Starting with a 40 Breeder Build

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Not my best work but it will do..

 

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I think my tank is cycled. I do need to get another ammonia test kit though. The API is showing the same color every day. Even after I dropped 2 ppm ammonia.
Now I just need to change lots of the water to drop the 20ppm nitrate.

 

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Last video update before adding my first clownfishes.


Sorry for the fast moving/rocky video.

 

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Got my pair of clowns from @tsmaquatics.
My little girl name them: Nemo and Marlin. What else.. lol

 

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My clowns seems to be staying on 1 side of tank. 1 would swim to the middle and back. But not the other one.
I also added some blue legged hermit crabs

Hmmm... Maybe I should buy that yellow lens

 

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Finally, I am able to post video!
Nemo is having fun in his new home. But Marlin is just content with his spot. Lol

 

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Dang it . Just found this guy got sucked in the jebao wave.. with fish guard on it.

I don't know how long he was in there. It's like he was just sleeping on the bottom part of the fish guard.

Hopefully he'll make it through. After I shut the pump off and free him from it, he was just laying on the sand for few minutes. Now he has moved spot and swimming. All I can see is one of his bottom fin is hurt. And some of his scales discolored.

 

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Hopefully this guy is ok. 2+ days since I found him in the powerhead and possible brooks but he is still swimming around. His bottom fin expand again. So that looks good

 

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Today's update. Still alive and swimming around. kinda picky eater though. doesnt want mysis shrimp. he wants brine shrimp though.
will have my dry food today.... hopefully

 

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Finally got TDO Chroma Boost. These 2 loves them.

 

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Well... This thing getting crowded..
Finally got a heater controller

 

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Weekly water test:
API Ammonia is still showing 0.5, I'm not sure that reading correctly. Since its been like that since the nitrite 0, 2 weeks ago.
Nitrite 0. This will be the last time I am testing that.
Nitrate 10
Phosphate 0 using Hanna Checker Phosphate. but its not the ultra low one. I bought the wrong one...

Alkalinity is 5.8 using hanna checker and aquaforest alkalinity test kit. This is what confused me.
I did 10% water change. and tested the alkalinity of my saltwater bucket. (1 week old) and I'm getting 6.2.
I wonder if I have a bad batch of salt.

 

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After getting help from another thread, I can say that I am a dummy. LoL
Got my refractometer fully calibrated. Been using lower salinity(1.022). So I am in the process of getting that higher by manually topping off with saltwater.
Also bought new fish food.

Dual function! Just gave it to them and they love it.

These 2 seems to like it too.

 

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The benefits of working from home. Watching waves.

 

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Forgot to took a pictures of the ecopods last night.

 

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Addition to the family:

Bicolor blenny
4 Nassarius Snails
4 Banded Trochus Snails

 

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My fishes in one shot. If only the blenny wants to come out.

 

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He's finally out!!!

 

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Finally got corals: GSP and 2 Zoas. Also a cleaner shrimp
1 of the zoa fall off the plug, so I had to glue it directly. Hopefully the placement will work.

 

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Both Zoas and GSP opened up already. Made me happy. Hopefully it will grow