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[Bob E]

Today while cleaning the tank I found what looked like egg sacks on the rocks. so I pulled one out with a pipette and pulled out the wifes scope and found these little guys.

Good or Bad I'm about to have a hole a lot of them

 

[Bob E]

yesterday I found a couple of little Aiptasia. so, I toke my F aiptasia and covered them up, in the process I found the queen hiding behind my hammer. this one was large. So I think I'm in for a long haul search for these guys for awhile

 

[Bob E]

April 17
I was overdo for a updated cleanup crew. added a couple of Peppermint shrimp, trochus snails, Cerith snails, blue leg hermit crabs and 1 emerald crab

 

[Bob E]

 

[Bob E]

Quick look at my two torches. Pumps turned down for video

 

[Bob E]

Short clip of blue leg hermit crab

 

[Bob E]

Short clip going around tank

 

[Bob E]

This morning my pink tip torch came off it's glued base from the rock and was laying on the sand. got it glued back to it's spot. it's just not completely happy yet View attachment 4088284

also have video walk around

 

[Bob E]

I'm trying to catch up on tank
Update from back in May-June
The last couple of months March-April i was dealing with hair algae. over that time it went from a large issue risking my coral health to still present but easily controllable with routine maintenance. At the end of May I was away a couple of weeks. When I came back my carpenters wrasse was missing and my tail spot blenny was skin and bones. he didn't make it thru the night. The rest of the tank looks as normal. Testing at the time was as expected for missing two water changes, nitrates slightly higher than normal.
Updated to June now

 

[Bob E]

Plans I'm in need to change my flow in the tank to better help corals.
I will soon get an icecap 2K with the Hydros WE V2 to help with this
I will transition to All-for-Reef soon as well

 

[Bob E]

I added the icecap to the back and moved the mp40's two different locations on the ends offset from each other. over the weeks the locations were adjusted to get a good flow all around the tank without blasting any corals.
I have finished the switch over to All for Reef. I did daily checks of Alk for a few weeks until I was dialed in.
While making these changes a couple of corals did show a little stress although i did find i have flat worms in the tank and since the wrasses are gone there numbers have grown.

 

[Bob E]

I placed and order for some QT fish October 16 and should receive then soon

 

[Bob E]

for black Friday I ordered the Hydros X4 pro pack. started to work on getting it setup last night but found there are potentially XP8 has an error or failure, used AI to help debug errors that at the end tells me to get Hydros help. sent a ticket today and will wait for help