So my big leather fell again - it's just so heavy I couldn't even get it out of the water easily or I would have attempted to guess it's weight. After pushing it right against the back glass it looks a little smaller but actually gave everything a little more space.
I decided to redo both corners of the tank. The left side had far too many corals that were no long visible and not in good long term positions ie blastos right up against the base of a toadstool and my branching cyphastrea being overgrown by mushrooms. I carefully fixed all that up and gave everything tiny bits of space to grow.
Somehow I managed to add about a dozen frags. I'm not overly fond of frag plugs going in the tank a few of them are somewhat visible but they blend well. I got some new stuff last month that had been in my frag tank and I had some frags I never got around to adding earlier.
I also took some live rock from my frag tank's sump to create a new mini island on the far right. This area really doesn't get a lot of light so I may have to add an additional light or space out my existing lights better. With that in mind the new corals there are lower light encrusters. I feel like I'm squeezing everything possible out of this tank size and aquascape but if you have ideas or suggestions on how to improve please feel free to share.
In the pictures it does not come across as that different but to me at home all the time staring at the tank it definitely looks a lot better. I will shoot a monthly update video of the tank soon.
My nearly 5 year old Jeabo powerhead stopped working, although not completely it no longer operates on the wave function which I prefer. I swapped it for a coralbox qp16 which provides slightly more flow. Not a drastic improvement but works fine. I thought about buying a gyre finally but don't really see it as an option that would be 3x better.
Finally debating adding my 2 barred rabbitfish to the tank. He was bought for my frag tank to eat a specific macro which he never completely eliminated but got rid of most of it. I mostly want to add him because I want more fish but they are hard to get / very expensive these days.
I decided to redo both corners of the tank. The left side had far too many corals that were no long visible and not in good long term positions ie blastos right up against the base of a toadstool and my branching cyphastrea being overgrown by mushrooms. I carefully fixed all that up and gave everything tiny bits of space to grow.
Somehow I managed to add about a dozen frags. I'm not overly fond of frag plugs going in the tank a few of them are somewhat visible but they blend well. I got some new stuff last month that had been in my frag tank and I had some frags I never got around to adding earlier.
I also took some live rock from my frag tank's sump to create a new mini island on the far right. This area really doesn't get a lot of light so I may have to add an additional light or space out my existing lights better. With that in mind the new corals there are lower light encrusters. I feel like I'm squeezing everything possible out of this tank size and aquascape but if you have ideas or suggestions on how to improve please feel free to share.
In the pictures it does not come across as that different but to me at home all the time staring at the tank it definitely looks a lot better. I will shoot a monthly update video of the tank soon.
My nearly 5 year old Jeabo powerhead stopped working, although not completely it no longer operates on the wave function which I prefer. I swapped it for a coralbox qp16 which provides slightly more flow. Not a drastic improvement but works fine. I thought about buying a gyre finally but don't really see it as an option that would be 3x better.
Finally debating adding my 2 barred rabbitfish to the tank. He was bought for my frag tank to eat a specific macro which he never completely eliminated but got rid of most of it. I mostly want to add him because I want more fish but they are hard to get / very expensive these days.