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i hate for my first post to be a problem post, but I know this is the best place to turn.
I will try and go through my system setup and timelines as well as possible.
I have a LED Biocube, factory return pump, two current powerheads, one hydor small powerhead, two blue reef leds, a jbj 1/10 chiller. I started with an aquaticlife skimmer in chamber one, but upgraded to a Reef Octopus HOB 1000 about a month ago. I also have a corallife UV but have it disconnected to see if it fixes the problem.
So far I have had the following livestock at one time or another 1 ocellaris, 1 Picasso, 1 diamond goby, 1 radiant wrasse, 1 longfin fairy, 1 watanabe angel, 1 yellow belly blue hippo, 3 blue green chromis.
I set the tank up 8/13/2017 with nutri seawater, 40lbs liferock, 30lbs caribsea live sand. I followed the cycle for 15 days until ammonia and nitrite were zero. I did cycle with the chromis and unfortunately 2 of them did not make it. Once the cycle had completed I added the two clowns to the chromis and the following week I added a few acans, green star polyp and 2 mushrooms. I kept an eye on my parameters and waited a week between adding stock. My next phase was the radiant wrasse and watanabe, followed by a lobo and 2 more acans.
I will try and go through my system setup and timelines as well as possible.
I have a LED Biocube, factory return pump, two current powerheads, one hydor small powerhead, two blue reef leds, a jbj 1/10 chiller. I started with an aquaticlife skimmer in chamber one, but upgraded to a Reef Octopus HOB 1000 about a month ago. I also have a corallife UV but have it disconnected to see if it fixes the problem.
So far I have had the following livestock at one time or another 1 ocellaris, 1 Picasso, 1 diamond goby, 1 radiant wrasse, 1 longfin fairy, 1 watanabe angel, 1 yellow belly blue hippo, 3 blue green chromis.
I set the tank up 8/13/2017 with nutri seawater, 40lbs liferock, 30lbs caribsea live sand. I followed the cycle for 15 days until ammonia and nitrite were zero. I did cycle with the chromis and unfortunately 2 of them did not make it. Once the cycle had completed I added the two clowns to the chromis and the following week I added a few acans, green star polyp and 2 mushrooms. I kept an eye on my parameters and waited a week between adding stock. My next phase was the radiant wrasse and watanabe, followed by a lobo and 2 more acans.