I've been with a tank now for.... about four months. I had hoped to get fish in right after the cycle, but some stuff came up and I have been rocking just a CUC (snails, crabs, brittle stars, bristle worms). I had a nasty dino bloom, but it was due to my chaeto (I got excited, y'all) sucking up all the nitrates. Since then I've been without any real source of nitrate import or export (I do feed the crabs a bit with some crab cuisine, and they are happy).
Things I've noticed:
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Things I've noticed:
- I'm good at crowing coraline. It's getting purple.
- Hair Algae isn't growing anywhere at all. I am getting some green on rocks, but not really anything else
- I'm good at hosting pods. I dosed some a ways back and they're loving it in there without a predator. (I do dose a little phyto here and there)
- Bristleworms love this thing. They come out to play when the lights turn low. They are having babies. They scare me.
- Pineapple sponges are really starting to take hold in the sump. I may scrape some out if I do a WC.
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