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Finally moved two of the 3 banggai cardinalfish that were growing out in the refugium up to the DT. These two paired off right away and have sort of picked on the third from what I've been able to observe. I think I'll leave the third in the refugium for a while longer (it's a big space for one fish). At least until it's a bit bigger. Slowed my powerheads by 5% on all schedules as they seemed to be working a little hard to stay put. I'll ramp back up when as they grow...

 

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Came home to the 'Continuous heating alarm' going off on the inkbirk and the heaters off! Tank down to 75.4. I must have missed the notification on my phone today; I could have cycled the heater on the apex to reset. I upped the CHA to 12 hours. I didn't think it would be an issue today; it's in the 40's but was cold overnight; maybe I missed how cold it got last night. Uggh. Tank's lookin fine though, heaters on full blast now!

Gha getting in check (I'm knocking on wood) and next focus is the algae in the refugium. I'll transfer some snails and a urchin down there soon..

 

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I've been dosing arc reef purple helix coralline + nitrifying bacteria along with the coral snow. I ordered MB7 but it got lost in transit somehow so instead of re-ordering that I got the purple helix for almost the same price. Wondering if this will help with seeding, maybe, maybe not, don't think it'll hurt as I'm dosing bacteria along with the snow anyway. Time will tell I suppose

 

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Looking good!

 

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Looking good!

Thank you!

 

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The kindness of members in the reefing community continues to astonish me and warm my heart! I’ve been given several frags by a local reefer who I’ve gotten to know. My birdsnest and purple stylophora (mistakenly said pocillopora in early posts) have been growing nicely, and he thought it would be alright for me to try my hand at some more complex SPS, and was kind enough to give me an RBTA too!


From left to right: Orange Montipora, Green Montipora digitata, Green Slimer Acropora, Space Invader Pectinia



Rose Bubble-tip anemone in the cup bottom-left. Red plating monti on the back glass.


I’ve also attached pictures of his reef tank. It’s an absolute work of art, I could spend hours just sitting and looking at everything! He has a beautiful euphyllia garden and really good acros, shout-out to Jay! Thank you again, man!

Been a while since my last update. I had to move my aquarium for the summer, so I took it home where my parents were kind enough to watch over it for the past few months. Big shoutout to my father in particular, the man kept the tank alive and thriving in spite of a four day long power outage. Still don’t know quite how he managed that one.

Here are pictures from today, everything is alive and well, and I’d even go so far as to say much of it is thriving!

The corals I had received from an awesome member of the 3 Rivers Marine Society are largely thriving! I sadly lost the Green Slimer shortly after receiving it, but the red plating monti, the orange setosa, green monti cap, and Pectinia have all been growing quite nicely!

The RBTA has also been living life well, taking on a gorgeous orange and lime hue.

My birdsnest has kept on growing out, and overall I’ve been impressed with how much life the tank has in it right now.

My brittlestar population seems to have quadrupled, along with feather duster, spionid, and spirorbid worms. However, there also seems to be a growing population of vermetid snails, so I may need to pick up one or two bumblebee snails. Overall, I’m so thankful that the tank has managed to not only survive, but seems to have thrived in the time I’ve been away. Goes to show what following a care schedule can actually do.

You too my friend!

 

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This nem likes to pop out of this rock in a different spot every day it seems. The foot never moves. I wonder what makes it decide which direction to face Nothing ever changes as far as it is concerned that I know of...

 

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There's only a few patches of algae left. The urchins are truly amazing eating machines and to a lesser degree the big turbos. I'm going to move one or two to the sump soon. I still haven't gotten around to that wc . Just testing what I can and observing. Still dosing snow and the arc reef plus two part when needed. Now I have to start filling these areas with coral!