This tank sat empty from the time Anya died in May until 2 1/2 weeks ago when Philip from KP Aquatics messaged me that he had another briareus for me. Over the summer, we made lots of updates to this tank as it is 21 years old! New live rock, corals and an awesome new Kessil light helped spruce it up- and helped me from the growing depression of an empty tank on top of all of the other 2020 bullshit!
Dax arrived the day after the election, which was a balm for all of us- an excellent distraction! A male, at least āmiddle agedā by the size of him. Heās definitely nocturnal, he comes out in the evening as the lights are ramping down in intensity from blue to red. This light has a āmoon cycle,ā which we set mostly because we can, but he was definitely out early during the new moon!
His name follows my current habit of choosing Star Trek characters. I immediately thought of āDaxā from DS9 when I saw the size of him-because Captain Sisko calls Dax āOld Man.ā I donāt think heās that old, but I do like name so I went with it!