- Joined
- May 11, 2018
- Messages
- 155
- Reaction score
- 86
I'm going to break this up into 2 parts: More finds and some questions.
More finds - I'll try to get more pictures:
1. Tiny snails
2. some kind of pinky nail sized see through shrimp thing.
3. I saw some vermitid strings going out (not a lot). So I guess I have a combination of filter feeders and those.
4. A bunch of tiny bug like things (guessing copepods).
5. I think a few tiny white starfish. They look like they are encrusted onto the rocks in various areas; but I think they might be alive.
6. Something dug a crater near the base of one of my rocks. I do have 2 damsels (black and a blue one). I'm thinking it is one of those?
Questions:
Notes - My lights are ReefBreeder Photon v2 and are between 20-30% (zoas come out there; but retract above that). I bought everything to cycle the tank and even had a 40 ct shrimp in there; my ammonia, nitrate and nitrite are all still zero for 3 days in a row (since I got the test kit in). My ph is 8.3 and my salinity is 1.026 and temperature is 79-ish. I bought everything to help cycle the tank; but seeing all these critters popping out of the rocks; I do want to try to maximize the chances they survive.
1. The Alveopora looks super unhappy. It has retracted everything in and hasn't come back out since yesterday. Any thoughts on what might be the culprit and how to fix?
2. The zoas appear to be unhappy; but attempting to survive. They close up at night and partially come out during the day. I guess they will probably make it?
More finds - I'll try to get more pictures:
1. Tiny snails
2. some kind of pinky nail sized see through shrimp thing.
3. I saw some vermitid strings going out (not a lot). So I guess I have a combination of filter feeders and those.
4. A bunch of tiny bug like things (guessing copepods).
5. I think a few tiny white starfish. They look like they are encrusted onto the rocks in various areas; but I think they might be alive.
6. Something dug a crater near the base of one of my rocks. I do have 2 damsels (black and a blue one). I'm thinking it is one of those?
Questions:
Notes - My lights are ReefBreeder Photon v2 and are between 20-30% (zoas come out there; but retract above that). I bought everything to cycle the tank and even had a 40 ct shrimp in there; my ammonia, nitrate and nitrite are all still zero for 3 days in a row (since I got the test kit in). My ph is 8.3 and my salinity is 1.026 and temperature is 79-ish. I bought everything to help cycle the tank; but seeing all these critters popping out of the rocks; I do want to try to maximize the chances they survive.
1. The Alveopora looks super unhappy. It has retracted everything in and hasn't come back out since yesterday. Any thoughts on what might be the culprit and how to fix?
2. The zoas appear to be unhappy; but attempting to survive. They close up at night and partially come out during the day. I guess they will probably make it?