a light bioload
that's my goal as well. Since going with all nano fish I've had zero aggression. I have yet to have any fish jump from this tank. I really love this tank. I'll be looking for you build.

Finally I have a chance to see your building thread... Very nice and clean set up, Matt.
Thanks Trung. I really appreciate the kind words.


All the red pot cardinals ate and seem super calm. The blenny has vanished and didn't come out for feeding. Hopefully I'll see him somewhere tomorrow.
 
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that's my goal as well. Since going with all nano fish I've had zero aggression. I have yet to have any fish jump from this tank. I really love this tank. I'll be looking for you build.


Thanks Trung. I really appreciate the kind words.


All the red pot cardinals ate and seem super calm. The blenny has vanished and didn't come out for feeding. Hopefully I'll see him somewhere tomorrow.
I have my thread going already, 48 hours later lol that's the title. Gonna add some fish this weekend, was thinking of starting off with a couple firefish
 

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Nice. Do fire fish need to be paired? My firefish is a trooper. Only one to survive my velvet outbreak and treatment earlier this year.

These guys got another few weeks of quarantine but are looking healthy and happy.
 

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All I found on the floor was 1. These guys rotate positions in the group so much it makes it difficult to count. I may need to look into rigging up a screen top.
 
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