Wow, nice conversation guys..... You all are lucky that any of you get any if you treat your wives as poorly as me!!! So everybody has been snipped except for Brandon (and I would guess Alex and Andy since they are the youngest in the group- Brandon isn't THAT young.....), and he's not getting any for fear of pregnancy? They have things that prevent that, you know..... I hope Patrick is snipped now that he learned that breast feeding doesn't keep you from getting pregnant didn't really work (the OB docs tell you that so that they can have repeat customers, LOL!!!).
Back to the topic, I've been adjusting my skimmer and there's a fine line between really thick nasty skimmate and really wet voluminuous stuff (nearly flooded the livingroom if I hadn't caught it in time- daughter walked by and said "ooooo, what is this all wet from"- duh.... close call). I'm still trying to adjust it to take more out without doing a water change (probably dumped about 3 gallons on the floor with above event...). My nitrates were less than 1 when checked, but my Kh was still around 7-8 (they say that's normal, but isn't that a tad low?). Ph is holding steady at 8.2. Water still looks yellow/greenish, but I have calerpa in my fuge.
And my blue tang looks worse. I'm prepared for another death. He looked so bad (cloudy eyes now) that I did a 60second fresh (RO) water bath and put him in the refugium just so he could not get picked on and maybe have a chance at eating. He's eating the calerpa now, but wouldn't eat any brine or mysis. Purple still has a lot of spots, but he's letting the shrimp clean him and he's eating very well. and Bryan, I hate you. Just flaunt your powder blue tang...... You must have gotten him first before any other tangs....
Susan
