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1 YEAR UPDATE!!
Can you believe it, that tank is one year old. Such a proud mama. I had plans to make a giant update with loads of facts and everything... but sadly work has got me swamped so I will just post some update pictures.
First Day
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
Sump Day 1 vs Today
Obviously my Soft Corals have grown the most, with my Anemones a close second. The RBTA has now split into three and the RFA has grown a bunch as well. Last weekend it even started spawning. My one SPS in the tank has also shown some good growth which gives me a lot of hope for the future of this tank. The past couple months have been difficult, but I'm just going to keep working at it and hopefully see some improvement.
A couple things I've learned as in my first year of reefing is;
1. Testing for consistence on accuracy. What I mean by that is the most important thing are consistent, and it is better to be consistently wrong than inconsistently right.
2.Dialing in a skimmer. This took me the longest time to figure out. I watched countless videos on it, but I just didn't understand what a skimmer was supposed to do. Finally one day after playing with it for several months I understood that a skimmer produces bubbles, and foam... and the foam is what you want going up the neck and into the skimmer cup. The best way to get the foam up is to have the top of the bubbles hit the top of the skimmer, before the cup.
3. Water changes are more for exporting nutrients then replacing Cal, Alk, and Mag.
4. Research your fish before your purchase... and then don't assume your fish will be the outlier, it will probably be the normal. My Coral Beauty is a full on Tank A**H***. I read they can be aggressive before I put him in the tank, but I read others saying they were fine. I hoped he would be fine... but he's not.
5. Flow is extremely important. It may just be my tank, but my coral respond to flow far more than light and if they are getting to much or not enough they will let you know.
Here is a couple individual growth pictures of corals.
Zoa Garden
Mushroom-Green Frill
Pulsing Sinularia
Stylophora- Viper Strike
Can you believe it, that tank is one year old. Such a proud mama. I had plans to make a giant update with loads of facts and everything... but sadly work has got me swamped so I will just post some update pictures.
First Day
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
Sump Day 1 vs Today
Obviously my Soft Corals have grown the most, with my Anemones a close second. The RBTA has now split into three and the RFA has grown a bunch as well. Last weekend it even started spawning. My one SPS in the tank has also shown some good growth which gives me a lot of hope for the future of this tank. The past couple months have been difficult, but I'm just going to keep working at it and hopefully see some improvement.
A couple things I've learned as in my first year of reefing is;
1. Testing for consistence on accuracy. What I mean by that is the most important thing are consistent, and it is better to be consistently wrong than inconsistently right.
2.Dialing in a skimmer. This took me the longest time to figure out. I watched countless videos on it, but I just didn't understand what a skimmer was supposed to do. Finally one day after playing with it for several months I understood that a skimmer produces bubbles, and foam... and the foam is what you want going up the neck and into the skimmer cup. The best way to get the foam up is to have the top of the bubbles hit the top of the skimmer, before the cup.
3. Water changes are more for exporting nutrients then replacing Cal, Alk, and Mag.
4. Research your fish before your purchase... and then don't assume your fish will be the outlier, it will probably be the normal. My Coral Beauty is a full on Tank A**H***. I read they can be aggressive before I put him in the tank, but I read others saying they were fine. I hoped he would be fine... but he's not.
5. Flow is extremely important. It may just be my tank, but my coral respond to flow far more than light and if they are getting to much or not enough they will let you know.
Here is a couple individual growth pictures of corals.
Zoa Garden
Mushroom-Green Frill
Pulsing Sinularia
Stylophora- Viper Strike