My build so far - start Black Friday 2023

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Day 1: Black Friday 2023

LFS rock mature and live sand
Seed 7 days and dead matter ( no testing, I was away and hubby wouldn’t test but did treat)

Day 7: added ocean rock

Added Dr Tim’s one and Only
Hitchhikers - feather dusters, cleaner stars, green macro algae. Added a red macro algae. Killed some Aiptasia.

Day 9: added rest of Dr Tim’s OnO, added two mocha sunset clowns , three tiny hermits and two trochus snails. (Have diatoms)


Day 14: added baby yellow watchman goby, baby tiger pistol shrimp, Tiffany zoa frag, three loose mushrooms.
Hitchhiker coral in another forum post up for ID.
Got hitchhiker brittle star, TINY.


Day 16: added hygger mini Wavemaker


Stuff on standby: skimmer and ATO and RO unit. InTank basket.

Current in use Upgrades. Contactless heater, AI prime BR settings, hygger mini wave maker.

 

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Tank is looking great!

 

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Looking good so far :)

 

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Day 21 update!

 

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Day 22 ATO install and AM feeding

 

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Day 56 - some new corals in last 28 days both Hellfire and a sort of bubble torch, watermelon candy cane, toadstool leather, clove polyp, Halloween hermit, peppermint shrimp, star snail, turbo snail, chaos zoa oh and Dino’s. Battle of Dinos.

I’ve added Cheato to my sump, and a UV sterilizer.

Oh and found a worm - maybe bristle maybe fire

Parameters are okay
Nitrates 9.9
point of sale .04
Ph 8-8.15
Alkalinity 8
Sal 1.026
Calcium 370
Magnesium 1130

 

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Dino’s are beat!

Dosing has started just for All For Reef to maintain!

Got a little Montipora Setosa frag for cheap as it was struggling and a little emerald crab.

Macro algae’s are flourishing and cloves and Goni hitchhiker are growing again now that Dino’s have receded !

Switched to the Karen AI setting from their site.

See vid here