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Week 8, Just letting things grow and mature. Got some Cyphastria from the side of a frag tank and stuck it on the back and a couple other places. Added some feather dusters and some Nasarious snails and blue knee hermits.
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Week 9
Did some testing.
Alk 9 dKH (API)
PO4 ~.5 mg/l (Salifert)
Nitrate undetectable (Salifert)
Just FYI, when the system was first alkalinity was tested a couple times. Initial results when water was first added was 15 dKH and on day three it was 9.
Did some testing.
Alk 9 dKH (API)
PO4 ~.5 mg/l (Salifert)
Nitrate undetectable (Salifert)
Just FYI, when the system was first alkalinity was tested a couple times. Initial results when water was first added was 15 dKH and on day three it was 9.
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Well, this is a first. Had a problem with the green polyp toadstool. It stopped opening up and something was clearly irritating it along one side. At first I thought it was the BTA that had moved to a spot behind it. Turned out a mithrax crab that came in on the live rock was pinching or scrapping off tissue. It's been a month now since I removed the green polyp toadstool and the mithrax still has yet bothered the lime green toadstool. Kinda suggests to me the possubility the green polyp toadstool might have had a problem. 
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Week 11 update. Red cyano has pretty much disappeared and system is shifting to more true alga. There are now 4 urchins, I think. A small long spine hasn't been seen since it was added but it's spines haven't been seen either so I'm assuming it's still munching away somewhere.
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Week 12
End of the third month and lots of true algae now with notes of other nuisance "alga". Red cyano from a few weeks ago is almost completely gone. Still thinking there's 4 urchins, or at least haven't seen signs of a dead one like a pile of spines somewhere. Using steel straws to help remove algae with weekly water changes (See more about this here: https://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/46724-260-w-bta-island/#findComment-358423 ). Some of the anemones have gone for a walkabout, so annoying and so typical (what's that adage about expecting different results?
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End of the third month and lots of true algae now with notes of other nuisance "alga". Red cyano from a few weeks ago is almost completely gone. Still thinking there's 4 urchins, or at least haven't seen signs of a dead one like a pile of spines somewhere. Using steel straws to help remove algae with weekly water changes (See more about this here: https://www.austinreefclub.com/topic/46724-260-w-bta-island/#findComment-358423 ). Some of the anemones have gone for a walkabout, so annoying and so typical (what's that adage about expecting different results?
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