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Couple of pictures and video of my tank today. I got a Target Spot Mandarin a few months back and he's not shy. He eats frozen just like the rest of the fish. I think he's looking pretty healthy! Also my torch is looking real good, I thought I would share.
I got my Orphek OR4 installed.
Switched out the AI Prime for my Orphek OR4 winning. Went with the reef day plus. Much happier with this spectrum. Photo update.
My crown leather running away from my torch today! :grinning-face-with-sweat:
So i bought a Bleeding Apple Scolymia for my birthday(Jan 31) I got it and it looked pretty good. Being in my tank it slowly just started receding and showing more skeleton. I'm thinking it was due to having high PO4 in my system. I took the Scoly to my local LFS to see if they could nurse it back to health while I try and get my Phosphates under control. I've been carbon dosing for months now and it's only dropped my NO3. I think I just have so much PO4 bound up in my rocks and sand. So I started using GFO about a week ago(2/23). It does lower PO4 temporarily then it goes back up. I been keeping at it changing it every day. I'm going to LFS today to see if my Scoly has shown any improvement.
Two shots roughly a year a part I believe. Some changes were made as some corals died as a result of coral warfare. Recently the gold torch died for no apparent reason. The green torch has been struggling with recession or no growth growth for close to a year now. Both were most likely wild specimens as to why they haven’t been able to do well in captivity. The one “boring” torch is the only one that is doing great and of course it’s aquacultured. Goes to show maybe spending the extra $ on aquacultured corals may be worth while. The one big acropora you see on the frag rack actually was almost completely gone at one point. It bleached to a point where there was only some tissue left, I cut the dead skeleton off, did not change a thing, and it has made an amazing comeback.
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The end of an era, onto the next.
@CNDReef and I talking shop after he finished the flooring and helped with the stand
Innovative Marine EXT 200 Peninsula in it's approximate resting spot. There used to be a wall here and full kitchen to the right of the tank.
Equipment has started rolling in. Synergy Reef TS-60 sump, Royal Exclusiv RD Eco5 return, Royal Exclusiv BK Deluxe 200 Skimmer, GHL Mitras LX 7206 x 4, GHL Maxi Doser.
This system started back in October of 2023 with a 300 gallon Rubbermaid trough as a holding tank in the garage as we had to take down some walls, paint and install flooring.
The 100 gallon and 80 gallon frag tank that had to come down.
Rubbermaid in the garage
Low tide on the reef, lol.
Everything was swapped, controller setup, heaters on and powerheads moving water
