Starting with a 40 Breeder Build

[Philly Reefer]

Let's update what I got so far:

1. Clown fish x2
2. Bicolor Bleeny
3. Cleaner Shrimps
4. Yellow Watchman Goby (9/22)
5. 2 Zoas (Dragon Eye and Eagle Eye}
6. GSP

Here are the fishes that will complete my tank:

1. Royale Gramma
2. Bangai Cardinals x2
3. Green/Blue Mandarin (next year or if I can get the pods population to grow.
4. Pistol Shrimp

 

[Philly Reefer]

Eagle Eye

Dragon Eye

GSP

 

[Philly Reefer]

Welp.. just witnessed the bicolor blenny attacked 2 maybe 3 Nassarius snails....

 

[Philly Reefer]

FTS Friday

 

[Philly Reefer]

Got 4 new corals and a used AI Prime 16HD without screen top ;{

 

[Philly Reefer]

Blasto really going well it seems.

Oo and the seller found the screentop.

So far 3 lights on my tank. 2 16HD and HD. Might be a bit too much for beginner. But I do want sps in the future.

Btw.. ugly phase I guess.. my rocks turning brown

 

[Philly Reefer]

Forgot to post that I think my dragon eye zoa is dead.. accidentally put superglue on the heads. Now they are whites...
And since yesterday my Eagles eye is closing up..

Not sure what happen. I didn't really do any changes on the tank.
This was before I put in medicated food for the clowns.

 

[Philly Reefer]

Welp. Forgot to update that Eagle Eye.
They are fine.. dunno why they closed up. But I threw another bag of carbon and they opened up again.

This is after water change.
Ooo and i got new chaeto too, got them from frags2fishes.com not sure if they ship the chaeto. But I love their coral auction. Every friday @12pm Est to sunday

 

[Philly Reefer]

New corals. All zoas. Loves them.
Red Hornet
Goblins on Fire
Purple Death
Blondie Zoa
Purple Heart
Sunny D
Rainbow

 

[Philly Reefer]

Loves them.

 

[Philly Reefer]

Got 2 new fishes:
Yellow Watchman Goby
Purple Firefish

 

[Philly Reefer]

Finally got my PM2... Stupid USPS...

I separated the PM2 from the rest of the module because of the salinity probe need to be separated from the other electical wires.
I also moved my probes to the refugium. Hopefully it won't be covered with chaeto...

I was weary about the salinity probe. 1st time calibration showed the calibration fluid was 33ppt...
2nd calibration showed 34.9ppt. much better.
Hopefully it stays consistent.

Ooo I also moved the temp probe to the PM2. Stupid temp probe was all over the place at 1st. I had to wait couple hours before it will settle down.

And .. I decided to take down that last AI Prime HD. So I have only 2 AI Prime 16HDs
If I do want SPS in the future, I probably upgrade to radions

 

[Philly Reefer]

I am officially in the ugly stage...

And I decided to move my rocks around because the blenny is being territorial. But he was only chasing the goby. He left the firefish alone

 

[Philly Reefer]

1st day of blackout. I think I have dino. Not sure which one but I am going to try 5days blackout with dosing 5ml of hydrogen peroxide every night.

 

[brett_schn]

Good luck with the blackout!
I also have a 40g breeder that is probably about ready to hit the uglys. Uh oh

 

[Philly Reefer]

Good luck with the blackout!
I also have a 40g breeder that is probably about ready to hit the uglys. Uh oh

Thank you, all I can say is.. let your tank be "dirty" all of the sudden my Phosphate goes from 0.1 to 0.. then the nitrate too.. 5 to 0.

Pulled my chaeto from my sump on Saturday. I think it worked too well. Finally able to get phosphate up to 0.01 and nitrate to 1.
I feed them 3x now. Before it was twice.

 

[Philly Reefer]

3rd day of blackout. I am also blind feeding the fishes. Hopefully they all survived...

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Hey best of luck!

 

[Philly Reefer]

Hey best of luck!

Thank you

 

[Philly Reefer]

Well... I finally able to test my refractometer with a new solution.
But 1st I calibrated again with Brightwell solution that I have been using to 35ppt.

Then I dropped the new solution by Aqua Craft.
Showing 37ppt. Dun dun dun....

Which one should I trust???

But I tend to trust this new solution... Cause everytime I tested my alkalinity on a new mixed Tropic Marin Pro reef saltwater, its showing 6.4 or lower..

And my apex conductivity is showing 32.7

I calibrated the refractometer with the new solution and tested my tank water....
Yup it is 33ppt.

So.. I have been mixing my saltwater lower than I want it...

Finally my alkalinity issue with this tank is answered.

Stupid brightwell solutions..